Design & Technology Technician
King Edward VI Grammar School
Essex
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Essex School's Pay Scale 4 Pt 7 - 8 actual salary per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 November 2024
Job overview
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN
Salary: Scale 4 Pt 7-8 (£20,827.42 - £21,177.20) actual salary per annum, depending on qualifications and experience.
A recruitment incentive payment could be available.
Hours: 37 hours per week term time only (39 weeks per year)
Start Date: As soon as possible
This is a full-time position but candidates able to offer slightly fewer hours would be considered.
We are looking to recruit a new technician to join our team. The successful applicant will play a key role in delivering engaging and exciting practical DT activities as part of a wider Design Technology Department team.
The Design Technology Department at King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) comprises 4 teachers and 1 technician. The team are friendly and hardworking and are looking forward to welcoming an enthusiastic new colleague to join them.
The postholder will, in the main, be required to provide support to the teaching staff in the Design Technology department, completion of mandatory Health and Safety checks, preparation of materials for use by the students in advance of lessons, supporting students and teaching staff during lesson delivery, supporting all computer aided manufacturing (CAM) especially the use and maintenance of the laser cutter and 3D printer, maintenance and inventory of tools and materials and ensuring the learning environment is clean and tidy throughout the day. The successful applicant will have good organisational, planning and time management skills. Previous experience in one of the following areas is essential: CAD/CAM, electronics, wood working (circular saw, bandsaw, planer thicknesser), metal working (casting, centre lathe, bench top mill).
Due to our stringent safeguarding protocol, applications for employment at KEGS can only be accepted on our formal Recruitment Application Form.
Application form and job description are available to download from our website www.kegs.org.uk, or by emailing recruitment@kegs.org.uk.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on 05 November 2024. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.
KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Broomfield Road Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3SX
Tel: 01245 353510
E-mail: office@kegs.org.uk
Website: www.kegs.org.uk
An Academy Number on roll: 1139 (388 in Sixth Form)
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About King Edward VI Grammar School
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (known as KEGS locally) is a Leading Edge School, constantly testing and adapting professional practice to raise standards of teaching and learning. It is consistently one of the top ten grammar schools in the country and lends itself to being a natural leader with an international reputation as a centre of learning. The School is regularly in the top five in A Level league tables, and the top ten at GCSE.
We aim to optimise learning, and to educate the ‘whole person’ through excellence in the highest level of pastoral care and support in every aspect of our work. We provide an exceptional range of opportunities both within the classroom and through the impressively diverse extra-curricular activities. Our goal is to engage students in their own learning and to teach them to be life-long learners.
The most recent OFSTED report described the school as an ‘outstandingly effective’ school achieving ‘outstanding results’ and ‘excellent personal development’. It boasts a 'passionate interest in learning by teachers and students’. Admission to year 7 is by 11+ examination performance, and around 80 students, including girls, from other schools are admitted annually into Year 12, based on GCSE examination performance.
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