Technician (Science & Art)

The Royal Liberty School

Part of The Success for All Educational Trust

Upper Brentwood Road, Romford, Essex, RM2 6HJ

Tel: 01708 730141

Fax: 01708 723950

Website: www.royalliberty.co.uk

Technician (Science & Art)

Hours: 35 hours per week x 39 weeks per year - 5 days per week 8am - 4pm with 1 hour lunch

Grade: Scale 3 points 5 to 6 

Actual Salary: £18,731 - £19,069 p.a. (includes holiday pay)

To Start: September 2022

The Royal Liberty School where “pupils are well behaved, respectful and courteous” and “parents value the sense of community, which is palpable throughout the school” (OFSTED February 2019).

We are seeking to appoint a technician to provide effective organisational support of work within our busy Science and Art departments.

The work will involve preparing materials, setting up practical materials and experiments, maintaining a safe & clean working environment, ordering materials, preparing displays and assisting the classroom teacher during practical lessons.

The successful candidate will have good practical skills and ideally some experience in the use of Science equipment.  There would be a requirement for the successful candidate to undertake chemical handling training.

We are seeking someone who is highly motivated, flexible & organised who enjoys working with young people. 

You will be required to work with key personnel in school and other external agencies.  Applicants will need to be adaptable, creative and flexible and have the ability to work with minimum supervision and should have excellent organisational skills. The ability to work independently as well as part of a team is essential.

There would be a requirement for the successful candidate to undertake all relevant first aid training such as diabetic pump training and epi pen training to support the needs of our students whilst on educational visits..  

The hours will be 8 hours per day (with a 60 minute lunch break), 5 days per week, 39 weeks a year (term time plus 5 INSET days).

The Royal Liberty School is a small comprehensive school for boys situated on a very pleasant Grade II* listed site.  The school is in an excellent location, a short walk from the main line Gidea Park station to London Liverpool Street.

We recently celebrated our centenary (our main school building has a history dating back over four hundred years) and are proud of our traditions, our strong sense of community and the excellent behaviour of our students. 

As part of the Priority Schools Building Programme the school has just completed a £20 million refurbishment and building programme providing exceptional learning and sports facilities with further enhancements planned over the next two years.

We are part of the Success for All Educational Trust with Redden Court School, Sanders Draper School and Rise Park Academies.  As an employee you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programme through the School Advisory Service (SAS).

• Access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline where you can have a telephone conversation for you and close relatives.
• Access to Physiotherapy
• Access to a counselling service
• Free 12 week Weight Management Programme
• Support for stress management
• Lifestyle Screening
• Relationship Counselling
• Long-term condition support - support for you and family members where you or a member of your family is suffering from a long-term condition such as cancer, Multiple Sclerosis or Motor Neurones disease.  This list is not exhaustive.
• Private Medical Service
• Stress Counselling

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.

Applicants must include e-mail address contacts for two professional referees.

Further details can be downloaded from our website www.royalliberty.co.uk  Mrs Tara Barrett, Director of Operations tbarrett@sfeat.co.uk 

To apply: Applications can be received by email to jobapplications@sfaet.co.uk or post or via JGP online form.

Closing Date: Monday 4th July at 12pm

Interview and tasks will be held on Monday 11th July 2022

The Success for All Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  If successful for this position you will be expected to undertake a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before appointment is confirmed.  References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before interview.