Art Technician
The St Leonards Academy, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HH13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 November 2025
Closing date
5 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- East Sussex Grade 4 - £25,185
What skills and experience we're looking for
Working Pattern: Term time plus 5 days (40 weeks)
Hours: 30 hours per week, 8.30am-3.00pm Monday – Friday
Actual Starting Salary (calculated pro rata): £18,092 per annum
Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments
Are you passionate about Art & Photography?
We are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Art Technician within the Art Department. This is an excellent opportunity to join the department and be part of making innovative approaches to the development of the Art and Photography curriculum.
Your duties will include:-
- Providing support to teaching staff in art/photography lessons
- Preparing all resources for each lesson
- Assisting students during practical tasks
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information about this opportunity.
What the school offers its staff
We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
- Automatic annual pay increments: Pay progression is not linked to performance and all our staff benefit from automatic pay progression (subject to the maximum salary for the role). Cost of living awards are also reviewed annually.
- Generous Pension: Safeguard your future with financial security throughout your retirement. Employer contribution rate of 18.9%.
- Holiday Entitlement: Take advantage of 27 days annual leave per annum (FTE), plus statutory Bank Holidays.
- Health and Wellbeing: A strong commitment to your health and wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors and an annual day devoted to your health and wellbeing. This day provides the opportunity to spend valuable time catching up with colleagues, as well as some ‘Time for You’ to do whatever most enhances your wellbeing.
- Personal Development Day: One day annually dedicated to your personal development which could include volunteering, training or a seminar (self-funded).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to free and confidential counselling services, providing support for both work and personal issues.
- Cycle to Work: Build exercise into your commute, with our cycle-to-work programme, offering a £2K loan to purchase a bicycle.
- Retail Discount: Savings with hundreds of retailers including gym, private medical, dental and online GP service, as well as eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Scheme.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Applying for the job
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About The St Leonards Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1322 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The St Leonards Academy website
- Email address
- g.sidders@thestleonardsacademy.org.uk
The St Leonards Academy
Here at The St Leonards Academy, we have a clear vision of what creates successful learners. And we know how to implement it.
Our students are enthusiastic about learning because we make sure we supply excellent teaching and exceptional pastoral care.
As well as focussing on academic achievement we are equally committed to the improvement of our students' character through the promotion of our five virtues of kindness, respect, honesty, resilience and self-discipline.
They have opportunities galore to develop these virtues through our personal development curriculum and our enrichment programme that offers everything from rock-climbing to formal debating. Above all, they take pride in themselves, their school, and their learning.
Arranging a visit to The St Leonards Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email g.sidders@thestleonardsacademy.org.uk.
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