Food Technician (FTC 6 months)
Nova Hreod Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2NQ8 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,668.00 Annually (Actual)
Food Technician (FTC 6 months) job summary
We are excited to be able to offer a Food Technician to join our busy team in Nova Hreod Academy.
Job Title: Food Technician
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract for 6 months
Location: Nova Hreod Academy
Start Date: September 2026
Working Hours: 29 hours a week Monday - Friday
About the Role
Nova Hreod Academy is seeking a highly organised and proactive Food Science Technician to join our team. This is a fixed-term role from 1st September 2026 until 28th February 2026 the purpose of this being a fixed-term role is to cover a leave of absence. There may be a need to extend this role.
You will work closely with colleagues across the Academy, supporting food science.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, set up, and tidy away equipment and materials ready for use in the appropriate classrooms, in accordance with academy risk assessments, and manufacturer’s instructions and the requirements of teaching staff, including preparing materials, delivering equipment to rooms, and photocopying.
- To assist teaching staff with the general running of practical work sessions in a supporting capacity only.
- To clean and make spills safe, breakages, and related incidents that require careful handling, and ensure all classrooms are clear at the end of the school day and are prepared for lesson 1 the next day's lesson.
- To support the Food Science Teacher with Food Science work including but not limited to, food preparations (weighing and measuring), preparing the classroom, and tidying away. Providing general support to the Food Science teacher.
- To order supplies as required, under the direction of the Food Science Head of Department and Teachers.
We offer:
- A strong, supportive team culture where staff wellbeing is prioritised
- The opportunity to deliver memorable educational experiences beyond the classroom
- Excellent professional development and career progression opportunities
- A visible impact on students’ lives, particularly in widening access to enrichment opportunities
- A diverse and vibrant school community
- Clear systems, leadership support and a forward-thinking working environment
Benefits:
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to United Learning staff benefits, including discounts and wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Term-time working, supporting a positive work-life balance
Additional Information
Nova Hreod Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; therefore, there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.
Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
United Learning
Nova Hreod Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum, and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff's well-being. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
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 Nova Hreod Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1044 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Nova Hreod Academy website
Nova Hreod Academy is well placed in an excellent Location, 1 hour from London, 30 minutes from Bath and 20 minutes to the beautiful Cotswolds. We are lucky enough to have a modern building that was designed with learning and development in mind.
We are committed to becoming one of the country's top-performing schools. At Nova we believe that all children have limitless potential and that all children can succeed when they are educated in an environment that is characterised by high standards of behaviour and excellent teaching. Our entire staff share a common goal: giving every child the best possible chance of success. We are determined to prove that students in Swindon can achieve at the very highest levels.
We deliver on our promise of the best chance of success by ensuring that:
Students gain high value qualifications which will open as many doors for them in the future as possible
Students develop a real understanding of subject disciplines, learning knowledge and ways of thinking that take them beyond everyday understanding enabling them to better participate in our democratic society
Students get the opportunity to take part in many high-quality experiences – trips, visits, clubs and events which allow them to flourish outside the classroom, developing their character.
We place learning at the heart of everything that we do at Nova. Our expert teachers deliver a rich and ambitious academic curriculum in a calm, purposeful atmosphere. Our students work exceptional hard to develop a good understanding of the subject disciplines that we teach.
Beyond the classroom our house system, student leadership opportunities, and our enrichment programme, SuperNova, ensure that students have a wide range of opportunities to develop their character and to find and develop new passions, skills and interests.
At Nova every day we strive to create an atmosphere of joyful excellence where our students experience is characterised by both high standards and high levels of support. Where both fun and hard work are prioritised and where staff develop warm relationships with students whilst ensuring that standards of behaviour remain exemplary at all times.
Our values - Excellence, Hard Work and Kindness are at the heart of everything we do. The leadership team is dedicated not only to academic excellence and character development but also to ensuring that the workload for teachers is balanced, manageable, and well-considered.
How do we reduce workload for teachers?
High-quality, centralised curriculum resources
Live marking in lessons, so marking does not need to be taken home
A centralised behaviour management system
Visible and supportive senior leadership team (SLT)
Well-planned deadlines
These are just a few examples of how we’re making sure our teachers can focus on what matters most: delivering excellent lessons to our students.
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