Food Technician
Aston Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 4SF28 days remaining to apply
Closing date
22 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,927.00 - £19,227.00 Annually (FTE) Band D, Points 5 - 6. (plus an additional 1 week of pay if the appointee has 5 years or more continuous service with the Local Authority). * Pay award pending
Food Technician job summary
Aston Academy is a large secondary school on the border of Sheffield and Rotherham, with over 1,500 students between the ages of 11 and 18 on roll.
An opportunity has arisen for a talented and skilled Food Technician, who will work as part of the Art, Design and Technology Faculty to support the learning and teaching of students by ensuring practical lessons are well resourced and compliant with current Health and Safety legislation.
Working 32.5 hours per week, term time only (Working 5 days, Monday – Friday, working hours to be agreed) Term time includes working 2 out of 5 INSET days each academic year as directed by the academy, with availability to work any or all of the remaining 3 INSET days at short notice should the need arise, and for which additional payment will be made
The Food Technician will prepare materials for lessons across KS3 – KS5, be responsible for maintaining and ordering stock, use a range of equipment to support various aspects of the Food curriculum and ensuring the cleanliness of the food technology classrooms / equipment. Training will be provided for the successful candidate.
The successful candidate will:
- be able to prioritise work effectively and remain calm under pressure
- have excellent interpersonal skills
- a mature and flexible outlook, with a can do attitude
- pride in their work and a high level of attention to detail
- the ability to work accurately under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- a good standard of education to include 3 GCSEs at C or above including English and Maths or equivalent, or evidence of a good standard of literacy/numeracy.
The role is based at Aston Academy but may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust.
Safeguarding
ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.
It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.
Equality
ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.
We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1508 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aston Academy website
School location
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