Central Technician (Science)
Service: Support Services
Grade scale: Grade 2, Level 3
Reports to: Central Technician Team Leader
Purpose of the job
To provide specialist support and advice to the Learning Community, complying with current and developing legislation and Codes of Practice in line with South Lanarkshire Council’s policy and procedures.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Comply with Health and Safety legislation and South Lanarkshire Council’s Health and Safety Codes of Practice requirements within the Learning Community.
Operate a system of quality assurance for the technicians' service within the learning community.
Maintain and test the inventory of resources to South Lanarkshire Council standards, providing advice and guidance to teaching staff on the purchase and use of specialist equipment.
Maintain, repair, demonstrate and deploy equipment, apparatus and materials to support learning and teaching.
Liaising with internal and external agencies to assist in the design, development and delivery of training courses relevant to learning community schools and participate in appropriate training.
Provide an ICT technical support service by carrying out front line maintenance on computers and their peripheries, backing up main school servers, setting up portable systems, reporting faults and liaising with South Lanarkshire Council’s external IT contract provider.
Person specification
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Desirable |
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Education, qualification and training |
Have a science related background including experience of preparing chemicals and other scientific resources. |
Accredited science related qualification, B.Sc. HND or HNC. Level III Microbiology |
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Skills, knowledge and experience |
Is competent and suitably qualified to carry out specific technician duties (such as A.V. Science, Technical) necessary for working in a school environment. Has the ability to cater for curricular and teaching staff’s needs (such as demonstrations, experiments, repairs and maintenance) Demonstrates a basic awareness of appropriate council policies understanding own obligation Proven ability to prioritise work with little or no supervision Undertakes CPD |
Experience of technician/scientific duties within a school, research or medical environment. A working knowledge of ICT |
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Personal qualities |
Identifies and achieves particular aims of the team in their specific field, for example science, technical, AV, with minimal supervision from team leader Actively contributes to the team and departmental meetings in matters relating to service provision (such as Teacher support, primary support) Competently uses knowledge, qualifications and experience to identify areas for improvement in provision of service (such as literature, demonstrations, visual aids, and new developments) Is capable of identifying future problems within service provision and is actively involved in implementing solutions (such as preventative maintenance programme) |
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Other |
An ability to work as part of a team An ability to work co-operatively under direction as well as on own initiative Is highly motivated and flexible To demonstrate behaviours consistent with honesty and openness: treating people consistently, fairly and with respect |
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Safer recruitment checks
As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks
- Asylum and Immigration right to work in the UK.
- Reference check: external candidates require 2 references, one of which must be from present or most recent employer; Internal candidates require 1 reference from current line manager.
- Candidate Disclosure Scotland check, where applicable.
Behaviour framework
The council’s behaviour framework is a set of core behaviours that defines how employees approach work to enable the delivery of key tasks for the role. The expected behaviours for this role are:
Efficient
- Punctual and conscientious in your approach to work.
- Use council resources efficiently, avoiding waste and unnecessary expense.
- Identify inefficiency in processes and communicate this to your manager.
- Meet deadlines and targets in your day-to-day work.
- Understand the impact of wasteful behaviours on the environment and you act to minimise this impact.
Flexible
- Willing to learn new tasks and accept new ways of working.
- Willing to be flexible in your approach to work to meet changing service delivery needs, deadlines, and urgent priorities.
- Help team members when they have urgent deadlines and prioritise your work accordingly.
- Understand the need for change and are open to this across your working life.
Performing
- Is polite, professional and friendly to customers and apply customer care standards and attitudes at all times.
- Works safely to maintain the safety of yourself and other raising concerns about unsafe working practices.
- Meets standards of work required in your role in terms of quality and output.
- Uses initiative to solve problems and raise potential issues.
- Acknowledges when mistakes are made and learns from them.
- Seeks feedback on your performance to learn and improve.
Working with others
- Works alongside internal and external colleagues to meet common objectives.
- Has professional relationships with colleagues and is aware of dignity at work standards.
- Actively and respectfully listens to people in order to understand them and their views.
- Contributes appropriately in team and other meetings and discussions.
- Presents words and views clearly in a way that other people find meaningful.
- Respect diversity and promote equality of opportunity when working with colleagues and members of the public.
Leading
- Role models the standards of behaviours expected of a South Lanarkshire Council employee.
- Displays and enables leadership through sharing knowledge and skills, seeking guidance and providing support to your colleagues, team and the wider community.
- Is aware of and adheres to professional codes of practice and the council’s code of conduct and understand how these impact on employment with the council and public perception of council employees.