Salary: £25,989 - £26,403, BG7, N6-N7
Actual Salary: £22,727 - £23,089
Contract: Full Time / Permanent / Term Time Only + Inset Days
Closing date: 9am, Friday 5 December 2025
Interview date: TBC
Purpose:
You will play a key role in supporting the Science Faculty by preparing and maintaining equipment, organising resources and ensuring safe working practices. You will help staff deliver practical activities and create an engaging learning environment, enabling students to access a broad and inspiring science curriculum.
Duties (further details in the attached application pack):
- Contribute to the day‑to‑day organisation and delivery of practical science activities
- Ensure the Prep Room is kept in good working order
- Prepare, move and set up practical equipment safely in classrooms
- Work with the Senior Science Technician to check, maintain, calibrate, clean and repair equipment
- Provide advice and assistance to staff to support best practice in practical science
- Promote safe working practices, including risk assessment, safe storage and disposal of materials
- Support longer‑term projects and adapt or develop specialist resources when needed
- Help ensure suitable materials and equipment are available, assisting with effective stock control
- Maintain confidentiality and flexibility in line with school policies and operational needs
We offer:
- Enhanced CPD, including access to professional networks across the Trust
- Paid induction and training suited to the role
- Confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Free parking
- Use of the Cycle Scheme
- Paid completion of a DBS check
- Flu vaccination vouchers
- Free eye tests (where the employee is desk-based)
- Where eligible, automatic enrolment to the relevant pension scheme
- Honouring of continuous service earned in the Local Authority
Fluency Duty
This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to speak English with confidence and be able to conduct a conversation and answer questions for extended periods of time.
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.