Chief Technician/Laboratory Manager

Nr Potters Bar, Hertfordshire

c.£30.3k to £39k pa inclusive

We are looking for a technically skilled Chief Technician/Laboratory Manager to join the dynamic and successful Structure and Motion Group.  You will lead a team of seven technicians and will manage the main experimental laboratory, providing and coordinating technical support to a diverse range of animal locomotion research projects. You will also be responsible for providing technical support for field studies, which make up a significant proportion of the group’s work.

You will be responsible for providing technical support at all stages of the research process including training students and staff, setting up equipment, collecting data, collating and analysing research results, developing new research methodologies, as well as responsibility for Health and Safety and Good Research Practice.

From time to time the nature of the research may require you or your team to travel within the UK and abroad (eg Australia, Botswana, South Africa) and may involve long or unsocial hours (eg very early morning starts at horse racing yards) and work in non-laboratory conditions (eg on farms). These all contribute to making the job interesting and varied.

You should be enthusiastic about undertaking high quality research and addressing new challenges in the field of biomechanics and have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. Experience undertaking research in biomechanics, engineering or exercise science is essential, as is a science-related degree or HND/HNC.

We offer a generous reward package including a final salary pension scheme.

For further information and to apply on-line visit: www.rvc.ac.uk quoting VBS/0024/10

Closing date: 17^th March 2010.   Interviews will be held on 1^st April 2010.

We promote equality of opportunity and diversity within the workplace and welcome applications from all sections of the community.