Enthusiastic IT Technical Services Technician

The Downs School, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 6AD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  2 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,274.00 Annually (FTE) West Berks Pay Scale Band E. Permanent, 37 hours per week, Full Time and Part time considered, Non-Term Time

Enthusiastic IT Technical Services Technician job summary

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our IT Technical Services team.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys helping people, solving problems and learning new skills. Whether you are looking to start your career in IT with the right attitude and aptitude, bring experience from a previous support role, or are seeking a new challenge in a school environment, we would be pleased to hear from you.

The successful candidate will provide IT support to staff and students, helping to maintain the school's technology systems and ensuring users receive excellent customer service. Day-to-day work includes supporting classroom technology, user accounts, devices and software, as well as helping to resolve a wide range of technical issues.

We are looking for someone who enjoys understanding how technology works and is motivated to learn new skills. The successful candidate is likely to have developed their interest in IT through a combination of education, work experience, self-study, or personal projects. We value curiosity, initiative, and problem-solving ability as highly as experience with any particular product or platform. What matters most is a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a genuine desire to help others.

We are looking for somebody who:

• Enjoys helping people and providing excellent customer service
• Is friendly, approachable and professional
• Is enthusiastic and willing to learn
• Can investigate problems logically and work towards practical solutions
• Is self-motivated and able to work independently
• Takes ownership of tasks and sees them through to completion
• Has an interest in technology and how it can support teaching and learning
• Pays close attention to detail and can be trusted to carry out tasks accurately and consistently

Why join us?

• Friendly and supportive colleagues
• A varied and rewarding role supporting technology across the school
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the experience of staff and students
• Exposure to a broad range of technologies and the opportunity to become involved in wider technical projects as your skills and interests develop

About Us - The Downs School and Sixth Form is a successful, oversubscribed, and highly regarded secondary school located in the beautiful Downs area of West Berkshire. Praised in our recent Ofsted for the exceptional behaviour of our students, we are judged by ALPS to be red hot, reflecting our commitment to high-quality teaching, learning, and student outcomes.

Application Details - We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close this vacancy if sufficient applications are received. We welcome pre-arranged visits to the school. Please apply via My New Term and for more information, please contact recruitment@thedownsschool.org,

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Downs School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: Up to 1307 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Downs School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-downs-school-newbury

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