Design & Technology Technician
King Alfred School
Hampstead
- Expired
- Salary:
- £15,453.31 to £16,604.19 per annum, dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 June 2021
Job overview
Part-time: 24 hours per week (3 days)
Term Time plus two weeks from September 2021
Permanent
The Design and Technology Department is a leading department at KAS. We are committed to making a difference by delivering compelling and exciting learning experiences for young people. The purpose-built D&T block was constructed thirteen years ago and was designed following sustainable design principles. The department comprises of two fully equipped workshops and two design studios, and a fully working blacksmithing forge.
The Design and Technology Department has three specialist teachers plus a technician team. In addition, the Department includes a part-time Blacksmith who offers D&T activities as part of the Choice programme.
The post principally involves supporting the teaching of Design and Technology across the Lower and Upper School. There has historically been a strong emphasis on design which is taught mostly through resistant materials. But in recent years this has expanded out to include textiles and jewellery with one workshop fully equipped for jewellery making. There is a growing interest in the department in sustainable and inclusive design as well as developing a full experience of craft and manufacture from primitive crafts to CAD/CAM.
You will work with the resources as a technician but will also take a role in the classroom. You should show energy and commitment to the subject and its technical aspects.
You should:
- Have relevant experience in managing workshop equipment, Health and Safety and monitoring budgets
- Have experience working with young people in a formal or informal education setting
- Have strong organisational skills
- Possess good verbal and written communication skills.
Please see the attached job pack for the details of the duties involved in this role, as well as a person specification of our ideal candidate.
If you share our vision and are a reflective, hard-working, and forward-thinking professional, we would very much like to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: Noon on Thursday 10th June 2021.
To apply for this role please visit our website by clicking on the Apply button below and apply using our online Application Form.
All members of the King Alfred School community are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Attached documents
About King Alfred School
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King Alfred School is an informal independent day school situated on the edge of Hampstead Heath in London. With over 700 students from Reception age through to a flourishing Sixth Form, we are a vibrant and friendly community where the emphasis, both academically and socially, is on discovering and maximising the potential of each child.
The school stands out from the prevailing educational environment as a school which achieves academic success without unnecessary pressures and social success through the development of relationships and responsibility rather than external discipline. At the heart of our ethos is a child-centred approach. We appreciate that every child is unique, and we get to know every individual. It is a school that is genuinely loved by students, parents and staff alike.
The village green setting of the main school site contributes to the community feeling with Lower School classrooms all opening out directly onto the play areas, parents encouraged to spend time in the grounds and all children offered opportunities for outdoor learning. Most children will join at Reception and continue on to the Sixth Form. Transition from Lower to Upper School is a natural one and for KAS students does not depend on assessments or examinations.
KAS is divided into two parts (Lower School: Reception to Year 6 and Upper School: Year 7 to 13), but we operate as one school in which all parts belong to a whole. Age groups are encouraged to mix, with Upper School students helping out in Lower School, and so enrich each other’s lives.
We offer a wide curriculum with specialist teachers in Lower School covering subjects outside the core areas: Information Technology, French, Art, PE and Music. In the Upper School GCSE studies include six core subjects and three optional subjects and students all take part in Choice afternoon where they can choose from a range of non-academic activities. At Sixth Form students usually take three A levels and we offer a full range of subjects alongside the UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing Arts & Production Arts and The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). All students are also involved in a wide range of enrichment activities and there is a huge variety of after school clubs available.
The King Alfred School is a happy, compassionate school in which the emotional, physical and social development of our students are held in equal regard to their academic progress.
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