IT Systems Engineer
Transforming Lives Educational Trust, Rugby, CV23 1ED21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
18 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Full Time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Central Pay Scale 1.5 - 1.11 £25,583.00 to £28,142.00 FTE
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity
for an IT Systems Engineer to join our successful Educational Trust.
Job Purpose:
The IT Systems Engineer will play a vital role in providing 1st and 2nd line support across all schools within Transforming Lives Educational Trust. Working as part of the IT Support Team, you will ensure the smooth running of IT systems, infrastructure, and services that support teaching, learning, and administration.
You will be responsible for maintaining the Trust’s IT provision, supporting both staff and pupils, and ensuring that all systems remain secure, reliable, and efficient. This is a hands-on role that requires excellent problem-solving skills, strong technical knowledge, and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple sites within Rugby.
Main Role and Responsibilities:
IT Network & Infrastructure Management
- Assist with reactive, preventative, and scheduled IT maintenance across the Trust.
- Support the configuration, deployment, and installation of new hardware and software.
- Ensure the delivery of a high-quality, secure, and reliable IT service to staff and pupils.
- Monitor and maintain network security, including Smoothwall firewall protection and safeguarding controls.
- Assist in managing Google Workspace, SIMS (MIS), and other core Trust systems.
- Help maintain and test disaster recovery, data backup processes, and overall business continuity.
- Maintain appropriate IT consumable stock levels and liaise with suppliers where required.
- Work with external providers for hardware/software repairs and escalate issues under warranty or SLA agreements.
IT Support & Service Delivery
- Provide 1st line support to staff and pupils across all Trust sites, responding to IT-related issues promptly.
- Deliver 2nd line support for escalated or more complex technical problems.
- Manage and resolve helpdesk tickets efficiently while proactively assisting with unassigned issues.
- Assist in training and supporting staff to make effective use of installed IT systems and Google Workspace tools.
- Provide technical assistance at school events, ensuring equipment is set up and functioning.
- Restore lost or deleted data when required and ensure appropriate security protocols are followed.
IT Systems Administration
- Create, manage, and monitor user accounts for staff and pupils in line with Trust policies.
- Maintain an accurate and up-to-date IT asset register across all sites.
- Assist in updating and maintaining Trust and school websites where required.
- Manage ID badge creation and oversee appropriate access control permissions.
- Support annual system upgrades and maintenance tasks to ensure system stability and security.
General Duties
- Assist in maintaining the Trust’s internal telephone systems and VoIP setup.
- Collaborate with other departments and staff to deliver IT-related projects and improvements.
- Support multiple IT estates across the Trust, requiring occasional travel between sites (all within 15 minutes of each other).
- Attend relevant staff meetings, training sessions, and INSET activities as required.
- Uphold and actively promote the Trust’s policies, values, and safeguarding responsibilities.
What the school offers its staff
At TLET, we want to be an employer of choice for our employees. We believe that the children and young people in our care deserve the
very best staff who are highly effective at what they do. We want our employees
to take great pride and satisfaction in their work. This means that one of our
fundamental priorities is to ensure that all of our employees feel valued,
knowing that the role they fulfil is vital to transforming the life chances of
others. Put simply, we are loyal to our employees and receive their loyalty in
return.
When joining TLET, you will have access to a detailed induction programme
which is designed to ensure you feel confident in your new role from your first
day with us. This is led by our HR team in partnership with your line manager
and focuses on our culture, safeguarding, site orientation, key people and TLET
expectations, among other things. We know the importance of a great start for
our children and young people when they join one of our academies, so we place
just as much importance on the way new employees transition into TLET.
Furthermore, we follow the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document,
the National Joint Council guidelines and recognise continuity of service for
all employees joining TLET to ensure that our employees are looked after well
compared with others in different settings.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Transforming Lives Educational Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- careers@tlet.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01788593900
At Transforming Lives Educational Trust, we want to change the future.
Our academies are places where staff thrive and children flourish, equipped for a world of possibilities, and ready to make a difference to others.
We believe that nothing compares to the transformative power of learning and its singular ability to broaden horizons, deepen perspectives, and extend potential. We know that the very best schooling unlocks the doors of the future, and that all children deserve the best daily deal, every day.
We believe in the dedication and talent of our staff, who deliver greatness in every corner of our Trust. This inspires us to make sure we take the very best care of them, as well as the children and young people in our academies.
Our family of primary and secondary academies work together to provide the best start for our children and young people, and our Trust is the natural home for forward-thinking and innovative practice, led by dedicated and talented staff.
As a successful and growing family of academies, we have developed the size and scope to be far more than the sum of our parts. Please visit our website at www.tlet.org.uk where you can get a sense of our inspiration, drive, and culture.
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