Food Technology Technician

Bexhill High Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  23 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC scale point 1 Point 2 currently £24,413 per annum pro rata (Actual salary £20,938) 37 hours per week, term-time only

What skills and experience we're looking for

Teachers and support staff at Mulberry Academy Bexhill make the education of their pupils their first concern. They seek to achieve the highest possible standards in work and conduct, act with integrity and have strong subject knowledge. Through endeavour, they keep their knowledge and skills as current as possible, remaining at the forefront of pedagogy and educational research.

Post: Food Technology Technician

Accountable to: Lead STEAM technician/ Head of Food Technology

Principal Accountabilities:

● To provide ingredients and equipment for lessons and projects, including the stocking of classrooms with consumables.

● To assist teachers and students during food technology lessons. To take charge of a group of students to carry out the practical lesson as directed by food technology staff. To prepare display materials and equipment for parents’ evenings, and to clear away. To assist with food preparation for whole school events.

● To keep sinks and worktops, ovens and cupboards etc clean: keep stock rooms and equipment clean, tidy and in good order, including cookers. To maintain aprons in a serviceable condition.

● Under the supervision of the Head of Food Technology maintain stock cupboards by raising orders, receiving equipment and materials and purchasing of ingredients for practical lessons.

● To carry out all washing for the food technology department.

● To carry out administrative tasks for the department as required.

● To be responsible for organising the maintenance and repair for any equipment. To be responsible for the annual inventory check for food technology departmental equipment.

● To be available to assist other members of staff within the department, time allowing.

● Complete and maintain routine food safety records, including regular monitoring and documentation of fridge/freezer temperatures, ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

● To carry out the above duties in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Educationdocumentation.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a number of excellent staff benefits for our employees including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and a healthcare scheme. We have a partnership with the Mulberry schools trust, which is a high performing Multi Academy Trust of schools that are based in London. This offers our staff excellent CPD opportunities and offers our students numerous exciting opportunities.

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

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people 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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Bexhill High Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bexhill High Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@bexhillacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bexhill-high-academy

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Arranging a visit to Bexhill High Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bexhillacademy.org.

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