IT AV Technician

Working at MCS

There are many benefits to working at Magdalen College School. Founded in 1480 by William of Waynflete, the school has a rich history and an enviable location at the heart of Oxford beside the River Cherwell.

MCS is one of the country’s leading independent day schools. Shaped by its Christian Collegiate foundation and links with the university city of which it is part, it aims to inspire in all its pupils a desire to learn, flourish and serve.

The School will celebrate its 550th anniversary in 2030. The current generation of MCS staff and pupils wish to ensure that we shape a school that is able to flourish for at least another half millennium, and hopefully many more beyond. There are around 950 pupils, boys aged 7-18 and Sixth Form girls, and 350 members of staff who learn and work on the School’s central Oxford site.

To learn more about the opportunities and advantages of working at MCS, please refer to the attached ‘Recruitment Pack (IT AV Technician)’.

The Role

The school is seeking to appoint a full-time IT/AV Technician as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a successful and friendly department assisting and supporting staff and pupils in their work. An ability to work well with staff and pupils is essential, together with the ability to work efficiently and with minimal supervision, independently prioritising tasks as required, whilst maintaining a flexible approach to daily duties. This role is essential in providing technical support and troubleshooting for staff and pupils and will be working in conjunction with the other IT Technician and assisted by other members of the IT department.

The main duties of the post will include, but not be restricted to, the following:

• Looking after the School’s AV equipment and to set this up and support as required for School events, including occasional evening and weekend work.
• Maintaining an optimally working user computing environment.
• Monitoring and processing the IT helpdesk system.
• Deploying and maintaining software to school PCs.
• Ensuring key hardware devices are available to end-users, e.g. PCs, Monitors, Printers and AV equipment.
• Assisting with, or taking responsibility for any other projects as required by the Director of IT or other members of the IT department.
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the role

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be:

Essential

• Enthusiastic to work in a small but active team.
• Will have a positive approach to the role, with excellent interpersonal skills and a willingness to take on responsibility and ensure results are to the satisfaction of all key stakeholders.
• Will be prepared to carry out some evening and weekend work, as may be required from time to time.
• Wants to further develop their career in the I.T profession.

Desirable

• Experience working with Microsoft products in a school or enterprise-level environment.
• Able to support Apple devices
• Web development experience
• Programming skills.
• Microsoft SharePoint experience.
• Administering Office 365.
• Experience or interest in audio visual equipment.

Remuneration

This is an all-year-round full-time contract with 38.75 working hours per week 08:15-17:00, Mon-Fri with one hour (unpaid) lunch. The salary is £29,768 per annum.

Non-teaching staff are automatically enrolled in the school’s contributory Group Pension Scheme. This is a defined contribution pension scheme into which the employee contributes 5% of gross salary and the employer contributes 10%.

Application Process

Candidates should submit the following two documents to the Recruitment Officer, Miss Yelena Molcanova (recruitment@mcsoxford.org), which can be found here.

1. MCS Application Form for Teaching and Support Staff
2. CV (Curriculum Vitae)

All documentation should be sent no later than Thursday 14th November, at midday. The school’s preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.

References may be taken up in advance. If you do not wish for your references to be called for at this stage, please make that clear on the reference section of the application form.

Interviews

We anticipate holding interviews the week commencing 25th November. We will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone. We will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone. Please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a ‘Self-Disclosure’ form before attending their interview.

Equal Opportunities

Magdalen College School recognises and is committed to ensuring applicants and employees from all sections of the community are treated equally regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We welcome applications form all sections of the community.