IT Engineer

International Schools Today; Reading; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Abbey School in Reading is seeking an IT Engineer to provide day-to-day technical support for staff and students. You will maintain hardware, software, and network infrastructure to help teaching and learning run smoothly, resolving issues promptly and with minimal disruption.

You will work closely with the IT team to ensure reliable services across the School. Applicants should be proactive, customer‑focused and able to communicate clearly with a school community, supporting a wide range of

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical support to staff and students, maintaining hardware, software, network infrastructure and IT equipment.
• Work collaboratively with IT team to ensure high level of customer service and prompt resolution of technical issues.

Job description

The Abbey is a remarkable all-girls community of learning and brilliant experiences. It is a place of curiosity, adventurous spirits, and the excitement of discovery. We focus on individual care and attention in a warmly supportive atmosphere, full of fun and laughter. Our students have the assurance to take risks, explore interests and passions, and engage generously with the world and with each other.

Our results are outstanding, but what matters to us is how students achieve them. Our goal is to equip girls to achieve academic excellence with confidence, purpose and joy. This means providing exceptional opportunities across the widest spectrum of learning and activities. We offer more student-led learning and choice in our curriculum than almost any other school, so that students take charge of their own futures and mature into the people they mean to be.

The Abbey School has been a leader in girls' education for over 130 years. For all this time The Abbey has been a strong advocate for educating young women. We continue to encourage our students to achieve outstanding outcomes in whatever field of endeavour they choose.

To support the IT team in delivering a reliable, efficient and responsive IT service across the School. The IT Engineer will provide day-to-day technical support to staff and students, maintaining the School’s hardware, software, network infrastructure and IT equipment, and helping to ensure that technology supports the effective operation of teaching, learning and the wider School community.

The postholder will work collaboratively with colleagues across the IT team and wider School, providing a high level of customer service and ensuring that technical issues are resolved promptly, professionally and with minimum disruption.