Senior Technician: Education - (X3 Posts)

The School of Biosciences is looking to recruit three talented technicians who will strengthen our skill base in the support of practical teaching in the Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Laboratories. The breadth of activity in the School includes fieldwork, plant biology, ecology, cell biology, developmental biology, neuroscience, genetics, biochemistry and microbiology.

We are seeking individuals with specialisms in one of the three areas of a) Molecular Biology b) Biomedical Science or c) Organisms and Environment, to work with our team leader, the Technical Specialist: Education, to ensure excellent teaching support in semester, and strong teaching development activity and training out of semester. The successful candidates will supervise a small team for daily activities, working towards a strategy of a multidisciplinary team that fulfils the needs of the whole school, cultivating individual specialism and talent. The positions may be full or part time, making a total of 2.7 FTE, depending on the applications received.

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