IT Technician
The GORSE Academies Trust
Leeds
- Expired
- Salary:
- C1 (SCP 12-17) £22,183 – £24,491
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- November/December 2021
- Apply by:
- 26 November 2021
Job overview
Start Date: November/December 2021
IT Technician
C1 (SCP 12-17) £22,183 – £24,491
Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, All Year Round
Subject to a 6-Month Probationary Period
and committed IT Technician to support Boston Spa Academy. Under the leadership of the Hub IT Manager, the successful candidate will work alongside the Senior IT Technician supporting the day-to-day operations of the academy’s IT service and provide excellent support to the staff and students.
The TGAT IT Services team are a close-knit team who are responsible for support across all academies and establishments within The GORSE Academies trust allowing all members of the team to share knowledge and best practice effectively. With the support of the newly formed Infrastructure and Development team all team members will have continued development of IT systems and services along with the opportunity for personal CPD.
Boston Spa Academy joined The GORSE Academies Trust in 2018. Since joining the Trust, the academy has invested heavily in IT equipment and IT infrastructure throughout. In addition to this Elliott Hudson College at Boston Spa opened in September 2019 as part of the first phase of capital investment in the academy. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with key stake holders and senior leaders on designing and implementing future developments in the academy.
To be successful you must be passionate about IT, education and delivering an outstanding 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 2 years’ experience, but applications from willing candidates with less experience are welcome.
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 and in addition to being a key member of the academy team you will work with the central team, its directors, and the executive office.
An Application Pack (including Job Description and Person Specification) is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), by email to recritment@tgt.org.uk or by telephone on 0113 487 8888.
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
CVs are accepted for this role, any applicants invited to interview will be asked to complete a formal application form to allow us to comply with all safeguarding measures.
Closing date for applications: Friday 26th November 2021 (noon)
Applications should be returned to: recruitment@tgat.org.uk
Interviews will take place: TBC
The GORSE Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children and we expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Attached documents
About The GORSE Academies Trust
- The GORSE Academies Trust
- Bruntcliffe Lane, Morley
- Leeds
- LS27 0LZ
- United Kingdom
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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