LSRC Senior Technician

University of Plymouth - Peninsula Medical School

Placed On: 27th January 2026
Closes: 8th February 2026
Job Ref: B1089

Are you a proactive person with strong interpersonal skills? Do you have an interest in supporting teaching in a student facing educational setting? Join us in this exceptional teaching team to support the delivery of world class teaching to healthcare students

About the role

As the Life Science Resource Centre (LSRC) senior technician, you will be the primary lead for resources and technology and will supervise the LSRC technician. Reporting directly to the LSRC manager, you will be responsible for the supply and maintenance of resources to all teaching programmes in the medical and dental school. You will ensure all IT equipment, resources and teaching rooms are prepared for sessions. As a primarily student facing role you will be interacting daily with student queries, you will also liaise with academic staff and external partners regularly.

We are willing to consider job-share applications for part of the role

You will:

• Be responsible for co-ordinating the rota of surface anatomy models for teaching sessions and students who support the LSRC after hours.
• Supervise the 0.5FTE LSRC technician
• Organise a team of technical assistants who support the out-of-hours student access to the LSRC
• Organise a team of surface anatomy models who support anatomy teaching sessions
• Assist the delivery and preparation of teaching resources
• Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety regulations
• Source and purchase innovative resources for teaching sessions.

For more information on Peninsula Medical School please visit our dedicated webpage at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools

Due to the nature of the role, unfortunately we are unable to accommodate working from home.

There is an essential requirement within this role that you will be required to travel to and work at different University sites and/or other business locations that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Please refer to the job description for further information.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact:
Lucy Puddeford, by email at lucy.puddeford@plymouth.ac.uk

What we’re looking for

You will have:

• Excellent communication and organisation skills
• Confident with dealing with UK and international organisations, partners, academic staff, and students.
• Confident in working independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Advanced demonstrable working knowledge of IT packages including Microsoft Office
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

About us

The Faculty of Health holds four Silver Athena Swan awards, which recognise our commitment to supporting gender equality within higher education.

Application Process

Please apply online, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, skills and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 8 February 2026

Our Offer

When joining us, you will receive:

• Generous annual leave: 25* Days Annual Leave (pro rata if part-time) plus Bank Holidays* & Closure Days*
• Generous pension scheme
• Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Development opportunities
• Enhanced family leave
• Flexible working
• Retailer discounts
• On-site nursery

*Pro rata if part-time/fixed term contract*

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.