UOE06 - £32,982 to £38,205
Physics & Astronomy
Contract Type - Open Ended
Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week
The Opportunity:
This role offers a unique opportunity to apply, expand and develop your existing vocational skills-set in an exciting and world-leading environment. With a level of autonomy commensurate with the grading of this post, in addition to providing technical instruction, support and advice to undergraduate students you will be responsible for the sourcing and procurement of a variety of equipment and consumables for the various laboratories. You will additionally provide advice on, and oversee compliance with, Health and Safety legislation by all laboratory users.
As a minimum, you will be educated to HNC/HND level in a physical science or engineering discipline and have significant vocational experience in the safe operation and management of scientific laboratories and the instrumentation and equipment therein.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week) and is available with immediate effect. During semesters the daily hours are strictly dictated by teaching laboratory activities. However, outwith semesters we would be open to considering a flexible working pattern.
As part of your application, we would welcome a CV and brief covering statement describing your suitability for this position.
Informal inquiries may be made by contacting either the Principal Teaching Laboratories Technician – Hannah Bartlett – H.Bartlett@ed.ac.uk or the Technical Services Manager – Neil Wood – Neil.A.Wood@ed.ac.uk
Your skills and attributes for success:
* Well organised with excellent planning skills
* Self-motivated
* Excellent and well proven inter-personal/communication skills
* A high degree of technical expertise
* Relevant experience in a similar role
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* A competitive salary of £32,982 to £38,205
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
The School of Physics and Astronomy strives to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace for all and we are looking to actively diversify our staff. We particularly encourage applications from people of colour, women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people and other minority and under-represented groups. We aim to ensure that our culture and systems support flexible and family-friendly working, as evidenced by our Juno Champion and Athena SWAN Silver awards.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages(opens new browser tab)
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates/times to note
The closing date for applications is 22 May 2024.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT on the closing date. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews are likely to be held during the week commencing 27th May 2024.
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