To advise on the pricing and purchasing of equipment and consumables and ensure 5 % adequate stocks of supplies, ensuring finances and work resources are monitored efficiently and appropriately. To train students, junior colleagues and new researchers in techniques and the safe and 10 % effective use of equipment, and communicating and liaising with all internal and external users of technical service. Any other duties as allocated by the line manager following consultation with the post 5 % holder. Internal and external relationships This post sits within a new interdisciplinary consortium across the University of Southampton, University of Leeds, University of Bristol and University College London. The post is primarily associated with Work Packages 2 & 5. Supervision and guidance for this post will come from associated Work Package staff (Ezard, Foster, Sinclair, Trueman, Wilson, University of Southampton; Schmidt, University of Bristol) and Principal Investigator (Ezard, University of Southampton). Integrate insights from other members of the research team, in particular the Research Fellow based in Ocean & Earth Science at the University of Southampton, and across the wider PISTON consortium including its External Advisory Board. PhD students and undergraduate project students for supervision, guidance and motivation. Promote the ethos of PISTON to other staff and research students in Electronics and Computer Science, Ocean and Earth Science and the interdisciplinary Institute for Life Sciences. Develop research collaborators in other institutions and members of their laboratories. Special Requirements PERSON SPECIFICATION How to be Criteria Essential Desirable assessed Qualifications, Skill level equivalent to achievement of Relevant degree knowledge and HNC, A-Level, NVQ3 with proven work (Chemistry, Geochemistry, experience experience acquired in relevant technical Isotope geochemistry or support roles and job-related training. another related field). Knowledge and/or research laboratory Experience of sample experience in Chemistry, Isotope preparation, clean lab Qualification Geochemistry, Palaeoceanography, methodologies, elemental certificates; Palaeoclimatology, Evolutionary Biology or purification, and CV; a related field. inductively coupled plasma interview; mass spectrometry Experience in sediment sample preparation references. techniques and of working with microfossils Ability to make effective use of standard office computer systems including and spreadsheets.
To advise on the pricing and purchasing of equipment and consumables and ensure adequate stocks of supplies, ensuring finances and work resources are monitored efficiently and appropriately. 5 % To train students, junior colleagues and new researchers in techniques and the safe and effective use of equipment, and communicating and liaising with all internal and external users of technical service. 10 % Any other duties as allocated by the line manager following consultation with the post holder. 5 % Internal and external relationships This post sits within a new interdisciplinary consortium across the University of Southampton, University of Leeds, University of Bristol and University College London. The post is primarily associated with Work Packages 2 & 5. Supervision and guidance for this post will come from associated Work Package staff (Ezard, Foster, Sinclair, Trueman, Wilson, University of Southampton; Schmidt, University of Bristol) and Principal Investigator (Ezard, University of Southampton). Integrate insights from other members of the research team, in particular the Research Fellow based in Ocean & Earth Science at the University of Southampton, and across the wider PISTON consortium including its External Advisory Board. PhD students and undergraduate project students for supervision, guidance and motivation. Promote the ethos of PISTON to other staff and research students in Electronics and Computer Science, Ocean and Earth Science and the interdisciplinary Institute for Life Sciences. Develop research collaborators in other institutions and members of their laboratories. Special Requirements PERSON SPECIFICATION Criteria Essential Desirable How to be assessed Qualifications, knowledge and experience Skill level equivalent to achievement of HNC, A-Level, NVQ3 with proven work experience acquired in relevant technical support roles and job-related training. Knowledge and/or research laboratory experience in Chemistry, Isotope Geochemistry, Palaeoceanography, Palaeoclimatology, Evolutionary Biology or a related field. Experience in sediment sample preparation techniques and of working with microfossils Ability to make effective use of standard office computer systems including and spreadsheets. Relevant degree (Chemistry, Geochemistry, Isotope geochemistry or another related field). Experience of sample preparation, clean lab methodologies, elemental purification, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Qualification certificates; CV; interview; references.
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