Site and Design & Technology Technician

The Potteries Educational Trust is a growing Multi Academy Trust, working collaboratively with educational institutions from across Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and beyond, seeking to improve outcomes for all children and young people in the region. The Trust is a vibrant Learning Community working to maintain and develop excellent and innovative teaching and learning. The Trust seeks to deliver high quality parental engagement, pastoral support and the pooling of resources and expertise to achieve an Outstanding learning experience and outcomes for all our children and young people. Institutions work together to foster high quality academic and pastoral support, utilising the best elements of educational research in moving existing strong practice to outstanding in every sense.

Moorside High School is an extremely popular and over-subscribed comprehensive school in the Staffordshire Moorlands and part of the Potteries Educational Trust. The Trust is a vibrant learning community, working hard in the areas that we serve to maintain and develop excellent and innovative teaching and learning. The school was rated as good in the Ofsted February 2024 inspection.

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual into this interesting and varied role of Site and DT Technician.

We are looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Site Technician to assist our Estates Manager and his team with the safety and maintenance of our site. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an educational environment and join our hard-working team, ensuring the smooth operation of our school.

The successful candidate will be a well-motivated individual and have a good knowledge of routine basic maintenance. Duties will include building compliance checks, minor repairs, caretaking duties, cleaning duties, driving the school minibus, use of power tools and securing the building.

12 hours a week will be spent in our Design & Technology department. We are looking for someone who is able to prepare resources, support with practical demonstrations in the classroom and maintain a clean and safe working environment. The successful candidate will need to be a highly organised, hardworking, flexible individual who also enjoys working in a busy school environment.

Moorside is a fantastic school, our students are our greatest asset and staff our greatest resource.

Come and be part of our team.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.