Senior Science Technician
Whitmore High School, Harrow, HA2 0ADThis job expired on 7 February 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
7 February 2022 at 9am
Date listed
21 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Thursday: 8.15am to 4.00pm Friday: 8.15am to 3.45pm (including a half hour unpaid lunch break each day)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- G5 - £20,540 per annum
Additional allowances
• State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities
• Fantastic support from your line managers and SLT who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career
• You’ll be working in an OFSTED rated ‘Outstanding’ school
• Exceptional and wide ranging CPD opportunities
• Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as weekly staff yoga, well-being garden, on-site massage, weekly fruit, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc.
• Free annual flu jab
• Free use of the on-site gym
• Cycle to Work tax free bike scheme
Senior Science Technician job summary
Are you looking for an innovative and forward thinking school which genuinely invests and develops you? Then come and join us at Whitmore High School where we believe all our exceptional staff contribute to transforming students’ lives!
We are looking for a Senior Science Technician who would like to join our dynamic and successful school; someone who would like to be part of a friendly and hard-working team.
The successful candidate will:
• Be flexible, willing to learn and to fit in with the changing needs of the Science Department
• Have a technical knowledge of Science and the necessary skills and experience to carry out the duties of a Senior Laboratory Technician
• Have the ability to effectively organise both their own work and that of the team
• Be able to operate systems relating to laboratory organisation, including the keeping of written/financial records
• Have the knowledge of Health and Safety issues relating to school laboratories and prep rooms
• Work well as a team member and have tact and sensitivity in dealing with people
• Show initiative and have the ability to work independently
• Enjoy working energetically in a very busy and demanding environment
• Believe in the importance of teamwork and a collaborative approach
• Be self-motivated, enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible in their approach with a pro-active approach to problem solving
• Be a positive team player, willing to pitch in and help out where needed and believe in the importance of team work and a collaborative approach
• Be committed to the principles and practice of inclusion and equal opportunities for all
• Be committed to the principles and practice of safeguarding all young people
Commitment to safeguarding
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. Online searches may be completed for shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence checks. It is an offence to apply for any role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all posts are listed as exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
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About Whitmore High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1733 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Whitmore High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- applications@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk
Please view our school website for further details on the school. OFSTED graded outstanding in all areas and commented “ Students have outstanding attitudes to learning and take a pride in their work ”. Our students are happy, well behaved make excellent progress.
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment. A copy of our child protection policy can be found on the school website. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and pre-employment checks. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, this post is listed as an exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
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