Senior Science Technician
Orleans Park School, Twickenham, TW1 3BB12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
19 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week: Monday to Friday | 39 weeks per year (term time only)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Salary Scale 5 (actual salary: £27,077 – £28,285)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Science Technician to join our busy and friendly Science Team, providing essential support to teaching colleagues and students within the Science Department.
This role is pivotal to supporting the practical and technical aspects of our Science curriculum. This involves managing others and preparing, providing, maintaining and organising the resources required to make sure all practical activities carried out are healthy, safe and secure.
A science-based background with a minimum of A Level Science is essential.
What the school offers its staff
We take staff wellbeing seriously at Orleans Park School. Here are just some of the great benefits for all staff.
- Workplace pension through the Teachers' Pension Scheme/Local Government Pension Scheme
- Longer school holidays compared to LEA schools, with a two-week October half term
- Employee assistance programme & support
- Free onsite gym
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Free annual flu immunisation
Further details about the role
Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, so early application is encouraged, and we reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.
Orleans Park is committed to continuing to make diversity, equity, and inclusion part of everything we do. Ensuring that we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local communities gives us a great opportunity to have access to a broad range of ideas and allows us to provide an outstanding education to our young people and an outstanding place for people to work.
Commitment to safeguarding
In line with the statutory guidance document Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024) the school will conduct online searches after the shortlisting process for any candidates who accept an invitation to interview. The appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS Disclosure. Orleans Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer interview.
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About Orleans Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1373 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Orleans Park School website
- Email address
- recruitment@orleanspark.school
Orleans Park is an Outstanding School (Ofsted November 2023) with over 1,350 students, serving its local community in Twickenham. The dedicated staff work hard to ensure students are successful and leave as responsible citizens and confident individuals.
Please see more about working at Orleans Park on our website https://www.orleanspark.school/about-us/working-at-orleans
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