Technical Operations Manager

at  University of Exeter

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

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SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

This full- time post is available immediately in Technical Strategy & Operation Services, within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. The Technical Manager position will primarily support the laboratories within the Department of Biosciences (Geoffrey Pope, Biocatalysis and the Greenhouse Buildings) based in the Geoffrey Pope Building on Streatham campus.
https://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk
The focus of this post is to manage the day-to-day operational delivery of Technical Strategy and Operations (TSO) services to laboratories, to contribute to the enhancement and increased effectiveness and efficiency of processes and procedures as well as manage a large team.