IT Technician for COLAT based at Shoreditch Park
City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park, London, N1 5JU8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week all year round
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,716 - £33,717 (FTE)
Pay scale
- Grade 5 NJC Scale Points 12-16
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
City of London Academies Trust (COLAT) is seeking to appoint an exceptional IT Technician. As one of the Trust’s IT Technicians, you will work within a professional team of colleagues ensuring the smooth running of all Trust ICT systems and infrastructure to facilitate outstanding teaching, learning, administration, and leadership. You will provide a first contact service to assess and diagnose reported incidents, as well as second level support by investigating raised incidents and provide resolutions within the service level agreement targets. We will provide opportunities for growth and development through training, hands-on experience, and exposure to a range of technologies. All COLAT academies are based in the heart of evolving communities, and we value the diversity of our workforce. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our team. This role is part of the Central IT Team primarily based at City of London Academy Shoreditch Park with the main focus of providing Shoreditch Park with a high quality, comprehensive and efficient IT support function.
About Us
COLAT is driven by the ambition to bethe best. We believe exceptional leaders create exceptional schools; they transform lives and shape the future of every student.
COLAT currently oversees six secondary academies, three primary academies and one sixth form centre all located in north, south and east London. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust.
About you
We are looking for a highly skilled and knowledgeable candidate who wants to work in a role where there is ample opportunity to apply their expertise and skills within an education setting. You will hold a recognised technician qualification at NVQ level 3 or have relevant experience. You will have a sound knowledge of service level definition with the ability to priorities own workload, be an excellent planner and organiser, with proficient communication skills whilst maintaining professionalism when working under pressure.
If you match our ambition and want to join our dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than 1,000 words. Applications must be submitted via the TES portal.
If you require any other details, or would like an informal discussion, please contactenquiries@cola.org.uk.
What the school offers its staff
- Teachers’ or local government pension scheme with a generous contribution from the Trust
- Occupational maternity and adoption pay following 26 weeks of continuous service
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Sabbatical leave entitlement for up to on year (unpaid) after five years’ continuous service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Corporate gym membership rates
- Travelcard loan scheme
- Annual training and development opportunities in addition to in-house staff development
- Access to City of London housing allocation scheme
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.
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About City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 729 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jayshri.butler@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 07546 304067
COLAT is driven by the ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders create exceptional schools; they transform lives and shape the future of every student.
COLAT currently oversees six secondary academies, three primary academies and one sixth form centre all located in north, south and east London. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust.
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