Food Technology Technician

Required for September 2024

The Girls' Division is seeking to appoint a Food Technology Technician to provide technical, practical and administrative support for the Food and Nutrition Department to enable the delivery of high-quality teaching and learning on a one-year fixed-term contract from September 2024.

The main duties will include supporting teachers during practical lessons, preparing ingredients and elements of dishes for lessons and completing administrative tasks such as stock control, maintaining Health and Safety records and the ordering of equipment and ingredients. Key to the role will be the upkeep of the Food Technology classrooms and ensuring these meet current food hygiene standards.

The successful candidate will enjoy working in a practical environment, will possess excellent time-management skills and be a strong team player to provide a high level of technical support to the departments. The ability to relate to young people in order to assist with practical work is essential.

The hours of work will be 35 per week, 8.30am until 4.30pm with a one-hour unpaid meal break. The successful candidate will work term-time only plus two additional weeks during the school holidays.

With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32-acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation's finest cities and countryside.

In Autumn 2021, significant changes were made to the leadership structure of the School Foundation, investing the newly created position of Head of Foundation with overall responsibility. Within the new structure, there are three sections: Girls' Division, Boys' Division and Primary Division. A Head of each Division and the Head of Foundation, together with the Clerk and Treasurer, are the Foundation's Senior Officers; they are directly accountable to the Governors.

Two adjoining and similar buildings, now attached by a state-of-the art Sixth Form Centre, house the Boys' and Girls' Senior Schools, each of which provides a traditional academic education from the age of 11 years. The Primary Division includes separate Junior Schools for boys and girls from the age of 7 and a co-educational Infant School and Nursery.

Applications are welcomed from experienced technicians and those new to the role who have a relevant background experience.

An attractive salary and benefits package are available.

For further details and to apply online for the position, please visit the School website.

Closing date for applications: Monday 10 June 2024 at 9.00am

Interviews will be held on Monday 17 June 2024

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.

An attractive salary and benefits package are available.