Science Technician
Leeds Mathematics School, Leeds, LS1 5AS26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
31 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Part time: 15 Hours Per Week Term Time Only + 1 Working Week (Reduced hours also considered)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- B1 (SCP 4-6) £25,185 - £25,989 Actual Salary: £8,781 - £9,062
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Leeds Mathematics School (LMaS), we are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational Science Technician. The role of Science Technician is crucial to ensuring the safe and smooth operation of all aspects of our Chemistry and Physics laboratories. The Science Technician will collect, assemble, prepare, issue, clear away, clean, maintain and store apparatus and other items required for practical lessons or demonstrations or Outreach activities. The Science Technician will keep themselves up to date with, and lead on the implementation of, relevant legislation and guidance, for example CLEAPPS and COSHH.
Potential applicants should have:
- GCSE grade C/4 and above in science or equivalent qualification.
- Experience of working in Science lab in a school environment or of working in Science with young people.
- Experience of working agilely and flexibly, sometimes under pressure, always in confidence.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
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
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About Leeds Mathematics School
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 168 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leeds Mathematics School website
- Email address
- recruitment@lmas.ac.uk
School location
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