Science Technician - One Year Fixed Term Maternity Cover

About the role

Science Technician

One Year Fixed Term Maternity Cover

Part Time, 22.5 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks per year)

Scale H3: £12,305 to £12,505 inclusive per annum (actual salary based on 22.5 hours per week and paid weeks per year) dependent on experience.

Start date: January 2025

Monk’s Walk is a high performing, oversubscribed school seeking to appoint a Science Technician to work in its high achieving, busy science department, supporting the delivery and teaching of biology, chemistry, and physics across all three key stages (KS3, GCSE and A level). This position is initially offered on a maternity cover basis, with the possibility of it being made permanent.

Your main responsibilities will include preparing, maintaining, and designing classroom experiments to support and enhance the teaching of biology, physics and chemistry at KS3, GCSE and A level. The role will also include carrying out departmental risk assessments, maintaining equipment and inventories, ordering stock and carrying out the safe disposal of waste.

There is daily contact with students plus opportunities to assist with practical’s or perform demonstrations in class when requested. The post requires you to have a keen attention to detail and the ability to follow protocols, a willingness to learn new skills, the ability to communicate on all levels and to work as a team. A good level of computer literacy would be beneficial.

The successful candidate will ideally have an A level or higher qualification in a science discipline and experience working in a laboratory or research environment. In addition, previous experience working in a school, College or University teaching environment would be valuable.

More details about us can be found on our website and/or Facebook page (Monk’s Walk School Official). The candidate information pack gives you full details about the school, the post and how to apply.

If you would like an informal conversation about the post in advance of applying, please contact Joe Wodcke, Acting Head of Science at jwodcke@monkswalk.herts.sch.uk.

Applications should be submitted by noon on Monday 25th November 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

It would be great to hear from you.

Monk’s Walk School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will need to obtain references and conduct online searches in advance of interview for any candidate short-listed. All job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Please note, it is an offence to apply for a role where the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.