ICT Manager

St Columba’s is an HMC, non-denominational School founded in 1897, initially as a School for Girls. It has been co-educational since 1982 with equal numbers of boys and girls. The current roll for the entire School, from Nursery to Senior VI, is around 700.

The first thing you notice at St Columba’s is the warm welcome. This is, in part, the result of our size. Teachers know each pupil by name; indeed, recognition of the individual is an important feature of the School Vision. The environment at St Columba’s allows us to identify and nurture the unique talents and skills of each student, and encourage each to realise his/her full potential. Our success is evident not only in the excellent academic results achieved, regularly placing St Columba’s as one of the highest performing schools nationally, but in the impressive young people whom you will meet in our classrooms, at an international debate, or on a rugby field: they are polite, articulate and quietly self-assured. The School follows a curriculum which prepares candidates for Scottish Qualification Authority examinations.

There has been significant investment in facilities, including the opening of a new Senior School building in 2016 and the complete refurbishment of an existing building the previous year.

In addition to the ICT Manager, the ICT Department consists of a Systems Administrator and a Help Desk Manager (Senior Technician).

The successful candidate will be responsible directly to the Head of Finance & Operations.

The ICT Manager is responsible for every aspect of ICT facilities provision in St Columba’s School, both educational and administrative, including strategic planning of the ICT and Digital Learning Strategy. The successful candidate will also be responsible for preparing budget submissions, both capital and revenue and ensuring best value solutions are optimised. The ICT Manager must also ensure that all legal requirements relating to ICT are complied with and all procedures for back up and disaster recovery are fit for purpose. He/she will be responsible for contractors working on site and ensure that regular maintenance contracts are in place. Please see the Job Specification available at http://www.st-columbas.org/Vacancies for more information.

Energy, vision, sound judgement and good communication skills are essential in addition to a high level of technical ICT knowledge. The ICT Manager will attend regular meetings with the Head of Finance & Operations and the Joint Management Team.

The School has a comprehensive professional review and CPD programme in place and the successful candidate will be expected to keep his/her knowledge of new developments up to date.

To apply for this full time, permanent position, please forward a covering letter, current CV and contact details of two referees to utelfer@st-columbas.org by no later than Friday 28th July 2017. Interviews will take place during early August 2017.

Please note that all St Columba’s employees are required to be registered with the Disclosure Scotland PVG Scheme prior to taking up post.

Una Telfer
Head of Finance & Operations
July 2017