Senior Science Technician

St Peter's School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 7DD

34 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 August 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 4, Points 7 to 11 . Actual salary £23,158.48 per annum on point 7.

Senior Science Technician job summary

SENIOR SCIENCE TECHNICIAN

Salary: NJC Scale 4, Points 7 to 11 (£26,403 to £28,142 per annum FTE). Actual salary £23,158.48 per annum on point 7.

Contract: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 08.00 to 16.00 and Friday 08.00 to 15.30. Term Time plus training days plus 5 days to be worked during school closure periods (40 weeks per year)

Start date: As soon as possible

Place of work: St Peters School, Huntingdon

Place of work: 

St Peter’s School, as part of The Cam Academy Trust, is seeking to employ a Senior Science Technician to work within our busy science department.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Senor Science Technician to join our friendly, supportive, and outward looking team of teachers and technicians. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring the college’s students receive a high-quality science education by providing resources and practical equipment for lessons.

Duties will include the managing of the technician team to ensure preparation and maintenance of equipment and materials required for demonstrations and practical experiments; administering stock control; ordering procedures and assisting students and staff in the classroom, ensuring that health and safety regulations are met.

With a background in science, you will have high professional standards and a methodical and organised approach. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working as a Science Technician in a school environment, and a firm understanding of relevant Health and Safety legislation, including COSHH regulations.

The successful candidate will be organised and self-motivated, show a willingness to learn, be self-motivated and have a high level of accuracy and proficient IT skills. They will enjoy working in a large team and be able to form strong relationships with team members and students.

We are a forward thinking and rapidly improving, “good” school that is creating a legacy of learning for our community. Our students Learn, Aspire and Exceed as they work with our highly skilled teaching and associate staff supporting and guiding them.

St Peter’s is part of The Cam Academy Trust which offers students and staff fantastic potential to collaborate, share and develop a wide range of teaching and learning across the schools in the trust. As a family of schools, we support, share and challenge each other to improve the future lives of all our young people.

We are based in Huntingdon, just 12 miles north of Cambridge with its own mainline station connecting with London in less than an hour.

For further details on our school please visit our website www.stpetershuntingdon.org

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Peter's School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1506 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Peter's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-school-huntingdon

St Peter's School, part of The Cam Academy Trust, is a mixed comprehensive school located in central Huntingdon, with approximately 1,000 11-18 students on roll. It is an exciting and rewarding place to work, both for teaching and non-teaching staff, and we are always interested in hearing from dynamic and enthusiastic people who want to make a difference to children's education.

“The school have been unrelenting in improving the provision for pupils at St Peter’s School. Consequently, this is a school that is improving strongly and sustainably over time.” –Ofsted March 2017

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