IT Technician

IT Technician

Full time, permanent (37 hours per week) 52 weeks per year

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly efficient and organised person to become the IT Technician at a great Secondary school in Northampton. You will have strong customer facing skills and the ability to react well to pressure, responding to incidents and issues logged by staff, students and visitors with a ‘can-do’ approach. In addition, you will also need to be able to carry out routine network management tasks with the support of the IT Network Manager.

You will be presentable, professional and self-motivated with the ability to work alone and as part of a team. Essentially, you will have an abundance of energy, drive and enthusiasm and possess the ability to work flexibly to support the school in all aspects of IT commensurate with your role and an education setting. You will be supported by strong leadership coupled with a fantastic team spirit and genuine collegiality across the school.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience within an IT Support role within a secondary or similar environment.

• Be a proficient IT user with the ability to work efficiently with a high degree of accuracy.

• Be highly organised.

• Have excellent communication skills that allows you to inform, coach and advise others.

• Want to make a difference to the children in our care.

Responsiblties:

• To Support the Regional IT Manager and Senior IT Technician with day-to-day school support.
• To act as an ambassador for the school and Principal in all matters.
• To promote the vision and values of the school with all stakeholders including colleagues, students, parents, visitors and the local and wider community.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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