Role: Senior Technician : EGIS Technical Services
Grade and Salary: Grade 6, £31,236 - £36,636 per annum
FTE and working pattern: 1FTE, 35hrs per week, Monday : Friday
Contract: 7 Months, Fixed Term
Holiday Entitlement: 33 days annual leave plus 9 buildings closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday)

PURPOSE OF ROLE

We are seeking to appoint one Senior Technician in Biology to support the delivery of our programme. The successful candidate will be involved in supporting the preparation and delivery of the biology programme, including the running of applied teaching and research projects covering laboratory practicals. The role is fixed-term maternity cover for seven months.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the effective running of the Micro biology related facilities on a day-to-day basis
• Support teaching and research, including specifying and ordering appropriate equipment to meet teaching and research needs.
• Develop and maintain laboratory procedures according to standards set by professional bodies.
• Plan, set up and prepare teaching labs and provide technical instruction and guidance for students and staff.
• Set up, adjust, calibrate, clean, maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
• Set up experimental apparatus and carry out tests under operational conditions
• Assist in the development of specialised equipment or processes for use in research and teaching.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs/ maintenance on relevant equipment, and apparatus used in research and teaching laboratories
• Mentor, train and instruct junior staff
• Understand and acknowledge risks associated with the work activity and always operate in a safe and compliant manner applying control measures identified through risk assessment.
• Order equipment and consumables
• Establish strong working relationships to understand and manage the user demand and requirements, ensuring that the requirements of our teaching programmes and research activities are understood, assessed, and prioritised.
  Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and, particularly as the team is growing, the role holder will be required to be adaptable and undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post : for example support for wider bioscience student laboratories. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.