22 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    25 August 2026

  • Closing date

    16 September 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 August 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other support role

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Subject

Design and technology

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Casual

Full time equivalent salary

NJC Scale 4, SP7 to SP10

Design and Technology Technician job summary

  • Role: Design and Technology Technician- Temporary up to 1 year
  • Full time/Part time: Term Time Only
  • Working Hours: 36 hours per week 08:30am-4.30pm (Monday-Friday)
  • Salary Grade: NJC Scale 4, SP7 to SP10 (currently £28,346 to £29,591 per annum)
  • Reporting to: Head of Visual Arts and Design Technology
  • Commencing: September 2026

Applications are invited for a highly organised, knowledgeable and suitably qualified Technician to join our large, friendly and successful Design and Technology department at Burntwood School - an Academy for Girls. Working under the direction and guidance of the Head of Visual Arts and Design Technology. The successful candidate will provide a high level of technical and administrative support to the subject areas of 3D/Product Design, Textiles, Graphics and Food Technology in large and extremely well-equipped facilities. 

This role is crucial to the effective delivery of our broad and creative curriculum and the two Technicians (Art and DT) are key members of a highly collaborative and supportive team.

The ability and commitment to work both independently and as part of a team with a flexible and versatile approach is essential to this demanding and varied role. Respectful relationships between staff and students are central to the school’s positive ethos and make this an exciting and fulfilling school to work in.

Burntwood School - an Academy for Girls, is a popular, highly successful, multi-cultural school. We put equality, safeguarding and inclusion at the heart of our ethos. Burntwood has a strong corporate identity characterised by our firm commitment to the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Please visit our school site for more information about Burntwood School - an Academy for Girls.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.

Please note, we are only accepting applications through our career site.

Should you require any other details please contact our HR team.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 16th September 2026 at 9am.

The interview will be held on the following week.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.

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.

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About Burntwood School

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1462 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Burntwood is a highly successful academy for girls. We are an 11-19 comprehensive school with 1500+ students, of whom 450 are in our mixed Sixth Form. The majority of our students progress to our Sixth Form and the vast majority then on to university and higher education.

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