Technical Officer

UE04 £22,630-£24,715

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Biomedical Sciences

Full Time, 35 Hours per week

Open Ended

We are looking for a motivated and positive person to integrate into our established team of technical staff providing practical classes to the Bio Medical Teaching Organisation (BMTO). You must be reliable, coachable and have a positive “can-do” attitude.

The Opportunity:

To join a team of experienced technicians delivering practical classes to undergraduates from all 4 years of teaching. Further professional development is encouraged and you will be hands on in the laboratories dealing with students and academic staff .

Your skills and attributes for success

• Biology and Chemistry to at least Higher level (further study in science field also a positive).
• Ability to work as part of a team, take instruction and work solo where the situation demands.
• Interest in laboratory work and some experience of dealing with public and providing customer service.
• Reliable with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Desire to learn and develop both yourself and our practical class program.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date

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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.

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