Tier 2 IT Technician
Learning Academies Trust, Plymouth, PL4 8QZ10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,093.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE) Hours/weeks: 37 Hours per week / 52 Weeks per year
Tier 2 IT Technician job summary
Are you a skilled IT Technician looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity? The Learning Academies Trust is offering a permanent IT Technician role for a skilled professional who excels in technical support and is passionate about enhancing digital environments. This opportunity involves providing high-quality IT services in an educational setting, making it ideal for someone eager to combine their technical expertise with a commitment to improving digital resources in schools.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and support IT systems and infrastructure for staff and students across multiple sites.
- Assist with the implementation of various IT projects and upgrades.
- Provide second-line remote and onsite support, working collaboratively with colleagues to resolve technical issues effectively.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge base to assist users.
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience in an IT support or technician role.
- Strong troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills with a customer-focused approach.
- Experience in an education setting is desirable but not essential.
- GCSEs Maths and English C or above and be able to illustrate good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Be able to travel between the 18 schools within the Trust.
Please ensure you download and read the recruitment pack attached at the bottom of this page for the detailed requirements of this role.
About the Trust
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:
Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children
As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.
Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.
To request a tour of the Central Team or to discuss the role in anyway please contact 01752 914160.
If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. If there are no vacancies currently, but you would like to register your interest for future vacancies, please join our talent pool and we will be in touch as soon as we have a suitable position.
Please note, the closing date is for guidance only. Successful applicants will be invited to interview at the earliest available opportunity. Learning Academies Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Learning Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The Learning Academies Trust was originally formed by three Plymouth primary schools in November 2016 and has grown from there. In terms of pupil numbers, the Trust is now the largest primary school MAT, or Multi Academy Trust in the city of Plymouth with plans on the horizon to grow.
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of schools dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust holds three core beliefs at the centre of the work we do:
- Every child in our Trust deserves an outstanding education
- Schools work best when they work together
- Every school is unique
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