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Job details
Job title Technical Apprenticeships - Arts and Design Job reference REQ250497 Date posted 17/06/2025 Application closing date 13/07/2025 Location Loughborough Package Technical Services grade 3 from £24794 per annum. Subject to annual pay award. Job description
Level 3 Lab (Arts) Technician Apprentice, full-time and fixed term for 24 months
We have exciting new apprenticeship schemes in our Laboratory (Arts) technical roles which will rotate across our research/teaching areas within our Arts department. This is a new scheme where you will have the opportunity to support the learning environment for Loughborough University students in Schools and Workshops and to support leading research.
As an apprentice you will complete a programme of training, learn new technical skills and work alongside experienced technical experts. The apprenticeship scheme is in conjunction with Tiro, where you will spend some time at college, (20% of the role) for technical learning, where at the end of the schemeyou will gain a Level 3 BTEC qualification.
The apprenticeship roles are a pathway into an exciting career as a technician.
Key Requirements:
* Can demonstrate an interest in becoming a technician or a technical profession
* Can demonstrate an interest in the Arts area through hobbies or part time work while studying.
* Ability to take instruction and work as part of a team.
* Good practical IT skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, e-mail).
* Good written and verbal English skills.
* Good level of numeracy including ability to handle data.
* Can demonstrate a professional and self-motivated approach to learning in the workplace
For informal enquiries, please contact Matt Parry, Change Projects Officer/ Technician's Commitment Team via email to M.I.D.Parry@lboro.ac.uk
If individuals prefer a particular apprentice scheme, please indicate this in the application form
Closing Date: Sunday 13 th July 2025.
Interviews to be held week commencing 4 August 2025.
Our Benefits
* We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies.
* On site nursery
* Competitive pension schemes
* Generous annual leave allowance up to 36 days (inclusive of BH & closure days)
* On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
* Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
* Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
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