- Vacancy Reference
- JOB003187
- Job Title
- Art & Design Technician
- Job Start Date
- 31 March 2025
- Salary Range
- Support Staff Scale Band C, full time equivalent salary range £24,404 to £28,624 but after pro-rata £21,506 to £25,225
- Hours Per Week
- 37
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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Lyndon School
Daylesford Road
Solihull
B92 8EJ
Telephone number: 0121 743 3402 - Contact Email
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 9 March 2025, 9:00am
- Job Information
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Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Join Lyndon School a ‘happy, friendly and caring place. Leaders are ambitious in their expectations. They want the very best for their school community. Pupils enjoy positive relationships with caring staff’ (OfSTED 2022).
Lyndon is part of Summit Learning Trust , the leadership at Lyndon is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the Academy on a journey of excellence, with colleagues that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of a community which values character, ambition and inclusivity. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team as an Art & Design Technician. Working under the curriculum lead for Art and Design you will be expected to provide technical assistance and expertise within the Art and DT department in order to contribute to a high-quality learning climate for our learners. Candidates will be able to provide pro-active support for teaching and learning in the classroom and workshops under the supervision of teaching colleagues. Ordering, preparation and laying out of materials for class practical work and demonstrations in Art, Photography, Design and Technology, to support teaching and learning. You will able to ensure safety standards are maintained within the classrooms and the workshops in accordance to current Health and Safety Legislation and any shortcomings noticed and actioned accordingly.
Purpose of the role:- to be pro-active in providing support for teaching and learning in the classroom and workshops under the supervision of teaching colleagues
- ordering, preparation and laying out of materials for class practical work and demonstrations – in Art, Photography, Design and Technology, to support teaching and learning
- ensuring safety standards are maintained within the classrooms and the workshops in accordance to current Health and Safety Legislation and any shortcomings reported
About the Trust
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:- employee assistance programme
- high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- wellbeing Advocates
- lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- health protection scheme alongside flu jab and eyecare vouchers
- generous employer pension schemes
- excellent holiday entitlement
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
The Summit Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all colleagues to share this commitment. - This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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How to Apply
To apply please visit our website.
Please note we do not accept CV’s - Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.