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IT Technician

IT Technician

The GORSE Academies Trust

Leeds

Salary:
C1 £21,538 - £23,836
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
November 2019
Apply by:
18 September 2019

Job overview

IT Technician

Required November 2019

Grade: C1 £21,538 - £23,836

Full time (37 hours per week) (all year round) 

The GORSE Academies Trust seek to employ a skilled and committed IT Technician to join our Leeds Centre Hub, which is based at The Ruth Gorse Academy; an Outstanding city-centre school. Under the leadership of the IT Manager, the successful candidate will take responsibility for the day-to-day operations of The Ruth Gorse Academy’s IT service and will provide support to our two nearby primary academies Hillcrest Academy and Richmond Hill Academy. The Ruth Gorse Academy boasts a large computer estate, full site wireless, high specification interactive panels, a first-class Windows-integrated iMac studio, and a state of the art ‘Immersive Suite’. 

To be successful you must be passionate about IT, education and delivering an exceptional service, and be committed to our vision, values and culture. You must be a strong team player who shares our values and appreciates the benefits of working in partnership and collaboration with others. You will ideally have at least 2 years’ experience, but applications from willing candidates with less experience are welcome. 

Please ensure that you read through our application pack carefully and pay attention to the following:

  • IT Technician – Job Description & Person Specification
  • IT Services Manifesto

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. You will be exposed to colleagues from all our partner schools but will work primarily with the central team, its directors, and the executive office.

Closing date for applications: Monday 7 October 2019 (noon) 

Applications should be returned to recruitment@tgat.org.uk 

Interviews will take place: Week Starting 14 October 2019

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 

TGAT Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders 2018 

The appointment is subject to a six-month probationary period. 

Please be aware that The GORSE Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a DBS check & satisfactory references. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

CVs are not accepted. 

Attached documents

About The GORSE Academies Trust

GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

ALL CHILDREN EXCEL REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND

Because of the trust’s reputation, we are also seeing the development of a new approach to academisation which is bringing already strong and successful schools forward to convert as new partners within GORSE. Those schools recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence in both leadership and teaching, and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations are brought together.

WE AS A TRUST RECOGNISE THAT THERE IS MUCH TO BE GAINED WHEN GREAT ORGANISATIONS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER

Our final aim is to challenge the underperformance of other schools and academies through the excellence of our own work. In particular, we have sought to do this through taking advantage of the free schools programme and our trust will continue to look to develop new schools and to sponsor already existing schools in areas of significant educational underperformance. We believe that all great organisations have a role to play in agitating the system.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE HAPPY PLACES WHERE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING HARD AND RECOGNISING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS.

Our trust is also proud of its generosity in sharing ideas and approaches to the development of teaching and leadership with partners regionally and nationally. We are also humble, and take great enjoyment in learning from others including the very best practitioners nationally and internationally but also those struggling most in their work. This is because we believe that all schools contain areas of brilliance and it is for us as professionals to seek them out, understand their success and ensure that their magic is disseminated.

GORSE, of which GORSE SCITT is a central part, was awarded Teaching School Hub status in 2021. This saw the opening of Leeds Teaching School Hub in September of that year. We were delighted to learn in February 2024 that we have been designated to function as Leeds Teaching School Hub for a further 4 years. That renewed status now means that, as a trust, we have a great responsibility placed upon us to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. The most important single quality that we hope to nurture in all professionals is a passion and love for education and a determination to inspire and support young people, regardless of background.

You can find out more about us, our values and people at www.tgat.org.uk.

Sir John Townsley - Chief Executive Officer.

Leanne Griffiths - Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

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