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Job reference: SAE-030864
Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: FSE Technical Services
Hours Per Week: 35
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/04/2026
Contract Duration: 35
School/Directorate: Faculty Office - Science and Engineering
We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Teaching Technical Specialist (Chemistry) to join our dynamic technical operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for FSE and the wider University. With a commitment to customer service excellence and a passion for science and engineering, the Teaching Technical Specialist (Chemistry) will provide an agile technical support service to staff and students to support teaching, research and professional services. FSE’s research and teaching quality is recognised globally; this is an exciting opportunity to join us in Manchester and contribute to the provision of a sector leading technical service. The post holder will:
Manage and coordinate technical support for teaching related to your specific discipline.
Manage all discipline related teaching space and all associated equipment ensuring that all H&S obligations are met and up to date.
Work closely with other discipline technical leads to form a Teaching Technical Specialist team to coordinate, support one another and share best practice for technical teaching support across the faculty.
Work closely with the academic lead for the chemistry teaching labs to ensure all classes are suitably resourced.
Work closely with timetabling to ensure classes are suitably timetabled and resourced.
Work directly with Department Head of Education and laboratory tutors to advise on experiment design and the technical resource required for its delivery.
Maximise the utilisation of teaching technical spaces across the faculty.
What will you get in return:
Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to people.talent@manchester.ac.uk
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Martin Coram (Technical Operations Manager)
Email: martin.coram@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
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