About the role

Are you an experienced technical leader with a strong understanding of Computer Science and a passion for enabling excellent teaching and research? The University of Bath is seeking a knowledgeable and proactive Technical Supervisor to lead and develop technical support across our Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team of technical staff who deliver essential infrastructure and equipment support, ensuring a high standard of service to academic staff, researchers, and students.

The main duties include, to:

• Lead, manage, and develop the technical teams supporting the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics.
• Oversee day-to-day technical operations, ensuring the departments’ facilities, equipment, and digital infrastructure effectively supporting teaching and research.
• Plan and allocate resources and support, monitoring workloads and performance to deliver a high-quality, responsive technical service.
• Ensure compliance with University Health & safety, and GDPR, promoting a strong safety and governance culture.
• Coordinate and communicate with central university services, contractors, and infrastructure teams to maintain and improve departmental systems.
• Interpret technical information (e.g. network diagrams, workflows, or research system requirements) to support decision-making and operational planning.
• Represent the technical team at departmental and university meetings, providing professional insight and advocating for technical needs.
• Promote collaboration, professional development, and wellbeing across the technical teams.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of the environments, technologies, and challenges associated with Computer Science—whether through direct experience working in a computer science setting, managing a technical team supporting research computing, data centres, or networking environments. We understand that the field is broad, and while we don’t expect you to be an expert in every area, your familiarity with the language and needs of computer science professionals will enable you to provide effective leadership, understand evolving priorities, and engage meaningfully with researchers and technicians alike.

Working closely with Heads of Department, the Departmental Operations Manager, and Health & Safety colleagues, you’ll contribute to operational planning, infrastructure oversight, compliance management, and the delivery of responsive and forward-looking technical services. You’ll represent the technical team at departmental meetings and University forums, anticipate future needs, and support the continuous improvement of processes, protocols, and service delivery.

We’re looking for someone who combines people management skills with technical insight and with the ability to keep a broad operational overview. You’ll be a confident communicator, able to influence, mentor, and foster a positive working culture while ensuring the team remains agile, efficient, and aligned with the strategic goals of both departments.

Further information

For an informal discussion relating to this vacancy, please contact Daniel Lou-Hing (delh20@bath.ac.uk) or, Fabienne Pradaux-Caggiano (fp213@bath.ac.uk).

This is a permanent, full time position (36.5 hours)

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you:

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

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