Senior IT Technical Lead / IT Manager job at Guildford Full Time

Senior IT Technical Lead

Infrastructure Specialist

Pattern of work: Full Time

Salary: £44,371 – £48,159 (Plus a new pay award coming in September)

Excellent local government pension and life insurance scheme

Learning Partners are seeking to appoint a Senior IT Technical Lead responsible to assist in the support, management and maintenance of IT systems and resources across the schools within our trust, as well as being a senior figure in the team.

This role is based in our schools across Guildford and Woking, but you will need to be flexible, helping and supporting the IT Technicians within our 16 schools in Guildford and Woking, with the option to work at home one day a week once established in the new role.

Our school environment is caring and friendly, with a strong sense of community, with an enthusiastic and dedicated team of staff supporting our schools.

We have network staff across our Multi Academy Trust (Learning Partners) with group communications and regular meetings. The successful candidate will be directly supported by other senior members of the team, which creates a community where we help each other resolve issues and work towards joint goals.

The role will have specific responsibilities:

• Be responsible for Trust wide infrastructure solutions, ensuring they are effective and performing as required.
• Lead, manage, configure and install the Trust wide cloud based 3CX Telephone system across Trust schools.
• Lead on Trust Vlan projects and maintenance
• Support Trust wide WiFi, Switches and Networking projects.
• Create, review and implement school IT Development Plans for our schools.
• Manage Infrastructure solutions and project manage new IT projects being implemented.
• To plan and prioritise own workload, responding to changing Trust wide priorities and demands.
• Lead a team of staff to provide high quality IT support to a group of secondary and primary schools.
• Diagnose, repair and maintain hardware and software components to ensure the smooth running of school computer systems.

The person appointed may not necessarily be familiar with all the areas listed above, but a willingness to learn and be proactive is essential.

A UK valid driving license and means of transport will be essential for this role

If interested please contact Ben Sayers, Learning Partners IT Director

Email:

Phone: 01483 484837

Learning Partners is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.

Pay: £44,371.00-£48,159.00 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Can you commute to Guildford and Woking reliably at least 4 days per week?
• What do you feel is key to providing high-quality IT support?

Experience:

• IT support: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person