Design & Technology Technician

If you have a passion for Design and Technology then your career starts here, Washwood Heath Academy has a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join an All-Through Academy Arts Faculty. As part of our commitment to help our students to achieve the best possible results, we are looking for a committed, hard-working, and enthusiastic individual to work as a technician within our vibrant Technology Department.

We are looking for a Design and Technology Technician to ensure an efficient and effective service is delivered. This role will involve providing technical and administrative support for teaching and learning within the Design and Technology subject areas. You will also be responsible for supporting teachers in lessons, preparing teaching aids and resources, organising and monitoring stock, ordering, supporting open evenings, whole school exhibitions and events/ performances, maintaining and simple repair of equipment.

Our school is in a central location, with wonderful and enthusiastic students, amazing staff who always go the extra mile for their classes. Our friendly, family feel is part of the reason that parents choose Washwood Heath Academy for their children and a significant number of staff are long term employees. We are part of the Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust which is a family of local schools located within 15 minutes of one another: 4 Primary schools, 2 Secondary schools and 1 All-through school.

This will give you the opportunity to grow and develop professionally with a fantastic Academy Trust that is very supportive and collaborative with a strong sense of community.

• A collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment.
• An opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as [the CIPD or Coaching via our Apprenticeship Levy-amend examples based on roles.
• Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth and Performance process.
• A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to a Wellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views.
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “My Possible Self”.
• Access to a suite of supportive policies, such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly.
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users.
• Opportunity to be part of key Trust-wide collaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI working group) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support.
• Generous annual leave entitlement based on length of service, starting at 30 days pro-rata, rising to 33 at 5 years’ plus service and 35 following 10 years’ plus service. This excludes an additional 2-week paid compulsory closure at Christmas, for which additional days’ leave are gained.
• Onsite parking at all schools.

Closing date for applications:
Thursday 24th September 2026 9:00am

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