Science Technician

Senior Science Technician 

Teaching Personnel are looking to appoint a Senior Science Technician to join one of our highly successful secondary schools in Kettering, Northamptonshire. You will share the schools passion for Science and will support them to deliver an outstanding science experience for their students.

Job Description

• Giving technical advice to teachers, technicians and students. Carrying out risk assessments for technician activities
• To have overall responsibility for the promotion and observance of a healthy and safe working environment for the technical support service by: − actively leading and co-ordinating the assessment, monitoring and review of both health and safety procedures and information resources; − keeping up-to-date with current procedures and practices through continuing professional development; − the provision of technical advice on health and safety issues to teachers and technical support staff; − the safe treatment and disposal of used materials, including hazardous substances and responding to actual or potential hazards; − the healthy and safe storage and accessibility of equipment and materials.
• To be a qualified “first aider” and to administer first aid as necessary.
• To train, support and develop a trainee technician, and ensure they keep up to date with health and safety requirements and developments in practical science.
• Giving health and safety advice to technical staff, teachers and students.
• Disposal of certain waste materials.
• Checking first-aid kits; carrying out general electrical and other safety checks etc
• Organising, storing and checking the condition of chemicals and equipment.
• To ensure that the technical team is resourced, organised and developed to meet the performance standards required by the department. 
• Managing, monitoring performance and supervising colleagues.
• To take a lead role in the development and maintenance of specialist resources and offer professional guidance, assistance and support to students and teachers on the practical aspects of the curriculum.
• Designing, constructing and modifying apparatus.
• Preparing standard solutions etc, purifying chemicals, treating certain waste.
• Assisting with the preparation and delivery of A level practical experiments.
• To be responsible for setting up and monitoring systems used in the management and control of practical resources including: − leading on stock control, compiling orders, liaising or negotiating with suppliers and maintaining appropriate records; − monitoring, controlling and keeping financial records of the departmental expenditure in accordance with the school’s policy − ensuring the availability of suitable materials and equipment and suggesting alternatives for suitability and economy.
• Maintaining resources.
• Keeping stock records.
• Ordering stock.
• Keeping financial records.
• To undertake the lead role within the science department on both routine and non-routine checking, cleaning, maintenance, testing and repairing of general equipment to the required standard.
• Ensuring the department’s resources are maintained to the required standards.
• Ensuring the science laboratories are maintained in a clean, tidy and functional state.
• To use ICT to help in the management of the Department.
• Be confident with key IT skills relevant to the needs of the department use of in-house spreadsheets: Finance, Chemicals, First Aid, Exam Data, PMR documents 

The Curriculum

The department is well-resourced with a variety of digital textbooks and practical resources. GCSE students are following the AQA Combined Science (Trilogy) syllabus. They also offer Triple Science. The recent Science results were above national for progress. In Years 12 and 13 the department offers three A Level subjects: OCR: Biology Edexcel: Chemistry Edexcel: Physics

If you are interested in this Senior Science Technician role, then please apply today with a copy of your CV.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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