Physics Technician
Eton College
Windsor and Maidenhead
- £24,250 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 May 2021
Job overview
Role Introduction
We are looking for a meticulous and dedicated person to join us as a Physics Technician. With a strong background in physics, which you may have gained either in education, academia or industry, you will support practicals and demonstrations for Masters in the Physics Department.
Working in our newly refurbished Queen’s Schools, you will have an outstanding knowledge of Physics, and be able to use your organisational skills to work as part of a dynamic team of technicians within the Department.
This post is 38.75 hours per week working term time only for 40.6 weeks of the year which includes three days before and after every term and two weeks of Summer Schools. Please note this will include Saturday mornings and occasional late working.
Main Duties
- Setting up and clearing away demonstration apparatus and practical work
- Working with others in the department to acquire a wider range of technical skills, and passing his or her own skills on to others
- Familiarising him or herself with new equipment and demonstrations
- Working safely within the guidelines laid down by the senior technician
- Stock-keeping and organising display materials
- Construction, maintenance and repair of equipment
- Commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
The Ideal Candidate
- Good knowledge of the relevant science subject
- Strong IT skills
- Good levels of literacy and numeracy
- The ability to work flexibly as part of a team
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Excellent organisational skills
- Enthusiastic, energetic, flexible with a pro-active attitude
- Positive approach to change and development
- Close attention to detail
- A sense of humour and a genuine understanding and liking of our students
- Approachable, diplomatic, open and honest
- Dedicated, conscientious and hard working
- Commitment to the ethos of Eton College
Benefits
Eton College offers a wide range of benefits, including an 11% employer contribution to your pension (with 4.9% employee contribution), Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced Maternity / Paternity scheme, free eyecare vouchers, a cycle to work scheme, subsidised lunches during term time, free access to the College’s sport and leisure facilities and discounts at local retailers and businesses.
About the College
Eton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We are committed to creating and sustaining an environment that values and celebrates the diversity of both staff and pupils. We believe in equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.
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About Eton College
Eton College is a charity for the advancement of education. At its heart sits an independent boys’ boarding school which leads a dynamic range of educational activities and an expanding network of educational partnerships. The charity’s primary purpose, determined from its Christian foundation in 1440, is to draw out the best of young people’s talents and to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. Founded to offer transformative educational opportunities to boys with limited life chances, currently over 100 boys pay no fees at all.
With an extensive curriculum both within and beyond the classroom, a focus on pastoral excellence, and a growing expertise in digital education through its digital education platform, EtonX, Eton College stands in the vanguard of educational developments. Its award-winning flagship embedded research facility, The Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning, is at the core of these new developments, informing Eton College's own educational practice, as well as sharing best practice across the sector.
In addition, Eton Connect coordinates over 1,000 cross-sector partnerships between schools, charities and other organisations working together for the benefit of young people and teachers. Through research, digital resources, summer schools, visits and events, Eton Connect brings people together who are determined to increase the range of learning opportunities available to young people. Last year, Eton Connect coordinated activities for over 5,400 state school pupils, with over 2,000 pupils continuing to visit its museums and collections each year.
As it looks forward, the ambitions of the charity will continue to broaden, from maintaining and developing new partnerships to the plans for opening selective state sixth form colleges in partnership with Star Academies in Middlesbrough, Dudley and Oldham. Its partnership with Holyport College, an Ofsted outstanding state-maintained boarding school, is one of the strongest, closest and most reciprocal cross-sector partnerships in the UK. Amongst other partnerships, Eton College also co-sponsors the London Academy of Excellence, an outstanding sixth form in Newham, East London.
Headmaster Simon Henderson
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