Senior Technical Support Engineer

The School

“Hoe Valley School is an inspiring environment at the heart of its community where every student’s experience is personalised. Our students will learn to think independently, pursue their ambitions and achieve to their highest potential.”

Hoe Valley School (HVS) is:

• An oversubscribed secondary school that opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking
• Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in June 2018
• Delivering innovative, exciting and cognitive science led lessons to years 7-13
• Committed to ensuring our students leave us with excellent academic outcomes, the skills to be ‘work-ready’ and the traits of excellent global citizens
• Following the national curriculum offering an extended day allowing time for additional Maths and English, along with time for all students to complete their homework during the compulsory day
• A Google School with ICT fully embedded in all curriculum areas
• Opening a STEAM focussed academic 6th Form in September 2023 with its own bespoke facilities
• Committed to learning which is relevant with links to the ‘real world’ of business, higher education and the local community
• In a state of the art new School completed in September 2018 on Egley Road, Woking, with dedicated Faculty areas - all teachers have their own classroom and Faculty Planning Hubs
• Committed to supporting our staff to have a good work / life balance by offering longer school holidays, bespoke CPD programmes, minimising paperwork and meetings and ultimately by trusting our staff to deliver excellent outcomes

The Role

We are looking for a passionate, talented and rigorous practitioner to join our friendly and hardworking IT team. HVS is absolutely committed to its students being able to access the ever-changing technological demands of 21st Century life and the role-plays an integral part in the achievement of this ambition.

The job holder will support the IT Manager to ensure all IT systems and infrastructure are fit for purpose and fulfil all HVS requirements for teaching, students and support staff. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in how ICT is delivered in a new school, working with new equipment and technologies and without any ‘legacy’ constraints.

The culture of the School is one that hugely values its support services and the administrative team are a very well respected and cohesive group. They have a lot of interaction with students and are very much integrated with the teaching staff at the School. The successful candidate will be part of the HVS Administrative Support team, who share and learn from one another as the School grows. As a small school, we aim to play to the strengths of individuals and there is some flexibility in how the role will develop over time as the School continues to grow.

A couple of times a term the role will require some flexible-working to cover some evening events, which are planned in advance.

For detailed information on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification

The Details

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per annum

Contract type: the role is permanent and full-time, 52 weeks per year

Working hours: 40 hours per week, across 5 days

Holiday entitlement: 25 days per annum, which would be expected to be taken in the School holidays.