IT Manager
Bruntcliffe Academy
Leeds
- Expired
- Salary:
- PO1 (£28,746 – £30,978)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter 2016
- Apply by:
- 4 March 2016
Job overview
37 hrs per week (all year round)
An exciting opportunity at an exciting time in our development.
We are seeking to appoint a skilled and ambitious IT Manager to join Bruntcliffe Academy from Easter 2016, ensuring that it becomes a truly outstanding establishment. Taking overall responsibility for ensuring that the academy’s IT infrastructure is both maintained and developed, the successful candidate will combine strong technical understanding with the ability to lead and manage a small team of IT technicians. This role has a strong emphasis on leadership, communication, and project management.
Previous experience as an IT Manager is desirable but not essential; however, the successful candidate will have proven leadership and management experience and evidence of leading projects from planning to implementation and delivery.
Bruntcliffe Academy is at an exciting stage of its development and the most improved secondary school in Leeds in 2015. In September 2015, the school became part of The GORSE Academies Trust which is led by Sir John Townsley. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking teaching community which places all students, and in particular those who come from the most challenging backgrounds, at the centre of its work. The Trust has two outstanding secondary schools, The Morley Academy and The Farnley Academy, an 11-16 Free School - The Ruth Gorse Academy, and the largest Post-16 Free School in the country, Elliott Hudson College. Hillcrest Academy, Ryecroft Academy and Morley Newlands Academy are the primary schools within the Trust. The Trust also includes two Teaching Schools, providing leadership development and initial teacher training. The successful candidate will work with colleagues from all of our partner schools, and will have the opportunity to be involved in innovative leadership developments.
The successful candidate will benefit from a comprehensive Induction Programme. We promise to:
- Challenge you
- Inspire you
- Develop you
- Value you
- Support you
- Reward you
An Application Pack is available to download direct from our website at www.bruntcliffe.net or email to Sharon.judd@bruntcliffe.net
Closing date for applications: Friday 4th March (noon)
Bruntcliffe Academy is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and applicants will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure. This role is subject to a 6 month probationary period.
11-16 years 797 students
Executive Principal: Sir John Townsley
Principal: Anne-Marie Garnett
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About Bruntcliffe Academy
- Bruntcliffe Academy
- Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley, Leeds
- West Yorkshire
- LS27 0LZ
- United Kingdom
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1400 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2018 received a Good judgement from Ofsted, with Outstanding grades for Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Management and also Personal Development. We are proud to be one of the highest performing schools in the country with students securing outcomes in the top 10% of schools nationally in 2023.
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.
Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy aspires for all students to leave us at the end of their secondary school journey as well-rounded citizens who are articulate and confident with a strong sense of social responsibility.
If you would like to know more about The GORSE Academies Trust, please visit; https://www.tes.com/jobs/employer/the-gorse-academies-trust-1071685
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