Biology Teaching Lab Technician (UG/PGT Support)

Newcastle University; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension schemes

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Newcastle University is seeking a Biological UG/PGT Teaching Technician to support the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences by managing biology teaching labs and assisting with practical classes and student projects. The role emphasizes lab safety, COSHH compliance, and effective collaboration with teaching staff.

You will prepare reagents, manage equipment, supervise students, and contribute to lab maintenance and safety checks while supporting teaching and research activities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable work experience in a relevant technical role.
• Thorough working knowledge of Health and Safety procedures, and experience of safe waste management within a biological teaching laboratory environment.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Demonstrates technical and problem solving capability.
• Demonstrates good organising ability to meet deadlines with a positive and proactive approach to duties and diligence and attention to detail.
• Contribute to design and specification of teaching/research activities.
• Ability to adapt to changes in laboratory teaching/research priorities.
• Knowledge of the standard protocols for the preparation of materials for practical classes.
• Ability to carry out the routine feeding and maintenance of insect cultures.
• Ability to prepare culture media and plates, and to maintain and produce microbial cultures using good aseptic technique.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the preparation and delivery of taught practical classes and UG/PGT projects within the biological teaching and project labs.
• Planning for and preparation of reagents, chemicals, and equipment to use in busy student laboratory classes.
• Undertaking COSHH, BIOCOSHH and general risk assessments.
• Regular lab housekeeping activities such as clinical, chemical, and biological waste disposal, cleaning, and stocktaking.
• Supervising students in a busy environment, where multiple experiments are being carried out.
• Providing technical support, especially in the event of breakages and/or spillages.
• Carrying out regular laboratory safety checks and tap flushing.
• Ordering general lab consumables and reagents for practical classes.

Skills

Lab experience

Health and safety

Teamwork

Organising skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proactive and diligent

Education

Apprenticeship/HNC/HND or A level or equivalent

Job description

Newcastle University is seeking a Biological UG/PGT Teaching Technician to support the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences by managing biology teaching labs and assisting with practical classes and student projects. The role emphasizes lab safety, COSHH compliance, and effective collaboration with teaching staff.

You will prepare reagents, manage equipment, supervise students, and contribute to lab maintenance and safety checks while supporting teaching and research activities.