Research Technician in Neuroscience

This is an outstanding opportunity for a Research Technician, with a background in Neuroscience, to work within the young and growing group of Dr Nina Milosavljevic, which is based at Division of Neuroscience at the School of Biological Sciences.

The candidate will support the aims of the grant aimed to investigate the Role of the Amygdala in Modulating Affective State in Response to Visual Stimuli funded by BBSRC. This innovative project will investigate visual influences on the rodent amygdala in both mice and Rhabdomys, integrating behavioural, neuronal, and anatomical levels of analysis.

This position offers an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual to work as part of a sociable multi-disciplinary team consisting of a post-doctoral researcher and 3 PhD students. The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical skills, experience with behavioural testing, and will be able to work with minimal supervision. Experience with MATLAB and DLC analysis is essential for the position.

What will you get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme

Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays

Additional paid closure over the Christmas period

Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our university is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to people.talent@manchester.ac.uk

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Nina Milosavljevic

Email: nina.milosavljevic@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.