35 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    6 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • IT support

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£53,887 - £58,281

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications and Training

Degree level or equivalent

Appropriate Professional IT Qualification

Evidence of continued professional development

Commitment to ongoing professional development

Full UK driving license and possess a vehicle to travel between academies

Experience

Proven experience in defining IT strategy and managing the delivery of strategic objectives

Experience of leading IT strategy in a multi-site group complex organisation

Project management experience including a successful track record of planning and delivering IT projects on time and to budget

Strong stakeholder management and dealing with CEO and SLT members

Experience in the management of relationships with IT suppliers, including negotiating and managing IT contracts, and monitoring service in relation to agreed SLAs

Track record of leading IT operational service delivery and delivering high standards of customer care

Experience managing an IT department in a fast-paced dynamic environment

Experience of leading an IT function in an education setting, or as a minimum in a highly focused customer environment

Experience of managing competing priorities and working to tight timescales

Knowledge

Full understanding of supply and third-party management

An understanding of contract management and working within a commercial environment, with an appreciation of how to drive value add to customers

Full awareness of industry trends and ability to incorporate ideas and vision into the business.

Good technical knowledge

Understanding of new technologies and their application

Relevant methodologies and industry standard processes e.g. Prince2, ITIL, Agile

Understanding of CRM, CMS, ERP and general business systems

Skills and Abilities

Comprehensive experience and insight into IT technology and solutions

Ability to manage technical staff

Excellent leadership and management skills

Excellent motivational and team building skills

Ability to translate organisational direction into specific team and individual job expectations, managing performance through effective monitoring, coaching, and feedback

Resource management — has skills to Influence results through appropriate staffing, budgetary management and maximisation of available resources

Demonstrably effective at providing timely, concise, audience-appropriate information orally and in writing

Experience of commissioning services from third parties and managing relationships with suppliers and contractors

Strong people management and team building skills

The ability to mentor/ guide staff, developing them through the various internal teams with specific and tailored personal development

The ability to make decisions and an adherence to them once made

Good problem-solving skills

Good budget management skills

Excellent project management skills

Good verbal, inter-personal, written presentation and communication skills

Personal Qualities

Customer focussed

Highly innovative and attentive to detail

Ability to relate to and communicate effectively with a wide range of people (staff, external contractors, external customers etc.) with a calm and courteous manner

Self-motivation and personal drive to complete tasks to the required timescales and quality standards

Commitment to continuous personal development including undertaking qualifications in key areas

Self-awareness and ability to receive, and act upon, constructive feedback

Reliability, integrity and resilience

An excellent record of attendance and punctuality

Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply the Trust Values

Other

Commitment to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people

Commitment to equality and diversity

Commitment to health and safety

Essential car user


What the school offers its staff

Pension, wellbeing support and professional development.

Further details about the role

The Trust’s Head of IT will be responsible for the strategic leadership, development and management of the Trust’s IT infrastructure and support service, including:

  • Strategic leadership and development of IT capacity ensuring the Trust’s resources and services are fit for purpose and support future development through the leadership of ongoing improvements.
  • Day-to-day leadership of IT support for the Trust across a multi-site organisation.
  • Development of IT resources.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the IT strategy across the Trust. He/she will report to and work with the Catholic Senior Executive Leader. The role is based in our Trust Headquarters as well as regularly working onsite across all our schools.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to careers@romerocat.com

CVs are not accepted.

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About Romero Catholic Academy Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust
Phone number
01282855500

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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