IT Manager

Equitas Academies Trust, Birmingham, B6 4PZ

23 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 March 2025

Job details

Job role: IT support
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £33,366.00 - £40,476.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4, SCPs 23-31

IT Manager job summary

Equitas Academies Trust are recruiting an IT Manager for a two school Trust.

Equitas Academies Trust was formed in September 2012 and incorporates Aston Manor Academy (Secondary) and Chilwell Croft Academy (Primary). Both Academies are happy, exciting and inspiring learning environments for their children who are from a vibrant mix of cultures. The staff and Trustees have a great sense of pride in their schools and care passionately about the pupils they serve.

This is a pivotal time and an exciting opportunity to join the Trust to have a major impact on the life chances of students, supporting teachers in the delivery of the curriculum and helping administrators to effectively support teaching & learning through the maintenance and enhancement of IT support services.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced IT professional who is looking for both a challenge and personal development in their field. We are embarking on a new Digital Strategy, and you will play an integral role along with our Director of Innovation and Development to bring this to life. You will be leading a small team of technicians to all help deliver these exciting projects.

We are looking for a motivated individual, who wants to work within a team who have a strong desire to improve and develop the IT opportunities for our students offering them the best outcomes in the teaching and learning across the trust.

As an employer, Equitas Academies Trust offers:

A supportive and nurturing working environment
A commitment to CPD opportunities – our Trust promotes professional learning, particularly Microsoft Training for this role and other technical and leadership training.
Employee wellbeing benefits including access to a technology scheme, BHSF Connect service and a cycle to work scheme
Generous employer contributions to Local Government Pensions Scheme
An inclusive and caring ethos – for our pupils/students and our staff.
25 days annual leave entitlement which increases after 5 years’ service

You must have the following skills and experience in order to apply for this role:

Previous experience in a IT Support role.
Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office / 365, Microsoft Teams.
Working knowledge and experience of Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Hyper-V, Microsoft Entra/Intune, Active Directory
Sound LAN WAN WiFi knowledge and experience of TCP IP protocols
Good working knowledge and experience of major networking components, network operating systems and basic computer hardware components.
Experience of providing technical support in Trusts or Academies (desirable)

The successful candidate should have a commitment to the Trust and community ethos. For further details please download the candidate pack and for a more detailed conversation please contact our recruitment partner Rebecca Beach on 07733628155 / rbeach@academicis.co.uk

Closing date: Monday, 28th April 2025

Interviews will take place on: Thursday, 08th May 2025

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of all our children and expects staff to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

Equitas Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet safer recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, right to work check, online search and references.