Senior IT Technician
Pendle Education Trust
Nelson
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 6: £20,541 -£23,866 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 November 2018
Job overview
Job Title: Senior IT Technician
Salary: Grade 6 (£20,541 -£23,866 per annum)
Permanent 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Closing Date: Wednesday 21st November
Interview Date: TBC
Start Date: 7th January 2019
If you’re an experienced and forward thinking IT Support Technician looking for a varied and exciting role, then this could be the post for you!
Pendle Education Trust; an Academy Trust in Lancashire with a focus on providing exceptional education at a local level, are looking for a Senior IT Support Technician to join their dedicated team. Sponsored by “Outstanding” (Ofsted) Nelson and Colne College, the Trust is going through an exciting period of growth and change, and are looking for individuals who share our high aspirations, and passion for success and achievement.
Primarily working across the Trust’s primary schools, the successful candidate will provide exceptional IT Support to colleagues, resolving problems associated with operating systems, software, hardware, printers and AV equipment. With extensive experience, they will be comfortable documenting and implementing backup and restore policies; and will keep abreast of new technologies.
With responsibility for line managing the Trust’s two IT Technicians, the successful candidate will be a dynamic and enthusiastic professional, able to demonstrate exemplary skills in customer service, advice and guidance.
Main duties include:
· Troubleshooting hardware, software and network issues as necessary.
· Ensuring Anti-Virus software solutions are up to date and functioning correctly.
· Creating and maintaining various user accounts.
· Supporting the use of MIS systems including SIMS and PARS.
· Ensuring that the Trust is compliant with relevant IT regulation.
The ideal candidate will have:
· 4 GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English at grade C or above.
· A level 3 qualification in a relevant subject.
· Previous experience within an IT role, ideally in a third line support role.
· Microsoft Server 2008/2012 knowledge.
· Experience of using VSphere/VCenter
· Experience of using Office 365 and Anti-Virus software (ideally Sophos)
· Experience of using MDM systems in the deployment and configuration of mobile devices
With extensive professional development opportunities, including Trust sponsorship for achieving recognised qualifications, the Trust are able to offer an exceptional benefits package.
How to apply:
In order to apply, or for more information, please visit our website www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk where you will be able to download the full job descriptions and an application form.
Attached documents
About Pendle Education Trust
- Pendle Education Trust
- Nelson and Colne College, Scotland Road, Nelson
- Lancashire
- BB9 7YT
- United Kingdom
Pendle Education Trust is a family of schools in Lancashire. The Trust is sponsored by Nelson and Colne College, an Outstanding Further Education college in Pendle. Established in 2013, Pendle Education Trust continues to grow, welcoming new schools to our family.
Our focus is exceptional leadership and meeting the needs of local families and the community. Through close collaboration with local partners and schools, we strive to deliver an excellent education for children in Pendle and surrounding districts.
- We’re a family of schools within East Lancashire with over 2100 children within our Trust.
- Our Board is made up of experienced voluntary professionals who are passionate about education and the local area.
- We supported Pendle Primary Academy in progressing from Inadequate to Good with Outstanding features in two years.
- We have secured over £1 million of capital funding for improvements in all of our academies.
- We have enabled successful senior leaders to extend their impact across our family of schools.
- We have delivered a range of high quality community based projects to provide stimulating enrichment for pupils and families.
- We are experienced in delivering the highest quality facilities including a fully-equipped sport facility at Colne Primet Academy for school and community use, and a redeveloped early years facility at Pendle Primary Academy.
- Place2Talk and Place2Be initiatives provide individualised support services for our children to talk about thier feelings or any problems they may have.
- Pendle Primary Academy was named one of the top 50 performing or improving schools in England in 2015.
- Colne Primet Academy received an Ofsted grading of 'good' in all areas in May 2018 and was named the East Lancashire Newspapers' Secondary School of the Year in 2018.
- In its first Ofsted inspection since conversion, Castercliff Primary Academy received a 'good' grading in all areas in spring 2018 after being named as 'inadequate' in its last inspection as Nelson Castercliff Community Primary School.
- Castercliff Primary Academy was congratulated by The Secretary of State for School Standards in 2018 for being amongst the top 2% of schools in England for the progress pupils make from Key Stage 1 to the end of Key Stage 2.
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