About the role

The Department of Psychology is recruiting a Technician to provide technical support for teaching and research activities associated with psychology. 

In this role:

• You will be responsible for effectively maintaining the Department of Psychology laboratory facilities and supplies including maintaining equipment maintenance schedules. 
• You will be responsible for the setting up and supporting of staff and students with psychology specific software & online platforms and managing and maintaining participant recruitment databases and mailing lists.
• You will also be required to support health and safety within the department along with data management, sustainability initiatives and general administrative support to the research hub support team.

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis.

About you

You will:

• Be able to work concurrently on projects, manage your time and workload effectively and be flexible in response to ad hoc emerging needs
• Have a good working knowledge of standard IT packages and databases and demonstrate the ability to effectively organise and maintain them.
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Informal enquiries about this role can be made to Dr Susanna Martin (smm30@bath.ac.uk) or Nathan Taylor (nt643@bath.ac.uk).

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification