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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    30 September 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    19 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • IT support

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£39,186.00 - £42,403.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 11 Point 31 - 34

IT Network Manager job summary

Larkmead School is looking to appoint and IT Network Manager to work in our IT Support team. The role is currently 37.5 hours per week all year round.

The main responsibility of this role for the successful applicant will be to provide 2nd/3rd line support to students and staff of Larkmead School and to local primary school(s), ensuring that the IT systems are efficiently maintained and disruption to teaching and learning is kept to a minimum.

The networks we support are based on Windows Server 2019 consisting of approximately 1200 users with 400 PC’s, laptops, iMacs and tablets. We support a number of dedicated IT suites with all additional classrooms having networked PCs running Windows 10/11, MS Office 2019, Office 365 along with a variety of educational applications.

Our ideal candidate will have an interest in IT and experience of installation and troubleshooting of hardware, Windows 10/11, Office 2019 (O365) and peripherals. The successful candidate will need to be able to provide their own travel provision for attending our supported primary school(s).

The successful candidate should also be able to work on his/her own initiative and have the ability to communicate at all levels both written and verbally. Applicants should be highly organised with a strong attention to detail and be prepared to respond to very occasional out of hours requirements of the work.

This is an exciting time to join us in our continued development. If you want to be part of an innovative, supportive and caring school and contribute to each student achieving their ambitions then we look forward to meeting you.

A visit to our website will give you a good sense of our values and aspirations. As The Larkmead Promise says ‘at Larkmead everyone matters and makes a difference’.

Benefits of working at Larkmead include:

  • Full support for your professional development and future training needs
  • A commitment to recognise previous, continuous service.
  • A generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment.
  • A commitment to offer flexible working whenever we can and to support the work life balance of our employees
  • A 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
  • A Cycle to Work Scheme.

If you are keen to be part of a school with clear, positive values and which adds positive value to our students and staff then we look forward to meeting you.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Rich Evans on 01235 520141.

Larkmead School is a member of the Vale Academy Trust. The Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

All staff will be expected to promote fundamental British values as part of a school that values diversity and individuality, exemplified in our values of ‘one community, individual minds, creating futures. Larkmead school is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Larkmead safeguarding and student welfare is of paramount importance and to that end we will always put the physical and mental wellbeing of students first.

Applying for the job

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About Larkmead School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
917 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Larkmead is a happy, ambitious and vibrant school packed full of energy, opportunity and choice. Great teaching and learning across the school are supported by our culture of research and collaboration. Each student gets the very best experience to enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our pastoral care provides compassion, security and confidence, nurturing students to be happy, to develop and to thrive. The Larkmead Promise sets out our vision, ethos and ambitions for students and staff.

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