King's College London

About the role

King’s College London is renowned for its world-class research, supported by an extensive network of laboratories across its campuses. Laboratories are essential to scientific discovery but are also among the most resource-intensive spaces, consuming up to ten times more energy than other types of research space. As part of King’s commitment to sustainable research, we are seeking a Cold Storage Technician (Research) to join the team to support best practices in cold storage and the freezer exchange scheme.

About the role

Reporting to the Sustainability Innovation Lead (Research), the successful candidate will play a key role in improving how research is conducted at King’s. This position offers the chance to make a real impact—championing cold storage practices in research labs, supporting practical sustainability initiatives, and encouraging environmentally responsible research across the university.

It’s an exciting time to join the team, with King’s now a signatory to the UKRI Concordat for Environmental Sustainability. The post-holder will help shape the university’s approach to sustainable research, tackling global challenges while enabling world-class science.

The role involves working closely with academics, researchers, and technical staff across our campuses to influence day-to-day behaviours that reduce energy use and optimise Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) freezer space. The post-holder will also gather data to identify areas for improvement and help deliver training in this area.

The successful candidate will have work experience in a laboratory environment or similar and be able to demonstrate a motivation for improving sustainability in research.  They will have experience of collecting and presenting data to a range of audiences.   

   Hybrid Working:  This role offers a flexible working arrangement, blending remote and on-campus work. To effectively engage with research operations, the post-holder may spend up to four days a week on-site, gaining valuable insight into King’s laboratory environments and day-to-day activities. 

This is a full-time position (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 12 months.  We are looking for someone to be able to start work July 2025.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.      Qualification in a relevant subject area, or equivalent scientific/technical experience.

2.      Demonstrate expertise in cold storage and Biobanking operations

3.      Strong knowledge of specialist technical or scientific practices, procedures, and safety standards, including experience working in laboratory environments up to Biocontainment Level 2.

4.      Self-motivated, proactive and results-driven, with the ability to see tasks through to completion

5.      Solid understanding of logistics and resource management in a laboratory environment

6.      Excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills

7.      Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, including academic, technical and operational teams

8.      Awareness of infrastructure and operational needs within high energy, basic research environments

Desirable criteria

1.      Previous hands-on experience working in biobanking or managing biobanking processes

2.      General understanding of sustainability in infrastructure

3.      General knowledge of cold storage best practices for managing ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers and liquid nitrogen (LN₂) systems

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.