IT Technician

Do you have a positive and helpful attitude towards work and colleagues? Can you work efficiently as part of an extended team? Do you have a willingness to perform above and beyond normal expectations when necessary? If you answered yes to all of the above, continue reading!

Working as part of the Trust IT team, we are seeking to appoint an experienced IT Technician to join The Halley Academy as soon as possible. In this role you would play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of our IT services for the benefit of our staff and students. You will have up to date knowledge of IT best practice, products and statutory requirements, and be looking for a promotion or a move into an exciting new role.

The IT Technician will;

• Respond to requests for ICT support in accordance with Help Desk procedures and priorities. To resolve issues within Service Level Agreements (SLA's) assigned by the helpdesk
• Support the Trusts Team Leaders with install, support and maintenance of all the Academies Trust IT hardware and services.
• Support Trust Projects by carrying out specific testing as directed by the Project Team. Provide reports on testing that has been completed

Our successful candidate will;

• Be part of a Trust-wide team of approx. 30 IT Technicians with a wealth of experience between them, so you'll be part of a close-knit and supportive group of colleagues 
• Receive 25 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays) which increases to 30 days when you've been employed for 5 years 
• Have opportunities to work across multiple Leigh Academies Trust sites, expanding your skill-set in a variety of ways 
• Have access to a range of career development opportunities 
• Have access to an attractive pension scheme (LGPS)

This is a permanent position offering a salary of £27,007 per annum based on 37 hours per week, full year. Please be aware that this role is based between The Halley Academy and Leigh Academy Bexley. 

Please be aware that the successful candidate must have a valid UK driving licence and access to their own vehicle, as this position will involve traveling between local sites to cover short periods of absence/holiday and project work.

Welcome to The Halley Academy - Click here to view a message from Ben Russell (Principal). 

I am delighted to welcome you to The Halley Academy. We are an aspirational, disciplined and inclusive academy where human-scale education, a dynamic curriculum, and excellent teaching and pastoral care, maximise student achievement. 

Our core values - respect, achievement, collaboration, integrity and resilience - permeate everything we do. We believe in the potential of every student. We champion the highest outcomes for all young people. Our staff are driven by the belief that education can transform our students’ lives. We take our role as educators seriously and sincerely - we know that the culture of our academy affects the character of our students, which in turn shapes the culture of our society. 

We build strong partnerships with parents and carers, working closely together to ensure all students enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding education. Our teachers lead with professionalism and scholarship; they are experts in their field and love sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for their subject with their classes. All of us are part of a warm and compassionate family of staff, Governors and Trust colleagues who have boundless ambitions for those we work with and a deep commitment to learning and self-improvement. We know that working with children every day is the best job in the world. 

The Halley Academy has a diverse and dynamic staffing body of committed, creative and hardworking educators who enjoy coming to work as they benefit from: 

• A calm, organised and professional learning environment; 
• An academy culture that is committed to the holistic development of children; 
• Evidenced-based teaching and learning policies rooted in the strongest possible evidence about how children learn best; 
• A clear and consistent behaviour policy which ensures that disruption to learning is minimal; 
• A visible and approachable leadership team; 
• A comprehensive weekly CPD programme that supports all staff in their academic and pastoral roles; 
• Opportunities to collaborate with, and learn from, colleagues across the Leigh Academies Trust.

This is an exciting time for for colleagues to be joining our Academy community. Our first cohort of Halley Academy students achieved the best ever GCSE results in the school’s history in August 2023. We’re immensely proud to now be one of the top performing mixed comprehensive schools in Greenwich, and we were celebrated in Schools Week magazine as the third most improved school in the country for the progress of disadvantaged pupils, compared with pre-pandemic performance. Our Year 13 cohorts have a consistent track record of outperforming international averages in the IBCP programme, and we are becoming oversubscribed in many Key Stage 3 year groups. 

Ben Russell (Principal) 

Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.  

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.