No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
If this role is of interest to you, please apply below or you can send your CV to helpmehr@abingdon-witney.ac.uk as an expression of interest and apply on our website; otherwise, we won’t be able to accept your application. (external candidates only)
Salary: £23,681 - £25,279 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours per day, Friday 7 hours per day.
Contract: 52 weeks per annum
Location: Abingdon Campus
Type: Permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for a technician to join the Engineering team. As a technician, you will be responsible and accountable for the health and safety of workshops, inventory, and supporting small groups of learners with practical skills and progress.
You will be a proactive specialist with technical knowledge to join the existing team in this vocational area. You will lead and manage the relevant workshop area and stock, as well as support the department with learner progress, experience, and practical skills, leading to wider participation and excellent achievement in various vocational courses offered in the department. Knowledge of maintaining associated equipment within an engineering environment would be beneficial. Stock ordering and control of materials, tooling, and machine equipment would be an advantage. Also, supporting the production of learners’ work pieces to achieve the highest industry standards.
You will have proven experience of supporting in the industry or workshop environment and coaching or supporting others, ideally within FE, along with a relevant curriculum specialism.
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offers excellent benefits to our employees, including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme, and much more.
Closing date: 23rd March 2025 (Midnight)
*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before the posted closing date.
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments, or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
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