Job description
- Contract Type :Permanent
- Job ID: 1325224
Salary: Grade 4, £22,604 - £24,123 per annum, pro rata, Approximate pro rata £9,756 - £10,412 per annum
Contract: Part time (20 hours per week, term time only)
About us and the role
We are seeking to appoint a talented and dedicated Art & Design Technology Technician. The ideal candidate will be an innovative and strategic thinker with vision and ideas, who will lead by example and act as a strong role model to students. The successful candidate will join a vibrant and enthusiastic team who strive to ensure that all students enjoy learning and surpass expectations.
Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
Why should you apply
You will be working in a fantastic environment.
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
What will you do?
- Carry out preparatory work, under supervision, for practical lessons. Help create jigs and formers and setups for practical lessons
- To provide assistance, advice and practical demonstrations to students and staff in the use of equipment and resources.
- Deliver apparatus, equipment and materials to classrooms, retrieve after use and return for appropriate safe storage. Creation of appropriate safe storage methods.
- Check practical provision and replenish material and apparatus as directed. Assist in maintaining stock levels and in carrying out stock checks, placing regular orders for materials and components.
- Provide support to the Head/Subject Lead of Art. During busy times for GCSE practical work, you will be required to provide professional duties outside of school hours
- Assist with the setting up and use of ICT equipment within the Technology department.
For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description
What are we looking for?
- Educated to GCSE – including in English, mathematics and science
- Working knowledge of Design Technology machines and processes
- An ability to work creatively as an individual and as part of a team
- The ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing with pupils and a wide range of adults in and beyond the school
- Flexible, enthusiastic and resourceful to meet new challenges
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.