Teaching Technician

Hours: Full time 

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Flexible working will still need to be on hand during lab practicals, and the times/days for these change from semester to semester.

Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Expected Interview date: To be confirmed - in person interview is expected.

Expected start date: Feb/March 2025.

About the role

Applications are sought for a teaching lab technician to help manage and run the teaching labs within the physics department in the school of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) and for the school of Education and Social Work (ESW).

About you

We are looking for someone who is comfortable in a laboratory setting, and willing to learn how to set up and maintain the equipment.  Most of the role will be dedicated to setting up and taking down experiments as we switch between different lab practicals through the week.  The role is also split evenly between the two schools, which are both sharing the same laboratory space.

No prior experience is necessary, but familiarity with physics, biology, and chemistry laboratories at university level would be helpful.

Please contact Dr. Luke Simkins, L.R.Simkins@sussex.ac.uk for informal inquiries.

About our School

We are a research-intensive School that simultaneously delivers outstanding teaching to our students. As such we aim to be consistently recognised as truly world leading in key areas of our science, by extending the international excellence, impact and visibility of our research. We aim to be within the top UK universities in our discipline areas, attracting high-quality students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

We will establish a reputation as having a particularly open, stimulating, collaborative and supportive working environment for both staff and students, enabling the best possible outcomes for research, teaching and learning. We will further enhance our links with non-academic actors on local, national and international scales, and will maximize the impact of our work.

Please find further information regarding the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences is proud to hold a Bronze Athena Swan Award.

Why work here

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Dr. Luke Simkins, L.R.Simkins@sussex.ac.uk for informal inquiries.

For full details and how to apply please click the 'APply' button, above.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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