Digital Services Leader

Digital Services Leader

Full time:£36,371-£40,578 

(depending on responsibilities and experience)

Holiday entitlement 28 days and 37 hours 52 weeks of the year.

We are seeking to appoint a Digital Services Leader to join The Ridgeway Learning Partnership (RLP).  As Digital Services Leader you will be responsible for the development, planning, implementation and delivery of effective IT systems across the schools in the RLP.  You will lead a customer focused and innovative Digital Department. This a full time post. 

The successful candidate will have experience of successful leadership of IT teams. Experience of using/administering Google, Microsoft, Apple and Windows products would be an advantage. They will have excellent organisation skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, the ability to make decisions under pressure and the ability to oversee the management of  routine maintenance of hardware/software.

The RLP was formed in 2017 and is comprised of Tring School, Grove Road Primary School, Dundale School and Tring Sports Centre. In our trust we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year.  All schools within the trust strive to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community and have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work.

This role will be primarily based from Tring School, however, the successful candidate will work throughout the RLP on both an operational and strategic level.

Please see the recruitment pack for more information.

Tring School can offer the successful candidate: 

*significant opportunities for professional development both in this school and further afield

*the chance to work with exceptionally committed colleagues who have high expectations of students

* an environment where excitement, innovation and inspiration are the norm

* an opportunity to work in a brand new ‘State of the Art’ school

Tring School is extremely proud to have been at the forefront of IT development in schools over the past 7 years. The school was one of the first Secondary Schools in the country to introduce a 1-1 Chromebook scheme for all students and subsequently be recognised as Google Reference School. Our story and vision for digital learning has been recognised and shared throughout the world. In addition to 1-1 devices Tring School also features 2 Mac Suites and a Windows Network.

Ofsted Inspection November 2017:  ‘Pupils at Tring School are confident and inquisitive learners. Their good attitudes to learning help them to make good progress’.

If you are interested at the prospect of working in an environment where you can have real impact, and where exciting things are happening, then we welcome an application from you.

Please complete the school’s application form and submit it along with a letter of application to Mrs Sally Ambrose, Head of School, by 9am on Friday 1st July 2022. 

Interviews will be held on Thursday 7th July 2022.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.