Technical Services Manager

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Onsite childcare

Flexible working

Job summary

Warwick Biomedical Sciences invites applications for a Technical Services Manager to lead the Biomedical Sciences Technical Support function across two sites: Gibbet Hill Campus and the Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories at UHCW. This is a unique leadership role overseeing laboratory-based teams, facilities and infrastructure in a busy research environment.

You will drive governance, health and safety, budgeting and strategic planning, delivering practical improvements to services, systems

Qualifications

• Experience leading laboratory-based teams, specialist facilities and scientific infrastructure in a complex research or higher education environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Biomedical Sciences Technical Support across two sites (Gibbet Hill Campus and UHCW) to ensure delivery of essential services.
• Drive governance, health & safety, statutory compliance and continuous improvement of facilities and equipment.
• Plan and manage budgets and priorities while delivering practical improvements to services, systems and equipment.
• Collaborate with staff, students, senior leaders and external partners; develop people and foster an inclusive, safety-focused culture.

Skills

Technical services leadership

Laboratory management

Governance & compliance

Job description

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Full time Salary Range: £47,389.00- £56,535.00per annum

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to join Warwick Biomedical Sciences as its Technical Services Manager, leading the Biomedical Sciences Technical Support function that works across 2 sites - one at Gibbet Hill Campus and the other at the Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories at UHCW.For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description. Informal enquiries are welcome.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

You will be an experienced technical services leader with a strong track record of managing laboratory-based teams, specialist facilities and scientific infrastructure within a complex research or higher education environment.

You will combine sound knowledge of laboratory health and safety, statutory compliance and governance with the ability to plan strategically, manage budgets and competing priorities, and deliver practical improvements to services, systems and equipment.

A collaborative and credible communicator, you will be confident working with staff, students, senior leaders, professional services and external partners, while developing people, supporting change and fostering a positive, inclusive and safety-focused culture.

About the Department

Warwick Medical School has an excellent reputation for our distinctive portfolio of high-quality education programmes and for the excellence and global impact of our research.

The breadth of our interest and expertise is demonstrated through our dynamic and influential directorates: Warwick Applied Health (WAH), Warwick Clinical Trials Unit (WCTU), and Warwick Biomedical Sciences (BMS). Our Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM) works across the directorates, University and with external stakeholders to accelerate the delivery of practical human health benefits arising from research.

Warwick Biomedical Science’s mission is to advance world-class discovery science with an interdisciplinary approach to unravel the fundamental mechanisms of physiological and pathological processes; develop pioneering diagnostic and preventative technologies; and deliver ground-breaking treatments for a healthier future for all.

Our research is grouped into the following disciplines:

• Cell and Mechano-Biology Discovery research with a focus on cytoskeletal self-organisation, membrane dynamics and tissue mechanobiology. Investigators in this theme form the core of the University-wide Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology.
• Host-Pathogen Interactions Discovery research and innovation focussing on pathogenicity factors and host machinery involved in infection and new approaches in diagnosis, prevention and immunity.
• Reproductive Biomedicine Discovery, translational and clinical research into gametogenesis, implantation, miscarriage, endometriosis, labour and birth with investigators forming the core of the Centre for Early Life and cross-cutting WMS programme in Women’s Health

For further information on the department, please see here .

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .

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