Senior Onsite IT Technician

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth (LAB) is an innovative new school for children aged 4 to 18 which opened in September 2021 in the heart of Bournemouth. Our ambition is to ensure that all young people leave school equipped with the skills and knowledge to thrive in their future lives and careers in the digital age. Young people must be creative, critical thinkers who can create technology as well as consume it.

LAB is going into its second year in a new building complex in Lansdowne in Central Bournemouth serving Reception, Years 1, 7 and 8 with up to 400 students. At capacity, we will have 1510 students, serving ages from 4 to 18.

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior IT Technician to join their team at Livingstone Academy. Reporting to the Regional Technical Manager, as the Senior IT Technician you will be providing Onsite IT support to the brand-new Livingstone Academy as well as supporting a number of the other academies within the South Coast region of the Aspirations Academies Trust.

This role will see you assist the service desk with the delivery of the ICT managed support service, provide school-based users with technical assistance, Fault Diagnosis and Hardware/Software Support and Perform routine service delivery tasks.

The ideal candidate will have good understanding of network infrastructure, network hardware, storage, server virtualisation (Hyper-V), backup technologies, anti-virus, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and Google G Suite.

We are also looking for someone who has experience with Windows 10, Windows Server 2012/2016/2019, desktop hardware (laptops and MacBooks), portable devices (iPads, Android), Chromebooks and multi-function printers.

If you consider you are the right person for this role and would like to be a part of the team at such an exciting time, then we would love to hear from you.

For more information please see the Job description and person specification attached.

Learn more about Livingstone Academy on the Academy website.

How to apply

Please click the ‘quick apply’ button and fill in the application form.

Closing date for applications – Monday 23rd May - 5pm

Interviews week commencing  - TBC

About Aspirations

Across our 16 Academies, Aspirations educate more than 9,000 pupils across the ages from 2 to 19 years, covering an area from West London to the Southwest of England. Operating since 2011, we have a consistent track record of improvement and success and offer excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities. We are determined that children receive an excellent education that prepares them for success in adult-life and are looking for people to join us who share our ideals. 

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and guarantee an interview for those with a declared disability should they meet the minimum criteria for the job. The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as “any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”

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