Location Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent Salary £12.37 to £13.49 per hour depending on skills and experience Hours 8 hours per week, one day per week (either a Thursday or Friday) - Term Time Only Fixed Term contract until end of the academic year. Join an Outstanding Team at Aurora Hanley School Aurora Hanley School is proud to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted. We provide innovative education and care for young people aged 6-19 with complex needs, including Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and associated conditions. Why Aurora Hanley? We’re more than a school — we’re a community. At Aurora Hanley, you’ll be part of a team that values inclusion, creativity, and continuous growth. We offer regular training, a supportive environment, and the chance to make a real impact. We’re currently looking for a part time Lab Technician. Your Role As our Lab Technician, you'll play a vital part in preparing and maintaining lab equipment, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for hands-on learning. You'll work closely with teachers and SEN staff to adapt practical tasks, support students during experiments, and uphold the highest standards of health and safety. What We’re Looking For A science-related qualification (A-levels or higher) Experience in lab environments and a keen eye for safety A positive, kind, and supportive attitude Willingness to learn and adapt to SEN needs Strong organisational skills and initiative What’s on offer? Training and Development Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. Save money on your bills With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. Competitive Pay and Reward Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance. UK Health Cash Plan This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you. Employee Assistance Programme Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. Refer a friend for £1,000 We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply) How to apply? Please complete a full online application form. If you need any assistance with completing your application form or for more information on this position please contact Karen in the Recruitment Team on 07920 223 415 or via email at karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children." The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.