Chemistry Technician

John Whitgift Foundation; London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution seeks a Chemistry Technician to provide essential technical support for lessons and manage practical requests. The role involves ensuring health and safety standards in Chemistry Prep areas. In return, the foundation offers a competitive salary package, including a pension scheme and discounts on school fees.

Benefits

Money purchase pension scheme

Employee Discount Club

Discounted school fees

Health cash plan

Maternity pay

Season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Supporting practical requests across Chemistry and assisting in other subject areas.
• Ensuring health and safety in Chemistry Prep areas.
• Work effectively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist with managing practical requests across Chemistry.
• Provide technical support during lessons and related activities.
• Support Lead Chemistry Technician for health and safety compliance.

Skills

Technical support

Health and Safety compliance

Resource management

Education

Qualification in Chemistry or related field

Job description

The Vacancy

Permanent, Full-Time, Term-Time Only from September 2025

We are seeking to appoint a Chemistry Technician to assist with efficiently managing practical requests across Chemistry, providing technical support to Chemistry lessons and related activities and to support Lead Chemistry technician in ensuring the Health and Safety relating to practical Chemistry work and the Chemistry Prep areas is upheld.

The Chemistry Technician will work as a member of a team to provide a service which will ensure safe, effective and efficient use of resources to support the science curriculum. Although the post holder generally specialises in one science, there is a requirement to assist in other subject areas as reasonably required.

The position is line managed by the Lead Technician. The coordination of day-to-day responsibilities associated with this role is overseen by the Lead Chemistry Technician.

The salary for this post will be up to Point 24 on the Whitgift Foundation Support Staff Salary Scale. The full-time salary will be up to £36,953 gross pay per annum depending on qualifications and relevant experience. The Pro-rata salary for this post will be up to £29,562.40 gross pay per annum to reflect Term Time only.

In return we offer a generous salary and benefits package including a money purchase pension scheme (plus Life Assurance Cover), Employee Discount Club, discounted school fees for the Foundation Schools (permanent posts only and upon successful completion of the probationary period).

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

Applications will be reviewed daily, and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

For any queries, please telephone Human Resources on 020 8688 9222 or e-mail [e-mail].

Applications will be reviewed daily, and we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service and online media checks (including personal, professional and other online activities). It is an offence to apply for a role at the school if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

The Company

For more than 400 years, Whitgift has been transforming boys' lives through education.

Whitgift 2025 was created as a result of the input and imagination of staff and students and the next few years will represent an exciting time of evolution for the school, both in terms of our site development plan and the educational partnerships we are embarking on.

Whitgift Life

Our Benefits

Pension scheme

Employee discount club

Discounted school fees

Health cash plan

Maternity pay

Season ticket loan

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