Art and Design Technician

Unleash your passion for the creative arts and help inspire the next generation of artists and designers at The Bulmershe School. We are looking to appoint a flexible and self-motivated part-time Art and Design Technician to join our highly successful Creative Arts Faculty.

In this varied role, you will provide vital technical and administrative support across our thriving Art and Design Technology departments. Our faculty is a place where creativity meets excellence, with our recent GCSE results sitting in the top 25% of the country. You will work alongside a friendly team of six teachers and two technicians who value collaboration, staff wellbeing and continuous professional development. Whether you have previous experience in a school setting or a strong background in the creative industries, you will benefit from our bespoke coaching culture and a warm, inclusive community.

Key Responsibilities

• Practical Lesson Preparation: Preparing and organising specialist materials, workshop tools and digital fabrication equipment, including 3D printers and laser cutters, to support practical lessons.
• Classroom and Workshop Support: Providing hands on support to teaching staff and students during workshop-based learning activities across a range of creative processes.
• Equipment and Tool Maintenance: Maintaining workshop tools, machinery and specialist equipment to a safe operational standard while managing stock and inventory schedules.
• Health, Safety and Compliance: Supporting the implementation of health and safety procedures across all areas, including maintaining COSHH documentation, CLEAPSS guidance and British Standard compliance.

The Ideal Candidate would be

• Skilled and Experienced: A practical professional with experience in a workshop, fabrication or educational environment, possessing strong organisational skills and an understanding of tool maintenance and safe working practices.
• Proactive and Relational: A resilient team player who can communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders, use their initiative to solve problems independently and demonstrate a strong commitment to student safeguarding.

If you are an organised problem solver who wants to work in an environment where the arts play a central role in the curriculum, we would love to hear from you. Please take the time to look through our vacancy pack to find out more details about our school and this position. We look forward to receiving your application.

The Bulmershe School is a heavily oversubscribed school which sits at the heart of our community. We are a mixed Corvus Learning Trust Academy school of 1,500 students, who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We work closely with our parents, partners and feeder schools to achieve the best outcomes for all of our students.

We believe that The Bulmershe is a school where you can really make a difference. If you’d like to find out more about role, the school, or to talk to us about options for flexible working - call: 0118 935 3353 or email vbagley@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk to arrange to meet us for coffee and a chat.

The Bulmershe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references. Note: This job description is not your contract of employment or any part of it. It has been prepared only for the purpose of school organisation and may change either as your contract changes or as the organisation of the school is changed. Nothing will be changed without consultation.