School Laboratory Technician & Science Lab Support

Department of Education Victoria; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunshine College in Melbourne's northern/western campuses is seeking a hands-on professional to provide technical support and professional services across two campuses. The role will focus on coordinating support, delivering targeted training, and contributing to school projects that enhance classroom operations and student outcomes.

The successful candidate will hold tertiary qualifications and VIC teaching registration, with a valid Victorian Driver’s License.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks.
• Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment, including high level oral and written communication skills.
• Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management and other school staff in respect to the work area.
• A commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

Responsibilities

• Conducts routine scientific procedures and/or data collection, collation, and analysis
• Applies basic scientific principles to enable the performance of a variety of interrelated technical tasks
• Provides specialised knowledge that is relied upon to deliver support services, under direction (e.g. information technology and technical support in science laboratories, food technologies and libraries)
• Contributes to a small project team providing technical support to a school/s
• Conducts training and/or instruction with respect to scientific processes
• Prepares experiments or use of equipment and conducts demonstrations, where required, under direct supervision
• Undertakes relevant occupational health and safety requirements and, where necessary, risk assessments within the relative work area
• Undertakes low/medium risk tasks as defined by the Departmental Risk Matrix or its successor
• Holds a valid Victorian Drivers License to fulfill work across a multi-campus

Skills

Coordination

Teamwork

Communication

Technical knowledge

Advising management

Professional learning

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Teacher registration (Vic)

Tools

Victorian Driver’s License

Job description

Sunshine College in Melbourne's northern/western campuses is seeking a hands-on professional to provide technical support and professional services across two campuses. The role will focus on coordinating support, delivering targeted training, and contributing to school projects that enhance classroom operations and student outcomes.

The successful candidate will hold tertiary qualifications and VIC teaching registration, with a valid Victorian Driver’s License.