Science Technician
Leeds West Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 1DQThis job expired on 6 June 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 June 2022 at 9am
Date listed
3 May 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Part time: 37 Hours per week, term time only plus 20 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- B1 £18,933 to £19,698 (Pro rata salary £17,439 to £18,143)
Actual salary
- (Pro rata salary £17,439 to £18,143)
Science Technician job summary
Role:
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Science Technician to provide high quality technical support to staff & students within the science department.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
• All ordering, storing and distribution of materials and equipment for science lessons, including a wide range of practical equipment
• Provide technical support for teaching staff and students in the Science area including supporting with practical demonstrations in lessons when needed
• Construct/set up and modify apparatus where necessary, testing and maintaining apparatus and electrical equipment to ensure they are in good working order
• Preparing stocks of chemical solutions as required for science lessons
• Helping to ensure all stock is maintained and this will include sourcing, costing and finding economical alternatives to maintain the relevant stock within the area as well as overseeing the safe storage of items as required by health and safety policies
• Checking and clearing/cleaning of all practical areas in science
• Reprographics as required by the department
• Production of teaching materials/resources and displays as directed
• Ensure supply teachers are given the set work and relevant resources and that these are checked in at the end of the session
• To carry out all duties with strict adherence to the Health & Safety Policy of the academy and relevant national requirements, including remaining up-to-date with health and safety updates from CLEAPPS
The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE level or equivalent at grade C or above, including maths and English, with excellent organisational, communication and ICT skills and experience of working as part of a team. They will also have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop positive relationships with a wide range of young people. We will consider part time hours for the right candidate and would ask you to specify on your application form if this applies to you and the hours that you are able to work.
Commitment to safeguarding
White Rose Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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About Leeds West Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1407 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Leeds West Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org
Leeds West Academy is a school with a remarkable sense of community and a strong and safe culture, a place where staff and students can thrive. We were judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019 because teaching is strong, the support we provide for our students and staff is unrivalled and because our results have improved year-on-year since 2016. In 2020, our students secured the best results in the school’s history. In short, there is no better time to join Leeds West Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.
Leeds West Academy is a fabulous place to work. We are a caring and supportive community, as part of the White Rose Academies Trust and ground-breaking Luminate Education Group, we benefit from exceptional CPD like no other in the city. A broad, varied and highly bespoke package is well-established, driven by the latest in educational research focused on the development of all professionals in the organisation at each career stage. Colleagues train with us, they grow with us and they progress with us.
Our academy predominantly serves the community of Bramley in Leeds. We are oversubscribed and popular within our community. More families are choosing Leeds West Academy as first-choice for their children than ever before.
Our students are amazing; they are generally respectful young people who embrace diversity and have a strong sense of fairness. We benefit from world-class facilities, and are accommodated in a £30 million building, which opened in late 2011. Staff and students at the academy benefit from a bright, modern, heavily resourced learning environment, which is highly flexible to meet the needs of the 21st century learner.
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