Senior Science Technician
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Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
15 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other teaching support
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: Actual salary £24,728.70-£26,267.31 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,412 - £31,242
Pay scale
- Grade 2 (Inner London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are currently looking to appoint a Senior Science Technician to support the academic staff at Harris Academy Morden in the delivery of the Science curriculum (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Excellent numeracy, literacy, organisational and communication skills
- Experience of working under pressure and meeting deadlines
- Experience of working on one's own initiative and to work within a team
- Experience of working flexibly in response to changing situations
- Evidence of relevant qualifications & further training
- Knowledge of appropriate Health & Safety regulations
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
At Harris Academy Morden we pride ourselves on the inclusive approach and caring environment we have developed.Ofsted 2018 ‘A very strong sense of community is evident throughout the school'.
Staff well-being is at the heart of our academy. We have a sensible marking policy, organised marking sessions to give staff time to mark and a two week October half term holiday.
We also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for non term-time only employees, and many other benefits.
Further details about the role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring all equipment is prepared to teachers' specifications
- Organisation, preparation, repair, cleaning, transport and collection of equipment and materials.
- Assisting and supporting in practical lessons and enrichment activities
- Understanding the Schemes of Work & syllabi of Science in order to prepare for practical lessons
- Preparation of stock orders
- General administration
- Ensuring full implementation of Health and Safety regulations, including carrying out risk assessments
- Organising the safe and secure disposal of hazardous waste
- Organising the efficient storage and record keeping of chemicals, equipment and machinery
- Carrying out safety checks on equipment and recording faults and action taken
- Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies in the subject area
- Managing the allocation of work across the technician team, ensuring an appropriate quality of the work, and arranging training, appraisal and performance management
- Assisting and advising staff on the preparation and layout in the classrooms for practical exercises, undertaking demonstrations and helping students with learning activities when required by the teacher.
- Ensuring the safety, repair and general maintenance of all resources, equipment and tools, and advising when any maintenance or inspection is beyond your competence
- Ensuring the welfare and care of plants and animals in the science area and the security of equipment
- Making up special equipment or modifying from existing equipment as necessary from sketches or instructions supplied by the science teaching staff
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
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About Harris Academy Morden
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 868 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Academy Morden website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrismorden.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8687 1157
Harris Academy Morden have a very hard working team of teachers and support staff; they provide a caring and welcoming atmosphere for our students. We are traditional in our approach to discipline and uniform, yet forward thinking and at the cutting edge of curriculum development. The Academy's GCSE results in 2017 place us in the top 1% of schools nationally with a Progress 8 score of +1.01.
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