Technical Manager in Engineering and Environment

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen to manage our Technical Teams within Maths, Physics and Electrical Engineering and Geography and Environmental Sciences. These two departments produce significant research outputs and have funding from major research bodies such as EPSRC, NERC, BAS and the Wolfson Foundation. This role will manage a team of Scientific Officers, Senior Technicians and Technicians across laboratories within both of these departments, ensuring that all teaching and research activity is carried out in line with departmental ambitions. Both of these departments have aims to expand laboratory provision over the coming years, which this role will be integral in helping in delivering these aspirations. 

Further information is available in the job description. 

ABOUT YOU 

Please see person specification for further details.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andrew Bellamy at 'andrew.bellamy@northumbria.ac.uk’. 

ABOUT US

Northumbria University is a research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all.  We change lives regionally, nationally, and internationally through education and research, tackling the global challenges of our age to transform society and the economy. Find out why we were named Times Higher Education’s University of the Year in 2022. 

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 in the UK for this measure. 

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Northumbria University is a great place to work.  We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance.  We offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and more.  

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Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff.  We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community.  The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme.  We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.  The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.    

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