The post holder will provide a high standard of technical support to academic and research staff at the Quadram Institute.

They will follow standard operating procedures and good laboratory practice to support work in our busy and diverse research laboratories. Tasks involve general housekeeping, disposal of hazardous waste, media preparation, glassware maintenance, stock management, checking packages are safe for transport and providing other support services to the institute’s researchers and students. They will further contribute to health and safety compliance, monitoring safety equipment and ensuring adherence to laboratory safety protocols and regulations.

The post holder will be expected to work during standard laboratory opening hours but the role could require occasional out of hours/weekend work.

Please note that this is a support role, the post holder will not be able to conduct their own research.

About the Quadram Institute

The Quadram Institute is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to understanding how food and microbes interact to promote health and prevent disease. Its mission is to deliver healthier lives through innovation in gut health, microbiology and food. A partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and BBSRC, it brings together scientists and clinicians in a state-of-the-art building on the Norwich Research Park. Norwich Research Park is one of Europe’s largest centres of life sciences and home of the John Innes Centre and The Earlham Institute.