Assistant Technician

Technical Strategy & Operations

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.

This new full-time permanent post is available from 16^th June 2025.

Summary of the role:

The primary function of this role is to provide essential laboratory support for research laboratories on the Streatham campus. Based in the Living Systems Institute (LSI) http://www.exeter.ac.uk/livingsystems/, the role holder will work with other assistant technicians and technical managers to support academic staff and research students working in a suite of Class 2 research laboratories, with facilities for tissue culture, microscopy, molecular biology, biochemistry and physical sciences.

Typical duties will include making stocks of media and reagents, restocking and housekeeping of laboratories and some administrative duties.

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.

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

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

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 campus’ 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

Further information

Please contact Steven Goff, Technical Operations Manager, Living Systems Institute: s.goff@exeter.ac.uk

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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