Head of IT
Romero Catholic Academy Trust, Burnley, BB12 7NGDeadline is today
Job start date
1 December 2024
Closing date
27 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, full year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 12, Scale point 43 - 48 £51,515 - £56,860
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Planning and Leadership
- Develop, maintain and deliver the Trust IT Strategy and IT roadmaps to ensure synergy with the strategic objectives of the Trust.
- Develop and manage the IT function and team to meet the needs of the Trust in the most efficient and effective way (Software Development, Service Desk, Infrastructure and Desktop Support)
- Lead Information and Cyber Security across the Trust and ensure robust protections are in place.
- Engage with Trust SLT to manage and maintain the relationships with the schools across the Trust through strong stakeholder management and understanding.
- Provide a strategic and technical lead into Trust-wide projects and initiatives including quality standards, database management systems and IT support systems.
- Champion change and effectively manage implementation of new ideas.
- As a member of the Central Team SLT providing updates and reporting on IT activity and operational aspects within the Trust and its schools.
- Presenting to the Trust SLT and School Heads/Business Managers IT updates and specific projects work with full operational delivery.
IT Infrastructure
- Promote and develop the use of IT processes, policies and procedures to ensure efficient and consistent working practices across the Trust.
- Anticipate future needs, identifying proactive solutions
- Oversee all IT-related purchasing and budget use
- Develop and promote the use and effectiveness of IT throughout the Trust schools in order to increase its benefit by continually recommend ways of improving the services delivered.
- Helping schools with sourcing software products, providing guidance on the approach and selection methods to take.
- Oversee implementation of network security at corporate level.
- Develop standard operating procedures and models across the Trust with focus on remote sites and recognising end user requirement.
Compliance and Performance
- Responsible for creating, updating the business SLAs, ensuring availability of core IT services to the agreed SLA requirements.
- Ensure that the customer expectations are met and the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are delivered.
- Develop and measure KPIs.
- Provide lead project management on IT projects to ensure that they are delivered on time and on budget, meeting agreed objectives, delivering quality and results.
- Ensure effective filtering is in place in line with DFE requirements.
- Responsible for maintaining stability and security of Information in accordance with ISO27001 guidelines.
- Responsible for ensuring the monitoring of Internet activity and any misuse reported and acted upon within the ISO27001 guidelines.
Resources
- Evaluate staffing levels to ensure the delivery of IT operations and projects across the Trust is maintained and recognising the changing needs of the schools.
- Overseeing project delivery with full responsibility and budgetary control both within the IT Budget and on behalf of schools .
- Supporting schools in the recruitment process for IT related roles within those schools.
Safeguarding
- Provide IT strategy and services to strengthen Safeguarding across Trust schools.
Risk Management
- Responsible for developing and ensuring a fully coherent and business tested Backup and Disaster Recovery strategy.
Additional supporting information – specific to this post
This post does not require a faith commitment within the Roman Catholic Church however, candidates must be supportive of the ethos, vision and values of the Trust and not do anything to undermine the faith commitment of the Trust. In line with all staff within the Trust, they will be required to sign a Catholic Education Service Contract.
What the school offers its staff
If you feel you have the right skills and attributes we are looking for, then we will be delighted to hear from you. If you would like to find out more about the position please contact the HR Department on 01282 855500 or careers@romerocat.com
Full details and application forms are available from our website: www.romerocat.com
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Romero Catholic Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- careers@romerocat.com
- Phone number
- 01282 855500
Romero Catholic Academy Trust is a family of Catholic schools serving the needs of children and young people in the Diocese of Salford, covering the areas of Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Calderdale. To achieve this, we will uphold four key values:
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