Food Technology Technician
Ark Globe Academy
London
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 23 September 2018
Job overview
Job Description: Food Technology Technician
Reports to: Assistant Principal Design and Enterprise
Salary: Full time salary is grade 6 Point 19–26 (£22,443- £27,136) which will be Pro-rated.
Contract: 1 year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Hours of Work: 20 hours per week, 41 weeks per year
Start date: ASAP
The Role
To support the staff and students in the preparation and delivery of the KS3 and KS4 curriculum for Food Technology. To ensure that the learning environment (classrooms and display boards) are up to date.
Key Responsibilities
- To prepare (and where appropriate manufacture) teaching materials, recourses, and models as required to ensure effective support for teaching staff in the department
- To monitor standards and practices within the classroom and identify and communicate improvements to working practices to ensure the highest standards are achieved
- To assist with inventory of equipment and stock control in order to maintain a supply of food and other materials. Order stock as directed by the Head of Department so that resources are adequate for lessons
- To liaise with suppliers in the repair and maintenance of all machines and equipment
- To prepare and store food ingredients to ensure classes are well equipped
- To maintain and clean standard kitchen fixtures and fittings and prep areas on a daily basis
- To receive and check deliveries of supplies to ensure accuracy from suppliers
- To provide technical assistance and information in the classroom and across the school community in order to support students and staff
- To support students in the classroom environment to assist in the learning process where appropriate
- To maintain well organised teaching and materials preparation rooms
- To maintain and create safe and tidy storage areas and storage systems
- To demonstrate practical making techniques to groups of students and teachers and be willing to learn new techniques and deliver as necessary
- To assist with the maintenance of the departmental intranet
- To assist classroom teachers as directed to produce creative displays for the department that can be used to enhance classroom practice
- To work with the Head of Department to organise Departmental Safety Audits
Other
- Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the line manager.
Person Specification: Food Technology Technician
Qualification Criteria
- Right to work in the UK
- Ideally qualified to degree level or proficient to A-Level standard in an area of technology
- Basic food hygiene certificate is desirable.
Knowledge and Experience
- Awareness of the latest Health & Safety regulations
- Ideally the candidate will have experience of working in a school
- Use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience of dealing with suppliers in terms of organising quotations, ordering stock and arranging maintenance visits
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements in a kitchen, to ensure a consistently safe working environment.
- Awareness of manual handling best practice.
Personal Characteristics
- Genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every pupil
- Ability to relate to young people and adults in the learning environment
- Helpful, positive, calm and caring nature
- Respectful of different experiences, ideas and backgrounds of the members of the whole school community
- Able to establish good and collaborative working relationships
- Able to remain calm in a fast passed environment
- Able to follow instructions accurately but make good judgments and lead when required
- Able to work to deadlines.
Specific skills
- Good communication skills, including written and oral
- Ability to work and plan under pressure
- Able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help pupils to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning
- Able to help implement the necessary routines and patterns to establish good behaviour management within the school
- Understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion
Other
- Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils
- Willingness to undertake training
- This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Attached documents
About Ark Globe Academy
In 2008 Geoffrey Chaucer Secondary and Joseph Lancaster Primary school merged to join the Ark network as Ark Globe Academy. Ark Globe Academy is a mixed all through school with student age ranging from 3-18.
At Ark Globe Academy we have the highest aspirations for all our children to ensure they are prepared for university and inspired to be leaders in their community. We offer our students a first-class education based on high quality teaching and experiences outside of the classroom.
Our school was recognised by the Government in its Parliamentary Review as an example of good practice in education and students make excellent progress at KS4. All our sixth form students received a university offer with 73% of those being a top 3rd university.
Ark Globe Sixth Form is in the top 2% of all sixth forms in the country and has received the Sixth Form of the Year award at the Ark Education Summit 2019.
School Structure
Ark Globe Academy is divided into four small schools Elbrus, McKinley, Kilimanjaro and Everest, also each small school has a Dean. This ensures that personal relationships between pupils and staff develop quickly, and that a culture of excellent behaviour and shared social norms are easier to maintain.
Aims, Vision and Values
Supporting our mission is our Culture Pyramid. The pyramid sets out for students, staff and parents our purpose, our beliefs and our values. This helps to set expectations in our daily lives at Ark Globe Academy. Read more about our culture pyramid here.
Every child has the potential to succeed and there are no excuses not to achieve that success. We expect every Ark Globe Academy students to graduate from our academy with the qualifications, skills and confidence to achieve their ambitions and go on to higher education or their chosen career.
Curriculum
Our curriculum is intended to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community.
The Ark Globe Curriculum encompasses the total experience of the student, covering a range of activities from what is learnt in the classroom to our expectations of how our students carry themselves, and make decisions, outside of it. For us, education is much more than a qualification; it is a way of being that results in an empowered young person who is able to secure a life of purpose and meaning.
We recognise that attending university is often key to this as, we believe, it provides young people with more choices. As such, the academic, pastoral and cultural curriculum has been designed to prepare students for university and to be leaders in their community. However, we also recognise that there are high quality alternatives to university, and we help students to secure these too. Whatever choice is made, we want it to be an informed one, where our students determine their own future. Read more about our curriculum here.
Our Mission: Preparing our students for university and to be leaders in their community
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