Science Technician
Nene Park Academy
Peterborough
- £12,940 - £15,036 per year
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Meridian Trust Support Payscale
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Autumn Term 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
We are currently seeking a Science Technician to provide technical support to the Science department. The main purpose of the role is to prepare and co-ordinate the use of practical resources and facilities to support our science teaching, enabling the smooth running of practical classes and maintaining a safe working environment. Working as part of lively, well-managed and successful team you would support the delivery of interesting and stimulating lessons.
We are seeking someone with commitment, versatility and enthusiasm. Through maintaining resources and creating an environment that encourages learning you will support teachers and students to be successful in science.
We welcome applications from candidates who may be considering a career in education and would benefit from a year of experience working in a school as well as those looking to make a longer-term commitment.
The Opportunity:
- A great chance to work with a strong, fun, enthusiastic team.
- Work closely with the Youth Sports Trust
- Work with great, well-equipped facilities, constantly improving.
- to be part of our busy sports programme where you will play an integral role in developing initiatives to bring out the absolute best in our students.
The ideal candidate:
- have a professional attitude that is open to innovative ways of working
- Be committed to working in partnership with the Science team and a range of other staff
- Ideally have experience of working in a school environment and have an awareness of health and safety issues relating to school science.
- Be flexible and adaptable when faced with challenges.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Free ample on-site parking
- Eyecare vouchers
- Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free access to on-site gym
- Reduced staff membership to the facilities at Academy Leisure, Sawtry
- Free tea and coffee making facilities.
- Generous sick pay and annual leave
Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.
Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 28 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
Nene Park Academy opened in September 2011 and this is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, vibrant and rapidly improving academy. In September 2013 the academy moved into its new building with state-of-the-art facilities throughout with additional facilities added in 2018. If you want to work with wonderful students and committed staff, this is the Academy for you.
If you require any additional information, please visit our website: https://www.neneparkacademy.org/welcome
We welcome visits from potential candidates and if you would like to arrange a visit or discuss this opportunity further, then please contact Dr Mark Pearson (Assistant Principal) MPearson@neneparkacademy.org
For any other queries please contact nlester@neneparkacademy.org (HR Officer).
Closing date: 9am on Monday 13th May 2024.
Interviews will take place shortly after this date.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.
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About Nene Park Academy
Nene Park Academy is an educational community whose philosophy embraces the challenges of academic excellence, responsibility and leadership, spiritual awareness, and participation in a wide variety of activities. At Nene Park Academy we quite simply strive to know and support every student to enjoy their learning and be the absolute best versions of themselves.
We are committed to developing students reading, writing and oracy skills; we want to remove barriers to speaking, listening, reading & writing as quickly as possible so students can access, enjoy, and achieve their full potential at school.
Nene Park Academy moved into new and remodelled school buildings across a two phased development beginning in 2012 and finishing 2013. This was then added to with a new wing in 2018, to increase its capacity, due to the Academy growing in popularity and success. In addition to this we have recently completed an extension to our Sixth Form Centre so that our Sixth Form facilities match the aspirations and high expectations of our students at post-16. They have been described as ‘World Class’, which is fitting, given that we have achieved World Class School Status in January 2023.
Results continue to rise year on year reflecting the impact of the wholesale changes that has transformed education on this site. In April 2018, Ofsted judged the school to be ‘Good’. As a result of this continued improvement and the recent GCSE results of our students returning a positive Progress 8 score of +0.11, and the A Level results of our students being regularly in the top 25% of schools nationally, our academy is now oversubscribed, with 98% of students securing a place with us, putting us as their first choice. It is our intention to be the academy of choice for our community and Peterborough, and whilst we are well on the way to achieving this, we are always looking for the next team member who can bring that little bit extra and help us to capitalise on the next improvement opportunity.
Our Pastoral system is based on a very successful House and vertical tutoring approach. We believe that our task as teachers is to develop students’ full potential, both inside and outside of the classroom. We encourage them to work hard at their studies and join in the extensive range of extra-curricular opportunities provided by dedicated staff. We aspire that every student is properly known, valued, and supported.
Our staff are hardworking and supportive. We thrive on new challenges, and we work closely together to ensure our students feel happy and safe; our experience tells us that young people work most successfully in a school community that is caring and friendly, yet firm and clear in its expectations and standards.
Alongside the educational impact of partnerships, the school has developed unique community partnerships including one with Peterborough United Football Club, with the school now hosting the first teams training ground as well as the Posh Youth Academy, who all attend the school for their formal education. There is also a very successful Education with Football programme for Post 16 students who are able to study an academic curriculum alongside an enhanced competitive football programme that allows them to train and represent the academy and Peterborough United Foundation against local and national football teams such as West Brom, Chelsea, Watford and Derby to name a few. The girls squad are double EFL champions, with one of the past squad members securing a university soccer scholarship to North Carolina.
We are constantly looking for driven, enthusiastic, and skilled professionals to join our team in providing an exceptional education for our students.
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