Art and Food Technology Technician
Spires Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0HD24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,104.00 - £24,280.00 Annually (FTE) Prorated to £8151.36 to £8210.88 for 14 hours per week
Art and Food Technology Technician job summary
The main duties and responsibilities for the role ae as follows:
- Preparation of equipment to ensure the correct resources are available for all practical lessons.
- Maintain and organise the teaching and the storage areas.
- Maintain and order supplies: unpack and check new equipment delivered.
- Ensure equipment is in good working order and that it is clean and well maintained.
- Assist in the monitoring of Health and Safety and Maintenance requests.
- Ensure administrative duties, checks and documentation are completed to the required level of accuracy.
- Carry out a range of additional duties that may arise from time-to-time in accordance with the nature of the role and level of responsibility.
Vision and values:
- To engage actively in the performance review process, addressing appraisal targets set in conjunction with the line manager each autumn term.
- To participate in training and other professional development learning activities.
- To promote equal opportunities and celebrate diversity in all aspects of the academy.
- To play a full part in the life of the academy community, to support its distinctive aim and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example.
- To support and attend academy events including Open Evening.
- To promote actively the academy’s corporate policies.
- To adhere to the Trust’s dress code.
- To comply with the academy’s health and safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate.
- To be familiar with and promote safeguarding requirements, demonstrating adherence to the DfE Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ and the academy’s Safeguarding/Child Protection policies.
- To be aware of and comply with all academy and Trust policies and procedures, particularly those relating to conduct, child protection (as above), health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Spires Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 726 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Spires Academy website
At Spires Academy we offer a distinctive small school environment where each individual is well known, listened to and encouraged to be the best they can be. Serving just over 600 students enables us to maintain an inclusive and nurturing community atmosphere, where staff work with students to develop the skills, confidence and knowledge needed to reach their full potential.
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