Science Technician
Kings' School
Hampshire
- New
- Salary:
- Grade C £23115.00 - £24140.00 FTE
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2024
Job overview
We are looking for an organised and highly competent Science Technician to join our excellent Science Department. You will assist the Senior Science Technician with the preparation, organisation, replenishment, and overall management of equipment and resources in the Science Department.
Kings’ is an exciting and rewarding place to work: our pupils are keen to learn and succeed; they appreciate the support and dedication of the whole school. You will have a passion for supporting our teachers and in turn the learning of our pupils, and a desire to play a central role in our school mission: inspiring futures, exceptional character, and academic excellence.
This is an exciting opportunity for motivated and highly organised individual wishing to join an extremely effective and supportive department; and to contribute to the ongoing growth of Kings’ as the school continues to flourish.
For further information and to apply for this position, please visit our website at https://kings-hants.com/support-vacancies/
Please submit your application to, recruit@kings-winchester.hants.sch.uk
At Kings’ we are proud of our ambition to achieve excellence in everything that we do. Our mission is simple, we aim to provide all pupils with:
· Inspiring Futures
· Exceptional Character
· Academic Excellence
Our school motto, Una Laborantes (working together) exemplifies our beliefs and behaviours. At Kings’ our values drive all that we do and as a result we aim for all our colleagues to enjoy a fantastic place to work; with respectful, hardworking and highly motivated pupils and staff. We are a genuinely comprehensive school that is working to provide a knowledge-rich education for pupils of all backgrounds. Our Science Technician Team is pivotal to the Science department operation and provides an exceptional and invaluable service to the department, contributing significantly to our mission.
Our mission and values are not just the aims that we have for our pupils, we have the same goals for our staff. We want to invest in you and ensure that Kings’ is a centre of excellence for teaching and learning, where our staff thrive because we keep you at the heart of all we do. To join us and contribute to this exciting journey, you need to be excited by these three questions:
· Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our pupils, develop strength of character, and help them to fulfil all they can be in the future?
· Do you want to work in a school that values knowledge and ensures that pupils achieve excellent outcomes; a school that ensures that all our pupils are taught the cultural and social capital that enables them to succeed in the world?
· Do you want to work in a school that prioritises your professional development because we know that great people are the key to all our pupils having inspiring futures?
Kings’ is highly ambitious with a continuous drive to be even better. We know that it is the staff in the school that make the difference.
The successful candidate will need:
· An ability to form positive working relationships with members of the Kings’ School Community
· An organised, practical, and common-sense approach to work with the ability to use initiative, working under pressure and to deadlines.
· To support Science teachers with ideas for practicals and demonstrations
· Enthusiasm for own professional development and that of others
· An absolute commitment to the safety and wellbeing of young people
Kings’ School mission and values
At Kings’ our values are at the heart of our school culture. They underpin our mission, that we are Working Together to Achieve Inspiring Futures, Exceptional Character, and Academic Excellence.
We are reminded of our vision by our motto, Una Laborantes (Working Together), and our core values - developed and agreed by the Kings’ community of pupils, staff, parents, and carers - help to guide every child, employee, and volunteer towards attaining that goal.
These values act as our inspiration and navigation in our learning, our work, and our life at school as we work together for our pupil’s personal growth and future academic success.
Our school values are to:
· Discover brilliance in everyone
· Have unlimited ambition
· Earn success
· Be kind, be humble, and have integrity
· Make a difference
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About Kings' School
Kings’ is an oversubscribed, happy, and successful school, offering exceptional, well rounded, and individualised education for 1800 11–16-year-olds.
Our vision is clear, Working Together to Achieve Inspiring Futures, Exceptional Character, and Academic Excellence, and this is evidenced every day. Our positive ethos is evident from the first few minutes in school and is seen in the quality of relationships between all members of our school community.
We recognise the importance of staff wellbeing and voice. Our staff are at the forefront of every decision and are encouraged and supported in voicing their opinions through various forums and channels. Having adopted the DFE Wellbeing Charter, we are committed to protecting, improving, and promoting mental health and wellbeing at Kings’, we have a dedicated Committee, who meet regularly to discuss and implement “Kings’ Wellbeing” initiatives and a “Kings’ Portal” for staff to access all things wellbeing.
Throughout their time at Kings’, we support each of our pupils in their unique passions and talents, providing a wide arrange of diverse subjects and opportunities, and helping our ambitious, determined children to find confidence and joy in their work – now and in the future.
We are reminded of our vision by our motto, Una Laborantes (Working Together). Our values act as our inspiration and navigation in our learning, our work, and our life at school as we work together for our pupil’s personal growth and future academic success.
The care provided by our pastoral staff is outstanding and, through a focus on high expectations and positive relationships and with support from our Kings’ community, exemplary behaviour is the norm among pupils. At our recent Ofsted visit in January 2024 we were awarded a “Good” classification with 21 out of 22 areas graded outstanding, read the full report here.
As evidenced by our Ofsted report, staff and pupils feel great privilege to be part of the Kings’ community, at a school renowned for our academic excellence. Year on year, our pupils attain at the very highest level and together we celebrate our position alongside the very best state secondary schools in the country. Our aspirations go beyond our consistently high results, and we work together as a supportive school family to inspire each person to find their spark and forge their own path to personal fulfilment.
Situated in Winchester, Hampshire, Kings’ is large, vibrant campus surrounded by greenery and the hills of the South Downs. Onsite facilities include of a state-of the art floodlit AstroTurf, multiple games pitches & courts, a heated indoor swimming pool, a rock-climbing wall, music, and film recording studios, science labs and staff training suite.
Kings’ is within 5 minutes’ drive from the M3 and a short walk from Winchester bus & rail stations, ideally located with connections to the New Forrest, Bournemouth Beach, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton City and London Waterloo. Learn more about life in Winchester and the surrounding areas, at visit Hampshire.
Formed when two schools on the site merged in 1985, Kings' has an extensive, rich history tracing back to 1889. To learn more about working at Kings’, our impressive curriculum and view out school prospectus, visit our School Website.
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