An exciting opportunity Awaits. Do you want to become part of our dedicated team where you will make a real impact within a supportive school environment? If this is for you, read on. As a Science Technician, you will be required to deliver support for all years, helping the subject leader, classroom teachers and students provide and access an exceptional education. Your role will involve preparing materials and experiments, maintaining a safe and clean working environment, ordering and organising resources, creating engaging displays, and assisting teachers and students during practical science activities. You will ensure that our science facilities continue to provide an inspiring learning environment for our students, promoting the importance of science in the modern world. Are you someone who has: Excellent organisational skills? Good practical skills, and ideally, experience working with scientific equipment? Adaptable, creative and flexible with the ability to work independently and as part of a team? Attention to detail? Enjoys hands on, varied work and takes pride in supporting students scientific learning? If so, we would love to hear from you. Come and be part of a school where every child is supported to be the very best they can be. There is an opportunity to have a tour of the school at the time of interview. Actual Salary £14,189 - £14,412 per annum (Grade 3, SCP 3-4) This job is Term Time Only plus one week for 30 hours per week and 40 weeks per year. The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year. Further Information The Woodroffe School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Keeping Children Safe in Education Our school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. About Us Information about the school The Woodroffe School is a wonderful place to work with professionals who are passionate about teaching and learning, and where students thrive both inside and out of the classroom. As a Local Authority 11-18 state secondary school, we are also in the fortunate position of being able to maintain our commitment to promoting teacher professionalism and autonomy. We know that if we are to genuinely meet student need, teachers must be in the driving seat for planning, and implementation. Centralised, top-down approaches just won’t cut it. As a school our aim is to develop the whole child. Our curriculum is built from strong academic foundations combined with a rich extra-curricular offer. This means our students consistently excel, not just academically but as happy, thoughtful, and engaged members of society. Working for The Woodroffe School We take care of our staff. We believe that happy, healthy staff thrive. That’s why we offer a comprehensive wellbeing programme and promote a sustainable approach to work-life balance ensuring our staff have the time and energy to enjoy the activities that make life fulfilling. At Woodroffe, you will receive excellent professional development opportunities offering varied career paths and a potential for promotion within the school.