Design Technology and Engineering Technician
Wootton Academy Trust, Bedford, MK43 9HTThis job expired on 3 October 2022
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
29 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Art and design
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week, term-time only (including 5 training days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Level 3, Point 5-8, £15,898.98 - £16,871.53 pro-rated (actual salary) per annum
Design Technology and Engineering Technician job summary
We are looking for a Design Technology & Engineering technician to join the Trust as soon as possible. You will be enthusiastic about Design Technology and Engineering, and be able to work as part of a team. A willingness to learn is important and relevant training will be provided.
The post holder will:
Ensure Design Technology and Engineering workshops and the equipment in them are safe environments for pupils and staff to use, carrying out checks and maintaining machinery and tools.
Provide support to teachers through the preparation of resources and materials required in Design Technology and Engineering lessons.
Provide support to pupils in practical activities.
This is an opportunity for the right person to play a pivotal and crucial role in supporting this forward thinking and growing department to make a real difference to the future life chances of our pupils.
A message from the Design Technology and Engineering Team
Thank you for your interest in this role.
We want our new technician to be enthusiastic and keen to help our pupils make great progress, ensuring that the materials and equipment they need are available in a timely manner.
We need our technician to have good communication skills as well as having great attention to detail. Most of all, we want our technician to be a team player who:
shares our commitment to provide the best possible learning experiences for all pupils;
works to improve this fantastic area of the curriculum to benefit all our learners;
makes suggestions when they feel our collaborative working environment could be improved.
Closing Date: 09:00 on Monday 3rd October 2022 We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
Selection Process will be held week commencing 11th October 2022.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wootton Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- Wootton.HR@wootton.beds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01234765203
Wootton Upper School and Kimberley 16 - 19 STEM College (in the nearby village of Stewartby) are operated by Wootton Academy Trust [WAT]. The two institutions are 3 miles apart and linked by a shuttle bus. WAT is highly ambitious, and its vision is to provide outstanding education in all of its component parts.
Wootton Upper School was inspected in November 2017 and received a very positive report. The school was judged to be good in all areas. Wootton Upper School, with 900 students across Years 9 - 11, achieves good results across the core subjects in both progress and attainment measures.
Kimberley College 16-19 STEM College opened in September 2013 and has 700 students. The College was inspected in January 2017 and judged good in most areas and outstanding in personal development and well-being. For the last two years the College has been in the Sunday Times list of the top 20 Sixth Form Colleges in the UK based on the proportion of students getting 2As and 1B or better in facilitating subjects.
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