Role: Technician – Art – Internal Only
Location: The Bedford Sixth Form
Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £23,557 and £25,849 per annum (Pro-Rata) DOE and Qualifications, People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 7 hours per week – 39 weeks per year
Contract Type: Permanent – Term Time
About the role:
We are currently seeking a Technician in Art to join our Sixth Forms department at The Bedford College Group.
As a Technician, you play an important role in the success of our students through:
1. Resource & Equipment Management – Maintain, prepare, and monitor materials and equipment to ensure safe, effective use in lessons, including stock checks, purchases, and apparatus setup.
2. Lesson & Project Support – Assist teaching staff by preparing resources, offering technical advice, and supporting students with individual project requirements across Art and Design subjects.
3. Health & Safety & Risk Management – Conduct annual risk assessments for Art rooms and equipment, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and promoting safe working practices.
4. College-Wide Engagement – Support open evenings, exams, and events across TBCG campuses, contributing to team meetings and broader college activities.
5. Statutory Responsibilities – Uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion policies, and actively participate in training and development to maintain professional standards.
About you:
6. Qualifications & Sector Experience – Holds relevant professional qualifications and GCSEs (A–C) in English and Maths, with current experience in an Art department and working with 16–18 year olds in Sixth Form or FE settings.
7. Technical & Creative Expertise – Skilled in preparing, handling, and maintaining a wide range of art equipment, supporting exhibitions, and applying up-to-date knowledge of art techniques, processes, and health & safety (including COSHH).
8. Professional Skills & Attributes – Demonstrates excellent communication, organisation, and interpersonal skills; able to work independently and as part of a team, with a robust and flexible approach to workload and deadlines.
9. Values & Student Support – Committed to student success and Sixth Form values, consistently creating a welcoming environment, promoting a positive image, and building strong relationships with students, staff, and stakeholders.
10. Safeguarding & Development – Understands safeguarding responsibilities, maintains appropriate boundaries, and is committed to ongoing professional development, with a willingness to work across all Bedford College locations.
For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.
Interviews to be held: 3 November 2025
Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:
11. Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
12. Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
13. Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
14. Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
15. Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
16. Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.
Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.
Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. 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. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.