Art & Design Technician

Kingsbury High School, London, NW9 9JR

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  7 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,249.00 Annually (Actual) Support Staff Scale 3, Point 6, plus London Weighting paid pro rata for TTO

Art & Design Technician job summary

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

• To facilitate the resource needs of the Art & Design Department, including preparing materials, ordering stock and mounting work whilst also being responsible for display throughout the school.
• To provide administrative and organisational support to staff and work as part of a team and individually to inspire students.
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES of this post

1. Art and Design Resources and Equipment

• Day-to-day management of the budget for Art and Design Equipment and Resources, including maintaining stock levels, ordering, checking invoices against deliveries and distributing stock to the specialist rooms.
• Ensuring that equipment and furniture is properly maintained and that its access is controlled and monitored.
• Preparing Art ‘packs’ for student purchase, including liaising with Finance for ParentPay.
• Keeping abreast of new resources and equipment available, including new technologies, and their relevance to Art and Design activities; making recommendations for procurement.
• Health and Safety standards throughout the Art and Design and Photography Department, including risk assessments.

2. Facilitating Teaching and Learning for Art and Design and Photography

• Storing and preparing clay for class projects and examinations, including the production of tiles, slabs and blocks; firing ceramics, including mixing glazes and slips; preparing, loading/unloading kilns.
• Preparing other art and design materials for class projects and examinations, including cutting and painting boards, making canvasses and frames, making plaster tiles and casts.
• Maintenance and setting up of photographic equipment for teachers and students; mixing chemicals.
• Ensuring that student’s examination work is properly stored and archived, including photographing students’ work.
• Cataloguing book, photographic, film and other reference materials for access by teachers and students.
• Classroom support responsibilities

3. Art and Design Instruction

• Supervising the project work of small groups and/or individual examination students (GCSE and Advanced Level), including setting design briefs and providing feedback during the various stages of a project; ensuring access to equipment and resources; providing training for the use of such equipment and resources; supporting preparation for assessment presentation and display.
• Accompanying, guiding and instructing students during visits to galleries and Museums.

4. Providing cover for the role of the Design & Technology Technician, as appropriate

Please note that the full job description and person specification can be found in the attached candidate pack.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Kingsbury High School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1997 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingsbury High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsbury-high-school-london

Kingsbury High School is a vibrant learning environment with a strong community ethos.

Prospective candidates are welcome to come and look around the school to see for yourself what makes Kingsbury High different. As a large 12 form entry 11-18 split site school we are situated in an inner London location, but with an out of London feel – surrounded by parkland with large playing fields and great local amenities, excellent transport links to enable easy access from central London and fringe areas. Our school is truly diverse in its makeup, whilst united as one family working to achieve the best for all our students.

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