Deadline is tomorrow

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    6 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 September 2024

Job details

Job role

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Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,527.00 - £26,269.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE salary of £27803

Senior Science Technician job summary

We are looking for a versatile and committed Senior Science Technician to support our busy Science department by providing a first-class resourcing service. The role involves working with teaching staff to prepare for lessons and ensuring that laboratories and preparation rooms are maintained in a well organised condition, ensuring the safe storage and accessibility of equipment, tools and materials.

The role requires a Technician to join the team for 37 hours per week, term-time plus 2 weeks (40 working weeks per year). The successful candidate will be organised, efficient, works well under pressure and has a commitment to raising the achievement of our students. Previous experience in a laboratory and/or educational context is desirable.

Flegg High Ormiston Academy has an excellent profile locally and has won many prestigious awards. We actively promote development of the whole child, as well as ensuring access to a broad and balanced curriculum and excellent extra-curricular opportunities. Quite simply, we believe that every member of Flegg High Ormiston Academy has the right to be happy, safe and successful.

Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.

What we will offer:

  • The opportunity to join an aspiring academy with exciting plans for the future
  • Supportive working environment where all staff are valued
  • An academy that is fully dedicated to developing every student to reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability or starting point
  • High-quality range of professional development opportunities both within and outside the trust
  • Company pension scheme
  • Free onsite parking
  • Free access to counselling and well-being support
  • Vivup reward and discount scheme - save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Access to school gym

Apply now to join our dedicated team and help us inspire the next generation!

Please submit your application before the closing date of 6th October 2024. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.

To find out more or visit the academy please contact Ms Brown on 01493 749214

Flegg High Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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 Flegg High Ormiston Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
764 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Flegg High Ormiston Academy is part of the Ormiston Academies Trust. The academy has an excellent profile locally and has won many prestigious awards. We actively promote development of the whole child, as well as ensuring access to a broad and balanced curriculum and excellent extra-curricular opportunities. Quite simply, we believe that every member of Flegg High Ormiston Academy has the right to be happy, safe and successful.

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