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Biology Teaching Technician
Job Description
QMUL is looking for 3 Biology Teaching Technician to be based at Mile end site.
Job context
The post is within the School of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (SBBS), a large, dynamic and expanding School, home to over 90 academic staff, 22 technical staff, 40 postdoctoral researchers and 130 PhD students.
The School has a buoyant undergraduate population recruiting strongly on to our degrees in Biochemistry, Biology, Zoology, Medical Genetics. We also co-deliver programs in Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Innovative Therapeutics with colleagues from the School of Medicine and Dentistry. All these degrees have a strong emphasis on the development of lab-based practical skills which the Teaching Technician helps to support.
Job purpose
Under the general direction of the Teaching Technician Manager (TTM), the Biology Teaching Technician will work alongside our academic staff to provide an exemplary technical support service to our undergraduate programmes across the breadth of biological and biomedicals sciences and their associated foundation degree modules.
It will be necessary to work flexibly across laboratories as a part of the technical support team. This teaching technical support is conducted across multiple modern teaching laboratories on the Mile End site.
Main duties and responsibilities
The responsibilities of the role include:
- Assisting in the day-to-day support of the Teaching Laboratories and store.
- Assisting in the preparation, setting-up and day-to-day running of practical classes in the fields of biological and biomedical sciences. On rare occasions the person may also be asked to reciprocally assist colleagues working in our chemical laboratories to ensure that School wide objectives are met.
- Working in conjunction with the technical/demonstrating team within the Teaching Laboratories to provide an exemplary technical support service for all practical classes as well as undergraduate research projects.
- Keeping the teaching laboratories clean and tidy and help the TTM and Senior Teaching Technicians with consumables stock-keeping and equipment inventories.
- Participating in open days and outreach events as applicable and when required.
- Providing advice, training and trouble-shooting services to all users of the teaching laboratories.
- Assisting the Health and Safety co-ordinators in maintaining a positive safety culture in the Teaching Laboratories.
- Supporting teaching and research needs more generally within the School to ensure high quality technical support is provided. This may involve on occasion working in other laboratories in support of wider School needs for research and teaching.
- Supporting research project students and research groups in non-teaching period.
- Supporting the TTM in promoting Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF) in the teaching labs.
The above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the jobholder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of the role, as reasonably requested by their line manager.
This job description accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities of the role at the time the job description was written. These duties and responsibilities may change over time without significantly impacting on the character of the role, the overall level of responsibility, or its grade.
Depending on strategic or operational needs, the jobholder may in the future be required to work for another existing or new organisational unit and/or at a different site within Queen Mary. This may be on a temporary or indefinite basis and may involve a change in line management and / or regularly working at more than one site.
Qualifications
Essential:
BSc degree in relevant Biological or Biomedical Sciences field or extensive work experience in a related laboratory technician role.
Desirable:
Higher degree e.g. MSc, PhD in a relevant area
Further vocational qualifications/training in relevant areas e.g. laboratory management, first aid, health & safety.
Relevant Professional Membership e.g. AMRSB, MRSB, AFHEA, FHEA, or registration e.g. RSci, HCPC.
Skills
Relevant experience of laboratory-based teaching and/or research in higher or further education.
Experience of Health and Safety procedures in teaching laboratories.
Experience of working to Standard Operations Procedures.
Working knowledge of Health and Safety/COSHH regulations & an understanding of the implications of complying/not complying with health and safety and best practice.
Working understanding of concepts in the fields of biological and biomedical sciences.
Ability to work safely and effectively unsupervised and also as an active team member.
Ability to understand and work within health and safety/COSHH requirements and to communicate issues clearly to colleagues verbally and/or in writing (e.g. via email).
Basic understanding of concepts in the chemical sciences is desirable.
Good interpersonal skills, working with others in a supportive and flexible manner.
Ability to carry out work activities in a logical manner and resolve routine problems independently.
Self motivating, with a willingness & ability to learn new skills/experimental techniques through a culture of learning & continuous personal improvement.
Able to use basic computing software – such as email and internet, Excel and Word or similar packages.
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Library Student Ambassadors - six roles available to work 15 hours between February and June 2025
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated students - at all levels- to become Library Student Ambassadors to help improve the student experience in the Library. We want to increase the student voice and focus on library developments and improvements that are most important to students. We need you to tell us!
Library Student Ambassadors will be actively involved in a number of library projects, take part in user experience research or focus groups, attend some Library Working Group meeting, and take forward suggestions for improving and developing library services and help promote library services and resources.
The hours will be worked between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and we will try to be flexible around your studies and other commitments. Some weeks it will be 2 or 3 hours and other weeks, no hours - making a total of 15 hours worked between Feb and June 2025
Qualifications
Current London Met student
Skills
Excellent communication skills in order to act as a sounding board for ideas, talk to other students, and give suggestions for improvements in Library Services and Special Collections
How to apply - PLEASE send letter of interest
Email Laura Simmons (l.simmons@londonmet.ac.uk), Head of Library Operations, with heading LIBRARY STUDENT AMBASSADOR detailing your course and School and what year you are in and no more than 300 words outlining why you think you would make a good Library Student Ambassador in terms of your skills and interests and a suggestion of one thing you would like to see improved or developed in the library either online or in the physical library. Thank you!
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To act as a point of contact for the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit and it?s projects, responding professionally and courteously to enquiries in person, by email and by telephone, whilst escalating more complex queries to the Stop Smoking Advisors and Research Team. Required to provide an excellent standard of customer service and convey a helpful, positive image, both within and external, to the unit
To work as a member of the Unit?s administrative team, being mutally supportive and covering duties as necessary during colleagues absenses and at times of additional pressure, as directed.
Main duties and responsibilities
Operations
- Assist the Stop Smoking Manager and Stop Smoking Teams in maintaining the efficient running of the busy Stop Smoking Services; this will include first line support for telephone and email enquiries, servicing interviews, arranging appointments, preparing starter packs for new staff and dealing with internal and external correspondence including dissemination (as requested) of any Institute, Faculty or University information to staff within the unit.
- Support the organisation of meetings (booking rooms, audio-visual equipment, catering where agreed as required) and the organisation of travel and accommodation for overseas conferences for colleagues attending these.
- Provide support for meeting/event/conference organisation (including training and outreach events) and any requirements on the day(s) including registration of those attending etc.
- Maintain, develop or enter any data on relevant databases/spreadsheets used in conjunction with unit activities.
- Provide administrative support for the unit team whennecessary (sickness/holiday cover, project deadlines).
Finance
- Assist in raising purchase orders for relevant activities undertaken.
- Process colleague expenses claims and liaise with Finance for payment of these.
Facilities
- Maintain office equipment (photocopiers, printers etc.) and arrange servicing and repairs when necessary.
- Assist with Health and Safety inspections.
Receptionist Duties
- Manage the reception area of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, providing a professional, courteous and effective reception service, responding to enquiries from patients, staff and external visitors to the Unit.
- Ensuring that building access procedures are followed at alltimes. Be aware of safety procedures within the Unit and ensure that in the event of a safety breach or emergency the prescribed procedures are followed, and that the relevant staff are notified.
- Manage the room booking process for rooms within the building, including monitoring usage and ensuring users are aware of the need to conform to all appropriate building access and procedures.
- Ensure that handover to alternative staff during and at the end of the day is carried out in full and according to the appropriate procedures.
- Develop and maintain a network of contacts, knowing who to liaise with on key issues.
Qualifications
GCSE Maths and English (grade C/4 or above) or equivalent
Further educational qualifications / accreditation (ideally related to this role)
Skills
Experience of carrying out a range of administrative tasks, in relation to supporting an organisation?s day to day operational delivery
Experience of delivering excellence in customer service in a front line reception (or similar front of house) environment
Experience of / involvement with / knowledge of accounts (financial) administration (e.g. ordering supplies, financial record keeping, stock control, purchase orders)
Experience of working in an Academic or Higher Education environment
Ability to understand and actively contribute to the advancing of your own knowledge and that of others, with regards to diversity, equality and inclusion
Ability to draft correspondence through good written skills.
Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish good working relationships with both staff and students and a wide range of external agencies
Good oral communication skills, that will enable you to provide engaging support to a variety of visitors to the Institute reception.
IT skills, including knowledge of MS Word, excel and other software applications
Good numerical skills with a methodical approach and attention to detail
Good organisational skills with the ability to balance competing demands and prioritise a varied workload with minimal supervision
Ability to work within a team and contribute to effective team working
Flexible and professional approach to work
The ability to meet UK right to work requirements
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