Art & Design Technician

Gospel Oak School, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0BZ

Deadline is today

• Closing date

  23 September 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  1 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (Actual)

Art & Design Technician job summary

Job Purpose

• To support the Department carrying out responsibilities and providing a high level of technical support in the delivery of curricular and extra-curricular Art and Design subjects, including the preparation and clearing away of materials and equipment for lessons and supporting students in their learning.
• To embody the values, vision and ethos of Gospel Oak School and assist the Executive Principal in delivering policy which will ensure high quality and successful outcomes.
• To support the monitoring, evaluation and continuous review of the quality and effectiveness within the school.
• To support the collaborative work across the school and within the local community.

Main (Core) Duties

• The preparation of and organisation of resources.
• Preparation of Art and Design materials, ensuring tools and equipment are in good working order.
• Setting up and retrieval of equipment and materials for demonstrations and practical work.
• Assist teachers in practical demonstrations during lessons to ensure excellent learning outcomes for the students.
• Maintaining stock room including maintaining stock records, receive equipment and materials and maintain an inventory system for items.
• Maintain machinery and equipment in accordance with Health and Safety requirements.
• To control and store safely all chemicals ensuring that current Health and Safety regulations are adhered to.
• Assist in the efficient running of CAD/CAM facilities, and other creative software, in the department.
• Preparation and organisation of art materials such as paints, papers, textiles, clay, inks and specialist surfaces.
• Assistance in mounting, displaying and photographing students’ work for exhibitions and moderation.
• Cleaning and maintenance of specialist art equipment (e.g. kilns, printing presses, sewing machines).
• Mixing and safe disposal of materials such as glazes and dyes.
• Supporting students during practical sessions under teacher direction.
• Any other duties as agreed with the Executive Principal

Other

• Support student behaviour using the Behaviour Policy.
• Ensuring Health and Safety requirements are met under the direction of the class teacher.
• Assisting non-Art and Design teaching staff in cross curricular activities.
• The technician will be based across all of the Art rooms and the Design Technology workshop.
• A dedicated work area in the workshop (G15) will be the central base, but the role will require moving between different rooms to support the full range of subjects.
• The split of responsibilities will vary throughout the year depending on coursework deadlines and curriculum needs, but on average the role will be 60% Design Technology and 40% Art and Design.

Additional Support

• DATA training will be provided where necessary to ensure safe and effective use of Design and Technology equipment and systems.
• Internal training will be delivered to familiarise the postholder with procedures, including how and where to store and access resources.
• Kiln training will be provided prior to any use of the kiln.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Staff will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description will be reviewed annually, and the Principal reserves the right to alter the content of this job description, after consultation with the post-holder, to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview earlier for this post should a suitable candidate apply. For more information, please see the attached candidate pack.

Next steps

If you are excited by this role and believe you have the vision and values to fulfil this challenge, then please contact the HR department on GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk or by calling us on 0121 556 1351.

A visit to the school and an informal chat with the appropriate member of the Senior Leadership Team is welcomed and encouraged prior to making your application.

Closing date: Tuesday 23 September 2025 @ 10am

Want to know more about Gospel Oak School?

Please visit our website www.gospeloakschool.co.uk, the Central Region Schools Trust website www.centralregionschoolstrust.co.uk and don’t forget to take a look at our promotional video.

The Central Region Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Gospel Oak School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gospel Oak School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gospel-oak-school

Gospel Oak School, formerly the RSA Academy serves the borough of Sandwell, but due to its geographical position students join us from Wolverhampton and Walsall. In 2017 the school joined the Central RSA Academies Trust and has been working closely and collaboratively across the trust to offer greater opportunities for all. Over the last 5 years the trust has grown in size and strength, from September 2021 the trust is now an academy approved sponsor in its own right and the RSA will no longer sponsor the trust, although we will continue to work closely with the RSA. This changing relationship has provided the trust and the school to rebrand ourselves, the trust will now be known as Central Region Schools Trust and the school; Gospel Oak School.

The rebrand for the school has allowed us to reflect on the true heritage of the local community. The school is based in Gospel Oak and as a community we are very proud of our Black Country heritage, it is for this reason our new branding reflects the colours of the Black Country along with symbolic representation of the area, with the narrowboat which reflects the locality of the Gospel Oak canal basin, the oak tree for when the parish was so large the parishioners prayed under it once a month and the Black Country links to industry within the area.

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