lab manager London, England
Job description
About us
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 is 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
The Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Section runs undergraduate and postgraduate courses for which the practical aspects covered in the Laboratory Classes are an integral component.
About you
The main responsibility of the Inorganic Laboratory Manager postholder will be to ensure a smooth and safe operation of these laboratory classes, across the entire cycle of planning, delivery and student assessment. Specific duties include the provision of consistent documentation across all undergraduate inorganic chemistry laboratory courses, maintaining safety documents, ordering chemicals and other lab consumables, ensuring lab equipment is in working order, training post-graduate student demonstrators, enhancing the quality of the student experience during laboratory practicals and contributing to assessment and feedback. In addition, the Laboratory Manager will have a prominent role in the Departmental Safety Committee, act as Deputy Safety Officer with responsibility for one of the major sites of the Chemistry Department (Christopher Ingold Building) and be responsible for the provision of dry solvents. The Laboratory Manager will provide technical support to Head and Teaching Coordinator of the Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Section, particularly in aspects related to equipment requests and allocation of student demonstrators.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
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 Silver award, in recognition of our long-term commitment and 'beacon' status in advancing gender equality.
