Senior IT Technician

Salary: Band F (NJC point 16-19) Actual Salary £28,282 - £29,777

Contract: Permanent 37 hours per week – Full time

Closing Date:  Friday 16th August 2024 at 11am

Interview: Week Commencing 19th August 2024

Start Date: September 2024

Are you passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated when it comes to delivering IT services vital to the smooth running of our busy secondary school? Do you recognize yourself as having strong communication skills, professionalism and efficiency?  If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. 

This is an important role, and you will be a vital part of our digital transformation as we move towards adopting a cloud first approach. 

What we’re looking for

Someone with:

• A versatile individual who can remain calm whilst working under pressure and to tight deadlines on a daily basis.        
• An efficient and organised person.       
• Able to use your own initiative and manage your workload accordingly.         
• Able to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
• Able to build and form good relationships with staff, students and external agencies. 
• Able to communicate effectively and understands the important of excellent customer service.

What you’ll get in return?

You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!

• Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD.
• Access to a canteen.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Great transport links – Honley Train Station is across the road.
• Free onsite car parking.
• Collaboration with Trust colleagues in similar roles.
• Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all our students.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program to provide practical and emotional support https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/

What the role involves in a nutshell: 

• Providing first- and second-line support to end users.
• Manage user accounts in both Active Directory and Azure AD
• Support the wide range of software that is used within school.
• Maintain and repair all IT hardware utilised on site.
• Assist the Network Manager with any projects, big or small, in the school.
• Manage primary school networks that we currently support, under the guidance of the Network Manager.

If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.

HOW TO APPLY

Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or a chance to visit the school ahead of making a formal application, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact our Network Manager, Jan Grabowski j.grabowski@honley.tlt.school 

If you’re ready to take the plunge and apply, please complete our application form and return it to recruitment@tlt.school by the deadline.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023.