Biology Technician
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £11,919 per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 31 August 2017
Job overview
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding selective school with an excellent Science Faculty. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic and capable person to join our innovative and successful Science Faculty. All students study Science to GCSE with more than 45 students continuing to study A level Biology; all of the Biology courses have a strong emphasis on practical work. The successful candidate will lead on the provision of materials for students in Biology lessons, support teaching staff and support the safe and efficient maintenance of the Science Faculty.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 3.30pm 30 hours per week, Term Time plus 5 Negotiated Days
Salary: Kent Range 5 (£17,827 - £19,608) equating to £11,919 per annum
Start Date: Required as soon as possible
Applicants should have previous laboratory experience but training will be provided where necessary. Applicants will show a commitment to support the ethos of the school and an ability to implement its policies, including Safeguarding, Child Protection, Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety.
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls has over 1220 students with a mixed Sixth Form of approximately 350. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development, as well as healthcare scheme.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted)
Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website www.mggs.org Applicants should complete the KCC application form and email this, along with covering letter, to the Headteacher’s PA. If you require any additional information please contact Ms Starns, PA to the Headteacher via email: mstarns@mggs.org
Closing Date: noon on Friday 1st September 2017
Interviews on Thursday 7th September 2017
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.
A Tradition of Excellence
Buckland Road,
Maidstone,
Kent
ME16 0SF
T: 01622 752103 F: 01622 681947 E: central@mggs.org www.mggs.org
About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
At Maidstone Grammar School for Girls we place a very high value on creating a caring community in which everyone feels confident and valued. This is a priority for us as we know that students flourish and succeed when they feel happy and secure. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust and mutual respect, and students show respect for each other and for the process of learning.
Academic excellence is very important to us too. We want everyone to feel engaged and excited by learning and to experience the pleasure of achieving personal goals. Our students are keen to learn and we are able to respond positively to differing needs and strengths with the right balance of support and challenge. Our specialist science status, Thinking Schools and Investors in Careers awards indicate the breadth of expertise across the curriculum.
We also value the development of creativity, responsibility, physical and personal skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the full MGGS experience, with its strong emphasis on community and charity work, dramatic, musical and sports events. When they leave the school, students are mature and well-qualified young people with the confidence to benefit from the opportunities ahead of them and to make a positive contribution to the wider world.
We are proud of the school’s long and distinguished history in Maidstone, and are committed to preparing our students for the technologies, work patterns and necessary skills required to meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Every student who attends the school has talents: our job is to find these, and foster them and develop in everyone a love of learning for its own sake and a pride in striving for and achieving excellence.
As an employer we offer the opportunity to work with high ability students in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking environment and support for professional development is strong. Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,229 students with a mixed sixth form of 381.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school”
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