Senior Science Technician

Bridge Academy Trust; Halstead; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridge Academy Trust's Ramsey Academy in Halstead is seeking a Senior Science Technician to support the Science Faculty, ensuring efficient preparation rooms, timetabled activities, and safe handling of materials. You will work closely with teaching staff in a term-time contract with inset days, assisting practical demonstrations and maintaining stock, while upholding safeguarding and DBS checks.

The role requires excellent planning and time management, flexibility, and laboratory experience to

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a laboratory setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• The operation and maintenance of the preparation rooms.
• Timely and effective preparation and delivery of substances, equipment and resources.
• The controlling of stock and placing orders to ensure all teaching and learning needs are met.
• To provide support during lessons with practical demonstrations when needed.

Skills

Lab experience

Job description

Salary: Scale 5, Points 8 - 11 (Actual salary £22,996 - £24,126 per annum 25/26 rates)

Contract: 37 hours per week, Term time plus inset days Permanent

Required: 2nd November 2026

Required: 2nd November 2026

The Trust is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Senior Science Technician to provide efficient and reliable support to the teachers in the Science Faculty delivering all aspects of the curriculum. We are looking for a flexible and well organised individual. The successful candidate will need excellent planning and time management skills to efficiently carry out the duties listed in the job description.

The responsibilities include:

• The operation and maintenance of the preparation rooms.
• Timely and effective preparation and delivery of substances, equipment and resources.
• The controlling of stock and placing orders to ensure all teaching and learning needs are met.
• To provide support during lessons with practical demonstrations when needed.

Experience of working in a laboratory setting is essential.

Bridge Academy Trust may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to DBS clearance and satisfactory references. If successful, an enhanced DBS check would be sought.

Bridge Academy Trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.

About The Ramsey Academy, Halstead

At The Ramsey Academy we have a clear aim for our students and staff to ‘Achieve Excellence Together’. We strongly believe that staff, students and parents working together will lead to excellence academically, personally and socially.

We want to work with colleagues who put the students at the centre of everything we do, but also take the opportunities we can offer them to develop their careers and fulfil their own aspirations.

The Ramsey Academy is part of the Bridge Academy Trust: a collegiate and collaborative Trust, where, first and foremost, each school is a place of high quality learning, where young people ENJOY, ENRICH, ACHIEVE & ASPIRE. The core purpose is to provide high quality continuity of every child’s journey through education from 3 to 19, with a community and school-led school improvement approach and long-term sustainable strategy. Bridge Academy Trust is committed to its people strategy and prioritises staff’s development to ensure they too can enjoy, enrich, achieve and aspire.

The Ramsey Academy Halstead
Colne Road
Halstead
Essex
CO9 2HR

01787 472481

www.ramseyacademy.com