Food Technician

at  Nova Education Trust

Salary: Scale 3, £24,790 - £25,183 FTE
Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week, term-time only
Location: NUAST, Nottingham
Closing date: Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 5pm
We are looking to appoint a dynamic Food Technician to assist curriculum leaders and teachers to deliver successful practical lessons in food. Our Food department is an important part of our Engineering Faculty which has impressive facilities.

Your main responsibilities within this role will be:

• To prepare equipment, ingredients and materials, including handouts, required for demonstrations and for practical work and dismantling and storage after use.
• Ordering (mostly online) of ingredients for all practical and demonstration food lessons
• To keep surfaces, cookers, sinks and technology equipment clean, to include weekly clean of fridges

Working at NUAST will be an exciting, challenging and rewarding chapter in the career of any professional who is motivated by enabling young people to achieve their best through developing strong relationships and modelling excellence.
NUAST is a unique and exciting place to work. We are a STEM specialist school with industry standard facilities. We are truly inclusive and believe in young people. We aim to be a transformational school where students are aspirational, have resilience and respect themselves, others and their environment.
The Nova Education Trust is a cross-phase Multi-Academy Trust based in Nottinghamshire. The schools in our portfolio includes both secondary and primaries, working in a range of contexts. Our track record demonstrates our ability to deliver our core goal, achievement for every child.
If there are any aspects of the role you would like to discuss, or if you would like to come and have a look around, please do not hesitate to contact the school.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd February at 5pm. Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.
The Trust and school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with DfE requirements.

• To prepare equipment, ingredients and materials, including handouts, required for demonstrations and for practical work and dismantling and storage after use.
• Ordering (mostly online) of ingredients for all practical and demonstration food lessons
• To keep surfaces, cookers, sinks and technology equipment clean, to include weekly clean of fridge