Design & Technology Technician

Friesland School; Sandiacre; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay progression

Staff benefits and discounts

Job summary

Friesland School, part of The Two Counties Trust, invites applications for a Design & Technology Technician role. You will support the food room, manage storage and rotation of food, maintain hygiene, set up for classes and assist with displays and administration.

Opportunity to collaborate across the Trust’s partner schools. The successful candidate will be organised, forward-thinking and thorough in hygiene practices, with knowledge of food safety and storage.

Job description

The role is to provide support and guidance within the food room. To be responsible for the storage, rotation and collection of food. To maintain and clean equipment and storage facilities and maintain hygiene standards within the food room. To set up for each class, support with the administration and displays, and report all food room concerns. To support in other specialisms within the Design & Technology Department as the Technician as and when required.

The person:

The successful candidate for this role will be organised and forward thinking. They will be thorough in all hygiene practices and knowledgeable in food safety and food storage. They will take pride in their work areas and maintain their equipment and storage facilities to a high standard.

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

Friesland School is a values-centred organisation, and we strive to live up to our ethos of Ambition, Teamwork, Honesty and Respect in everything that we do. Our school is a vibrant and energetic educational environment, where we prioritise the academic, personal and cultural education of all our students. At Friesland we have high expectations of ourselves and those around us, working collectively to develop and improve whilst enhancing the life opportunities of our students. We have a long track record of high attainment at both Y11 and Y13, alongside a wide and varied extra-curricular provision., We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
• An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership, and extensive high street retail discounts.
• Entry to attractive career average pension schemes.
• Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
• A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals and wonderful students.
• Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
• A range of support mechanisms and benefits to employees. The Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, and we take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously.