Technician Support Manager

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This is an exciting new opportunity to join the Education Department and lead the Technician Service operating across our 7 secondary schools.

The post holder will lead a service operating across three distinct disciplines: science, technical and multi-media, working alongside our teaching staff to deliver on the Education Department’s vision of Everyone Attaining, Everyone Achieving through Excellent Experiences.

Working alongside our Principal Teachers, the post holder will have direct line management responsibility for multi-media technicians (up to 7 posts), including all employment relation matters. The post holder will also provide professional support to both the science and technical disciplines under school management.

The post holder will also support the delivery of the Education Department’s ambitious Digital Learning & Teaching Strategy, working alongside schools to explore digital innovation and ensure pupils have access to the most up-to-date digital technologies to support their digital skills.

Candidates should have a good understanding of the role of school technicians, as well as knowledge and experience of health and safety and wider regulatory issues which would be relevant for the post.

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15 year Community Planning Partnership vision called ‘A Place to Grow’. Please follow this link https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placetogrow to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and grow.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.

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