Science Technician

Post: Science Technician

Salary Range: Grade 3, SCP7 – SCP8 (£26,403.00 - £26,824.00 FTE) Pro rata salary £23,327.00 - £23,699.00

Salary amounts quoted are from the 1 September to 31 August and therefore if you commence employment part way through the academic year they are subject to an equated salary adjustment.

Working Type: Full time, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks worked (45.942 paid weeks).

Base: Dyke House Academy, Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ.

Note: The post holder will be engaging in regulated activity, working mainly or wholly with children.

This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The Role

As a Science Technician, you will work under the direction of the Senior Science Technician or Head of Department to ensure our students receive an exceptional practical education.

This role involves working closely with children and is vital to the daily success of our science classrooms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lesson Preparation & Support: Organising apparatus, preparing resources, and constructing/checking specialist equipment prior to lessons.

You will also assist teaching staff with practical demonstrations and provide lesson support or cover where required.

• Departmental Planning: Helping to plan experiments and stepping in to assist with the duties of absent colleagues to ensure learning resources are delivered seamlessly.
• Health & Safety

Leadership: Taking an active role in maintaining health and safety procedures.

This includes conducting daily visual checks on gas, electricity, and water, performing portable appliance testing (PAT), managing risk assessments, and ensuring the safe storage and monitoring of hazardous substances and apparatus.

• Resource

Management: Cleaning and clearing apparatus after lessons, maintaining accurate inventories, auditing stock, placing orders for resources/stationery, and carrying out routine maintenance and minor repairs.

About You

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, proactive, and safety-conscious.

Requirements & Expectations

• A strong commitment to child safeguarding and protection, with a willingness to strictly adhere to academy policies and procedures.
• Strong organizational skills to manage stock, maintain equipment, and re‑organise storage on a regular basis.
• A collaborative spirit, ready to participate in wider trust meetings, working groups, and departmental briefings.
• Strict compliance with GDPR and data protection regulations to maintain confidentiality.
• An enhanced DBS check is a requirement for this role.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work and progress across the family of schools, should you wish in the future.
• The chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps structure taking on a whole school leadership project.
• The support and expertise of Director of Subjects.
• A full and detailed programme of support and development for all.
• A further comprehensive programme of professional development, including leadership, provided through the NET Staff College.
• Free onsite parking.
• High-quality continuous professional development.
• Occupational sick pay, maternity and paternity pay.
• Access to the generous Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview.

Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the interview process.

The Trust is committed to considering flexible working requests.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks.

We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

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