Design & Technology Technician
Deadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
3 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,178.67 - £17,755.15 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary based on FTE of £22,737-£23,500
Design & Technology Technician job summary
If you are looking for your next challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to help in the delivery of the highest quality Technology education to young people. We are looking for a part-time Design & Technology Technician, to work from 8am-3pm Monday-Friday, term-time only, plus INSET days. The successful applicant will prepare equipment, materials and resources to support the delivery of the Technology curriculum providing practical day to day support in the department and ensuring that students gain the best experience in these practical subjects.
Experience of working with tools and equipment found in a workshop and having a knowledge of health and safety regulations pertinent to that environment, is desirable, as is experience of working in a school or with teenagers as well as undertake a practical health and safety role for the department. The work is varied and rewarding. It is a requirement of this role to be a first aider.
The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to be able to work under pressure, have excellent communications skills and be computer literate. Working in a technician or similar role and having knowledge of Health and Safety would be preferable but not essential. You should be able to understand classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position in these, be flexible to take on other tasks as and when requested, and possess a “can do” attitude. Your personal and professional standards should be high. You should be enthusiastic about working within a school environment and be an inspiring role model to our students. We actively promote continuing professional development and encourage staff to pursue all enhancement programmes.
Ormiston Six Villages Academy, is an exciting and supportive place to work. At the academy, we provide students with a safe, positive environment to explore, learn, investigate and develop into confident young adults who are ready to enter an ever changing and competitive world. We aim to stretch, to stimulate and grow a love of life-long learning. Ormiston Six Villages Academy is a secondary school for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Chichester in West Sussex and there are 750 pupils on its roll.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
If you have any further queries or wish to arrange a tour of the academy, then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Canadas, Administration Manager, on 01243 546802 or by email ccs@ormistonsixvillages.org.uk.
Please apply before the closing date of 20th August. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.
Ormiston Six Villages Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to 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 are not accepted.
About Ormiston Six Villages Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 695 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ormiston Six Villages Academy website (opens in new tab)
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