4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 August 2026 at 8am

  • Date listed

    24 August 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 18.5* hours per week, 36 weeks per year - Permanent 

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£26,703 - £29,058 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience) 

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds
  • 18.5* hours per week, 36 weeks per year - Permanent
  • Salary: £26,703 - £29,058 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
  • Actual Salary: £10,380 - £11,296 per annum

*This role can be appointed in conjunction with our Work Placement Officer - Health and Applied Science (ATR002408) post. Please confirm if you'd also like to be considered for this post within your application.

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We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Technician Demonstrator in Healthcare to join our Health & Applied Sciences Faculty. You will provide essential technical support across healthcare teaching areas, ensuring equipment and resources are well-maintained and safely stored. You will work closely with staff during lessons, deliver practical demonstrations, and assist students throughout their coursework and exam preparation, helping to create a safe and engaging hands-on learning environment.

In this role, you will also support students in developing their research skills and assignment writing, while delivering pre-set schemes of work and assessing practical performance. You will play a key part in tracking learner progress and offering guidance to help students succeed and progress confidently through their course.

To be successful, you will hold a relevant Level 3 qualification as well as strong communication, organisation and the ability to connect with young people. Previous experience in training, education, or support roles is an advantage.

What the school offers its staff

  • Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Family friendly policies and flexible working
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee wellbeing initiatives
  • Free parking
  • Canteen
  • Company events
  • Access to various memberships and discount schemes
  • Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
  • Funded subject course development for your role
  • Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
  • Career progression opportunities

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Eastern Education Group Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

Arranging a visit to Eastern Education Group Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.

Head office location

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