IT Technician
Thomas Deacon Education Trust, Peterborough, PE1 2UWThis job expired on 23 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
23 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Pathway 3: £25,119 - £26,873 per annum
IT Technician job summary
IT Technician
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum
Salary: Pathway 3, £25,119 - £26,873 per annum
Site: Thomas Deacon Education Trust
Closing date: 23 October 2024
Start: ASAP
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.
Are you passionate about IT and eager to make a difference in an educational setting?
Do you have a level 3 IT qualification and 2 years IT support experience?
Do you enjoy solving technical challenges and supporting a diverse community?
If so, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Thomas Deacon Education Trust.
Your role:
As an IT Technician, you’ll ensure the smooth operation of our IT services. Reporting to the Senior IT Technician, you’ll support end users, maintain hardware and software, and manage devices. You’ll handle helpdesk requests, diagnose issues, and escalate when necessary. Engage with suppliers, track support calls, recommend improvements, and identify recurring problems. There’s also an opportunity for Trust-wide GDPR/Data responsibilities with increased remuneration.
If you have excellent IT skills, proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Office, can communicate effectively with various stakeholders, work independently, and ensure tasks are completed, this role is perfect for you.
About us:
Our IT Services Team provides comprehensive IT and Data services to all academies within our Trust. We aim to improve pupil outcomes through technology, reduce staff workloads and improve efficiency with digital tools.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we foster a culture of trust, diversity, excellence, and transformation. We work collaboratively across multiple academies to provide a supportive and innovative educational environment. We prioritise safeguarding students and adhere to strict policies on child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, data protection, and cyber security.
Why you should join us:
As a Thomas Deacon Education Trust employee, we can offer you:
Progression opportunities across the Trust
Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching
Free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
Cycle to work scheme
£250 Recommend a friend scheme
Access to the most generous pension schemes in the UK (LGPS & teachers’ pension scheme)
Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Mental health first aiders
Collaborative working across schools in the Trust
If you are ready to take on a rewarding role that makes a difference, we would love to hear from you! Apply today and become a part of our dedicated team!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.
If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail hrteam@tdet.education.
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.
About Thomas Deacon Education Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is a future-focused multi-academy trust and charitable organisation dedicated to raising educational outcomes and transforming the lives of our students and families across a diverse range of primary and secondary phase academies in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.
Each of our academies has its own identity and is empowered to innovate according to its context and locality. However, we are connected through a common set of values – Trust, Diversity, Excellence, and Transformation. In this way, our students gain the very best of opportunities and experiences within a value-driven framework in order to prepare them for the world of the future.
Our academies work closely together, taking part in real and meaningful collaborations between teachers, students, local businesses, and higher education. We firmly believe that the Trust as a whole is more than the sum of its parts.
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