Design Technology Technician
An exceptional school: Our vision is a world class education for young people in Newham. Lister Community School is a large, 11-16 comprehensive school. We are a mixed school that maintained its ‘Good’ status by Ofsted in December 2018, https://www.lister.newham.sch.uk/our-schools/ofsted/ and continues to celebrate year on year record breaking exam results. We are determined to build on our most recent Ofsted judgement and continue our journey to becoming ‘Outstanding’ in the next two years. Our motto is “always aiming for excellence’.
Lister is embarking on an exciting stage of developing its support services for the school and we are seeking dynamic, professional and high quality individuals to join us in our aim for excellence in all areas.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This appointment will be conditional on successful pre-employment and enhanced DBS checks.
We would ideally like to fill this post as soon as possible – subject to completion of recruitment checks.
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN
36 hours per week, term time only
Working Hours: 8.10am – 4:10pm (Monday - Friday)
Salary: Scale 4 - £19,304 (actual pro rata salary per annum)
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Design Technology Technician to join our friendly department team of technicians and teachers. You will be supporting staff in the teaching of Art, Design, Graphics, Textiles, Photography, 3D Design and Construction and provide general technical and administrative assistance to teaching staff, by fully supporting them in their delivery of the curriculum and raising the achievement of students. We are keen for all our employees to progress and this would be an excellent opportunity for someone thinking about pursuing a teaching career.
It is desirable that the successful applicant can demonstrate:
Relevant experience with school equipment (especially band saw, pillar drill, 3D printer and laser cutter)
Relevant experience of working within the construction industry (brick laying, painting and decorating, tiling, joinery etc)
A comprehensive understanding of health and safety and good practice both in school and construction industry
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Efficiency and reliability
Experience of working in a school environment
If you think you have the potential to work as an outstanding Design Technology Technician then an application form can be downloaded directly from the TES website or Lister school’s website at: http://www.lister.newham.sch.uk/vacancies/ or by contacting Jackie Young (HR Manager) on 020 8471 3311.
Completed applications must be returned by email to: Jobs@lister.newham.sch.uk
Completed application forms are required by: 11:00am on 8th October 2020
Interviews: 12th October 2020
Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible. Due to high volume of applicants, we will only contact those candidates who have been selected to progress to the next stage of the process.