Assistant IT Technician
Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
Brighton and Hove
- £20,771 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 2 October 2022
Job overview
We are one of the top-performing colleges in the country, situated in the cosmopolitan seaside city of Brighton & Hove. Working here offers the combination of both a wonderful place to work and a great city in which to live. Our students and staff are colourful, aspirational and hard-working – which is perhaps why 96% of employees would “recommend BHASVIC as a good place to work”, and many of our students go on to Higher Education.
We have a vacancy for a reliable and enthusiastic Assistant IT Technician with an excellent work ethic and good attention to detail to join our hardworking and busy IT Team.
The key function of this post is to assist in the provision of technical support for the IT systems across the College. You will be part of a team of six IT support staff, led and supported by the College’s IT Network Manager. The team services all the College IT provisions, and each member also has their own delegated areas of responsibility. You will need to have some practical experience of working in an IT-related environment and an ability to learn and deal with new IT systems and equipment. Good communication skills with all College IT users are essential, and some administrative and clerical duties are also required.
There will be ample opportunities for individual training and development, which is encouraged through the excellent College induction and staff development programmes.
The IT support department works from a central office with administrative, workbench and storage areas, and there are separate server rooms. The current College network comprises multiple servers, running Windows Server 2016, with over 1,500 workstations and laptops running Windows 10, together with associated accessory equipment. We use Virtual Servers running VMWare vSphere on our core infrastructure. There is Internet access for all staff and students. All staff and students have email facilities, and there is College-wide use of O365 Teams and SharePoint and Moodle VLE for supporting students’ learning. These systems are Windows- and Linux-based, including Microsoft Exchange.
The network and associated systems are constantly developing to meet the needs of staff and students to use IT as an integral part of all courses in the classroom and also from home. The Department also provides vital IT support to the administrative areas in maintaining financial, staff and student records on various specialist software packages.
This role will specifically support the Computer Science department. The department runs A-level Computer Science, BTEC L3 Computing and BTEC L3 IT.
Benefits: Join us and you can expect competitive pay and an excellent pension scheme, family-friendly working and a collaborative culture where ideas take flight together. Our Cycle to Work scheme, free counselling and occupational health service, discounted gym memberships and staff wellbeing events will keep you sharp, whilst our tailored induction programme and investment in your professional development – along with the possibility of funding for additional qualifications and to even take a sabbatical – will ensure an exciting future.
Contract/Hours: This is a permanent and full-time position, working 37 hours per week. There will be some flexibility about the actual start and finish times which can be discussed at interview; however, there will be times when late afternoon/evening working will be required. Holiday entitlement is 24 days per annum. This entitlement rises to 29 days after five years’ service.
Salary: The starting salary for this post is £20,771 per annum. This is based on spine point 8 within grade 3 of the support staff pay spine. This will increase annually up to £22,254 subject to satisfactory performance.
For further details, including how to apply, please visit: www.bhasvic.ac.uk/the-college/working-for-us/current-vacancies (CVs not accepted).
If you are interested in applying for the post please submit your application ASAP. There will not be a formal deadline date and we will invite appropriate candidates to interview as soon as possible.
BHASVIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
- Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
- 205 Dyke Road, Hove
- East Sussex
- BN3 6EG
- United Kingdom
Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, otherwise known as BHASVIC, is a co-educational sixth form college for around 3,000 students aged 16-19. The college was founded in its current form in 1975, having formerly been a grammar school. In recent years, the college has seen extensive redevelopment and modernisation, and as such can now boast of a range of modern teaching and recreational facilities including, most recently, an £8m new building opened in 2020, providing specialist media and performing arts spaces, along with state of the art science labs. BHASVIC is consistently in the top 1% of all state providers in terms of both raw results (A level A*-B grades are +70%) and Value Added (A level = +0.48). Students come from over 60 different schools, with 50% of students coming from Brighton and Hove. Students study from over 40 subject courses at A level and level 3 BTEC, alongside Maths and English GCSE and a diverse range of portfolio and enrichment courses.
Principal
Mr William Baldwin
Values and Vision
Our Vision at BHASVIC is to be a Contemporary Creative Learning Community. We achieve outstanding levels of performance based on a culture of learning that allows all students to achieve above and beyond what they think is possible. We provide a broad and balanced all-round education, enabling students to develop as independent, confident and well-informed young adults capable of contributing to and questioning the world around them, regardless of the mix of subjects and qualifications they study. We aim to cultivate a ‘High Challenge and Low Threat’ culture where we strive for the highest possible standards, where staff and students are supported, valued and developed as individuals in a safe environment, knowing that their own well-being is key to our success. We provide a stimulating educational and social environment, with attractive, modern facilities and resources including excellent ILT provision. We encourage creative, innovative, collaborative and reflective approaches to all that we do. We are an inclusive and accepting college where every individual feels part of a community and where we play an active role in our local community to help raise standards and aspirations. We are an efficient, fair and intelligently managed organisation that achieves value for money and functions on a sound business basis with robust financial management.
Ofsted
“Learners make excellent progress, and in some cases exceptional progress. Most do much better than might be expected from their prior achievements when they join the college. This added value is a consistently strong feature of the college since the previous inspection when it was highlighted as a key strength for A level learners. It is particularly noteworthy given the relatively high attainment of learners when they start their courses.”
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