27 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    4 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    8 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles
  • IT support

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,364

What skills and experience we're looking for

Outwood Academy Kirkby has an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Assistant Network Manager, managing and developing a team of ICT technicians to provide support across multiple sites.

The successful candidate will join a growing and dynamic team of technicians and other ICT professionals supporting the delivery of world class ICT solutions.

You will have responsibility for working across two or more academies within Outwood Grange Academies Trust, providing a technical lead and assisting the Network Manager ensuring the effective, efficient support and deployment of ICT related equipment and resources and to provide a robust and efficient service.

As an Assistant Network Manager you will be leading, managing and developing the teams of ICT technicians working within the academies you are deployed to work across. You will need to ensure that ICT services and equipment are deployed in line with the Trust’s policies and vision for ICT.

The successful candidate must have experience of installation and management of Windows Servers, Group Policy creation and management (including loopback) and also be able to demonstrate they have experience in network setup and management of firewalls, VLANs, routing and link aggregation.

You will be required to work across and support in Outwood Academy Kirkby, Outwood Academy Portland, Outwood Post 16 Centre Worksop and Outwood Academy Valley.

You must have Grade C or above in English and Maths, or an equivalent qualification. A degree or other relevant qualification would be desirable.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role please contact Dan Brownley, Network Manager at d.brownley@valley.outwood.com.

What the school offers its staff

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - WHAT DO WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER?

Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:

  • A comprehensive induction and training process
  • Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
  • Flexible family friendly policies from day one
  • Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
  • Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
  • A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role

Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

  • Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
  • Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
  • Legal guidance
  • Financial guidance and debt counselling
  • Child and dependent care support and advice
  • Support for managers

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

  • Free flu vaccinations
  • Free onsite parking
  • Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
  • Access to various discount sites

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 Outwood Academy Kirkby

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
529 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson

Principal: Mark Golden

We are a 11-16 academy based in the market town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, on the eastern edge of the Erewash Valley which separates Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. We became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2022 and are yet to be inspected by Ofsted.

We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.

We believe that learning should be both enjoyable and enriching. With a holistic view of education, we aim to create a safe and secure learning community that encourages healthy and sustainable lifestyles and empowers students to pursue career pathways they will find stimulating and deeply rewarding.

As we continue to improve and progress, help to take us to the next level.

We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

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