Teaching Technician

Cardiff University; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff University in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is seeking an experienced, proactive teaching technician to support education and student activities. You will prepare equipment and specimens for labs and fieldwork, maintain geophysical teaching gear, and occasionally assist with fieldwork.

Joining a team of professional services staff, you will contribute to a flexible, positive learning environment and may adjust hours to suit teaching delivery.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2/GCSE level A-C or equivalent qualification or work experience in an earth and environmental science subject.
• Significant experience in working in technical support role in an earth and environmental science setting.
• Experience or demonstrable ability in maintaining, preparing and repairing equipment.
• Proficiency in the use of appropriate IT packages (e.g. Microsoft Offices).
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of people; and to deal promptly, effectively and courteously with requests for information or service.
• Evidence of working well as an effective team member, providing advice and guidance to other team members where necessary and working flexibly to contribute to team objectives.
• Ability to use initiative in solving problems and responding to queries ensuring compliance with standard procedures and practices.
• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised to deadlines, planning, organising and setting priorities for own work, as well as managing small projects as appropriate.
• A willingness to work flexibly across the teaching technicians’ team to ensure an excellent service is delivered.
• A practical, hands‑on approach to work with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude; and a willingness to undertake further training and development.]
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Skills

Team working

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

NVQ 2/GCSE level A-C or equivalent

Tools

Geophysical equipment

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is seeking to appoint an experienced, professional and self-motivated technician with a positive approach, to support the delivery of education and student activity.

The focus of the role is to provide professional technical support to education and student activities in the Department. The role will involve preparation of equipment/specimens for laboratory and field work use, including maintenance and use of geophysical equipment for teaching. The work may also involve occasionally attending fieldwork.

Working alongside other teaching and research technicians and as part of a wider team of professional services colleagues, the successful candidate will be a flexible team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, able to adapt to a broad range of duties and challenges in an exciting and rewarding environment.

This role is primarily campus based. The University is committed to offering flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance. There might be occasions when the post holder might be asked to adjust working hours to accommodate teaching delivery.

The post is full time (35 hours per week), available immediately and is open ended.

For informal enquiries, please contact either Katie Dobbie, Teaching Technical Team Leader [e-mail] or Dr John Evans, College Academic Business Partner, email: [e-mail]

For further details about working in Cardiff University please contact Claudia Pena Becerra, email: [e-mail]

More information on the Department can be found at Earth and environmental sciences

It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined below. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide under each element.

When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number.

Date advert posted: Monday, 02 November 2026

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

1. NVQ 2/GCSE level A-C or equivalent qualification or work experience in an earth and environmental science subject.
2. Significant experience in working in technical support role in an earth and environmental science setting.
3. Experience or demonstrable ability in maintaining, preparing and repairing equipment.
4. Proficiency in the use of appropriate IT packages (e.g. Microsoft Offices).
5. Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of people; and to deal promptly, effectively and courteously with requests for information or service.
6. Evidence of working well as an effective team member, providing advice and guidance to other team members where necessary and working flexibly to contribute to team objectives.
7. Ability to use initiative in solving problems and responding to queries ensuring compliance with standard procedures and practices.
8. Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised to deadlines, planning, organising and setting priorities for own work, as well as managing small projects as appropriate.
9. A willingness to work flexibly across the teaching technicians’ team to ensure an excellent service is delivered.
10. A practical, hands‑on approach to work with a positive, ‘can do’ attitude; and a willingness to undertake further training and development.