Science Technician

Responsible to: The Head of Science

Salary: S17 to S21 £25,018 - £27,732 FTE 

(Actual £10,823 to £11,997) 

Start date: 1st January 2025 

Hours: 18.75 hour per week, Precise times to be discussed at interview  (Term time + 5 days)

Purpose of the role

To embrace the values of Trinity Academy ensuring that every child achieves their absolute best by providing technician support for the Science Department in our new, state of the art facilities. 

Details of the role

Trinity Academy is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for a highly motivated, professional and well qualified Science Technician to join us in our mission.

You will play a key role in maintaining a safe, orderly and high-performing Science Department.  The successful candidate will work with a full time science technician and assist with the preparation, maintenance and storage of all apparatus, equipment and materials used in our laboratories. You will also be responsible for managing department orders and ensuring a safe working environment in accordance with CLEAPSS guidelines. There will also be opportunities for the successful candidate to work with, and be supported by, other technicians within the Trust and to access high-quality training.

The successful candidate will have a positive and productive outlook with a high level of initiative and competency. They will also have a clear understanding of the expectations of the role, together with an appreciation and awareness of the needs of a growing department. They will need a ‘can do’ attitude and will need to be highly flexible, calmly efficient, have an eye for detail and have the ability to build strong and positive relationships with students and staff. The successful candidate should have excellent IT skills, be well organised, have a professional approach to work and be able to prioritise workloads to meet critical deadlines. 

The ability to contribute to other co-curricular areas of Trinity life (e.g. Team Sports, Music, Drama, Equalities or other co-curricular activities to be agreed) will be highly desirable.

What you will get from Trinity Academy:

• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employees can join our cycle-to-work scheme.
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas. 
• Considerable opportunity for career development both within the school and across the Cathedral Schools Trust.

If you would like to find out more about the school including FAQs, please visit the website at: www.trinityacademybristol.org.

Please read further documents for further details about the role including the job description and person specification. 

Please note that we will only consider applications through iTrent and will not consider CVs so please ensure that your supporting statement on the application meets the requirements of the person specification. We encourage you to be succinct and to restrict your supporting statement to no more than four pages in length. 

Closing date: 8th December 2024

Interviews: 17th December 2024

Due to the high levels of applications for roles at Trinity, we are unable to register receipt of applications. Candidates will be contacted if they are successfully shortlisted for an interview. If you have not heard from us by the interview date, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.  All posts at Trinity Academy are subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

The school may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include: 

• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  The  school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.  

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.  

We are a life-friendly school and support our employees in achieving a balance in life and meeting their commitments beyond school.

For further information about our Recruitment and Safeguarding procedures, please refer to CST Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy and CST Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.