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Science Technician

Science Technician

Woking College

Woking, Surrey

  • Expired
Salary:
£13,273 per annum inclusive of fringe allowance, actual salary for 28 hours per week, term-time only (39 weeks per year). FTE £20,420 per annum (inclusive of fringe allowance)
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
29 November 2022

Job overview

Rated "Outstanding" in every area, by Ofsted in November 2022, Woking College are proud to provide excellence in sixth form education.

"Staff feel proud to work at the College. They are exceptionally positive about the culture leaders have created. They describe leaders as visible, approachable and highly focussed on staff wellbeing. Leaders celebrate achievement frequently in staff forums which helps staff to feel recognised, highly valued and a member of the Woking College family."


The Role

The College requires a Science Technician to support scientific practical work within the Biology/Chemistry area of our friendly Science department. We are looking for a part-time member of staff with a passion for science to provide continuity for students in our successful and growing College. 

We are looking for an exceptional candidate for this key role in the department, who is highly organised and an excellent team player. We expect high performance from all our staff and are looking for a dedicated individual to provide support for both staff and students. Candidates should demonstrate their ability and suitability to both the role and the culture of the College.


The Department

The Science Department consists of thirteen members of staff, including teachers and technicians. The college has eight teaching labs and two dedicated preparation areas in a modern, dedicated building which opened in Spring 2016. The college has approximately 800 student enrolments in A Level courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics as well as BTEC Level 3 qualifications in Engineering and BTEC Level 3 and 2 qualifications in Applied Science.

The Science department is a friendly and successful team, with a passion for developing and sharing evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning. We help our students achieve outstanding results across the sciences by providing stimulating teaching and personalised support.

The department actively encourages students to pursue their interests in science outside of college. Many of our students participate in national science competitions (e.g. the British Physics Olympiad) and the department arranges extra-curricular opportunities, visits and speakers to learn about employment in the scientific sector.


Application Information:

Start Date:    As soon as possible

Hours:  28 hours per week - this could be worked over 4 or 5 days. This role is for term-time only (39 weeks) 

For info, the standard College day is from 8.30am to 4pm.

Salary: £13,273 per annum inclusive of fringe allowance, actual salary for 28 hours per week, term-time only (39 weeks per year)

FTE £20,420 per annum (inclusive of fringe allowance)

To Apply:  Please download the Application Pack and click the Apply Now button to access the Application Form via the College website. CVs will not be accepted on their own. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.

Please ensure education and employment history are completed in full, gaps in employment must be accounted for under the section entitled “Periods when not working”. We would like to see your passion for the role and the College in your supporting statement, please use this opportunity to include personal skills, experience relevant to the post, and reasons why you feel you would be successful if this post. 

Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 29 November 2022

Interviews: to be held on Wednesday 7 December 2022 [please note this could be subject to change]

For further information, to have an initial discussion, or to return a completed Application Form, please contact: Kirsty Crook, Personnel Officer: recruitment@woking.ac.uk Tel: 01483 761036

Important information:

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and successful applicants will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The College is committed to equal opportunities.

The College encourages all candidates to be familiar with Section 1 of the DfE paper on “Keeping Children Safe in Education” September 2022 and the College's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. These documents can be found on the College's Staff Vacancies page, and Policies page.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the College asks candidates to consider Woking College's Privacy Notice for Job Applicants, which can be found on the Staff Vacancies page of the College’s website.

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About Woking College

Woking College is an oversubscribed and highly successful college of over 1400 students drawing students from more than 60 different schools. Our very successful strategic focus has, for many years, been to create the very best environment for high quality of teaching and learning alongside the widest range of enrichment activities enhancing the cultural capital of our students. Alongside this we place a very strong emphasis on maintaining our wonderful community, we have a more diverse College population than might be thought of as typical for Surrey but we are determined to maintain our inclusive ethos. We are fully committed to innovation whilst maintaining a humane and caring approach for all members of the College community which has resulted in the doubling of the student population in recent years. These approaches have been key to securing Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ in all seven categories in our October 2022 Ofsted inspection.

Woking College is enjoying record results, very positive value-added and an abundance of applications and quite rightly has a teaching and learning culture which is the envy of other institutions, indeed in recent staff surveys over 95% of College staff said they were proud to work at Woking College!

We have benefited hugely from an impressive transformation of the College’s estate over recent years, with the completion of a new Sports Centre in 2014, a new Arts Block in 2015 and a modern and larger Science Building in 2016. A full size 3G pitch was completed in 2020.  A £3m teaching block and another £3m project working collaboratively with an adjacent community centre will enhance our estate even further within this academic year.

We recognise the advantages of collaboration and have worked hard over the years to build and maintain close working relationships with other education providers and the Local Authority. The College has been a long-standing member of S7, the Surrey and Sussex group of Sixth Form Colleges, possibly the leading college consortium nationally, and we look forward to continued positive engagement with schools, colleges and the local community for the benefit of all.

With strong leadership from our passionate and committed senior leadership team, and with the support of excellent teaching and support staff across all areas, we look forward to the continued evolution of the College; we also look forward to meeting committed, engaging and passionate people who want to join us to further enhance the life-chances and choices of our students – which is of course our main mission as educators.

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