Technician

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Technician

School of Medicine

College of Biomedical and Life Sciences

The School of Medicine, based at the Heath Park Campus, is seeking a Technician to work as part of a Core technical team providing on‑site building technical support within the School of Medicine, carrying out supporting work, providing advice, guidance and technical expertise.

Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 40 days annual leave (including bank holidays), local pension scheme, a cycle‑to‑work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments within the pay scale and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.

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

Salary: £25,249 – £26,093 per annum (Grade 3). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at the bottom of the scale unless in exceptional circumstances.

Date advert posted: Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Closing date: Tuesday, 2 December 2025

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. 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.

Job Description

To provide professional core/building technical support to the School of Medicine.

Duties And Responsibilities

Key Duties

• Provide a service to staff and students by maintaining, calibrating, servicing and repairing materials, machinery and equipment within the laboratory, advising and training staff and students on their appropriate use using established guidelines, providing building inductions for new staff/students.
• Prepare all materials and equipment as necessary for customers’ use and ensure area of responsibility is kept clean and tidy.
• Ensure areas of responsibility are kept clean and tidy.
• Coordinate the decontamination, service and repair of laboratory equipment.
• Undertake stock control, ensuring adequate security and levels of stock are maintained and stock is distributed as required.
• Deal with routine enquiries from internal and external customers in a professional manner, following established procedures, referring complex enquiries to relevant staff members, ensuring all relevant facts and information needed is recorded and passed on.
• Assist in the maintenance of routine records (including inventories), updating databases and analysing routine data/information as required.
• Plan and manage small projects ensuring the effective use of resources.
• Ensure that health and safety, environmental and/or infection control methods are being adhered to in line with established School of Medicine and Cardiff University procedures, reporting any fundamental issues to the H&S representative.
• Administer, organise and manage maintenance requests on behalf of several areas within the School of Medicine.
• Manage and provide basic training on the Ultra Freezer Facility to include daily visual checks, routine filter cleaning and ensuring correct use of the Buildings’ emergency backup freezer to comply with the Human Tissue Act (2004).
• When appropriate, assist with School staff/equipment relocations.
• Co‑ordinate equipment required to facilitate engagement events such as Open Days.
• Support set‑up for student/teaching activities.
• Cover reception as needed due to unexpected absence.
• Apply some flexibility to working hours when required.
• Participate actively within the work team, setting an example and showing a flexible approach to delivering team results.

General Duties

• Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties.
• Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity.
• Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Qualifications and Education

• NVQ 2/GCSE level A–C or equivalent qualification/work‑related experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience in constructing, maintaining and repairing equipment.
• Significant experience in working in a technical support role.
• Proficient in the use of appropriate IT packages, e.g. Word and Excel.

Customer Service, Communication and Team Working

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of people.
• Evidence of working well as an effective team member, providing advice and guidance to other team members where necessary.
• Ability to deal promptly, effectively and courteously with requests for information or service.

Planning, Analysis and Problem Solving

• 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.

Other

• Ability to follow and develop Standard Operating Procedures and review regularly.

Desirable Criteria

• A-levels or an equivalent qualification or equivalent work‑related experience in a lab setting.
• A willingness to undertake further training and development.
• Experience of working in a Higher Education environment.
• Fluency in Welsh, written and oral.

Additional Information

Role

There are some things that you must have before you can start this role (see ‘Essential Criteria’), but other things can be developed either through training, or just by general on‑the‑job experience. We want to support and develop you once you have started in the role using a combination of the following to get the best out of you:

• Regular one‑to‑ones with your manager.
• An experienced and supportive team around you.
• Supporting you through job‑relevant training and development that you may require.
• A mentoring scheme.

IMPORTANT: Evidencing Criteria

It is School of Medicine’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 when submitting this document / attaching it to your application profile you name it with the vacancy reference number, in this instance for this post,

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Salary Range Min

25,249

Salary Range Max

26,093

Job Category

Technical

Grade

Grade 3