Junior IT Technician

Junior IT Technician

Scale 3 - Point 5-6

Actual Salary -  £27,030

36 hours per week - 52 weeks per year

25 days p/a annual leave entitlement, increasing to 28 days after 5 years of service

Required start ASAP

The Royal Liberty School where “Staff know their pupils very well, and as a result, pupils are happy and safe. Pupils are polite, respectful and mature and value diversity and equality.” (OFSTED February 2024).

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Junior IT Technician to support the work of our IT Manager and Trust Strategic Network Manager. The school uses a variety of educational software and IT platforms which include SIMS, Google Classroom, Windows Server 2016/19 and Cisco Meraki.

Successful candidates will have:

• Proven IT skills to include hardware and software installation, upgrade and maintenance of both Windows and Mac
• The ability to work as part of a team and be proactive
• Proven record of maintaining efficient IT systems ideally in a school setting
• Proven hands-on hardware and software troubleshooting experience including AV equipment
• High level of team, interpersonal and communication skills
• A logical, calm, organised approach to problem solving
• The ability to manage time effectively, multitasking and working to tight deadlines
• A high level of initiative, enthusiasm and willingness to work in a collaborative manner

The Royal Liberty School is a small, comprehensive, 11-16 boys school, located close to Gidea Park Station.

If you are looking to advance your career in a small, friendly supportive school and are committed to providing the very best experience for our students we would love to meet you. If you would like to speak to the Trust Network Manager, Mr J. Adams, please feel free to contact the school. We welcome visitors to the school from potential applicants. 

Royal Liberty School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All adults who work at the school must share this commitment to young people. We are part of the Success for All Educational Trust with Redden Court School, Sanders Draper School and Rise Park Academies.

Our results have shown impressive improvement over the last 3 years with the majority of subjects consistently above national average:

•  English 9 - 4 (75%)
• Maths 9 - 4 (75%)
• English and Maths 9 - 4 (69%)

As an employee you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programme through the School Advisory Service (SAS).

This includes;

• Access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline where you can have a telephone conversation for you and close relatives.
• Access to Physiotherapy
• Access to a counselling service
• Free 12 week Weight Management Programme
• Support for stress management
• Lifestyle Screening
• Relationship Counselling
• Long-term condition support - support for you and family members where you or a member of your family is suffering from a long-term condition such as cancer, Multiple Sclerosis or Motor Neurones disease. This list is not exhaustive.
• Private Medical Service
• Stress Counselling

As an employer we are committed to promoting career development and recognise hard work and effort. This is evident in the staff testimonials.

“We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.”

Further details can be downloaded from our website www.royalliberty.co.uk or from the Trust IT Manager on jadams@sfaet.co.uk

Tel: 01708 730141. 

Closing Date: Monday, April 15th 2024 9am

Applications can be received by email to hr@sfaet.co.uk or post

Interviews will take place on: Thursday, April 25th 2024

We encourage early application and reserve the right to close the advert early if we have sufficient applications.

Please apply via “Mynewterm” which can be accessed by clicking the following link: Apply here