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Senior Science Technician

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Senior Science Technician

Salary Not Specified

Teaching vacancies, Purfleet, Thurrock

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 day ago, 26 Sep | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: de628bfc42ea47369759fe8c94a5a3bc

Full Job Description

  • Ensuring all equipmentis prepared to teachers' specifications
  • Organisation, preparation, repair, cleaning, transport and collection of equipment and materials.
  • Assisting and supporting in practical lessons and enrichment activities
  • Understanding the Schemes of Work & syllabi of Science in order to prepare for practical lessons
  • Preparation of stock orders
  • General administration
  • Ensuring full implementation ofHealth and Safety regulations, including carrying out risk assessments
  • Organising thesafe and secure disposal of hazardous waste
  • Organising the efficient storage and record keeping of chemicals, equipment and machinery
  • Carrying out safety checks on equipment and recording faults and action taken
  • Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies in the subject area
  • Managingthe allocation of work across the technician team,ensuring an appropriate quality of the work, and arranging training, appraisal and performance management
  • Assisting and advisingstaff on the preparation and layout in the classrooms for practical exercises, undertakingdemonstrations and helping students with learning activities when required by the teacher.
  • Ensuring thesafety, repair and general maintenance of all resources, equipment and tools, and advising when any maintenance or inspection is beyond your competence
  • Ensuringthe welfare and care of plants and animals in the science area and the security of equipment
  • Making up special equipment or modifying from existing equipment as necessary from sketches or instructions supplied by the science teaching staff

    Excellent numeracy, literacy, organisational and communication skills
  • Experience of working under pressure and meeting deadlines
  • Experience of working on one's own initiative and to work within a team
  • Experience of working flexibly in response to changing situations
  • Evidence of relevant qualifications & further training
  • Knowledge of appropriate Health & Safety regulations

    We are currently looking to appoint a Senior Science Technician to support the academic staff at Harris Academy Riverside in the delivery of the Science curriculum (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).

    Harris Academy Riverside is a very popular non-selective and highly oversubscribed academy which opened as part of the Harris Federation and the regeneration of the Purfleet on Thames area in 2017. We serve our local community of Purfleet on Thames and West Thurrock and have 900 on roll in the secondary academy and around 200 students in the 6th form.
    • Vision Harris Academy Riverside seeks to develop students who are successful, confident and happy, who inspire their community and who act with kindness and compassion towards others. Ethos In our procedures and daily routines, our broad and varied curriculum, our pedagogical model and through our commitment to providing experience of the wider world we aim to promote a strong sense of community and belonging, to provide a blend of high challenge and high support and to encourage the development of
  • Outstanding habits of behaviour such as self-awareness, kindness, appreciation, humility, politeness, confident self-expression and self-presentation and
  • Outstanding habits of learning such as determination, resilience, organisation, reading, studying and practice
    • Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Further details about the role