Start Date: ASAP
Hours: 36 ¼ hours per week, All Year Round
Salary: Grade 4; Points 7-11, currently £25,584 – £27,269
About this Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an IT Technician to work within the Watergrove Trust’s dynamic and innovative IT department. We will offer you the opportunity to work as part of a progressive and forward thinking team working across our primary and secondary academy settings.
Watergrove Trust is growing and has a passion for providing more to the communities we work in. IT is a key function and we support our partners through innovation. We endeavour to coach our users and challenge them to try new technologies and look to improve working routines through the use of IT.
You can be part of this by joining us to provide day to day desktop support, hardware support, troubleshooting and be involved in larger projects. Main responsibilities will be to provide effective support, installation, configuration and maintenance of the IT system, software, hardware and infrastructure as well as data security.
It is important to us to find the right kind of person for this dynamic role. Your problem solving and interpersonal skills are as important as your technical ability. IT professionals need to be able to interact successfully with others, as well as providing technical support and experience working with machines.
Whilst the role will be primarily based at Matthew Moss High School, you may be required to perform your duties within any of the locations of the Watergrove Trust.
Why Work for us:
We will be looking for those who are keen to develop and enhance their skills in a wide variety of IT areas.
The trust are keen to develop their staff and would support post holders in pursuing fully funded level 3, level 4, or degree level apprenticeships, along with any other training needs identified by the post holder or their line managers.
We have a history of developing staff to progress in their careers and motivated staff can typically expect career progression internally or externally within 2 years of employment.
Benefits we can offer:
To arrange an informal discussion with our Strategic IT Director in advance of submitting your application, please email leonardd@watergrovetrust.co.uk.
How to Apply:
Please complete our online application form by the following date and time:
Closing date: Friday 2nd May 2025 at 9am
Interviews will be held week commencing 12th May 2025.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications, we only reach out to successfully shortlisted candidates. Therefore, if you haven’t heard from us by the interview date, you should assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background checks and usual satisfactory pre-employment clearances.
The Watergrove Trust values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.