Creative Arts Technician

Senior Technician – Creative Arts

Grade 6 (£20,975 - £22,432)

37 hours per week - Term Time Only Plus 3 Days

Westborough High School is an 11-16 comprehensive school with a passionate commitment to making a difference to children’s lives and ensuring that all pupils have the highest possible learning experience. We now seek to build on our already strong foundations in order to continue our upward trend of improvement.

Our Creative Arts team require a technician to join and support them in preparing and resourcing their engaging and challenging lessons.

We are seeking to appoint a motivated, hard-working technician who has good organisational and admin skills and is enthusiastic about all areas of the Creative Arts curriculum (art and design, food and performing arts).

You will also need to be effective at working with and alongside young people to ensure they make progress and fulfil their potential.

Essential qualities for all applicants include amongst other things:

• The ability to effectively communicate with children/young people, school staff and outside agencies.

• Good time management to effectively work across the different subject areas.

• Good organisational skills to ensure resources and equipment are readily available.

• The ability to ensure classrooms, workshops and studios are engaging places for pupils to learn in.

• A willingness to maintain key pieces of equipment to fulfil health and safety standards (training can be provided if necessary).

 (Please refer to the attached Job Profile for full details)

As a valued member of our team we can offer:

• Clear and shared values and expectations

• A commitment to tailored professional development

• A stimulating work environment

• An experienced, highly committed and supportive leadership team

If you have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic, dedicated and well-resourced team, committed to ensuring that pupils not only achieve their potential, but exceed it, then we would like to hear from you.

Candidates are warmly welcomed to visit our school to meet other members of the department and to see for yourself what a great place Westborough is to work.

Please download the attached documents to read and explore more.

The closing date for applications to be returned is 9.00 a.m. on Tuesday 9 July 2024 with interviews likely to take place on Monday 15 July or Tuesday 16 July 2024 and completed applications should be returned to Fiona Sharp, PA to the Headteacher at the school via email fsharp@w-h-s.org.uk

How to apply:

Please apply here on Tes via the quick apply button.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment and safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This position is working in regulated activity and therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to self-disclose particular criminal convictions should they be shortlisted for interview and online searches carried out. Further details can be found within the DBS filtering guide.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Westborough High School reserves the right to interview sooner than the specified dates above. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

If you require further information about the role, please contact the school on telephone: 01924 469549 or you can visit the school website at www.w-h-s.org.uk