Lead Science Technician
Sir Bernard Lovell Academy, Bristol, BS30 8TS16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
15 May 2025
Closing date
1 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5 £27,269 - £29,093 FTE
Lead Science Technician job summary
Working pattern: Full time or part time, term time only, all INSET days, plus 10 days during school holidays (for full time, % allocation for part time)
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.
Your Role in Building Brighter Futures
As a Lead Science Technician at Sir Bernard Lovell Academy, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.
We are a thriving and oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school serving the communities between Bristol and Bath. Our strong house system, student leadership roles and enrichment programme ensure that our students have an extensive range of opportunities to develop their personal skills and characteristics outside as well as inside the classroom.
As a Lead Science Technician, you will be responsible for:
• Offering professional guidance, assistance and support to pupils and teachers on the practical aspects of the science curriculum.
• Demonstrating practical equipment to students in the laboratory and assisting them with their own laboratory work.
• Providing specialist assistance in the preparation of laboratories and practical equipment for use by staff and students ensuring a safe working, tidy and healthy environment is provided at all times. Ensuring the availability of suitable resources, materials and equipment.
• Having overall responsibility for the promotion and observance of a healthy and safe working environment in science, including CLEAPSS and COSHH regulations, and in doing so, remain up to date with CLEAPSS information and share this information within the department.
• Arranging the healthy, safe and accessible storage of equipment and materials. Ensuring the safe treatment and disposal of used materials, including hazardous substances according to the relevant regulations, and responding to actual or potential hazards. Overseeing compliance of radioactive chemicals.
• Undertaking the lead role in the science department on both routine and non-routine checking, cleaning, maintenance, calibration, testing and repairing of equipment to the standard required in order to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Ensuring that the technical team is resourced, organised and developed to meet the performance standards required. Taking the lead role in stock control, by maintaining records, compiling orders and negotiation with suppliers.
• Supporting the design, development of the science curriculum and the maintenance of specialist resources.
• Being responsible where required for petty cash and the purchase of relevant items locally when authorised, assessing the availability of suitable alternatives in line with best value principles and maintaining records of transactions and expenditure in accordance with the school’s financial guidelines.
• Being aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Contributing to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
• Assisting in the organisation and preparation of displays, including for open evenings and other appropriate school functions as and when required.
• Attending and participating in relevant meetings and training or other learning activities and performance management tasks as may be reasonably directed.
• Assisting teaching staff as directed and undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the post, including assisting or advising other Technicians in areas of particular competence or skill.
Data Protection and Safeguarding
• Work within the requirements of Data Protection at all times.
• Understand your responsibilities in relation to Safeguarding and child protection and how to highlight an issue / concern.
• Remain vigilant to ensure all students are protected from potential harm.
What You’ll Bring to Futura
We are looking for a motivated, organised and detail-oriented Lead Science Technician:
• Qualifications: at least GCSEs (A-C) or equivalent in English, maths, and a science subject. Relevant vocational qualifications like NVQs in Laboratory Science (Levels 2-4) or Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities are also valuable but not essential.
• Experience: Work experience, particularly in a lab or scientific setting, is highly beneficial and can demonstrate commitment.
• Skills: A willingness to cooperate and collaborate with a wide range of colleagues as both a manager and as a member of a team, the ability to learn and demonstrate a genuine interest in assisting young people achieve their potential, the ability to be creative, imaginative and adaptable, a capacity for demanding work, an ability to be an effective and positive team member and a commitment to improving standards.
• Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
• Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
What We Offer to Support Your Growth
• Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
• Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
• Sustainability Commitment: Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
• Inclusive Culture: A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your existing/most recent employer and completed by a Headteacher/appropriate senior manager/HR Lead, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
Equal Opportunities:
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.
Commitment to safeguarding
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. Prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. A Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
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 Sir Bernard Lovell Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir Bernard Lovell Academy website
Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 3-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, 21 primary and a special school. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.
OFSTED judged Sir Bernard Lovell Academy “Good” in all areas during our most recent full inspection (November 2021).
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