Lab Technician (Schools and Communities)
Lab Technician (Schools and Communities)
Salary: £23,000 per annumHours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
We are looking for a motivated and energetic individual to join our Schools and Communities team to provide support for hands on, curriculum-linked workshops in our labs. The role involves working within a fast-paced, busy environment with hundreds of school students visiting every week to engage in science based learning.
Your duties will be to support the labs and prep room in Lifelab, ensuring smooth day to day running and provide a well maintained, clean, safe and visitor-focused experience for visiting schools and community groups. You will update and contribute to all materials and equipment, maintaining stocks and order as needed, and ensure appropriate disposal of wastes and any hazardous material.
The successful candidate will be confident, approachable and reliable with excellent organisational skills, a science background and be experienced in setting up and supporting the delivery of practical activities and experiments in a lab or school environment.Knowledge of a range of laboratory techniques and experience across STEM disciplines is desirable.
Life is a welcoming and friendly place to work. We offer a range of benefits including access to wellbeing initiatives, an Employee Assistance Programme and discounted car-parking in the centre of Newcastle.
The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check. Details of our DBS policy are available on request. For further information regarding this post, please refer to the job description and person specification on our website.
To apply for this vacancy, please complete the online application form which can be accessed from our website at https://www.life.org.uk/join-the-team/ by 17 November 2024.
Interviews will be held on the 2 –3 December 2024.
The International Centre for Life is an equal opportunities employer and is accredited with the Equality Standard Gold Award. Life has achieved bronze accreditation under the North East Better Health at Work Scheme.
Registered Charity Number: 1059607