16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    29 August 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 August 2025

Job details

Job role

  • IT support

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£26,016.00 - £26,016.00 Annually (FTE)

IT Technician job summary

IT Technician

Based at Turves Green Boys’ School, Northfield, B31 4BS  

Full time |37 hours | Monday to Friday

Full time starting salary: £26,016| Start Date: September 2025

The role:

Do you have a passion for technology and a talent for solving IT problems?
We’re looking for a proactive IT Technician to provide high-quality technical support across our Trust, helping both staff and students work more efficiently. If you thrive on variety, enjoy helping others, and have strong technical skills, we’d love to hear from you.

As part of our central IT support team, you’ll be the go-to person for resolving desktop issues, managing upgrades, and keeping our IT systems running smoothly. From assisting in classrooms to maintaining servers, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our technology empowers learning every day.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Providing technical support in person, over the phone, and remotely
  • Logging, investigating, and resolving ICT support queries within agreed timeframes
  • Installing, upgrading, and maintaining hardware and software
  • Managing MS Teams, Outlook Groups, and network user accounts
  • Maintaining shared network areas and promoting good digital housekeeping
  • Supporting events such as assemblies, training sessions, and parent evenings
  • Checking IT equipment, replenishing consumables, and keeping asset registers up to date

What We’re Looking For:

  • GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English & Maths – A Levels or IT-related qualifications are a plus
  • Experience in an IT support role (school experience desirable but not essential)
  • Confidence with Windows 10, Microsoft Office, and ideally Office 365
  • Strong troubleshooting skills with both hardware and software
  • Excellent communication, organisation, and customer service skills

Please see the job description for the exact duties, skills and experience required.

About us:

It is an exciting time to join an expanding and thriving Trust. Our central Head Office supports seven Academies across the West Midlands with over 800 staff employed and 7,000 pupils. We always say ‘if it’s not good enough for our own families it’s not good enough for our pupils’ and we really mean what we say. Every child deserves an exceptional education.

We are committed to fostering a culture that values the health and well-being of all employees at Matrix Academy Trust. We are proud to offer a comprehensive well-being package to all employees, including access to 24/7 online GP, physiotherapy services and counselling services. We also offer all employees annual health checks which includes the flu jab, BMI checks and a general discussion with a qualified Nurse.

To apply directly, please visit our recruitment website www.matrixacademytrust.co.uk/vacancies/  

Application Deadline: 22nd August 2025

Please note that suitable candidates will be called for interview and we reserve the right to remove any advertised role early.

Matrix Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance and pre-employment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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.
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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.

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About Turves Green Boys' School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
538 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Ofsted Good provider.

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