Creative Arts Technician

Gordano School; Bristol; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

A local secondary school is seeking a part-time Creative Arts Technician to support the art department, assist with materials, and oversee kiln maintenance. The position requires strong organizational skills and a focus on health and safety. The role offers a permanent contract term time only with a competitive salary and several employee benefits.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience in organizing and storing art materials.
• Ability to assist in the preparation for Arts events.
• Understanding of health and safety protocols in an educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Organize and store art materials.
• Support art staff with specific project resources.
• Oversee kiln maintenance and clay piece turnaround.
• Assist in the preparation of displays.
• Order and conduct stock take.
• Assist the Head of Department with health and safety checks.

Skills

Organization skills

Ability to support art staff

Knowledge of ceramics and kiln maintenance

Health and safety compliance

Job description

Overview

Creative Arts Technician

Start date TBC

Part Time - 22.2 hours

JG4 Scale point 7 £26,403 - Scale point 11 £28,142 per annum pro-rata

We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people's key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.

We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.

Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of 'Dream big, do your best, give back', fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.

Responsibilities

• Organization and storage of art materials
• Supporting art staff with specific resources for certain projects by request
• Ceramics - overseeing the turnaround of clay pieces in kiln / upkeep and organizing maintenance of kiln / upkeep and sampling of glazes
• Assisting in the preparation for Arts events
• Supporting in the preparation of displays
• Ordering / stock take
• Health and safety - assisting the Head of Department with regular annual checks and ensuring appropriate documentation for certain hazardous materials

Safeguarding and Working Arrangements

The working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate. It is important that applicants recognise the safeguarding responsibilities that all adults in schools hold, and the checks that are needed to allow all adults in school communities to work there. The role will involve contact with students in the school, and the successful applicant will need to fully understand, and undertake regular training updates on, our safeguarding protocols and how to report on these if needed.

Actual annual salary £13,914 - £14,831. Permanent contract. Term time only plus 5 INSET days.

About Gordano School

Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of nearly 400 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.

Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme and on-site parking.