Science Technician
The Bushey Academy
Bushey
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade H4, SCP17-20: Pro rata salary £16,591.90 - £17,557.90 inclusive of Fringe Allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2018
Job overview
Science Technician
39 weeks per year (Term Time, plus 1 week INSET), 37 hours per week (some flexibility around start and finish times can be discussed)
Grade H4, SCP17-20: Pro rata salary £16,591.90 - £17,557.90 inclusive of Fringe Allowance
Could you be an enthusiastic ad inspirational Science Technician who would like to join a successful and popular 11-19 mixed secondary school that provides the highest quality education for all learners? If you believe that anyone can excel and that everyone deserves the best, then this is the job for you.
The Bushey Academy seeks an enthusiastic and committed Science Technician who will play a key role in supporting the Department. As well as providing general laboratory support, you will also assist in practical Science lessons and must therefore be able to relate well to both staff and students. The successful candidate will be expected to work on their own initiative and be a good team player. An interest in science is essential and some experience would be an advantage but is not essential as full training will be given.
You will have a passion for continuous improvement, high expectations and very high standards of performance.
We can offer:
1. Professional development opportunities
2. Support and mentoring by a strong Senior Leadership Team and department heads
3. A full induction programme for new staff to the academy
4. An incentive package, which includes: complimentary gym membership, access to the cycle scheme, childcare vouchers and full use of an employee assistance programme
5. Promotion and career development within a multi academy trust setting (Meller Educational Trust)
6. The opportunity to work in our double award winning £30 million building with excellent facilities
7. A full programme of wellbeing and social activities as part of our commitment as an Investors in People (Health and Wellbeing Award) employer
If you would like to join an oversubscribed, forward thinking academy with a strong vision, and a team of staff and students who share the commitment to its success and are ‘Proud to Belong’ then, we would welcome your application.
Please visit our website http://thebusheyacademy.org/recruitment/current-vacancies for a job description and application form. Your application form and letter of application should be e-mailed to recruitment@thebusheyacademy.org. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date: 9.00 am Monday 15th October 2018
Interviews: W/C 15th October 2018
The Bushey Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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About The Bushey Academy
The Bushey Academy is 20 minutes by train from London Euston and enjoys a leafy setting close to the urban environment of Watford. We are a successful and popular 11-19 mixed secondary school that provides the highest quality of education for all learners. Our mission is to ensure that every one of our young people leave the academy fully equipped for their next stage in life, be it university or the world of work. We want all learners, on leaving, to possess excellent exam results, a well developed character, and great employability skills.
We focus on the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, plus the high levels of care and support we offer every child. Our hard working, dedicated and skilled staff ensure that our learners are happy, safe and achieve well. We have high aspirations for all and we expect our learners o be ambitious for themselves. We want our learners to live up to our motto of 'Proud to belong' and we expect or students to show pride in their work, their appearance and in how they conduct themselves.
The facilities at The Bushey Academy are excellent and all areas of the curriculum are very well catered for in our modern building opened in 2013. We value all subjects highly, placing an equal emphasis on success in academic subjects alongside creative and vocational areas. We also have a wide and varied range of extracurricular clubs that we encourage our students to attend. We are part of the Meller Educational Trust (MET) which gives us opportunities to collaborate with other local schools, sharing best practice and learning from one another.
In July 2018 the school was awarded the Investors in People Good Practice Award for the Health and Wellbeing of our staff.
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