Technology technician - food and textiles

Job Description

Technology Technician (Food and Textiles)

Location: Duffield, Derbyshire DE56 4GS

Contract: 35 hours per week; Term-Time including whole school closure days and five days during the summer holiday

Salary: NJC Spine Point 4 – (£25,185 per annum pro-rata; Actual salary £20,713 per annum). Please note there is a pay award pending from 1 April 2026.

Are you practical and organised with a passion for supporting young people in a creative environment If so, The Ecclesbourne School are seeking a highly motivated and professional Technology Technician to join our design and technology team specialising in Food and Textiles from September 2026.

About the Role

This is a key support role within our Technology Faculty. You will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth and safe running of Food and Textiles lessons across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5.

Your primary responsibilities will involve:

• Preparation and Organisation: Preparing ingredients, setting up cooking stations for food lessons, preparing fabrics, threads, and materials for textiles lessons.
• Stock Management: Ordering, monitoring, and maintaining stock levels of food, ingredients, and textiles resources, ensuring safe storage and checking expiry dates.
• Equipment and Safety: Responsible for upholding high standards of hygiene and safety in all practical areas, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and undertaking risk assessments.
• Classroom Support: Assisting teaching staff during practical lessons, providing technical guidance to students, helping to clear away and clean work areas after lessons.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with a strong commitment to working with young people in and educational setting. The ideal candidate will be:

• Financially Aware: With an ability to monitor budgets, track expenditure, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• IT Literate: Proficient user of Microsoft Office.
• Highly Organised and Practical: With a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage resources effectively.
• A Strong Communicator: Able to work collaboratively with teaching staff and support students with confidence.
• Proactive and Independent: Able to use your own initiative to solve problems and maintain safe, well-organised learning environments.
• Health and Safety Conscious: With a good understanding of hygiene procedures in a food environment and general safety in a workshop setting.

Qualified / Experience (desirable, not essential):

• Previous experience in a school or a similar workshop / kitchen environment is advantageous.
• A current Food Hygiene Certificate is also desirable however, full training will be provided for the right candidate.

Why Join The Ecclesbourne School

• Make a real difference: See the tangible impact of your work on the school and its students.
• Supportive: Join a welcoming team in a school that values its staff.
• Professional Development: Full induction, and opportunities for career development.
• Local Government Pension Scheme: Immediate memberships of the LGPS with a high % employer contribution.
• Wellbeing: We value our staff and recognise the contributions they make to the success of the whole school.
• The school motto: ‘Integrity. Tenacity. Service.’ is at the core of school life.
• School admissions: Children of members of staff, with a minimum of two years’ service at the school at the time of application, are included in our admissions criteria.
• Term-time, plus one week, hours: Great work life balance.

Closing date for applications is 8am on Monday, 6 July 2026.

We reserve the right to close applications on an earlier date should there be a high number of candidates.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

Our school is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references, health check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions are considered “protected”. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice Website and on the websites of charities NACRO and UNLOCK.

Our Commitment to Equality and Diversity

As a school, we are passionate about diversity and recognize that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.