IT Technician, NIHR BioResource for Translational Research (Fixed Term)
Do you have great IT and organisational skills? Interested in a role that contributes to changing lives for the better? Looking for your next challenge?
We are recruiting an IT Technician with experience working in an IT department. You will need recent experience in delivering a service and evidence of working at a tactical or operational level to deliver a technical solution, as well as having the ability to manage and prioritise your own tasks to succeed in this role.
This role will assist in the delivery of a professional IT service, enabling the ongoing delivery of best practice processes going forward.
The post joins an IT service team providing IT support to the BioResource. The post holder will be involved in all aspects of IT. The role will suit a responsible person with experience working in IT support, looking to progress their skills. The NIHR BioResource is committed to providing training to allow the right candidate to progress.
The role holder takes responsibility for providing first- and second-line support for the IT services of the department, including the problem-solving of routine technical issues. The role holder will also support key data flows and processes and assist in the configuration and development of key tools in this process.
Closing date: 2 March 2026
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The NIHR BioResource
We provide the major, nationally accessible resource to improve healthcare and the long-term prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.
We have over 350,000 consented volunteers, from the general population and patients with common and rare diseases. Having provided their samples, BioResource volunteers are willing to be recalled to participate in academic and industry-led experimental medicine and clinical research studies.
Our participants don’t take part in clinical trials but provide lifestyle, health and genetic information that speeds medical research.
NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease; enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.
Our principal funding body is the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the nation’s largest funder of health and care research.