ICT Technician (Across Barking Abbey and Eastbrook School)

TES FE News; Barking; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-campus secondary education institution in Barking is seeking an ICT Technician for its dedicated ICT Support Team. This full-time role involves providing essential support across two schools, focusing on software, hardware, networking, and systems management. The ideal candidate will be proactive, possess strong troubleshooting skills, and work collaboratively to enhance the educational experience. The position offers advantageous CPD opportunities within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Access to CPD opportunities

Supportive staff team

Friendly working environment

Qualifications

• A commitment to high expectations and ethos.
• Desire to work collaboratively.
• Ability to adjust communication to all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support the ICT systems of the schools.
• Work closely with the Network Manager.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly.

Skills

Experience in supporting school ICT systems

Positive attitude

Prioritization and planning skills

Innovative problem solving

Good communication skills

Troubleshooting skills

Flexibility

Job description

Job Overview

ICT Technician (Working across Barking Abbey School & Eastbrook School).

Start Date: ASAP

Permanent Contract

35 hours per week, Full Time

Salary Scale: Scale 6 (Point 18 (£35,520) – Point (£36,585)).

Barking Abbey School and Eastbrook School are working together under the same leadership, and we are looking for an IT Technician to join our dynamic ICT Support Team.

This role is integral to the daily smooth operation of the schools and will provide a hardworking, ambitious and proactive candidate with great opportunities for growth and development, and to gain specialist knowledge and skills around supporting a large and extensive IT estate, spread across two schools.

The role will be varied, and at times fast paced, enabling the successful candidate to develop skills and specialisms with software, hardware, networking and systems management.

The role will be in an expanding ICT support team of five staff, and the successful candidate will work closely with the Network Manager to ensure the school’s operational needs are met, and that staff and students receive first class support in their educational journey.

The Successful Candidate Will Have

• Experience in supporting school ICT systems.
• A can do and positive attitude.
• The ability to prioritise and plan workload and think of innovative solutions to solve problems.
• A commitment to Barking Abbey’s high expectations and ethos.
• A desire to work collaboratively and to make a real contribution to the progress of a growing professional service department in school.
• Great communication skills with the ability to adjust communication to all levels of school stakeholder.
• Great troubleshooting skills, with the ability to logically work through issues to resolve problems quickly and effectively.
• A willingness to work flexibly in a varied role.
• The successful candidate will need to be flexible regarding working hours and location in order to meet the needs of the school during busy periods.

In Return We Can Offer

• A school where we get to know our students and staff well, find out what they are good at and develop their talents.
• A supportive and encouraging staff team.
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school.
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management.
• A professional, friendly and supportive working environment
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems.

Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment. The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:

https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants. Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks