Specialist Technician - Grow Lab

The opportunity

As a Specialist Technician you will provide specialist technical support, expertise and guidance to groups and individuals for taught programs. You be responsible for: the day-to-day operation of resources linked to the delivery of Grow Lab practices working with micro-organisms and plant tissue, synthetic biology, DNA, microbiology, microscopy, new media, imaging, electronics & sensors, (ensuring staff and students work in an environment that is both productive and safe); for the maintenance of equipment; and for the ordering and receiving of equipment and materials, ensuring the effective use of suppliers and contractors.

You will not only bring key skills with you but will have the opportunity to develop new skills and experience across a wide range of technical workshops in an evolving area. This post is largely a flexible and collaborative role and you will work to a structured roster over the course of the year.

About you

You should have a BA in a relevant subject, (or a professional equivalent) and extensive relevant experience, gained through working professionally in the discipline, in industry, and/or in education. You must be able to demonstrate and pass on technical skills to a wide range of students, have an interest in contemporary questions of science in culture, and have an in-depth knowledge of microbiology, biology and technology, speculative design and new media. You should be a flexible and creative thinker with an analytic awareness and appreciation of the need for high levels of customer care, considering open-access approaches to workshop lab learning and research environments.

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, an attractive pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity. Relocation assistance is available.

INTERVIEWS FOR THIS ROLE WILL BE HELD ON 22ND MARCH 2019

If you have any queries about this role please contact the CSM Staffing Team, email jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk or telephone 0207 514 7885

What we offer

We are UAL

University of the Arts London is a vibrant world centre for innovation, drawing together six Colleges with international reputations in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts.

Central Saint Martins is a world-leading centre for arts and design education.  Its reputation stems from the creative energy of its staff and students and the stellar achievements of its graduates nationally and internationally.  The nine programmes at CSM explore the boundaries of their discipline.  Students and staff are continually alert to new ideas, and are curious and restless in developing beyond the expected norms of their subject, so emerging work is at the forefront of its area.  CSM sits at the heart of London’s creative scene, and of one of Europe’s most dynamic new culture and innovation quarters at King’s Cross, making the college increasingly important to London’s cultural life, and indicative of our general desire to open up CSM to as broad an audience as possible. 

Our culture