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Website Calderdale Council
Application closing date
14/10/2023
Location
Brighouse
Salary
NJC pt. 16 – 24 (£24,432 – £29,174) (salary dependent upon experience/qualifications)
Package
Full time – 37 hours per week all year round, Permanent contract (to start ASAP)
Job category/type
Schools
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IT Support Technician – The William Henry Smith School
Job description
The William Henry Smith School is a non-maintained residential special school for boys aged 5-19 experiencing complex Social, Emotional, and Mental Health challenges (SEMH). Our students have a breadth of special educational needs, including learning difficulty and disability. We are a not for profit charitable organisation providing ‘Ofsted Outstanding’ education, therapy and care. Our vision is to ensure opportunities for success are provided through a diverse programme of bespoke individual learning pathways and life skills across the 24-hour curriculum which serve to develop resilience and skills for life-long learning, happiness and an improved quality of life. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The school has a strong ethos and culture, built upon firm foundations that underpins all our work on improving quality of life outcomes for our students and their families, through our strong focus on key working, developing relationships with students and partnerships with parents and carers.
Applications are invited for an experienced technician for our IT department who will make a significant contribution towards ensuring the IT infrastructure, systems and support function within the school are efficient, effective, well maintained and managed. We are looking for a highly motivated person who can effectively work in a flexible and changing environment as part of a team and is able to assist in serving teaching, learning, care and administrative functions. There is a whole school expectation that all staff play an integral part in our key working structure which is embedded within our quality of life values and ethos.
The successful will be forward thinking, creative, able to work under pressure and to deadlines and provide support and advice to the whole school community. Excellent communication skills are essential to this role; you will work alongside the IT Manager and our external IT provider, and liaise with external suppliers.
The main duties of the role are to plan and undertake IT upgrades and developments; provide support on the school IT helpdesk; ensure the network servers, infrastructure, firewalls and domain are appropriately managed, monitored, supported and maintained by the external IT Provider; be responsible for ensuring the safety of the system in school and support the school implementing its IT policies; to monitor the safety of the systems; manage the phone system; ensure IT, AV and reprographics endpoint equipment are maintained; be responsible for maintaining efficient records of hardware via the school inventory and efficient management and recording of software licensing agreements.
“There is a strong culture of aspiration and positivity that is embraced by all the staff” (Ofsted).
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience of working in a fast-paced work environment
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Embrace and support the school’s Quality of Life and Positive Behaviour Support ethos
- Have a positive attitude and mind-set, embracing the positive physical and mental health and wellbeing ethos. This includes role modelling self-care and reflection as part of our wider curriculum
- Have the ability to promote and celebrate diversity, collaboration, and equality in the school at all times
In return we offer:
- An attractive salary (dependent on level of experience and qualification)
- A competitive defined contribution pension scheme
- An employee assistance healthcare cashback plan
- A full induction programme, including an outstanding network of support
- A learning and development programme and CPD
- A staff wellbeing programme
- Assistance with childcare savings and cycle to work scheme
- Subscription to Head Space and Perks at Work online apps
- Will pay 50% towards the cost of branded work wear
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check (you are applying for a position working in regulated activity). In order to be successful in your application you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.
The school values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff and reflects life in Modern Britain.
Visits to the School are encouraged. For further information on this post please contact Alan Godfrey, Head of IT email address: [email protected] Application packs can be downloaded from the school website www.whsschool.org.uk (please note we do not accept CV’s).
Closing date for applications: Friday 14th October 2023
Proposed interview date: TBC
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Job title
IT Support Technician – The William Henry Smith School
Application closing date
14/10/2023
Location
Brighouse
Salary
NJC pt. 16 – 24 (£24,432 – £29,174) (salary dependent upon experience/qualifications)
Package
Full time – 37 hours per week all year round, Permanent contract (to start ASAP)
Job category/type
Schools
Attachments
Blank
Job description
The William Henry Smith School is a non-maintained residential special school for boys aged 5-19 experiencing complex Social, Emotional, and Mental Health challenges (SEMH). Our students have a breadth of special educational needs, including learning difficulty and disability. We are a not for profit charitable organisation providing ‘Ofsted Outstanding’ education, therapy and care. Our vision is to ensure opportunities for success are provided through a diverse programme of bespoke individual learning pathways and life skills across the 24-hour curriculum which serve to develop resilience and skills for life-long learning, happiness and an improved quality of life. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The school has a strong ethos and culture, built upon firm foundations that underpins all our work on improving quality of life outcomes for our students and their families, through our strong focus on key working, developing relationships with students and partnerships with parents and carers.
Applications are invited for an experienced technician for our IT department who will make a significant contribution towards ensuring the IT infrastructure, systems and support function within the school are efficient, effective, well maintained and managed. We are looking for a highly motivated person who can effectively work in a flexible and changing environment as part of a team and is able to assist in serving teaching, learning, care and administrative functions. There is a whole school expectation that all staff play an integral part in our key working structure which is embedded within our quality of life values and ethos.
The successful will be forward thinking, creative, able to work under pressure and to deadlines and provide support and advice to the whole school community. Excellent communication skills are essential to this role; you will work alongside the IT Manager and our external IT provider, and liaise with external suppliers.
The main duties of the role are to plan and undertake IT upgrades and developments; provide support on the school IT helpdesk; ensure the network servers, infrastructure, firewalls and domain are appropriately managed, monitored, supported and maintained by the external IT Provider; be responsible for ensuring the safety of the system in school and support the school implementing its IT policies; to monitor the safety of the systems; manage the phone system; ensure IT, AV and reprographics endpoint equipment are maintained; be responsible for maintaining efficient records of hardware via the school inventory and efficient management and recording of software licensing agreements.
“There is a strong culture of aspiration and positivity that is embraced by all the staff” (Ofsted).
The successful candidate will:
- Have experience of working in a fast-paced work environment
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Embrace and support the school’s Quality of Life and Positive Behaviour Support ethos
- Have a positive attitude and mind-set, embracing the positive physical and mental health and wellbeing ethos. This includes role modelling self-care and reflection as part of our wider curriculum
- Have the ability to promote and celebrate diversity, collaboration, and equality in the school at all times
In return we offer:
- An attractive salary (dependent on level of experience and qualification)
- A competitive defined contribution pension scheme
- An employee assistance healthcare cashback plan
- A full induction programme, including an outstanding network of support
- A learning and development programme and CPD
- A staff wellbeing programme
- Assistance with childcare savings and cycle to work scheme
- Subscription to Head Space and Perks at Work online apps
- Will pay 50% towards the cost of branded work wear
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check (you are applying for a position working in regulated activity). In order to be successful in your application you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.
The school values equality and diversity across its workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. We are also committed to promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of both students and staff and reflects life in Modern Britain.
Visits to the School are encouraged. For further information on this post please contact Alan Godfrey, Head of IT email address: [email protected] Application packs can be downloaded from the school website www.whsschool.org.uk (please note we do not accept CV’s).
Closing date for applications: Friday 14th October 2023
Proposed interview date: TBC
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