School IT Technician
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DAThis job expired on 25 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
March 2024
Closing date
25 February 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,338.00 - £27,075.00 Annually (Actual)
School IT Technician job summary
Job Title | School IT Technician |
Salary | Grade 6 (Point 17 to 21) £24,338 to £27,075 |
| Hours | 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday, all year round. |
Are you passionate about IT and want to make a difference working in IT within the education sector?
We have an exciting opportunity for a new school-based IT Technician to join our IT support team at Wilmington Grammar School for Boys. You will work within the Trust's IT team to support the day to day maintenance and operation of the schools’ IT system and act as the first line of IT support for staff and students.
You will be working on-site under the direction of the school’s IT Manager. Some travel across the other schools within the trust (all within the Dartford area) will be required from time to time.
Our Ideal candidates will:
- Have a good understanding of IT technologies including Office 365 Administration, MS Deployment Toolkit, VOIP Telephone Systems
- Have prior experience in providing first line IT support to end-users.
- Educated to GCSE English and Maths or equivalent, with relevant IT qualifications e.g. Microsoft, Cisco.
Experience of working in an educational setting is desirable but not essential, and we welcome applicants with relevant experience from other industry sectors.
Career with Endeavour MAT - what we can offer you:
As well as offering you a competitive salary with pay progression opportunities, you will also be working with a team of talented, engaged and motivated colleagues. Our common values of respect, integrity, determination, equality of opportunity and self-management help instil a strong work ethic among staff and students alike and our supportive culture provides what many of our existing staff describe as a ‘family feel’ within our Trust.
Application Process:
The deadline for applications is Midnight on Sunday 25th February 2024, with interviews expected to take place shortly afterwards.
Commitment to safeguarding
As a school we take safeguarding issues very seriously. The following gives an overview:
Safeguarding procedures in school are overseen by a member of the Senior Leadership Team, with a lead Governor responsible for ensuring that these procedures are in place and are monitored regularly.
The school has a designated DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and a Safeguarding Team who meet regularly to discuss any ongoing safeguarding or welfare concerns.
All staff have received recognised training in safeguarding and child protection.
All staff, including non-teaching staff know the procedures for reporting safeguarding or welfare concerns
About Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (often referred to as WGSB) is an extremely considerate school with a wonderful learning environment and atmosphere.
The key focus for ensuring our students gain the best possible education is to provide them with the highest quality teaching within the best learning environments. Continually developing the quality of their teaching and pedagogy is the number one priority for all our staff. The school's senior leadership team prioritises their attention to supporting what is happening day by day in the classroom and there is a relentless focus on continually raising standards and expectations which is equally endorsed and monitored by the school's governing body. The staff and students continually rise to the challenge.
The school is comparatively small with a six form entry in Y7/8 and a five form entry in Y9-11 with a total number of students on roll measuring approximately 1050 including an expanding joint Sixth Form with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG). The school’s size and embedded ethos of care and support is the key feature of its reputation in the local community.
WGSB is a member of the Endeavour MAT family of schools, which pride themselves on setting consistently high expectations, securing outstanding outcomes and delivering exceptional standards of teaching and learning for all. Our students are encouraged to develop resilience and are supported to become innovative and thoughtful problem solvers via the Endeavour mindset programme.
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