IT Network Technician
West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DP12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 36 hours per week Term Time only + 3 weeks in the holidays
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,280
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and technically skilled IT Network Technician to join our team at West Kirby Grammar School. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the smooth operation and development of the school’s IT systems, ensuring that staff and students have reliable access to the technology they need for learning and administration.
The role involves working alongside the Network Manager to maintain and improve the school’s network infrastructure, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, and provide frontline IT support to students and staff. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, and a passion for technology in an educational setting.
West Kirby Grammar School is a very successful selective girls' school with a coeducational Sixth Form. With over 1,200 students on roll, our results are consistently outstanding. In 2024, the Progress 8 score was +0.42, with 51% of GCSE results at grades 9–7 and 15% at grade 9. At A level, 61% of grades were A–B*, with the average grade being a B.
Further information and an application form are available to download from the School’s website (www.wkgs.org) or by contacting the School on 0151 632 3449.
A completed application form and a
letter addressing the content of the person specification (no more than two sides of A4) should be
submitted to office@wkgs.net for the attention of Mr S. Clarke, Headteacher.
We are looking to attract candidates with the qualifications, skills and experience detailed below:
E: Essential D: Desirable
1. Qualifications & Experience
- Experience of supporting and troubleshooting IT systems, networks, and hardware (E)
- Working knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 administration (E)
- Experience in a school or educational setting (D)
- Understanding of cybersecurity best practices (D)
- Familiarity with cloud-based services and virtualisation (e.g., Azure, VMware) (D)
- Experience managing and troubleshooting wireless networks and internet security systems (D)
2. Skills and abilities
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills (E)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (E)
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team (E)
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy (E)
- Ability to manage workload and prioritise effectively (E)
3. Attitudes and approaches
- Proactive and enthusiastic approach to IT support (E)
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills (E)
- Commitment to teamwork and collaboration (E)
- Flexibility to adapt to changing demands and deadlines (E)
What the school offers its staff
- Deadlines well publicised and staff consulted on the annual calendar
- Headteacher ‘Open Door’ Policy at all times
- Opportunities for professional development always considered
- Access for all staff to self-referral Health & Wellbeing Support package
- In-house Wellbeing Manager available to all staff, and Staff Wellbeing Committee that monitors and responds to staff needs.
- A flexible and generous approach to family appointments and child events
- On site car parking available
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular social events organised by the Social Committee
Further details about the role
CV's or approaches from agencies are not accepted
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 office@wkgs.net
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Kirby Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1225 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Kirby Grammar School website
- Email address
- office@wkgs.net
- Phone number
- 0151 632 3449
A selective, all-girls grammar school with co-educational sixth form, providing Wirral and the wider region with an outstanding education since 1913.
Every student arrives at West Kirby Grammar School with a unique combination of talents, skills and aspirations – it’s our job to help each of our students to discover and nurture theirs.
We do this by providing pupils with a wealth of opportunities and choices, enabling everyone to find out what they enjoy and are good at. We create a caring and supportive environment, whilst at the same time allowing students to solve problems for themselves, ensuring that we develop resilient and enterprising learners.
We don’t believe that anyone is born with fixed abilities and intelligence. With the right teaching, support and motivation, children can grow and thrive in subjects they never considered themselves to be cut out for. And whilst our academic record speaks for itself, we know that students learn and develop both in and out of the classroom. That’s why we offer such a broad range of extra-curricular opportunities, through which pupils develop vital life skills and forge lasting friendships.
Because of all of this, our students leave us equipped to thrive in a complex world, ready to make a positive contribution locally and globally as tomorrow’s leaders.
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