IT Technician

Required from February 2023

Salary: Grade 5 Points 13-19

£24,948 - £27,852 (Actual Salary)

Full Time 35 hours per week | All Year Round

‘Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children’

 We are currently recruiting for a dynamic IT Technician who is well-qualified, enthusiastic and is passionate about improving the lives of young people.

You will lead on the maintenance of, problem solving and fault-finding for the network all related IT equipment within the school to provide an effective functioning service.

 You will assist with monitoring backups, servers and services with general daily and weekly health checks. You will be responsible for daily health checks and report checking of IT Infrastructure directly under their remit.

You will be responsible for the delegation of helpdesk tickets and general work tasks to both themselves and other members of the on-site technical team or refer on or escalate issues as appropriate.

Assisting users with the use of applications on a range of devices and ensure a rapid response to hardware/software problems from teachers and support staff that may arise during the school term.

You will provide training to other members of the on-site technical team, staff and students as required.

You will manage individual projects as directed by the Director of IT Infrastructure and Trust IT Infrastructure Engineer.

Providing technical support for the School Information Management System (SIMS) liaising with the Data Manager as appropriate

You will be a primary point of contact for third party sales and support teams

Supporting the Director of IT Infrastructure and Trust IT Infrastructure Engineer with obtaining ‘best value’ quotes for new and replacement equipment and services.

This is an exciting time to join The East Manchester Academy as we are on a transformative journey of improvement and our recent Ofsted monitoring report shows how far we have come. We want to ensure all students in our community lead successful and happy lives with the skills abilities and qualifications to pursue their dreams. We care about our staff and offer a generous PPA allowance and an array of opportunities for professional development.

We are utterly committed to working with people and developing their potential. We are cultivating a culture of openness, honesty and professional learning so that teachers are able to teach effectively and have a positive work life balance. At The East Manchester Academy, we value teamwork and collaborative approaches to shared goals. You will be joining a team of talented professionals who are truly determined to ensure all students succeed, not only in the subjects we offer but all aspects of their lives.

We are proud to serve our diverse and inclusive community and are committed to the cooperative values allowing students to have equality of opportunity. Together, we will work collaboratively to develop innovative practice that is efficient and effective and achieves outcomes. This is a critical appointment for our academy and the successful candidate will receive high levels of support and training. We wish to appoint a practitioner who shares our commitment to young people in challenging circumstances who believes that excellent teaching can leverage high levels of performance and remains optimistic in the face of adversity.

 The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to starting.

Please visit our website to learn more about us (https://www.theeastmanchesteracademy.co.uk) and contact: recruitment@temac.co.uk if you would like to arrange a visit to the academy prior to application.

 The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy Co-operative Trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of nearly 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.

At TEMA we understand that investing in our staff is the best investment in our students and offer a wide range of strategies to help our teachers and support staff be highly effective in their roles. This includes: 

• Strategic partnerships with external organisations to support staff development
• A genuine commitment to wellbeing and effective workload management
• Opportunities for flexible and or part time working
• Bike2work scheme
• Gym membership
• Employee Assistance
• Pension Fund
• On-site parking for staff

Please return your application form to recruitment@temac.co.uk by 08.00am on Monday 30th January 2023.

Shortlisting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 31st January 2023 and interviews are scheduled to take place during the week beginning Monday 6th February 2023.

 As it is not possible to inform each applicant if they have been selected for interview, if you have not been contacted before the interview date please be aware that you will not have been successful on this occasion.