Technical Services Manager
Kenton School
Newcastle upon Tyne
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade N9: Actual Salary Range £41,495 to £44,538 pa (pay award pending, subject to job evaluation)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2023
Job overview
37 hours per week, Permanent, All Year Round
Northern Leaders Trust, formerly Kenton Schools Academy Trust, formed in 2014, is a growing, passionate Trust in the North East of England. Our eyes are firmly fixed on providing the best education possible for young people in our city, our region and nationally.
Students are at the centre of everything we do. Through collaboration, every aspect of our work is of high quality. Our academies deliver an ambitious and inclusive curriculum that enables all students to excel academically and socially.
At this exciting stage of the Trust’s journey, we are seeking to ensure there is a robust ICT infrastructure to support innovative teaching and effective operations across the Trust.
The successful applicant will work as part of the Technical Services Team within our Central Team.
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience of collaboration, developing and sustaining positive relationships with relevant stakeholders.
- Manage a high-performing team providing support and challenge.
- Be technically experienced with a proven ICT record including delivering complex systems/networks to meet the needs of the schools and Trust.
- Have knowledge of software and network security.
- Have an understanding of risk management.
If you have the skills, commitment and enthusiasm to succeed in this role, we want to hear from you. In return, we can offer you:
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including car sacrifice and cycle-to-work.
- Free on-site parking.
- Free gym access.
To apply, please visit: https://northernleaderstrust.org/vacancies/
Closing date: Noon on 5th June 2023
Northern Leaders Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in all its schools and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school.
Attached documents
About Kenton School
Kenton School is a mixed, mainstream, non-denominational secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne. It caters to students aged 11-18 and has 2,010 pupils at full capacity, including 300 in the sixth form.
Kenton School was opened to pupils and staff on 17th March 1961 as a maintained comprehensive school. After 47 years in the original buildings, the school moved into new state-of-the-art premises in 2008.
Kenton School converted to academy status in 2012. In 2014, it formed Kenton Schools Academy Trust. This multi-academy trust opened Studio West, a new studio school, in West Denton in 2014.
Principal
Sinead Green
Vision and values
Outstanding teaching and learning for all students, so that knowledge is embedded and disadvantage is not a barrier to learning. All students reach their potential, so that they are well placed for life beyond school. Ensuring confident, happy and resilient students, who treat others with compassion and respect.
Ofsted report
“The school’s work to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural education of pupils and to prepare them for life in modern Britain is also a real strength. Pupils discuss current affairs regularly through the systematic personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum.”
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