Science Technician -Biology

Holy Cross College is seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic Science Technician to join our successful team, here at Holy Cross and support the delivery of practical activities across Biology. The role is offered on a part-time permanent basis. The enthusiastic teaching team feels that active learning, especially practical work, plays a key role in the teaching and learning strategies within the Department and this is supported by the highly qualified and experienced technical team. The Biology subject team believes in active learning and that practical work plays a key role in teaching and learning. A highly qualified and experienced technical support team facilitate this. The Biology and Health and Social Care team takes great pride in the quality of its teaching and the support that it gives to students. Therefore, reviewing teaching and learning strategies to provide opportunities for students to maximise their potential, enjoy and become motivated by the subject, is an integral part of the subject area’s ethos. Many of our students go on to study Medicine and other Biology related degrees at some of the country’s top universities. The area has three dedicated laboratories and a theory teaching room with interactive white board facilities. The use of ILT is also important across the department, with access to class sets of laptops for specific tasks. Staff in the Department actively promote extra-curricular activities to enrich our students’ experience at Holy Cross and the successful candidate will have opportunities to work collaboratively across all of the Science subjects. We are seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic Science Technician to join our successful team, here at Holy Cross and support the delivery of practical activities in Biology. For full details of the role, including the job description and person specification, please see attached Applicant Information Pack. If you feel you meet the requirements of the post and are in