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Job Description
- To provide a comprehensive technical support service for PII 2nd/3rd floor Borough wing (Primary location) and across the School, to support the daily operations associated with the School?s Research activities, working closely with the School Leadership Team and the School Technical Manager.
- To provide the operation and basic maintenance of autoclaves, glass washing machines and drying ovens for the School (Guy?s campus primarily/ for PII 2nd/3rd floor Borough wing) ensuring continuous service
- Performing weekly validation of School Autoclaves, using spore testing
- Training new starters on the operation of the Autoclaves
- Maintenance of autoclave room consumable stocks
- Sterilisation of laboratory waste and research consumables
- Washing scientific glassware, ensuring high standards of cleanliness
- Removal of clinical waste from all laboratory areas Borough Wing (2nd/3rd Floor) on a twice weekly basis or as necessary
- Maintenance and replacement of shared laboratory glassware stocks.
- Lab coat laundry management
- Regularly updating Local technical team and STM (School Technical Manager) regarding the performance and mechanical failure of the equipment
- Assessing and ordering shared lab consumables such as sharps containers, yellow clinical waste bags, autoclavable waste bags, red tags, dish washer reagents, IMS/Ethanol supplies, printer paper, blue roll etc.
- Deliveries for for PII 2nd/3rd floor Borough wing Lab and providing cover for the School (Guy?s campus primarily).
- To support the School Technical Manager, School Manager and Head of School in providing operational leadership for Technical staff within the School.
- To support the School Technical Manager in coordinating the School?s compliance with all regulations and guidelines for Health and Safety, ensuring that all relevant safety related Posts are filled.
- To support the wider School Leadership Team in fostering a stimulating, innovative and inclusive cultural environment across the School enabling students and staff to thrive and develop, ensuring that technical staff experiences are actively considered and represented in the ongoing development and implementation of the diversity and inclusion agenda.
- To forge relationships with colleagues in the School, Faculty, and University, to contribute to process development and adoption of best practice.
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Qualifications
Minimum level 3 qualification, e.g. A levels, AS levels, International Baccalaureate diploma or other Level 3 qualification, plus work experience in a relevant technical/scientific post(s) OR Knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant technical or scientific posts.
Skills
- Evidence of an active commitment to skills and knowledge development through vocational training and on-the-job experience.
- Competent basic computer skills including Microsoft Office packages.
- Knowledge of a range of technical or practical skills and procedures and their impact on the environment.
- Ability to apply learnt techniques to the work context.
- Clear spoken and written communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioral skills.
- Flexible team-worker who is responsive to colleagues.
- An understanding of Health & Safety regulations governing area of work, particularly relating to laboratory waste disposal and recycling.
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The primary responsibilities of the research assistant will involve overseeing participant recruitment and conducting on-site eye-tracking data collection sessions at the Waterloo Bridge Wing building, located on the Waterloo campus. Additionally, the RA will handle initial data trimming and processing. The breakdown of allocated hours for each task is as follows:
15 hours for preparation, training, and meetings.
40 hours for testing: accommodating 40 participants with sessions lasting 1 hours each.
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The research assistant will receive comprehensive training and mentoring to successfully carry out these responsibilities.
Interviews will take place mid-January.
Qualifications
BA/MA in Linguistics, Psychology or related discipline.
Skills
Essential:
Familiarity and ability to use Microsoft packages (e.g., good Excel command).
Undergraduate level knowledge in linguistics, psychology and/or education research or related field.
Desirable:
Interest in eye-tracking methodologies.
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The primary responsibilities of the research assistant will involve overseeing participant recruitment and conducting remote participant in two testing sessions in a battery of tasks (assessment of receptive vocabulary, production of specific syntactic structures and elicitation of spontaneous production data). Additionally, the RA will handle initial data trimming and processing. The breakdown of allocated hours for each task is as follows:
1. 30 hours for preparation, training, and finalizing materials.
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3. 20 hours for initial data trimming.
The research assistant will receive comprehensive training and mentoring to successfully carry out these responsibilities.
Interviews will take place mid-January.
Qualifications
BA/MA in Linguistics, Education, Psychology or related discipline.
Skills
Essential:
Familiarity and ability to use Microsoft packages (e.g., good Excel command)
Undergraduate level knowledge in linguistics, psychology and/or education research or related field
Excellent working proficiency in both Catalan and English
DBS certificate
Desirable:
Experience working with children
Good organisational skills
Social awareness and good communication skills
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Qualifications
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Skills
Essential:
Knowledge of research into gender inequality in STEM education.
Experience of conducting semi-structured interviews.
Experience of the analysis of interview data.
Experience of writing papers related to gender inequality in STEM education.
Desirable:
Experience of preparing materials for semi-structured interviews.
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