Design and Technology Technician (Permanent)

Job Title: Design and Technology Technician

Location: Plumstead, South East

Salary: Scale 4 - £21,347 per annum (Actual Gross Salary)

Job Type: 35 hours per week, 41 weeks per year - Full time/Term time only plus 3 weeks

The closing date for this post is Friday 24th June at noon

Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. There has been a school on our site since 1913, with the first 105 years as a girls' school. In response to local demand we admitted our first mixed cohort in 2018 and will be fully co-educational by September 2022.

Ours is vibrant, diverse and inclusive school with over 60 languages spoken across our community. We have a clear vision founded on excellence and justice, with the ambition to offer a world class education to the young people and families of Greenwich. Our recipe to achieve that is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, in a safe and happy environment. Above all, we want our young people to leave school equipped with the powerful knowledge and necessary skills to change the world for the better. In order to foster successful young people and cultivate harmonious communities, we aim to offer young people excellence in all that we do, so that they can overcome any barrier in their lives and secure greater justice.

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an Design and Technology Technician to join our dedicated Art, Design and Technology team. You will be responsible for the day to day provision of technical support to the DT Department.

This will involve:

• Maintaining equipment, tools, components and accessories and reporting any faults.
• Preparing a range of materials for teaching purposes including wood, metal, plastic, food and textiles.
• Preparing, setting up and checking machinery, equipment and apparatus for lessons including exams and assessments. This includes constructing teaching aids using basic workshop skills.
• Issuing equipment to staff and pupils and maintaining appropriate records.
• Ordering materials and operating systems of stock control.
• Maintaining satisfactory standards of safety and security ensuring Health and Safety at work legislation is followed.

About you:

To be successful you will need to have:

• Appropriate qualifications in Design or Technology (GCSE/A level /ONC, city & Guilds, BTEC).
• You should ideally have 3 years experience in a similar environment along with practical Carpentry, Food Tech or Textiles experience.
• Previous experience of working in a school would be desirable.

We can offer you the opportunity to join a supportive and friendly team and good professional development.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.

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Candidates with previous job titles and experience of; DT Technician, Technical Teaching Support, DT Tech, Learning Support Worker may also be considered for this role.