Technician (Scientific Services) (fixed term) - GLA15786

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Technician to join our Scientific Services team on a temporary basis working within the calibration and microbiology sections.

NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services.

If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.

Position Details

You will be required to analyse a wide variety of samples within the testing laboratories.  An understanding of the fundamentals and experience of working within a chemistry/ microbiology/ calibration laboratory is essential.

You must be familiar with good laboratory practices and have previous experience of routine analysis.  You should preferably be familiar with LIM systems and laboratory quality systems.

You must have a flexible approach to work together with good communication skills, IT skills and a good standard of manual dexterity.  The ability to work on your own initiative and establish good relationships with other team members is essential and you must be capable of responding effectively to delegated responsibilities and working with minimum supervision. 

A minimum of a City & Guilds/ONC/SCOTVEC or equivalent qualification is essential to the role, as is a current driving licence due to the requirement for the successful applicant to be able to travel to and work on site at various locations throughout Scotland.

The successful candidate would be expected to continue to expand their knowledge and show an aptitude in acquiring new skills.

Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.

Contract Details

Weekly Hours: 35 hours

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday

Annual Salary: £28,615.47 - £30,795.57 on an incremental scale

This post is fixed term for a period up to 1 year. 

Only existing employees of Glasgow City Council – Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability can apply for this vacancy.

Benefits of working with us

Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. If you’re successful in your job application, you’ll have access to these benefits which include:

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203) hours after 5 years’ service
• 5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year
• Local government pension scheme
• Life and Personal Accident Insurance
• Occupational Sickness Pay
• Staff Benefit Scheme
• Glasgow Credit Union

For guidance on completing your application, and to view other benefits on offer for employees of Glasgow City Council, please visit the following link: .

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Further Information

The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.

We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

For further information about working for us please refer to our website  GCC HR Policies