Textiles and Food Technician

Textiles and Food Technician

Start Date:

May 2026

Full time equivalent starting salary £27,198 gross per annum (pro rata to £23,639)

(Hillview Range 6 Point 10 £ 27,198-£28,542 fte)

37 hours per week

Hours of work between 8.00am-4.00pm Mon-Thursday

8.00am-3.30pm on Friday term-time only, plus Inset days.

Do you want to be part of a community which offers a positive, exciting and rewarding place to work? Hillview School for Girls is a popular, high achieving, non-selective school based in Tonbridge, Kent.

This is a rare opportunity to join a Visual Arts team within a specialist school. You will be working across two highly popular subjects with courses running from KS3 – KS5, engaging with highly enthusiastic staff and students.

We are looking for an inspiring and passionate Textiles and Food Technician to join our thriving Faculty. Working alongside the Senior Visual Arts Technician and the teaching staff within the departments, you will hold a crucial role within the school, providing support to these departments, ensuring that equipment and resources are prepared, so our students get the very best learning opportunities.

Working closely with the departments, you will:

• Enthuse and motivate students to strive for success and produce exceptional outcomes
• Be willing to work across Textiles and Food Technology to help deliver an engaging and forward‑thinking curriculum that sparks imagination and celebrates innovation.
• Champion students to achieve exceptional levels of skill, creativity, and success, both in and beyond the classroom.
• Help bring our ‘Pure potential’ vision to life within the Arts, setting ambitious expectations and helping every student realise what they are truly capable of.

Our calm and focused environment, where students are keen to learn, achieve and appreciate their staff’s dedication and support, are the main reasons why people love to work at Hillview.

Interested applicants please return a completed application form by e‑mail to

Mrs Amanda Dennett, HR Manager at d

Closing date for applications:
Monday 16 March 2026

Please note:

Applications may be considered whilst the post is being advertised. Hillview School reserves the right to close earlier than the stated deadline.