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About The Role

The Role

We are seeking an exceptional Technician to join our Creative Arts Department. The role is to provide technical support to teaching staff and classes primarily in the Art, Design Technology and Food Tech areas. The successful candidate will adopt a flexible style to tackle a range of routine duties across the Creative Arts Departments.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow their role at the Academy and will be supported in developing their knowledge and skillset.

In addition to professional support all employees are eligible for Ark Rewards, a scheme that offers discounts at many retailers and other benefits such as Cycle to Work and the Employee Assistance Programme.

You will demonstrate

• Excellent team working skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Empathy, patience, reliability and consistency
• Flexibility, proactivity and a willingness to change approaches when necessary
• A high level of self-awareness and self-management
• Resilience, motivation and commitment to achieving excellence
• Ability to be reflective and proactive in seeking feedback to constantly improve practice
• An unwavering determination to deliver excellent customer service and first class support for our students and colleagues
• Courtesy, professionalism and tact presenting a positive image of the department and the Academy
• A genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every student
• Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence

If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact Vicky Rouse by email to v.rouse@arkblake.org.

Benefits

• Collaborative planning, centralised or shared resources
• Clear and consistent behaviour systems
• Knowledge rich curriculum & traditional T&L approach
• Highly visible supportive leaders who have your back
• Centralised daily detentions
• Realistic and manageable feedback policy
• Excellent CPD opportunities – internal & within network
• Thoughtful and impactful meeting schedule with time for co-planning
• Friday afternoon co-planning following earlier student dismissal
• Free breakfast daily

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark athttps://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

About Us

Ark Blake Academy is a growing and successful academy based in East Croydon that opened in September 2020. We are consistently oversubscribed in every year group and currently have students in Years 7–11. We continue to grow and look forward to our first cohort of students completing their GCSE studies in the summer of 2025. We now wish to recruit for further key roles to drive forward our ambitious plans.
At Ark Blake Academy, our mission for the school is to embed a powerful knowledge-rich curriculum and provide fantastic opportunities for character development, all underpinned by an environment where exemplary behaviour is the norm. In terms of our school culture, it is based around the simple but powerful belief of ‘working hard, being kind and taking responsibility’. We aim to become a leading school in London as quickly as possible by living out this day to day belief.

Discover what it's like to work at Ark Blake Academy by exploring our application information packhereor visit arkblake.org/jobs to learn more and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on thislink.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click thislink.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.