Physics Technician
Haberdashers' Boys' School
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual salary: £20,250 – £23,019 per annum, depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 June 2019
Job overview
Full time, term time only plus 18 days
We are currently seeking to appoint a Physics Technician. The Physics department is extremely well resourced, with seven dedicated laboratories in the Aske Building, a purpose-built science building.
Working alongside another technician dedicated to physics and reporting to the Head of Physics, responsible for the organisation of the laboratories and associated ancillary rooms and the storage, maintenance and issue of the department's equipment, glassware, materials and chemicals.
A varied and busy role you will ideally have experience working in a laboratory science department and a technical appreciation of the laboratory setting as a workplace. With a minimum of five GCSE’s (or equivalent) including mathematics, English and science, you will possess good ICT skills and the potential of ICT in science teaching.
For a more detailed role description and person specification please visit our website.
How to apply: Applications should be submitted on the School’s application form, detailing how you meet the requirements of the role and person specification – CV’s are not accepted.
Closing date: 8am, 24 June 2019.
Interviews are scheduled to take place: w/c 1 July 2019.
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About Haberdashers' Boys' School
Haberdashers' Boys' School is a large independent school located in the village of Elstree, Hertfordshire. Founded in 1690, the all-through school educates around 1,200 boys aged 5-18, all of whom are day pupils.
The School has a selective admissions policy, with prospective students for the senior school expected to pass entrance exams across a range of subjects. The best-performing boys are interviewed to ascertain their suitability for a place at the School. Entrance to the pre-prep and prep departments is also selective, with assessed playgroup sessions and exams used depending on the boy’s age.
Headmaster
Robert Sykes
Values and vision
Haberdashers' Boys' School maintains rigorous academic standards, in order to allow talented students to achieve their full potential. The School has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and seeks to keep its pupils engaged and interested throughout their time at Habs. It achieves this through the attendance of high-profile speakers and a strong investment in co-curricular activities such as sporting events and school trips, all supported by an array of extensive modern facilities.
Teaching staff
The members of the School's teaching staff are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and reflect the diversity within Habs. All are well qualified and have strong subject knowledge with a deep sense of commitment to the welfare of the boys and to help them achieve their very best. There is a strong sense of community within the common rooms, which are harmonious and dynamic places where staff work hard in a collaborative and purposeful atmosphere. There is a growing international dimension to the work of staff with regular visits overseas and links with the best schools across the globe.
Support for staff at every stage of their career is exceptional, with one of the foremost and forward-thinking professional development plans in the country. Pedagogy and teacher development takes a collaborative approach which is both voluntary and open-minded. Many teaching staff attend Learning Lunches where their peers will demonstrate new developments or ideas with which they have been experimenting. In addition, teachers can request specific training which is often run in well attended Twilight Training sessions at the end of a school day. The School operates an ‘open door’ approach with teachers regularly observing and learning from each other.
To find out more about teaching and learning at Haberdashers', view our video here: https://vimeo.com/260062004
ISI report
“The School fulfils its aim to provide an outstanding educational experience and enable pupils to perform to the highest level of their ability. Pupils make excellent progress and demonstrate exceptional achievement in their levels of attainment and co-curricular activities.”
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