DT Technician

This is a part-time position: 36 hours per week / 40 weeks per year About us Our reflective and skilled staff and wonderful students make Oxted School a rewarding and invigorating place to work. Our exceptional staff care about our pupils and really do 'Bring out the Best' in everyone. The inclusive community values which are so important to us mean that you will be well supported by both your colleagues and the Senior Leadership Team. We pride ourselves on the high-quality professional development and career progression opportunities available to all our colleagues, and we work hard to ensure that staff wellbeing and workload are central to our approach. Our colleagues also thrive on their commitment to our wide range of extra-curricular activities, including being one of the largest Duke of Edinburgh centres in the country. Job Description We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, dedicated, motivated and innovative Design Technology Technician to join us at Oxted School. The successful candidate will provide technical and administrative support for teaching staff in the DT department. You will support teaching and learning within Health and Safety guidelines, to bring out the best in every student. We are looking for staff to join our team who are passionate about improving students' life chances and capable of contributing to a highly effective and supportive teaching team and our extensive enrichment programme. Benefits Within The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) there are career development opportunities available across a large number of partnership schools. In addition, THPT is also able to offer:

• An opportunity to be part of a dynamic and developing organisation.
• Electronic Vehicle salary benefit.
• An excellent benefit package including Cycle to Work, Sainsbury's Loyalty Discount and access to discount scheme.
• Membership to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
• Rewards and benefits scheme that includes Loyalty and Service Awards.
• Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
Essential Criteria We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values. Our values will be assessed through the selection process, so we ask all applicants when providing their supporting statement to also incorporate not only how they meet the essential criteria for the role but to also demonstrate our values. Our values are: Integrity - displaying honesty and having strong moral principles Partnership - working together and taking collective ownership to achieve the same goals Advocacy - working hard on behalf of others to maximise their success Resilience - finding success again after something difficult or negative has happened Compassion - displaying empathy towards and a desire to help other Aspiration - aiming high to achieve success Please ensure your supporting statement reflects our Values. Application Process We are happy to receive a CV and Supporting Statement in the first instance to be considered before a full application is made. Please email this to hrteam@oxted.thpt.org.uk with details of the role in the title so our HR Team can action accordingly. Application Deadline: Tuesday, 5 November 2024 Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement. Safeguarding and further information As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values. Our values will be assessed through the selection process, so we ask all applicants when providing their supporting statement to also incorporate not only how they meet the essential criteria for the role but to also demonstrate our values. Our values are: Integrity - displaying honesty and having strong moral principles Partnership - working together and taking collective ownership to achieve the same goals Advocacy - working hard on behalf of others to maximise their success Resilience - finding success again after something difficult or negative has happened Compassion - displaying empathy towards and a desire to help other Aspiration - aiming high to achieve success

Our reflective and skilled staff and wonderful students make Oxted School a rewarding and invigorating place to work. Our exceptional staff care about our pupils and really do 'Bring out the Best' in everyone. The inclusive community values which are so important to us mean that you will be well supported by both your colleagues and the Senior Leadership Team. We pride ourselves on the high-quality professional development and career progression opportunities available to all our colleagues, and we work hard to ensure that staff wellbeing and workload are central to our approach. Our colleagues also thrive on their commitment to our wide range of extra-curricular activities, including being one of the largest Duke of Edinburgh centres in the country.

Within The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) there are career development opportunities available across a large number of partnership schools. In addition, THPT is also able to offer:
• An opportunity to be part of a dynamic and developing organisation.
• Electronic Vehicle salary benefit.
• An excellent benefit package including Cycle to Work, Sainsbury's Loyalty Discount and access to discount scheme.
• Membership to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
• Rewards and benefits scheme that includes Loyalty and Service Awards.
• Full access to the Employee Assistance Programme.