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Thank you for your interest in this exciting opportunity to join the Central ICT Team at SEAX Trust. As a growing multi-academy trust of five special schools across Essex, we are proud to offer a fully managed ICT service that supports teaching, learning, and administration across all our sites.

Our schools span Essex; from Brentwood, to Chelmsford and on to Colchester. They serve over six hundred wonderful young people with a range of special educational needs: from moderate learning difficulties; speech, language and communication needs and social, emotional & mental health needs, as well as meeting the needs of a significant group of pupils in all of our schools with an autism diagnosis.

At SEAX, we work to make sure that every young person has an excellent education, which gives them every chance for the brightest of futures. We believe learning is more than simply expanding knowledge, but for our young people it is about developing skills and opportunities to be ready for a great future contributing to their communities. It starts with the relationships we build together in our educational communities and has led to our values, which are: 'Removing Barriers, Widening Opportunity, Creating Futures'.

Key to our success is the commitment of our highly valued body of staff. They are the people who have made our schools the joyful, kind beacons of hard work and learning they are today. You will find some of their testimonies in this pack and further information on our websites, but if you would like to visit or speak to us to find out more, we would welcome your phone call or email.

As our Trust continues to grow, we are excited to offer a new opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Services & Infrastructure Manager to join our dynamic ICT Team. In this role, you will work closely with experienced colleagues to deliver high-quality technical support across SEAX Trust schools. You will therefore play a vital part in ensuring the effective operation, maintenance, and security of our ICT systems and services. You will lead the Trust's ICT Helpdesk function, oversee the maintenance and development of infrastructure and cloud services, and act as a senior technical escalation point, helping to ensure that technology systems remain secure, reliable and effective across all of our schools.

Working alongside the Director of IT & Digital Transformation, you will help translate the Trust's strategic objectives into operational delivery, supporting cyber security initiatives, infrastructure projects and service improvements that enable staff and students to make the most of technology. As part of a supportive team, you will have access to guidance and expertise from professionals, enabling you to develop your skills while ensuring staff and students have reliable access to the technology they need. This is an essential role within our Trust, helping to keep our ICT systems running smoothly and securely.

As you discover more about us, if you feel you support our values and think you might be someone special who could make a difference for our young people at SEAX, we most certainly want to hear from you.

Information about the School

Established in 2015, the SEAX Trust is a growing partnership of five Special School Academies within the community of Essex. We are a Trust which:

• puts no limits on what we believe young people can achieve - creating opportunities and meeting individual needs so that our young people can live rich and fulfilled lives;

• values our staff and is committed to providing an environment which creates opportunities for professional growth and development;

• has the courage and drive to challenge and champion change to enable equal opportunity and equity for all;

• influences, respects, listens and acts and which, in turn, is known as a voice to listen to, act upon and respect.

We consider the main asset towards achieving our vision is our body of highly-valued staff and, in recognition, we implement a wide range of strategic and person-centered reward practices across all of our Academies and within the Trust's Executive Team itself.

Working in special education is extremely rewarding, supportive and motivational and most roles require little or no prior experience. If you haven't considered a role in a special school before now, then working within SEAX Trust will not only enhance your professional development, but also your self-confidence and belief that what you are doing each day truly is making a difference to our young people's lives.

SEAX Trust is a Disability Confident Employer.