IT Network Manager

IT Network Manager

Place of Employment: Aston Community Education Trust

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week, full time

Salary: £43,857 - £46,845 Band L points 40 - 43

Appointment: Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for a professional, knowledgeable and hardworking individual, to join ACET, a forward thinking and rapidly developing multi-academy trust, in the role of IT Network Manager.

The IT Network Manager will support the Trust by ensuring a suitable ICT infrastructure, including all required hardware, software, as well as ensuring reliability and resolutions via the IT Support Servicedesk.  The post-holder, in liaison with the Estates Manager, CEO and other senior Trust leaders, will take a lead role in the selection, implementation and management of information technologies to achieve the Trust’s ICT Strategic Plan. S/he will be mindful at all times of the need to secure best value for the Trust.

The post-holder will manage effective support, implementation and maintenance of ICT infrastructure and desktop provision across the trust, maximising the teaching and learning opportunities for all students. S/he will lead a team of ICT technicians, including recruitment and selection, training, development and performance management.  

Pro-active analysis of current and future ICT requirements, together with identification and specification of a range of appropriate solutions will form a key part of the role.

The post-holder will be overseeing the ICT provision across the Trust, and therefore will need to be flexible in working in working in our academies, which are located in Rotherham, Sheffield and north Derbyshire. 

For further information or to arrange an informal chat or visit, please contact Mark Arthur on mark.arthur@astoncetrust.org .  To apply, please visit the vacancies section at www.astonacademy.org  or any of our academy websites, or contact Melanie Denton if you have any difficulties on 0114 2872171.  Applications should be returned to vacancies@astoncetrust.org .  The closing date for applications is 9.00am on 16th December 2021.  

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. This post involves working with children and therefore if successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure and barring services check at an enhanced level.  Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/dbs 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note if you have not received a reply within three weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.