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Digital Technology Lead

King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1DY

This job expired on 9 October 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 October 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • IT support
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36.5 Hours a week, Monday to Friday Indicative Working pattern: Mon – Friday 8:00 – 15:48 (inc. 30min lunch break).
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: National Joint Council Pay-Scale Point 26, £32,909 to Point 39 £45,495

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key responsibilities:

• Identifying, communicating, and implementing strategic leadership and direction for IT across the school including IT refresh cycles.
• Ensuring that all systems and processes support 2S2C principles (Standardise, Simplify, Consistency and Compliance)
• Technical authority and Lead on all IT related subjects.
• Line Management responsibilities.

General duties:

• Ensure that automated systems between the MIS and M365 are operating correctly.
• Ensure the high availability of servers within Azure and their availability within the school.
• Ownership and responsibility for all Service Level Agreements with third parties as appropriate.
• Ensure all devices (new and existing) are correctly enrolled and managed with appropriate policies and software updates within InTune.
• Monitor local Wi-Fi and physical local networks (access points, cabling and switching etc.) to ensure correct operation.
• Maintain accurate records of inventory items, software catalogue (inc. licensing), network topology and changes to enable swift diagnosis of issues.
• Lead on any planned IT works including liaising with external partners.
• Assure accessibility of MIS to any users requiring access to it.
• Strategic planning for scheduled refresh of IT equipment and systems
• Assure correct operation and availability of backup systems and disaster recovery contingencies including correct documentation of procedures and retention policies etc.
• Assure the availability of sufficient equipment to support teaching and learning, and administrative functions within the school.
• Assure the correct configuration and operation of SmoothWall firewall and content filtering provision.
• Provide training on an individual or group basis.
• Maintain oversight of IT Budget as appropriate.
• Continue to maintain currency on emerging technologies and participate in continuous development to ensure you are equipped to perform the role.
• Participate in your own and deliver annual performance review cycles to those you line manage.

Support for the School:

• To be aware of, and comply with, all school policies and procedures in particular relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate senior member of staff.
• To be aware of and support differences to help ensure everyone has equal access to the services of the school and feels valued, respecting their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic background.
• To contribute to the school ethos, aims and development/improvement plan.
• To work as part of a team, appreciating and supporting the role of other people within the team.
• To attend and participate in meetings as required.
• The post holder will be expected to carry out any other duties associated with the work of the school as may be directed by the Headteacher, commensurate with the grade of the post.

What the school offers its staff

If you would like to find out more about what the school can offer you, please contact our Business Management Team at recruitment@knbs.co.uk.

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.

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About King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 812 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@knbs.co.uk
• Phone number: 01216280010
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-edward-vi-king-s-norton-school-for-boys (opens in new tab)

At King Edward VI King’s Norton School for Boys, we are proud of our journey and, with over 100 years of history, our school has many great traditions that live on in our ethos today. We maintain the best of these traditions and enhance them with the latest educational practice; this provides us with a blend of traditional values with a forward-looking approach to learning.

We are part of the King Edward VI Multi Academy Trust, which is a diverse family of schools serving Birmingham. The trust supports the school in our shared aim and values; to make Birmingham the best place to be educated.

To achieve this it is essential that we add value, academically, personally and culturally to our students journey. We are proud of our curriculum, teaching, learning and the results they enable our students to achieve. We are proud of our students and the way they develop as individuals through their interactions and experiences. We are proud of the range of opportunities that we offer which take our students out of their comfort zone and help them to build character, self-worth and resilience.

Aspiration is essential to all of this; it is the key to continually striving for improvement. Our motto is:

“Humani Semper Contendimus”. – ‘we humans are always striving’

It drives us in providing the highest quality, well-rounded education for the boys we serve.

Arranging a visit to King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@knbs.co.uk.

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