Creative Arts Technical Coach (Visual Arts/Design Technology)

Job Title: Creative Arts Technical Coach

Salary: £19,198.12

Permanent: Permanent

Hours:

• 5 over 7 days (may include evening and weekend work)
• 37 weeks per year
• 40 hours per week

Introduction:

Queen Ethelburga’s is set in more than 220 acres of beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, on the Thorpe Underwood Estate. Staff work as one team – whether they are directly teaching or supporting students as part of the school and pastoral teams, or as part of our estates team making sure that the campus works as it should – to create a vibrant learning and living environment in which every student can thrive. We aspire to excellence, have high expectations of ourselves and others, and take pride in everything we do. We aim to nurture resilient, confident, and independent lifelong learners. The Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate Standard is ‘To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have’.

Role:

We are recruiting for a Creative Arts Technical Coach to undertake duties in support of the work of the teaching staff in the Creative Arts Department.

This job description is written at a specific time and is subject to change as the demands of the Collegiate and the role develops. The role requires flexibility and adaptability and the employees of the Collegiate need to be aware that they may be asked to perform tasks and be given responsibilities not detailed in this job description.

Key Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Working with specific groups of students to offer support in lessons and workshops
• Supporting students with 1 to 1 tutorials
• Offering enrichment/super curricular lessons in conjunction with other teachers/CL or HOD
• Supporting students in preparing for applications, portfolios and interviews for higher education
• Supporting the class teacher with specific areas of expertise such as in the dark room, using sewing machines, use of workshop machinery etc
• Support for the CA technicians in ensuring that the working environment is kept clean and tidy
• Inspecting classroom and workshop equipment, maintaining accurate records and reporting any damage to HOD
• Working with and assisting the Senior Technician/technician if required
• Assisting with the construction and / or modification of equipment including mounting and display
• Producing teaching aids, jigs and adaptations

Specialist tasks to support the curriculum area you are assigned and across Creative Arts to for example:

• Operating the kiln on a weekly basis
• Preparing sound equipment for performances
• Assisting theatre technician on an ad-hoc basis when required.

The Appointed Candidate will have:

• Experience of working with young people up to the age of 18
• Experience of working in an educational setting
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and Excel
• Ability to communicate in a professional manner and effectively with other staff and pupils
• Excellent organisational skills
• Knowledge of Child Protection/Safeguarding
• Motivation to work with children and young people
• Close attention to detail

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries, with a range of flexible hours to suit
• 10% discount on Kindergarten fees (aged 3 months to 3 years
• 25% discount on all summer / holiday courses.
• Significant discount on school fees from age 3 to 18.
• Free private staff gym, separate to the students with state of the art equipment.
• Free, secure onsite parking
• Free flu jabs offered through our medical centre
• Staff community social events including bonfire and fireworks, Christmas ball, summer family fun day etc.
• 24/7 Employee Assistant Programme
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Increased holiday entitlement for staff with long service
• Long service awards
• Discount on King’s Theatre productions – external events
• Enhanced paternity / maternity pay, including new baby book
• Refer a friend scheme - We believe that staff are our greatest and most valuable asset, and this scheme involves and financially rewards our staff for referring like-minded candidates who join our school community.

Applying:

QE is committed to ensuring a safe environment for its pupils and staff. Applicants will be required to provide proof of identity and undergo the relevant DBS checks for their role.

Any personal information you share with us on your application form will be used solely for recruitment purposes. Your details will be held for up to 6 months and destroyed after this time.

Any questions on individual roles or the recruitment process can be sent to the HR department on recruitment@qe.org

We receive high volumes of applications, due to this if you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, unfortunately on this occasion your application will not have been successful.