UE06 £30,619 - £35,308 Per Annum

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine / Clinical Sciences / Institute for Regeneration and Repair / Centre for Inflammation Research

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed-term for 4 years (anticipated start of June 2023)

We are looking for a creative, hard‑working, and organized Laboratory Technician to join the newly‑formed Anderson Lab within the Centre for Inflammation Research and Institute for Regeneration & Repair to study host‑microbe communication during injury and repair.

The Opportunity:

This is a 4‑year (with a possibility to extend), full‑time technician position to work in the group of Dr. CJ Anderson. The technician role will offer a unique mix of utilising inter‑disciplinary scientific techniques, applying organizational skills to help establish the infrastructure of the laboratory, and developing managerial and administrative capabilities. This post is funded by a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award (£2.3 million, 2023‑2031).

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Have initiative, creativity, and effective organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to promote and facilitate highly effective teamwork.
• Willingness to learn new techniques.
• Technical experience with fundamental laboratory techniques such as nucleic acid extraction, PCR, Western blot, and qPCR.
• Technical experience with mammalian cell culture and/or bacterial cell culture.
  

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Important information for applicants:

As part of this application you are required to submit a document of no more than one page detailing how you meet each of the essential criteria as outlined on the job description.

This post is currently not suitable for part‑time or hybrid working.

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