Technician – Undergraduate Physics Laboratory

Develop your technical career as part of our Physics Technician Team as the department continues to evolve and grow. You will be working in a highly engaging environment as part of a collaborative team. You will be supported with training and development for you to grow into this role and enable you to progress within this area.

About you

With a scientific background you will likely have a degree in Physics, but this isn’t essential. What is fundamental is a combination of a practical mind-set, a passion for supporting students and being highly organised. If you have experience in supporting or delivering teaching or training, or of demonstrating experiments in a higher education setting this would be ideal. We’ll also be looking for:

• An ability to organise and prioritise workload to meet required deadlines.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to engage and build relationships with a broad range of audience.
• How you demonstrate collaboration with both your close team and other colleagues.
• Experience in health and safety compliance, including writing risk assessment and COSHH, would be an advantage.

About the role

You will be providing technical support, advice and guidance in the undergraduate teaching laboratory, with a primary focus on undergrad year one and year two Physics lab classes, as well as assisting with some outreach activities within the laboratory. Alongside setting up and dismantling student experiments and projects, you will also be engaging with students to support them to achieve their learning objectives and good H&S practice.

You will be working as part of our technical team that supports undergraduate and post graduate teaching across three teaching lab spaces and research across multiple building facilities. In this collaborative environment you will be organising daily experiments as well as planning for future semesters with the academic staff. An important part of your role will be ensuring good stock, equipment checks and audits, as well as carrying out and maintaining records of annual portable appliance testing (PAT) in research areas and offices.

Further information

Please contact Jenny Williams, Technical Supervisor (j.williams@bath.ac.uk) if you would like further information about the role.

About us

We are currently in the top 10 for “Graduate Prospects for physics and astronomy in the Complete University Guide 2021”, and “For career after 15 months for physics in the Guardian University Guide 2021”. Our staff are vital in creating the university’s vibrant and innovative academic community, and we value working collaboratively with others within our global network of contacts in business, the professions, the public and voluntary sectors. Our beautifully landscaped campus offers a real community feel to staff and students alike. We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations.

The benefits

We are a family friendly workplace and are open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University. We recognise the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package including a generous employer pension scheme and annual leave entitlement and are encouraging of your personal and professional development, along with (but not limited to):

• A flexible working environment.
• Ofsted outstanding rated onsite nursery.
• Salary exchange scheme (cycle to work).
• Onsite private and NHS dentist, onsite medical centre.
• Employee discount scheme.

Our commitment to you

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are particularly welcoming of applications from Black, Asian and other Ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented.

We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Bronze Athena SWAN award, and we are actively working towards a Silver award. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may require. Our assessment approach ensures you will have the opportunity to promote your individuality, and we will make all offers based on your competencies and experience relative to the role.

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