Academy IT Lead

Washington Academy, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  24th March 2025

• Closing date

  7 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • IT support
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 7 (NJC scale points 19 £31,067 – 23 £33,367)

Academy IT Lead job summary

Join us as a Academy IT Lead at Consilium Academies, where a strong sense of collaboration, honesty, and a commitment to excellence and equity with integrity underpin everything we do.

Are you passionate, driven, and committed to delivering exceptional support? This is your chance to be part of an enthusiastic team at Consilium Academies, where we strive to provide the highest quality education for our students.

We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, and approachable Academy IT Lead to join our team.

Lead IT innovation at Consilium Academies, shaping the future of education through technology. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced IT Lead to join our growing team and deliver exceptional IT solutions across our schools. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of the IT infrastructure at one of our academies, ensuring its smooth and efficient operation while also contributing to Trust-wide projects and strategies.

As the IT Lead, you will be responsible for [Insert key responsibilities here, e.g., managing the IT budget, overseeing network security, leading a small team (if applicable), implementing new technologies, providing technical support to staff and pupils]. You will also play a key role in developing and implementing the Trust's IT strategy, ensuring that our schools have the technology they need to deliver outstanding education. If you are a proactive problem-solver with a passion for technology and a desire to make a difference in the lives of young people, we encourage you to apply. We offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to be part of a forward-thinking organisation.

The successful candidate will present the best possible example of professional standards to colleagues.

Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.

The closing date for applications is Friday 7th March 2025 09.00am

Interviews will take place on Thursday 13th March 2025.

We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!

Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Consilium Academies is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which Consilium Academies might want to explore with you. Further information on online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

Please note: If you have not been contacted within one week of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback on individual applications. Applications received after the closing time stated will not be considered.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Washington Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 660 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Washington Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/washington-academy (opens in new tab)

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