Senior Science Technician

Kinver High School are recruiting a Science Technician for an immediate start, permanent role, 32.5 hrs or 20 hrs considered.

Term time only 39 weeks, Grade 3.

We are a successful and increasingly popular 11-18 comprehensive school of 620 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands.

We are looking for a suitably qualified, motivated and enthusiastic Science Technician.  Qualified candidates should be organised, self-motivated and confident as well as being extremely good communicators with excellent interpersonal skills and good IT Skills.

Your role is to support teaching staff in the development and education of students including the provision of specialist skills as appropriate. To coordinate the use and maintenance of practical resources and facilities and to provide assistance and advice in meeting the practical needs of the science curriculum.

The successful candidate should have a NVQ2 in Laboratory and Associated Technical Activities (LATA) Educational or NVQ2 School Support Staff, or other appropriate equivalent qualification or experience.

Visits to the school are encouraged, please contact - Miss Leanne Fullwood at lfullwood@kinverhigh.co.uk 

Closing Date:  Monday 29th November 2021 12 noon

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews to take place on a rolling basis.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2021-  https://bit.ly/3sFula8

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide  

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