IT Technician

Job Description

The Stanway School is seeking to employ an IT Technician with immediate effect.

We are looking for a candidate who has:

• the ability to self-organise, manage personal time and work standards as well as line managing lower level resource;
• an understanding of overall IT solutions deployed throughout the Trust and technology interdependencies;
• depth of understanding and technical competency with specific technologies with an ability to cascade knowledge within the team;
• the ability to diagnose and fix 2/3rd line support incidents;
• the ability to present as a professional, personable team member and customer-facing representative;
• the ability to be a self-starter, work in a team and deliver agreed objectives;
• understanding of the fundamentals of IT for IT infrastructure;
• knowledge of Core IT technologies (client/server and network) equivalent to Microsoft MCSA (Solutions Associate);
• experience, or willingness to learn, advanced functionality with key software such as Office & Outlook, Impero, SIMS, help desk system, booking system, follow-me-printing;
• the ability to perform reporting and analysis of help desk functions, root cause diagnosis and develop technical solutions;
• the ability to specialise in one or more key business functions such as system security, helpdesk management, domain management or management of Apple devices.

Further details can be found in the attached Job Description.

Contract details are:

• Hours - 37 per week
• Pay - LGS Band 3 (£17,772-£22,658 per annum)
• Annual Leave - 23 days per year plus Bank Holidays
• Pension - Local Government Pension Scheme

If you are interested in applying for this post please complete the support staff application form and SD2 and return them to Mrs Sharon Burns at the school either by post or email toadmin@stanway.essex.sch.uk. If you would like to discuss the post further, please phone Sharon Burns on 01206 575488.

Information about the School

About The Stanway School The Stanway School is a heavily over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1,300 students currently on roll, the vast majority of whom live in Stanway and the surrounding villages to the west of Colchester. The school is a specialist school in Humanities and Maths & Computing. We have undertaken a huge rebuilding programme and the Creative Arts block, the latest phase of our expansion project, opened in September 2018. By 2021, all year groups will be full with 280 students following this expansion of the school buildings. This is an exciting time to join an already successful school that is looking to continually improve practice: staff are enthusiastic and many take part in voluntary research groups into key areas of school life; students are well-behaved and achieve results above expectation; the culture of the school is calm and purposeful. In March 2012 The Stanway School converted to an academy and in September 2016 joined the newly formed Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools located in North East Essex covering both Colchester and Tendring.

Jonathan Bland Headteacher The Stanway School

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.