Salary: - HCC Grade C £22,255.44 - £23,190.36 (FTE £26,018 - £27,111)

37 Hours Per Week – term time only (39 weeks)

Monday – Thursday 8am – 4pm & Friday 8am – 3.30pm (with 30 minutes unpaid lunch)

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic well-organised Science Technician to work as part of a team in the Science Department starting as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will be articulate and organised with good communication and some basic IT skills. Duties include the setting up of equipment for experiments, clearing experiments after lessons and the dilution of chemicals. We welcome applications from candidates who have a current or past technician role, as well as candidates with little or no experience.

We have the opportunity for the right candidate, who is already an experienced Science Technician, to undertake an Acting Up role as Senior Science Technician until 31 August 2027. Further details will be discussed at interview.

Full training will be provided for the successful candidate.

What Swanmore College can offer you:

• Free on-site parking
• Free Staff Membership of our Fitness Suite with exclusive staff only times
• Staff extracurricular activities such as Yoga and Football
• Access to a wealth of Continuing Professional Development
• Free refreshments and fresh fruit
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Microsoft Office for home

The role profile, application form and equalities monitoring form can be found below. Your completed forms should be sent to Mrs M Smith (HR Officer) at recruitment@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk .

Please be advised that occasionally the application form may not download if you are using an iPhone or iPad. If this should happen, please email recruitment@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk and we would be happy to send you the forms via email.

Swanmore College and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Closing Date: 12pm Noon Thursday 15 October 2026