Senior Technical Engineer (Site Based)

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Senior Technical Engineer (Site Based)

SO1 (SCP 23-25) £33,366 - £35,235

Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, All Year Round

Are you a dependable IT professional with a passion for innovation, leadership, and technical excellence?

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking a Senior Technical Engineer to lead trust-wide technical projects and initiatives while supporting a collaborative and forward-thinking IT team. The successful candidate would be based with the Central Infrastructure and Development team, where core services are configured, created and maintained.

In this role, you will:

• Lead on core IT infrastructure across multiple academies.
• Take ownership of key systems such as network management, server infrastructure, and telephony.
• Deliver and manage large-scale IT projects from conception to completion with assistance from the IT Technical Manager.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the IT services team.
• Support service improvement through audits, training, and documentation.
• Deputise for the IT Technical Manager as needed.

This role offers a dynamic opportunity to shape IT services across the Trust in line with the strategic vision of GORSE, ensuring excellence and innovation in educational technology, and in return for your hard work and dedication, GORSE can offer you some exceptional CPD opportunities through in house training, a suite of training packages and access to the apprenticeship levy.

The successful candidate will be based at one of our secondary academies as part of an IT Service Hub.

What we offer you: 

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including: 

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.  
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust. 
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers. 
• £2k Cycle to work scheme. 

About us:  

GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

Our 15 academies, our central team, our Teaching School Hub and GORSE SCITT work in a tightknit manner which sees our students prospering as a result of great partnership. Our professionals recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations work with integrity, moral purpose and determination.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at The GORSE Academies Trust

How to Apply: 

If you’re as excited about this opportunity as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and application form is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs), by email

to recruitment@tgat.org.uk or by telephone on 0113 487 8888.

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted. 

Closing date for applications:        Apply Now 

We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post. 

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. 

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.