Science Technician

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