Temple University

The School of Physics and Astronomy is seeking a Senior Teaching Laboratory Technician with the knowledge, practical skill and management ability to support the delivery of a high-quality student experience in our teaching laboratories. The University of Southampton is a world-leading, research-intensive university with a strong and high-quality educational offering. We are renowned for our innovation and enterprise and are a founder of the prestigious, research-led Russell Group of universities. The successful candidate will be able to provide effective and efficient technical support in Physics & Astronomy undergraduate teaching laboratories through the design, set-up, maintenance, testing and demonstration of laboratory experiments. The role involves specialist support and managing the running of the laboratories, maintaining and updating experiments as required. This also includes demonstrating to students and staff, and good understanding of physics and experimental method is advantageous. Working independently or with minimum levels of direct supervision is important, as is being able to ask for help when it’s needed. Good communication skills and team work are essential. Hands on working, guiding students to reach their potential will be at the heart of what you do. During the teaching term, you will ensure the experiments are running smoothly and help the students understand how to get the most out of them. Term breaks are a great time to get “stuck in”, take model data, design and improve experiments or the lab environment following your passion and interests to further improve the learning experience of our students. You will be passionate about education as well as you will be adept at communicating to a diverse range of individuals from varying backgrounds, ensuring that inclusivity is part of everything you do. As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.    Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days and public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave).  The University of Southampton is a signatory of the Technician Commitment and a partner affiliate of the National Technician Development Centre (NTDC). We are committed to supporting our technical staff and offer a wide range of opportunities including networking, mentoring, training, professional registration and career development. We really value all our technical staff and recognise the broad range of skills they have in support of education, research and enterprise activities. By joining Southampton you will be part of a bigger technical community, offering support and guidance. For more information about the job, please contact Sanja Barkovic s.barkovic@soton.ac.uk

Full-time, Continuing position Salary Professional HEW 6 ($97,647 - $105,698) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements Based at the Melbourne CBD campus About the Role The Senior Officer, Student Lifecycle is responsible for providing high quality effective administration, advice and support related to student lifecycle activities and processes across all College of Design and Social Context programs, levels of qualification, modes, and locations. The Senior Officer will work collaboratively and pro-actively with key stakeholders, including professional, academic and teaching staff, to achieve outcomes. The Senior Officer will contribute to the execution of college-based projects that support the college to meet its strategic and operational plans. To be successful in this position, you'll have: Demonstrated experience and expertise in the provision of high-quality administration services, including a sound knowledge of relevant policies and procedures. Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to investigate and make informed decisions regarding complex issues. Demonstrated skills in managing time, setting priorities, planning and organising workloads. Well-developed interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills, including ability to tailor communication styles to diverse audiences. Demonstrated high level of computer literacy, including spread sheets Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check. About the College The College of Design and Social Context encompasses RMIT University's renowned art, architecture, design, built environment, communication, and social science disciplines. The College has 24,500 students and over 1,000 staff located in 9 schools. The College's academic programs are generally market leaders and in high demand. Based on a strong foundation of practice-led, industry partnered teaching and research, we aim to deliver skilled graduates with a deep sense of purpose, and high impact research and innovation. For more information see www.rmit.edu.au/dsc To Apply Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the 'Apply' link above. For further information about this position, please see Position Description below or contact Jessica Bernardo (Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor) via email Jessica.bernardo@rmit.edu.au. PD - Senior Officer, Student Lifecycle Please note, if you are viewing this advert from an external site, please click 'apply' and you will be redirected to RMIT's Jobs website to access the Position Description at the bottom of the page. Applications close on Thursday 25th June 2026 at 11:59pm About RMIT University RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, design and enterprise with more than 96,000 students and close to 10,000 staff globally. The University's mission is to help shape the world through research, innovation and engagement, and to create transformative experiences for students to prepare them for life and work. https://www.rmit.edu.au/about https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/university/rmit-university Why work at RMIT University Our people make everything at the University possible. We encourage new approaches to work and learning, stimulating change to drive positive impact. Find out more about working at RMIT University, what we stand for and why we are an Employer of Choice. We want to attract those who will make a difference. View RMIT's impressive standings in university rankings. https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/facts-figures/reputation-and-rankings Bring Your Whole Self to Work We are better for our diversity. When we listen to those who are different to us, or challenge us, we grow stronger together. When we feel like we belong, we can achieve so much more. We respect each other, embrace our differences and build a sense of belonging in our team and beyond. We are proud that our dedication to diversity has been recognised by a broad spectrum of external organisations. Visit our Linkedin Life pages to learn more and see some of our most recent wins.RMIT has a strong dhumbali (commitment) to the employment, development and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within a culturally safe environment; we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT. To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani (Senior Talent Advisor), via talentsupport@rmit.edu.au or visit our Careers page for more contact information - https://www.rmit.edu.au/careers RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

The Role and the Department Northern Accelerator is led by Durham University in partnership with Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside - who come together through Universities for North East England (UNEE). We are seeking a skilled, creative and experienced Marketing and Communications Officer who can provide excellent communications and events support for Northern Accelerator. The postholder will also work with the programme team to support the commercialisation eco-system with a programme of excellent internal communications activity. The postholder will work closely with the Northern Accelerator and SCENE project teams, side-by-side with the Marketing Officer for SCENE. Internally our projects are separately funded, but externally you will support a strong cohesive Northern Accelerator brand across all activity. Northern Accelerator is an ambitious project strong aims and multiple partners and the role of communications will be key in ensuring the visibility of the various aspects of the programme and maintaining a strong sense of common endeavour. Ideally, the postholder will have a good understanding of innovation and commercialisation purposes and mechanisms and be able to work flexibly and collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to design and ensure delivery of effective communication plans. They will also need to understand the purpose of our national and regional funders in allocating the resource, in order to maintain alignment of Northern Accelerator communications activity with the economic plans in the North East and national commercialisation objectives. The main duties of the post will be: Working with the Head of Regional programmes, Programme Manager and other team members, design and ensure a strong and visible communications and events plan to support the effective delivery of the Northern Accelerator programme. Co-ordinate internal communications activity between the University partners and the wider network of Strategic partners to underpin the success of the commercialisation ecosystem. Work closely with the wider network of Communications staff to ensure there are complementary communication activities across, Northern Accelerator, the SCENE programme, the Commercialisation and Spinout Fund, and any other projects which re-enforce their brands and demonstrate the collaboration between North East universities. Provide support, advice, information, presentations and guidance to University staff regarding the communications activities within the project, including ensuring compliance with the expectations of partners and funders with respect of use of logos and other corporate or programme identities and to be the focal point for communications across the University and strategic partners. Monitor communications activities against a key set of metrics and make proposals for improvement The postholder will sit within Durham University's Research and Innovation Services (RIS) team, accountable to the Head of Regional Programmes. RIS is a professional services directorate at the heart of Durham University which provides expertise, leadership and support to academics and professional colleagues across the University for all research, research-related, knowledge exchange and economic development activities and aims to strengthen their University's role at the leading-edge of research and innovation, inspiring change across the world and in our region.