Student And Academic Services Student & Academic Support Grade 5 - £25,742 to £29,605 per annum, dependent on experience
Technical Operations, Resources and Services (TORS) at Sheffield Hallam University provides high quality technical support for teaching and research within the University. The Laboratory and Analytical Operations (LAO) technical team supports laboratory-based activities across a range of disciplines. We are recruiting a technician to support the Biosciences and Chemistry area primarily, but also to support other disciplines within the LAO area.
In this role you would be directly involved in supporting laboratory-based activities in Biosciences and Chemistry. You will be responsible for providing and continuously improving technical support for the under-graduate and post- graduate teaching program, working closely with other technical staff to achieve this, and supporting a range of different laboratory areas for example, Teacher Education Science, Natural Built Environment, Chemical Engineering, and Health and Nutrition.
You will need to have relevant practical experience and knowledge of Biochemical techniques with proficiency gained from method development and troubleshooting; also, you should have good chemical safety knowledge. Relevant experience includes setting up enzyme assays, poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis (denaturing and native), Western blotting, EIA, protein extraction/purification/separation. You will be expected to work flexibly and have, or develop, skills to allow you to support LAO delivery in other disciplines such as molecular biology and mammalian cell culture. You will be highly motivated and meticulous in your work, with a professional work ethic, and able to work both independently and collaboratively across team boundaries sharing knowledge and skills to ensure customer focussed results.
Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.
For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area at Sheffield Hallam.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.
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Contact Person : Jody Smith Contact Number : 0114 225 5930 Date Advertised : 04-Sep-2024 Closing Date : 06-Oct-2024 Location : City Campus Employment Type : Permanent - Full Time Job number : 107446