Network Manager
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Kent
- £34,866 - £41,013 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Support Staff Salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 13 October 2022
Job overview
NETWORK MANAGER
Permanent Contract
37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
FTE Salary – Oakwood Scheme £34,866 - £41,013
(Actual salary will depend on qualifications and experience)
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Network Manager to lead a team of IT technicians and to devise and deliver on the school’s IT strategy.
We are looking for someone who:
· Has a professional working attitude, with excellent communication and customer service skills
· Demonstrates a proactive 'can do' attitude
· Is flexible and adaptive when required
· Can provide leadership and support to IT Technicians and an IT Apprentice
· Is committed to safeguarding children
You will manage and oversee provision of all IT hardware, systems and services as well as devise policies and operational processes. You will work collaboratively with the senior team to devise the strategic overview, direction and development of IT across the school. You will work closely with the School Business Manager to determine the 5 year budget.
This is an exciting opportunity for a committed professional seeking a rewarding role that will make a difference to the education of young people. If you have experience of, or an interest in working in an education environment and a positive outlook we would welcome your application.
What We Offer:
· A fantastic school environment in which to work
· Local Government Pension Scheme
· A first-class commitment to developing individuals through personalised CPD programmes so that staff reach their full potential
· OPGS recognises continuous local authority service Applications with a covering letter should be received by 9am. on 13th October 2022.
Oakwood Park Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with former employers and Enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About Oakwood Park Grammar School
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
Headteacher
Mrs Sarah Craig
Values and vision
At OPGS, we hold firm on our responsibility to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, an exceptional standard of teaching and learning and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. We have high standards of behaviour and our pupils are ‘polite and courteous,’ contributing significantly to our consistently positive learning environment.
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