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Biology Technician - Full-time/Part-time

The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells

  • Ref:KCC886-5418-14S
  • Posted:20/09/2021
  • Pay:Band 6 (£20,585 FTE)
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:01/10/2021 at 15:30
  • Interviews:TBC

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Reporting to the Head of Biology, and liaising with teaching staff in the Science Department, the Biology Laboratory Technician has specific responsibility for managing curriculum requirements and practicals for Biology lessons across three key stages.

Role Requirements

Organisation:

  • Setting up / organising the systems and procedures for ordering, delivery and clearing of practicals.
  • Helping to organise teachers’ lessons.
  • Arranging availability of laboratories for practical work.
  • Avoiding clashes of lessons and equipment.
  • Organising safe / secure storage of materials, including hazardous ones.
  • Meeting staff requests for assistance, written on the weekly sheet, as far as possible 48 hours in advance.
  • Carrying out maintenance checks and arranging for repairs as necessary to ensure all equipment is safe and ready to use in lessons.
  • Stock taking of equipment and ordering, liaising with HoD on departmental budget.

Teaching /Coaching:

  • Assisting with demonstrations on how to use equipment where necessary.
  • Providing technical support to students and teachers (experienced and trainees).

Health & Safety:

  • Knowing where to find information (depth of scientific knowledge).
  • Recognising potential dangers.
  • Handling dangerous substances.
  • Arranging annual check of autoclave.
  • Performing health & safety checks and ensuring equipment and laboratories are clean and tidy (including sinks, drawers and cupboards) in order to maintain a safe and stimulating learning environment for students.
  • Ability to give health and safety advice to ensure correct procedures are adhered to at all times.

Innovation:

  • Trialling experiments for developing A level practical work.

Information about the school

The Skinners' School is an outstanding boys' grammar school with 1,120 pupils.

Skinners’ is renowned for its sport, and the enthusiasm of its pupils is extraordinary. The school competes at a high level in a huge array of sports, from the traditional – rugby, hockey, cricket, tennis, cross-country running and athletics – to a significant number of indoor sports – basketball, badminton, table tennis, handball and swimming. Team sports therefore abound and it is not unusual, for example, for the school to put out over 20 rugby teams at the weekend. Nevertheless, there remains untapped potential and we are looking for someone who will help drive further development of our provision at both elite and participant level. The extra-curricular life of the school is a key aspect of this role: involvement at weekends and willingness to participate in and organise tours both locally and abroad is critical.

Our core PE curriculum runs from Years 7 to 11 and follows a curriculum that exposes all pupils to wide array of sports, and to the key principles of sports science and healthy living. We now run GCSE PE and a good number or students train to be Sports Leaders in the Sixth Form. Again, there is further potential to develop in our pupils a cutting edge understanding of the role of sport and exercise in the 21st Century.

The school is blessed with a superb sports hall that is exceptionally well-equipped, also housing an outstanding fitness suite and weights/spinning room, as well as a classroom. Just outside sits an astroturf area that accommodates three tennis courts and a small hockey pitch. 20 acres of sports pitches are a short walk from the school and every year group has a games afternoon once a week: Southfields comprises five rugby pitches, three cricket grounds and a football pitch.

The successful applicant will be required to teach PE at Key Stages 3 and 4 from the outset. (S)he will also need to offer significant expertise at one of our major sports.

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01892) 549356

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.