Food Technology Technician
Ricards Lodge High School
Merton
- £23,506 - £23,861 per year
- New
- Expiring soon
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2024
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Food Technology Technician with the passion and commitment to join this high achieving, happy and successful staff team. Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational Sixth Form. We have high expectations of all our students and provide a dynamic and stimulating environment in which they can learn and develop as individuals.
The roles includes:
- To support the delivery of Food Technology within the curriculum
- Preparation of teaching materials for lessons
- In class support
- Ordering of materials for the department
- Equipment and classroom maintenance
- Creation and maintenance of displays
- Assisting with events e.g. Open Evening and extra-curricular clubs
As a valued member of staff we want to ensure that you have access to all the benefits available to you.
Benefits include the following:
- Well being weeks and social events
- A laptop for all teaching staff
- Car parking on site
- Social staff area and work area for staff
- Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks
- Collaborative approach to teaching and learning
- Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test
- Annual season ticket travel loans are available
- Car parking on site
The staff are very supportive towards each other with a great camaraderie existing throughout the school with a number of social events that are open to all and well attended.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.
Ricards Lodge High School welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Closing date: Monday 30th September at 9am.
If you are interested in joining our team, we would be keen to hear from you.
We reserve the right to interview as applications are received.
Safeguarding Statement
Ricards Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About Ricards Lodge High School
Ricards Lodge High School is a girls-only, comprehensive secondary school with sixth form situated in Wimbledon, south-west London. It is a community state school and was known as The Wimbledon Day Commercial School when it opened in 1924.
A larger than average secondary school, Ricards Lodge provides 1,200 places for students between the ages of 11 and 19 when fully subscribed.
Headteacher
Kate Page
Values and vision
The aim of Ricards Lodge is to “educate successful women of the future”. It strives to be an environment that challenges all its students academically, celebrating rigour and quality and helping pupils to achieve through the use of technology.
Ricards Lodge High School has a specialism in the performing arts and has gained the Artsmark Gold Award. The school believes that the risk-taking nature of the arts helps to increase self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as improving students' attitudes to learning.
Ofsted report
‘Leaders and the governing body are highly ambitious for the school. They have fully addressed the areas for improvement from the previous inspection. Pupils now receive an outstanding quality of education.'
Please see our most recent Ofsted report attached below.
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