Research Support Specialist (108403-0324)

This new role is to provide expert-level technical support for specialist equipment, including managing maintenance, user access, training and cost recovery, and undertake practical laboratory induction and training in experimental techniques and equipment. The successful candidate will provide support to academics in the provision of departmental teaching by organising, planning, and delivering practical projects for undergraduate students. They will ensure lab-based research is compliant with health and safety and contribute to space management and capital planning for major equipment.

For informal enquiries, please contact via email:

Anne Straube: A.Straube@warwick.ac.uk

John James: John.James@warwick.ac.uk

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.  

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about supporting biomedical research with expertise in using and maintaining specialist lab equipment. They will have experience in supervising students undertaking laboratory-based research projects and a thorough understanding of health and safety requirements.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**. 

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

*QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.55pm on the closing date of 22nd April 2024. Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.) Your cover letter should detail how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.   

To streamline our hiring process, we kindly request that all candidates submit their applications through our official website. This ensures that all applications are received in a uniform format and can be processed efficiently by our HR team.

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. 

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. 

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here. 

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.  We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.  Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. 

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here. 

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. 

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