Science (Chemistry) Technician
Sutton High School
Sutton
- Expired
- Salary:
- £12,162 pa (FTE £24,000)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 9 February 2022
Job overview
Term Time Only (including inset days)
Part time – 22.5 hours per week
Sutton High School is seeking an individual with a good background knowledge of Science, ideally in Chemistry, to play a key role supporting the safe delivery of experiments and Science lessons across KS2 to KS5 in our state-of-the-art laboratories.
Your responsibilities will include preparing equipment and materials for lessons and assisting teaching staff in trialling any experiments prior to lessons, ensuring that correct and safe procedures are used. You will also assist pupils in using equipment and undertaking experiments, giving demonstrations as required. You will also need to maintain the faculty inventory and undertake stock control and the purchasing of equipment, materials, chemicals, textbooks and resources.
There will also be the opportunity to participate in training activities and sessions offered by the school and other external agencies in order to develop your knowledge and skills and keep up to date with technical and health and safety requirements relevant to the role.
Previous experience as a Science Technician is not essential, but you will need good, basic background knowledge of Chemistry with GCSE Maths, English, Science or equivalent qualifications at grade C or above.
About Sutton High School
Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. Joining our team means that you will be working with girls who are joyful, courteous and keen to make the most out of each and every day. We are a close-knit community and new additions are welcomed warmly by students and staff alike.
We can also offer you a green and spacious six acre site, excellent transport links, delicious free lunches and activities for staff including choir, swimming, yoga and a book club. Every year staff are invited to a quiz, a Burns Night and a summer party.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.
Applications must be received by: Midday Wednesday 9th February 2022.
Interviews to be held Friday 11th February 2022, in person at Sutton High School.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
The GDST 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 the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Sutton High School
Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 900 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and with specialist contemporary learning facilities such as Design Studios, a Ceramics Room, an Emilio Reggio EYFS Building, an amphitheatre and Oracy Space.
Both Senior and Prep schools hold strong positions in the top schools nationally and attract girls from a wide geographical area and variety of backgrounds, resulting in an inclusive school community where individuality is celebrated and girls are fiercely independent. Our values of Courage, Truth and Joy are at the heart of all we do.
The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent schools in the country, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.
Examination results at Sutton High are consistently high and significantly above the national average. In the summer of 2023, girls achieved 75% 9-7 grades at GCSE, with over half of grades at 9/8.
Our girls benefit from expert advice and guidance about higher education and the world of work, as we have our own specialist who organises interviews, work experience placements and careers fairs and the majority of pupils go on to study at Russell Group universities.
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