Senior Science Technician

Job Reference #: EDV/2025/SHSOA/88523

Location: Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PL

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Part-Time

Salary: £26,487.00 - £28,284.00 Annually (Actual)

Actual starting salary based on FTE of £30,024 (37 hours, 40 working weeks)

Closing Date: 11:59pm, 14th Sep 2025

Start Date: ASAP pending pre recruitment checks

Positions Available: 1

We seek to appoint a Senior Science Technician to help ensure continued success for our students.

Working with a talented, motivated and supportive team, this is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding, committed Technician to join the department, to ensure that equipment is maintained and safe to enable every student to achieve their best and benefit fully from their lessons in Science.

The role is offered on the basis of working 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year (school term time plus 2 weeks).

Stoke High School Ormiston Academy is a popular, inclusive secondary school with a strong community feel. We are a mixed, fully comprehensive school, serving the local area.

We are committed to providing a first-class education to our students and ensuring that all students are challenged, stimulated and equipped for the complex demands of the future. Our core values of respect, inspire, achieve are key to our success in developing an ever-improving school. We value staff and students and have created a positive, forward thinking environment in which everyone can thrive. Our ambition is to be the best school in Ipswich and we invite you to join us on our journey to excellence.

Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background. Our people are at the heart of our approach—they are our greatest asset. There's nothing more important than educating the next generation, and our teams across Ormiston are continuing to undertake excellent work to make sure that the opportunities we provide have the greatest impact for every child and young person. If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, you can be sure of a role with purpose and meaning.

Ormiston, where every member of staff enjoys

• The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive
• Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children—a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve
• Being part of a team and community where you belong, receiving bespoke and holistic support from a well-resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities
• A supportive environment to grow your career, an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits

Our ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively with staff and students. You will have the knowledge and experience to ensure the maintenance and effective operation of resources and equipment in the science department. You will be able to coordinate the use of practical resources and facilities and be able to give technical advice to staff and students.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Karen Baldwin, Principal, on 01473 601252.

If you have the experience and skills we are looking for and want to develop your career in a thriving and ambitious school, please complete an application form by the closing date of 14 September 2025. Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy should a suitable candidate be found.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Childrens Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Debbie Brickland

01473601252

Maidenhall Approach, Ipswich

Suffolk

IP2 8PL

http://www.stokehighoa.co.uk/