Technician

Southfield School for Girls, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  8 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 December 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: Orbis Scale Points: 9-11 £25,067 - £25,824 FTE. Actual pro-rata salary: £21,761.98 - £22,419.17
• Additional allowances:

  Orbis Scale Points: 9-11 £25,067 - £25,824 FTE. Actual pro-rata salary: £21,761.98 - £22,419.17

Technician job summary

POST TITLE Technician

Responsible to: Deputy Head of Healthy Living

Hours: 37 hours per week (with a 30 mins unpaid lunch break each day)

Duration: Permanent

Working Pattern: 8.00am to 4.00m (Monday to Thursday), 8.00am - 3.30pm (Friday)

Number of Weeks Worked: 195 days per year (Term time plus 7 other days as required)

We are seeking to appoint a positive, proactive, and confident technician who will work predominantly in the science and food and nutrition department but will also offer technician support to other subject areas as required.

The technician will be involved in preparing practical equipment for lessons alongside offering support with practical’s in lessons under the direction of the class teacher. There will be some responsibility for ensuring equipment is stored away correctly and that consumables are kept well stocked.

Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield School. As such, staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust. We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes that take place every Wednesday across the academic year.

You would be joining a friendly, hard-working team, with an ethos of collaborative planning and shared resources.

We would like the successful applicant to start as soon as possible.

With our trust growing, we are likely to have many more career development opportunities coming up in future.

Closing date for applications: 9.00am, Thursday, 8th January 2026.

Provisional Interview dates week starting Monday, 12th January 2026. If this role attracts sufficient interest before closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised. If you want more info about the role, please contact us at recruitment@orbismat.com or 01536 513063

To apply for this role, please visit: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/136976/EDV-2025-SSG-16156

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.

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

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This means that we have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which we refer to in our prospectus. All staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) must ensure that they are aware of these procedures. Parents and carers are welcome to read the policy and other related policies to be found in the statutory information section.

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 Southfield School for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Southfield School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southfield-school-for-girls

Southfield School for Girls is a high performing girls school that admits boys to the sixth form.
Consistently in the top 5% in the country for Progress 8 scores we offer a rounded education where the 'whole' student is a top priority and academic excellence is matched by high quality pastoral care and excellent opportunities for every student to be outstanding both in and out of school.
A licensed DofE provider - we live what we teach.

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