About The Role
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Warwick Medical School is recruiting for a new role that will combine expert-level research support to our scientific community with helping to deliver rigorous lab-based training for our students. You will play a key role in ensuring our researchers are trained to work effectively and safely in the lab, and assist in maintaining the facilities and equipment we use within the department. The successful candidate will also provide support to academics in the provision of departmental teaching by helping organise and deliver practical projects for undergraduate students. The Technical Specialists Promotional pathway at Warwick (as part of our Technician commitment) would allow you to progress your career within the role commensurate with the level of contribution demonstrated, which could be evidenced through more senior management support or capital planning.
About You
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about supporting biomedical research, with proficiency in a range of research techniques and lab equipment used in this area. You will have experience in training and supervising students undertaking laboratory-based research projects and a thorough understanding of health and safety requirements. For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the job description.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the job description.
About The Department
Warwick Medical School's Division of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) conducts world-class discovery science and translational medicine and delivers interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate educational programmes including MSci Integrated Natural Sciences, MSc Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, BSc in Health and Medical Sciences and doctoral training programmes.
The Division is home to around 120 staff and 130 PhD students and operates across four laboratory buildings (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, Mechanochemical Cell Biology Building, Biomedical Research Building) and teaching spaces on Gibbet Hill campus, and the Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories adjacent to UHCW.
For further information about Warwick Medical School, please visit our website.
About The University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We're one of the world's top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be world leading or internationally excellent**.
You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.
- QS World University Rankings 2024
- Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 28 July 2024 at 11.55pm
To apply, please click Apply below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as
you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
- Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
- Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).
Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We
highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.
To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.
Interview Date: TBC
Start Date: TBC
What we Offer
We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.
The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.
Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
The University of Warwick complies with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against anyone who makes a Disclosure relating to a conviction or other information revealed. More information is available on the University's Vacancy pages and applicants may request a copy of the DBS Code of Practice.
Job Description
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