Laboratory Assistant

This full-time post is available from 5^th May 2025 on a permanent basis.

Salary Details
The starting salary will be from £26,257 on Grade C, depending on qualifications and experience.

Package Details
Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme.

Summary of the role:
The primary function of this role is to provide essential laboratory support for the University of Exeter Health and Life Science’s laboratories at the RILD (Research, Innovation, Learning and Development) Building. Based at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Wonford Campus, the role holder will work with the Laboratory and Technical Managers to support academic staff and research students working in a suite of clinical and biomedical research laboratories, with facilities for tissue culture, microscopy, molecular biology, epigenetics, and other research areas.

Typical duties will include maintenance of stocks in communal stores, general housekeeping of laboratories as well as administrative duties.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the 'Apply' button.

Organisational context:
The Research Services Division is a key enabler to the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, the Research and Impact Strategy, successful REF performances, and meeting research income targets.

This role is within the Technical Strategy & Operations part of the Division. We are research and teaching technical staff across the entirety of the University of Exeter. We work in specialist areas across the University and beyond, undertaking and supporting research and teaching and promoting compliance and best practice, in the labs, studios, workshops, and field.

The service is comprised of a team of talented individuals who support our teaching and research, and in training the next generation of top scientists. Our technical roles, which include experimental officers, laboratory technicians and research technicians, all focus on different aspects of science and humanities - from mechanical/electrical engineering, medicine and health, life sciences, social sciences, film, drama & communications, physics, geology and geography, and so much more.

We are proud signatories of the Technician Commitment, working to raise the visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability of technical careers. We are also proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people to work in our operationally focused service. This role forms part of our Technical Career Pathway.

Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 Days leave per year.
• Options for flexible working.
• Numerous discounts at leading retailers.
• Onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme.
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• Stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England.

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are a migrant worker, you will need to ensure you have a visa which permits the right to work in the UK. Further details can be found on the Home Office website - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are an existing Skilled Worker visa holder, we may be able to sponsor and will review the transitional arrangements - https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/certificate-of-sponsorship-before-4-april-2024.

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