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The Chemistry Department at UCL is one of the top-ranked departments in the UK, with 100% of its outputs ranked as being world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in the recent REF2021. The Department is committed to supporting excellence in both research and teaching. The department offers undergraduate BSc and MSci programmes in Chemistry and currently teaches 700 undergraduates registered in Chemistry as well as students who select Chemistry on the Natural Sciences programme and first year Chemistry for life scientists. The Department also offers a number of Postgraduate Taught Masters courses with about 100 students per year. The Department has an overall PhD student school of around 200 students. The Chemistry Department has over 60 members of academic staff carrying out world-leading research. We specialize in areas of organic synthesis, chemical biology, computational chemistry, nanotechnology, inorganic and materials chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical physics. The department research income derived from many sources including UKRI (EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC, and NERC), European Commission and a wide range of charities and industrial partners in the UK, Europe and the USA. Details about our research can be found on the departmental website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry
About the role
We are seeking to appoint an Instrument Technician in the Department of Chemistry, to provide technical support for the Department’s research instrumentation facilities and teaching laboratories. This is a permanent full-time position available from 1st February 2024. This is a Grade 5 post with the salary from £30,138 - £33,759 pa inclusive of London Allowance.
About you
The post-holder will be educated to A level standard, or equivalent, or having acquired relevant laboratory experience. The post-holder will have practical experience of working with chemicals, apparatus and instruments with a laboratory, and have experience of working with limited supervision and taking responsibility for meeting service standards and agreeing targets and workloads. A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of the page.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits including: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days) • An additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Generous pension scheme • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Employee assistance programme • Staff Support Service. Please see the link in attached job description for more information.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our long-term commitment and 'beacon' status in advancing gender equality.
