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Contract term:Fixed Term to cover a period of maternity leave
Hours:Full-time, term time only plus 5 days.
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Required from: September 2025
The Role
Are you a recent graduate or school leaver with excellent Physics laboratory skills, looking to gain experience and develop your skillset? Join the dynamic Physics department of one of Londons top day schools and develop your career working alongside our experienced team, assisting with practical work, maintaining equipment, and ensuring the smooth running of the department.
As a Physics Technician, you will support the delivery of Physics practical lessons and demonstrations, which will include setting up equipment and assisting teachers and students during practical sessions and providing technical advice.
You will also provide wider support to other Science departments as needed.
This role is term time only plus 5 days.
About You
The post would suit someone with A-level or University level experience of Physics or a Physics-related subject who would like to develop their technical skills or gain experience within an educational setting.
No formal experience is required but an understanding of the expectations required at a thriving school such as Wimbledon High School is beneficial.
Expertise in practical work in Physics would be an advantage, but not essential.
About The School
Since 1880, Wimbledon High School GDST has been educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference. Our acclaimedpastoral programme GROW, enriching co-curricular opportunities, character-forging partnerships and our 'playful scholarship' approach to academic life makefor a compelling environment where every individual can flourish and be herself. Located in the heart of Wimbledon, we are less than 20 minutes from central London.
Benefits
As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
* Competitive salaries and pay progression
* Access to extensive professional development opportunities
* GDSTFlexible Pension Plan (Details from:https://workplace.aviva.co.uk/gdst/)
* Training grants for qualifications
* Free life assurance benefit
* A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
* Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
* A Cycle to Work scheme
For further details and to apply for this position please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Thursday 14th August 2025.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 21st August 2025.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening including online searches will apply to this post.
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