Network Manager

Working Hours: 36 hours a week for 52 weeks, no holiday to be taken in term-time unless agreed.
Salary: NJC scale S02 (points 32 – 34), depending on experience. Salaries will be reviewed annually and will take into account the growth of the College.

We seek to appoint a Network Manager for our Catholic College based in Twickenham, rated as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted.

The College is a federation of two schools, St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School and St Richard Reynolds Catholic Primary School. The first pupils joined the College in September 2013. We currently have pupils in reception, year 1 and 2 in the primary school and years 7, 8 and 9 in the High School.

The role of Network Manager is a new role that the successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape and develop as the College grows. We have a number of exciting projects planned that we would like the new Network Manager to lead on and the setup /maintenance of new IT areas following the move into our new building in September 2017.

The Network Manager will be part of a committed and enthusiastic team of support staff, providing exceptional support for learning and teaching at our College in order to provide a world-class education for our pupils.

The position will involve, amongst other things:

• Ensuring that all IT systems are fully operational at all times and to respond to staff and student requests for assistance in a timely manner
• Contributing towards medium and long term IT strategies, keeping the College up to date with developments in IT advice on emerging technologies
• Planning for major developments of IT systems and project manage their implementation
• Maintaining inventories of College hardware and software
• Ensuring the legal and contractual obligations relating to IT resources, Data Protection, software licensing, systems and services are met
• Assist in the financial planning of IT systems and future developments or upgrades to ensure best value for the College
• Enabling the use of ICT in all curriculum areas, providing training to staff and testing of new applications and software where appropriate
• Designing and implementing policies and strategies for the use of IT to safeguard users and keep data secure

You will have:

• Some previous working experience of network administration, ideally within an education
• A relevant degree, or appropriate post-graduate training for the role
• A good working knowledge of Windows Server, Windows clients, MS Office and Active Directory and all of the skills necessary to run a network
• An empathy with, and be fully supportive of, our Catholic identity and mission, if not a practising and committed Catholic
• A love for working with and supporting young people
• A positive and pro-active attitude to life and work
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks, and manage your own workload
• Excellent communication skills, being able to competently deal with all of our stakeholders
• A friendly, approachable demeanour with an adaptable and flexible outlook
• Excellent time-keeping and a responsible, reliable and mature attitude towards work
• A willingness to learn and develop

If you want to become part of our team and would like further information, please see the recruitment section of our website www.strichardreynolds.org.uk for further details, and then apply by application form with the names of two referees and a supporting letter addressing the person specification abov

Closing date for applications: 10th March 2016
Interviews: w/c 14th March 2016

St Richard Reynolds Catholic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.