Science/STEM Technician

Sheerlands Road, Wokingham

Start date: Ideally late June

37 hours per week - 39 weeks (+ 5 days school holidays) 

Do you have a scientific background or interest, or do you have practical Laboratory Technician experience?  

Bohunt School in Wokingham is seeking to appoint a Science Technician to support teaching and learning in STEM; experience is preferable but not essential.

Key Features of the job

The role mainly involves providing technical support, ensuring that equipment is functioning properly and is ready to use, and that the right materials are available for particular lessons. Sometimes laboratory technicians may be expected to work closely with students to explain or demonstrate experiments or how to use equipment, as well as helping teachers with a class and supporting individual students on research projects.

Some of the typical work activities are as follows:

• liaising with academic staff to discuss timetables, equipment requirements and work plans;
• running trials of experiments prior to classes and then demonstrating techniques for experiments;
• preparing equipment and chemicals before lessons as requested by the teaching staff
• maintaining and repairing equipment and laboratory apparatus;
• record keeping, e.g. for students' practical sessions, tracking methods, results, budgets, etc.
• ensuring that equipment is properly cleaned and that chemicals, drugs and other materials are appropriately stored;
• supporting the work of teachers in classes and laboratory sessions and giving technical advice to staff and students;
• managing the stock control of chemicals and equipment;

This is an excellent opportunity for a Science technician to help shape the development and infrastructure of STEM as a pioneering flagship for the new school, and opportunities for career progression for the right person are extensive.

The role is scheduled to begin in late June, to tie in with our access to the school buildings..
 

For further details please contact Sharon Rolland by email at  SRolland@bohunt.hants.sch.uk

Closing date for applications: May 31^st 2016     CVs WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED