Science Technician

Hours per week: 32.5 per week 8.30am to 3.30pm, term time only

Contract Type: Permanent

The Edge Academy

946 Bristol Road South

Northfield

Birmingham

B31 2LQ

Telephone Number: 0121 533 5858

Email Address: rachel.currie@theedgeacademy.co.uk

Job Start Date: September 2022

The Edge Academy is an OFSTED ‘Good’ Alternative Provision Free School focused upon improving opportunities and outcomes for students who may be struggling to achieve their full potential in a mainstream setting.

We aim to create a superb learning environment to transform the learning experience and outcomes for young people on the exclusion spectrum and we were delighted to win the 2022 Midlands Education Awards “Outstanding Support for Students Award”.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced technician to support our dynamic Science department, who can be responsible for overseeing technical support within the department for the 11-16 age range.

If you would like to apply for this position, or require further information about this role, please contact: rachel.currie@theedgeacademy.co.uk

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 5 September 2022, 9am

An application form is also available on the vacancies section of our website

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.