IT Service and Infrastructure Engineer

Ivy Education Trust, Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Role available for immediate start upon completion of the onboarding process.

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • IT support
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,518.00 - £33,699.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week (1.0 FTE), 08:00-16:00 Monday-Thursday & Fridays 08:00-15:30 (indicative) for 52 weeks per year. Some flexibility over hours worked during term time is required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role.

IT Service and Infrastructure Engineer job summary

Why join us?

• Supportive culture working alongside colleagues who are committed to providing excellent education opportunities to students
• Purpose-led work: Help shape the digital foundations of an organisation improving life chances for students across our schools
• Learning: A fantastic opportunity to develop your technical expertise in a collaborative environment.

What you’ll do

• Support and develop the school’s and our Trust’s IT services and infrastructure
• Be part of projects that have a real impact on students and staff
• Help ensure smooth day-to-day operation of networks, servers, and end-user devices
• Work closely with a small team to roll out new technologies and ensure systems are secure, reliable, and efficient.

Where you will be based

This role is part of our IT service team that supports all schools across our Trust. It is expected this role will mainly be working at Newton Abbot College, however working locations are not fixed and there will be a requirement to travel to other schools.

About you

If you

• are eager to learn, improve, and contribute to a purpose-driven team
• have a strong customer focus
• have experience in an IT support role
• are a proactive problem-solver with a can-do attitude
• are comfortable working with Office 365, and device management
• and have experience of managing enterprise level cloud platforms (Azure, M365)

please do get in touch to learn more about this opportunity.

We offer

• A role where your work really matters
• The opportunity to work in a team who are invested in growing the potential of others
• Competitive package with generous career average pension scheme with annual employer contributions linked to salary (c. 17%)*
• 26 days holiday plus public holidays**
• Ongoing professional development

*employer contribution rates set by the Local Government Pension Scheme.

**including closure days to be taken over the Christmas period

If you're ready to use your IT skills to make a difference and grow in a supportive, values-based environment, we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply

Please do take the opportunity to learn more about the role by viewing the detailed job description on the following pages.

To learn more about the school please view: Newton Abbot College

The closing date for applications is Friday 1st May at 9.00am.

Interviews are planned for Thursday 7th May. Please plan to attend interviews in person, however this will be confirmed closer to the time.

Please do apply now or get in touch for an informal chat.

If you have any questions about this post or would like to arrange an informal chat about the role or a visit to the Trust, please contact us at recruitment@ivyeducationtrust.co.uk

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our pupils, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check and references that are satisfactory to our Trust. All posts in our Trust are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

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Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ivy Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivy-education-trust

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