"Teaching Technician"

Job reference: BMH-025464

Salary: £24,248-£25,742 pro rata, per annum, depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: FBMH Technical Services

Hours Per Week: 21 hours per week (0.6FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 21/08/2024

Contract Duration: 24 months

School/Directorate: Faculty Office - Biology, Medicine and Health

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, are looking to recruit a Teaching Laboratory Technician with a knowledge of medical/clinical microbiology to provide technical support, as directed, to the teaching activities taking place within the Biomedical Postgraduate Teaching laboratories. The successful applicant will play a key role in the delivery of postgraduate practical classes and examinations, utilising the latest techniques, equipment and facilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, motivated and organised person, with some relevant experience of working in a teaching environment, preferably practical Microbiology and/or Biomedical Science, including molecular technology, to join the excellent Technical team providing support to their highly popular and successful programmes. There will be general housekeeping duties required to maintain the high standards associated with a medical teaching environment, as well as performing stock checks.

N.B. The role is to work part-time in a job share arrangement with an existing member of staff. There will one overlap day per week when both post holders will be on site to allow for handovers and support the job share arrangement effectively.

The role is a 2-year fixed-term position, pending the outcome of a review of the technical service provision across the Faculty.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Haley Monk

Email: hayley.monk@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.