Science Technician
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BP14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm, 39 weeks term time plus 16 days during School Holidays
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Support Staff Pay Scale 8
What skills and experience we're looking for
The role of the Science Technician is as follows:
- to assist in ensuring that a safe, effective, and efficient laboratory technical service is provided for students and teaching staff within the department;
- the trialling of both examination and non-examination practicals to determine that practicals will work in lessons and within the time constraints of a lesson;
- to provide technical advice and assistance in the classroom to support students and to assist teaching staff with the provision of learning activities;
- to ensure the health and safety requirements and that other relevant regulations are adhered to, including the completion and recording of necessary checks and risk assessments;
- Contributing to the overall ethos, work, and aims of the School.
The Science Technician will normally be based on the School site, but may be required to work elsewhere from time to time in order to fulfil his/her responsibilities.
What the school offers its staff
Every School has its own traditions, its own ethos, its own identity, and its own purpose. The purpose of Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) is to provide an excellent education for our pupils, supporting them in their journey to adulthood by developing character and intellect within a safe, happy and scholarly community.
To this end, WHSB provides exceptional teaching and a wealth of extra-curricular activities to develop the Learner Profile attributes in our pupils through a unique education filled with exciting, challenging, and enjoyable experiences. Today, we continue our proud tradition as a Grammar School serving pupils within the local community and actively promoting the wonderful opportunities we can offer to local children and their families.
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 Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy website
- Email address
- vacancies@whsb.essex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01702 475443
Westcliff High School for Boys is an Outstanding Academy Grammar School located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
At WHSB we continue to hold dear our values and traditions whilst fostering academic excellence and a dynamism which allow us to provide a twenty-first century world class education.
Our record of outstanding success is reflected in our outstanding A Level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards in all aspects of our provision for pupils.
We currently have around 870 boys on roll in Years 7 to 11, and 330 students in our mixed Sixth Form.
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