Science Technician
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 9LN43 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June 2024
Closing date
15 June 2024 at 12:59am
Date listed
24 January 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13,478.00 Annually (Actual) 24 hours per week (worked over 5 shorter days or 4 longer days), term time plus 5 INSET days
Science Technician job summary
The key role of the technician is to ensure that the departmental resources are appropriately maintained and will involve the following:
Preparation, assembling and modifying apparatus and equipment.
Assisting in practical classes & carrying out demonstrations
Ensuring Health & Safety standards are upheld.
Organising, storing, and checking the condition of art material, including checking, and returning equipment to stores.
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge is committed to ensuring that students achieve their full potential and flourish in a school where expectations of ourselves and our students are high. We provide a rich and varied curriculum, as well as an extensive range of extra-curricular activities. Staff and students alike can benefit from the smaller community school feel which makes Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge so special. The semi-rural location in Sonning Common lends itself to beautiful views, as well as being close to Henley and Reading. Staff have the chance to take part in lots of different opportunities within the school, and we are committed to continued professional development. Staff wellbeing is prioritised and our Wellbeing Group continues to work hard to support our staff body. To learn more about our school, visit our website www.maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk.
The successful applicant will be energetic and enthusiastic and enjoy working with 11-16-year-olds. You will enjoy nurturing young people to grow in confidence and flourish personally. You will share our inclusive values which are to Aim high – Be inclusive – Work together; and you will have a willingness to develop your own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.
If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our students, then you are encouraged to explore further by contactingrecruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org for a more detailed discussion, if required.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
If you would like to have an informal chat with our hiring manager about this post, please email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as the Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
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.
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About Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 395 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge website (opens in new tab)
11-16 secondary school in Sonning Common, part of Maiden Erlegh Trust
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