Senior Science Technician

Sutton Community Academy, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1EE

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2025 / As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,356.00 - £24,619.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Salary Scale: 8 - 14

Senior Science Technician job summary

Senior Science Technician

• NJC Pt 8 – 14
• £22,356 - £24,619 per annum
• 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)
• Commencing: 01 September 2025

Be part of something life changing.

For our students and for you.

We are looking for a Senior Science Technician to join our team. If you are interested in working with young people and would like to help them as they prepare for their future working lives, we would like to hear from you.

About the role:

We are seeking to engage a Senior Science Technician to provide an efficient and effective technician support service to the school’s Science Department in order to achieve the highest possible standards and prepare all our students to lead successful lives.

To succeed you will have a good educational background, including GCSE in English and Maths, grade C/4+ and have prior experience in a similar role. The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills oral and written and have knowledge of Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

About us:

At Academy Transformation Trust, we believe that every child matters and deserves a first-class education. Operating across the Midlands, the East of England and the Southeast, we ensure that students leave our academies with everything they need to reach their full potential; help us make learning central to every child’s life. We work inclusively within our communities, embracing the varied localities we serve whilst sharing our common vision and values.

Sutton Community Academy was graded ‘Good’ in all areas in our most recent Ofsted inspection, we are passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and welcome all applicants. We are a place where people learn, grow, share, and discover their full potential. Operating at the heart of Academy Transformation Trust gives our people unrivalled scope for personal and professional development. We train our staff to bring out the best in each and every student, and place strong emphasis on good behaviour, so that nobody is held back or prevented from developing. The same applies to our staff: we invest heavily in personal development with staff wellbeing always a priority

About Academy Transformation Trust:

Sutton Community Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose mission is to transform learning, aspirations and opportunities for their pupils and the communities in which they live. This commitment also extends to staff who are key to their success. We offer 42 Leadership Development Pathways to stretch your mind and expand your skills, enabling you to tailor your own career path. That path could embrace any of our 21 Academies across 10 Local Authority Areas, serving 12,500 learners. With Academy Transformation Trust, the sky really is the limit.

In Return:

If you have what it takes, you can join an experienced, innovative Academy with incredible potential and you can look forward to:

• An amazing people development offer through our ATT Institute providing you with continuous self-development.
• A comprehensive package of benefits via our Viv-Up staff benefits platform. You will enjoy a generous pension scheme, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance program.
• The chance to progress your career

We are an open school and proud of what we do – visits are welcome.

For Further information and to apply online, please see our application pack.

Sutton Community Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Closing date: 09:00am, Thursday 24 July 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Sutton Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 800 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sutton Community Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sutton-community-academy

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