ICT Support Technician

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated ICT Support Technician to work across our partnership schools, supporting our Trust IT Team in delivering IT support services. This is a fixed term contract for 6 months initially.

All our schools and central services depend heavily upon the use of IT to support effective whole school leadership and management and fundamentally, to support engaging and challenging teaching and learning in the classroom. Providing a first class, effective and efficient IT support service must be a key priority for successful candidates.

You will need to demonstrate your background IT experience, resilience, and organisational skills. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as you will be liaising with staff and students on a daily basis.

What you will need to succeed

·       Maintain the day to day running of the school networks.

·       Play a key role in the development of the future use of ICT for whole school teaching and learning and management systems.

·       Be required to provide ICT training for staff and support other related activities within the school.

·       To share our passion for wanting the very best for our students and schools.

·       To be committed to keeping our students safe

·       The passion and commitment to work in a fast paced, challenging yet always rewarding role

What you will get in return

·        Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we invest in your development through training, mentoring and progression opportunities.

·        A competitive salary

·        An Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits package

·        Competitive pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme)

·        Professional Development & Wellbeing Days

What you need to do now

To apply for the role, please complete an online application form. For any queries please contact the recruitment team via email recruitment@atlp.org.uk

Please note we do not accept CV’s; applications will only be considered if received on an online ATLP application form.

Closing date: Thursday 9^th August 2024, at 9.00am

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, prohibition check, qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references which will be sought prior to interview. The ATLP is an equal opportunities employer.

We will carry out an online search about you for information that is publicly available online. This will include social media accounts you may hold. This will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates and before interview. This processing of data will be conducted under the legal basis of Article 6(e) public task in line with the guidance laid out in para 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023. Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request.

Please find a link to our safeguarding policy which we would encourage you to read prior to applying to work in our organisation ATLP Safeguarding policy 2023/2024