Food Technology and General Technician

The Royal Liberty School, Romford, Essex, RM2 6HJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  1 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,239.00 - £23,571.00 Annually (FTE)

Food Technology and General Technician job summary

Job Purpose and Context

The role of the technician is to support safe and secure learning and teaching using technical skills, knowledge and expertise and specific health and safety know-how.

Roles and Responsibilities

To prepare, test, trial, organise and deploy:

• Materials and resources

• Tools, equipment, plant and apparatus

• Experiments and demonstrations to support learning and teaching

To work with pupils individually or in small groups to support, help and/or supervise their work. To respond to queries and supply information and advice. (These responsibilities to be carried out under the supervision of the teacher).

To assist teachers, other technicians or other school staff with technical aspects (specified in paragraph 1. above) which support learning and teaching

To prepare relevant teaching and learning facilities and to ensure that such facilities and safe and secure for use by students and teachers.

To carry out an agreed programme of scheduled routine maintenance to tools, equipment, systems and procedures and carry out ad hoc minor repairs

To carry out the regular audit and maintain an up-to-date inventory using the agreed recording procedures of the school

To take appropriate action to identify, evaluate and minimise any risks to health, safety and security in the immediate working environment

To carry out an agreed scheduled and recorded programme of safety checks on resources, equipment and materials - reporting issues to the line manager where relevant.

To implement and develop common awareness of best practice health and safety procedures amongst pupils and staff in the facilities used for learning and teaching

10.To administer first aid in the relevant department/faculty (after relevant training) and to administer a range of emergency procedures in the event of emergency, accident or other unforeseen circumstances

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.

The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way the application/interview process.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About The Royal Liberty School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 738 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Royal Liberty School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-royal-liberty-school

Secondary School for boys.
Ofsted rating: Good.

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