Technician - Life Sciences

Birmingham City University is a leading modern university, in one of the UK’s largest thriving cities. The Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences has an outstanding reputation for the training of health and education professionals, assisted by first rate facilities and placement opportunities. We are looking to recruit a skilled life sciences technician to help deliver technical to support existing life science courses and laboratories within the Faculty.

You will join a team of friendly life sciences technicians and provide proactive support for life sciences teaching and research laboratories. The team has a range of duties including but not limited to preparation, set up and clearing of laboratories for practical teaching sessions, supporting research laboratories and outreach activities.

You will be able to carry out aseptic work quickly and efficiently, prepare solutions and reagents, preparing laboratory equipment for use while working strictly to local procedures. Also essential to the role are asset maintenance, maintaining health and safety arrangements, purchasing of consumables, maintaining chemical and biological records, optimising experimental set ups, laboratory cleaning, waste management and other tasks as required. Expertise in cell biology or microbiology would be useful.

You should have a good standard of education including HND or BSc in a life sciences subject, together with practical experience working as a life sciences technician or a similar technical role in higher education or industry. Strong communication skills and the ability to troubleshoot and optimise experiments, working closely with academic colleagues, are essential. Experience of applying health and safety within the laboratory environment is also important.

Our excellent modern facilities are based in leafy Edgbaston, close to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens with good access to public transport. BCU are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our staff and student community is defined by our core values, which outline who we are as a University and how we work with each other. We are also signatories to The Technician Commitment, an initiative aiming to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research.

As part of your application, please upload a current CV and ensure you explain clearly how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, fully completing all sections of the application form.

For further information please contact Dr Mohammed Tasab, Head of Technical Services, Faculty of Health, Education & Life Sciences, Birmingham City University via Mohammed.Tasab@bcu.ac.uk. Please do not send applications to this email address.