Education IT Manager - Infrastructure & Security

GreatFind Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym membership options

Cycle to work

Car lease schemes

Retail discounts

Ongoing professional development

Pension

Job summary

GreatFind Recruitment is assisting an education organisation in South Wiltshire to recruit an IT Manager. You will oversee IT infrastructure, networks, cybersecurity and core systems, and lead a small technical team to deliver the digital strategy that supports teaching and the wider school community.

The role combines hands-on technical work with management, incident response and project delivery. It offers up to £48,000 DOE, 26 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays, a generous pension and a

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex IT infrastructure and network environments.
• Strong knowledge across networking, servers, cyber security and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience delivering infrastructure upgrades and digital transformation projects.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Previous experience leading, supervising or mentoring technical staff.
• Relevant IT qualifications or equivalent commercial experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the school's IT infrastructure, servers, switches, routers and network environment
• Ensure the security, resilience and availability of core IT systems
• Lead infrastructure upgrades and technology improvement projects
• Manage staff and pupil device deployment
• Support Windows Server, Microsoft technologies and key applications
• Maintain backup, cyber security and disaster recovery processes
• Line manage, support and mentor IT Technicians
• Oversee the IT Service Desk, asset management and technical documentation
• Work closely with senior leadership to support the school's Digital Strategy
• Manage third party technology suppliers and service providers where required

Skills

Networking

Servers

Cyber security

Microsoft technologies

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Troubleshooting

Education

Relevant IT qualifications

Tools

Windows Server

Active Directory

Infrastructure monitoring tools

Job description

GreatFind Recruitment is assisting an education organisation in South Wiltshire to recruit an IT Manager. You will oversee IT infrastructure, networks, cybersecurity and core systems, and lead a small technical team to deliver the digital strategy that supports teaching and the wider school community.

The role combines hands-on technical work with management, incident response and project delivery. It offers up to £48,000 DOE, 26 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays, a generous pension and a