Job Title: Science Technician
Location: London
Salary: £30,699 – £32,265
Job type: Full Time – Permanent
About us:
Willowfield is embedded into our local community, educating, and caring for local children for over 100 years. Willowfield today is a happy, expanding, oversubscribed, financially secure school doing great work – as is so clearly identified in the October 2021 OFSTED inspection. Such is our popularity that we are expanding over the next few years. We now have 960 students on roll from September 2022 rising to 1050 from September 2025.
We are a mixed 11 to 16 comprehensive School within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. We are proud to be a community school that gives all our students the best possible start in life and nurtures them as effective learners and happy, productive 21st Century citizens. Willowfield is characterised by great relationships, and a real sense of community.
About the role:
Thank you for your interest in the post of Senior Science Technician. This is an excellent opportunity for the right person to join Willowfield at an exciting time.
Responsibilities:
- To offer technical support regarding the development and use of practical
- resources and facilities to meet the requirements of the science curriculum.
- To maintain, in liaison with the Curriculum Leader and Deputy Curriculum Leader of Science,
- records of student achievement in science.
Main Tasks:
- Care and general maintenance of all labs and rooms, including the care of services, stores, laboratory workshop equipment, drainage systems, working surfaces etc, reporting any repairs as appropriate for action.
- To monitor stock and draft purchase orders as appropriate, to check and store safety apparatus and materials appropriate for courses provided by the school. Check equipment for damages and it is functioning.
- Preparation, maintenance and storage of apparatus both for demonstration and for practical work as required.
- Obtain up to date catalogues of materials, equipment and textbooks; being aware of new items and their significance
- Construct, assemble and repair specialist apparatus from standard and non-standard equipment.
- To keep legal records (alcohols, poisons etc).
- Have responsibility for Health and Safety within the science preparation rooms and laboratories in conjunction with teachers.
- To ensure that health and safety requirements and other relevant regulations are adhered to and observed. This may involve undertaking regular checking procedures and risk assessments, as appropriate to the work area.
- To provide equipment and materials to support science practical teaching.
- To plan and carry out during the holidays, a complete stock take and a full inspection of apparatus and services.
- To be responsible for the care of animals and plants in Biology Laboratories during term time and vacation periods. To maintain long term experiments.
- To be part of the First Aid Rota
- Be aware of and take part in the school’s performance management framework and participate in training and development activities as required.
Other requirements:
- To participate in training and performance management as required.
- To have an up-to-date Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
- Be prepared to undertake break duties.
- Be prepared to undertake lunchtime duties.
- Assisting with pupil enquiries and welfare issues
Experience
- Evidence that a range of activities has been undertaken relevant to job description.
- Evidence of being able to work unsupervised.
- Working with young people in the age group.
Education and Training
- Appropriate qualifications to include GCSE/RSA/City and Guilds/BTEC/NVQ or suitable
alternatives (Desirable but not essential).
- Willingness to undertake training in relation to the post.
Skills
- Good organisational ability.
- Computer literate
- Able to organise and prioritise own work.
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
- Able to learn new skills and routines.
- Good communication skills (oral and written).
- Good inter-personal skills on telephone and face to face.
Personal Qualities
- Good attendance and punctuality.
- Hard working, flexible and reliable.
- Honesty and integrity
- Able to cope under pressure/deal with stressful situations.
- A genuine commitment to and liking for young people, and high expectations for their progress and welfare.
- An understanding of and a commitment to the promotion of equality of opportunity in all aspects of school life.
Further information including an application form will be sent to you via email after you click APPLY. Please complete the application form and email to the address provided in order to complete your application.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Lab Technician, Laboratory Technician, Lab Assistant, Laboratory Assistant, Graduate, Science Graduate, Science Assistant, Lab Tech, Science Technician and will also be considered for this role.
