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Art Technician

Art Technician

MEA Central

Manchester

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Salary:
Grade 4, The starting pro-rata salary is £19,240. The full time equivalent salary is £22,369.
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Once pre-employment checks are complete
Apply by:
18 June 2023

Job overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Art Technician to join our fantastic team at MEA Central.

This is a Grade 4, permanent post working 35 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days. The starting pro-rata salary is £19,240. The full time equivalent salary is £22,369.

Main purpose of the job:

·     To work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to support students to become creative, happy & successful.

·     To provide specialist technical support to the Arts curriculum areas, including preparation and maintenance of resources and to provide general support to staff and pupils.

·     To make a key contribution to the development and support of the school through the provision of technical support in a specific curriculum or resource area.

Key skills and experience:

·     To support pupils in accessing learning activities under the guidance of the teacher.

·     To use specialist skills, training and experience to support pupils in the relevant discipline.

·     To provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement where appropriate.

·     To create and maintain purposeful, orderly and productive working environment within the specific curriculum or resource area.

·     To ensure timely and accurate design, preparation and use of specialist equipment, resources and materials as directed by the teacher or relevant line manager.

·     To monitor and manage stock within an agreed budget, cataloguing resources and undertaking audits as required.

·     To carry out maintenance of specialist equipment and checks in line with quality and safety standards.

Key relationships:

The postholder will report to the Principal, Curriculum Leader, or Teacher where relevant. Main contacts of the post are: Principal, Teaching staff, other Associate staff and pupils.

Working for us 

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. 

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. All schools in the Trust have signed up to the education staff wellbeing charter as a declaration of support to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone that works at Prospere Learning Trust. 

 

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including; 

  • a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues 
  • membership of Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments 
  • access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24-hour support 
  • access to Cyclescheme  
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions 
  • a range of policies which demonstrate our respect for your time and priorities outside work, including flexible working  

 

Closing Date: Sunday 18 June 2023.

Interviews to take place shortly thereafter.

Applying to work for us 

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete, you must provide information on all employment since leaving full time education and an explanation for any gaps. We cannot accept CV's. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the planned closing date.  

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview. 

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of satisfactory references. 

Safeguarding Children 

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. 

Equality Statement 

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

If you would prefer to request a manual application pack, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953 or via e-mail at hr@prospere.org.uk 

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About MEA Central

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  • MEA Central
  • Lytham Road, Fallowfield
  • Manchester
  • M14 6PL
  • United Kingdom
+44 161 499 2736

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MEA Central is a thriving 11-16 mixed secondary serving South Manchester, defined by our mission, ‘A fantastic future for all.' We work tirelessly to remove any barriers that might prevent our young people from achieving their potential and living successful, happy lives.  Our culture combines high expectations, warmth and encouragement with a focus on excellent academic outcomes to create informed citizens who will go out into the world and do what is right. Our values of Citizenship, Achievement and Participation and our belief in the power of language and the importance of the spoken word will develop confident young adults with a strong sense of social responsibility.

We deliver a challenging, knowledge-rich curriculum to prepare students not only for the GCSE assessment regime but also further education and life beyond.  We expect our students to meet our high expectations in terms of commitment and work ethic, but we also seek to ignite their intellectual passions and curiosities so that they become autonomous, fulfilled learners during their time with us.

There is so much more to MEA Central than what happens inside our classrooms, however! Our scholars benefit from a level of pastoral care and attention second to none, and our co-curriculum, which includes our extensive extra-curricular programme, ensures every child can gain valuable cultural capital and experience success in areas such as sport, music, drama and community activities.

We are making a difference. In 2022, we were:

  • Top 7% of schools in the country for progress
  • Top 2% of schools in the country for progress of disadvantaged students
  • Only three school in the country have a smaller gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students.

MEA Central was graded as 'Good' by Ofsted following the 2022 inspection.

"Pupils at Manchester Enterprise Academy Central are incredibly proud and happy to be a part of a diverse and respectful community. Everyone can be themselves. Pupils are considerate of one another. They do their best to model the school's core values. They strive to work hard, be kind and take part" Ofsted 2022.

You are welcome you to get in touch if there is anything more you would like to know about us. We look forward to seeing you here soon!

Prospere Learning Trust

MEA Central is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust, which believes in working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes and life chances for students. The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary) with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. Find out more about Prospere Learning Trust in the candidate brochure.

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