Teaching and Research Technician (BMS) (ED12443)

Job title Teaching and Research Technician (BMS)

Department Faculty of Science

Salary Starting from £26,038, rising to £29,659

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Wednesday 05 February 2025

Closing date Wednesday 19 February 2025

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference ED12443

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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About the role

Applications are invited for the post of Teaching and Research Technician (Biomedical Sciences) within the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, at the University of Bath.

This hands-on post is an exciting opportunity to work in a varied and interesting environment, supporting and enhancing world-class teaching.

Working with other members of the technical team and academic staff, this post holder will facilitate all preparations for and the smooth-running of all Biomedical Sciences UG laboratory classes.

While the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for supporting laboratory Biomedical Sciences practical sessions, they and will also be involved in supporting Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biology, Plant Science, Organism and Ecology classes.

About you

Health and Safety is an absolute priority in our Faculty and alongside more practical duties, the post holder will be expected to promote excellent H&S culture and contribute to a positive working environment.

You will be experienced in providing technical, teaching or research support in a Higher Education or industry-based organisation. With strong academic and practical knowledge of biomedical science, genetics or molecular biology you will also have:

Effective time-management and organisational skills, enthusiasm and a flexible approach to work are all essential in this role.

Great communication skills, diplomacy and a capacity to problem solve are also key.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

We are committed to continually expanding our benefits to better support you and enhance your experience with us. Find out more about our benefits.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.