IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Cardinal Newman College; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed educational institution in Lancashire seeks an experienced IT Infrastructure Team Lead. You will manage the IT Infrastructure & Systems sub-team, ensuring effective delivery of services while overseeing security, cloud platforms, and server maintenance. The ideal candidate will have a degree in IT and strong leadership qualities, aligning with the College's values. This role offers competitive salary and a range of staff benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension schemes

22 days holiday increasing to 25 after 5 years

Access to salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme

Free use of on-site gym

Flu vouchers

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead or supervise technical staff.
• Strong technical knowledge across networks and servers.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality/diversity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the College's IT Infrastructure sub-team.
• Oversee technical services delivery and maintenance.
• Provide escalation support and deliver IT projects.

Skills

Leadership

Technical knowledge in networks and servers

Cloud platforms

Endpoint management

Security expertise

Education

Degree-level qualification in IT or related field

Job description

Role

The IT Infrastructure Team Lead will lead the College\'s Infrastructure & Systems sub-team, line manage the Infrastructure Engineers, ensure effective delivery of technical services, and take overall accountability for the College\'s IT infrastructure environment.

The role combines leadership and technical expertise across networks, servers, cloud platforms, endpoint management, and security, while also overseeing the maintenance, optimisation, and backup of the College\'s SQL server environment.

This role is both strategic and hands-on, providing escalation support, delivering projects, and ensuring the College\'s IT services are secure, resilient, and fit for purpose.

Successful Candidate

Cardinal Newman College is a wonderful place to work, and this is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced candidate to join our friendly and well-established Networks department.

The Networks department is looking for someone who has a degree-level qualification in IT (or related field), or substantial equivalent professional experience, proven ability to lead or supervise technical staff and strong technical knowledge across networks, servers, cloud, and endpoint management.

You should display the values, attitudes, and behaviours consistent with the Catholic Ethos of the College and have a commitment to equality/diversity and the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults.

Terms and Conditions

Hours: 37 hours per week, full year. Starting and finishing times as agreed.

Salary: The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges Support Staff Pay Spine at points 21 to 24 - pro rata to £37,401 to £40,462 per annum. Negotiations are ongoing in relation to the Support staff pay award. Once this is agreed and implemented the salary will be uplifted to reflect this.

For an outstanding candidate the college will consider a \"golden hello\" payment of up to 10% of the annual salary.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11.59pm on Wednesday 8th October 2025 (we reserve the right to close the advert in advance of this date).

Why work at Cardinal Newman College?

We are a happy and thriving Catholic Sixth Form College committed to equality and diversity, welcoming colleagues from all backgrounds into our community irrespective of their religion or belief, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, marital or pregnancy status.

An outstanding college in every aspect, Cardinal Newman is one of the highest performing Sixth Form Colleges nationally for Value Added. We recognise the invaluable contribution our dedicated staff make to the success of our students and the College as a whole. As such, our aim is to foster a culture where staff feel valued and supported.

We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including:

• Generous Pension schemes for both teachers and support staff
• Pro rata to 22 days holiday (increasing to 25 days after 5 years\' service) plus 4 concessionary days and bank holidays for support staff
• A genuine commitment to staff health and wellbeing
• Access to a salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and Techscheme
• Free use of the on-site gym
• Access to professional development and the opportunity to undertake professional qualifications through apprenticeships
• Flu Vouchers
• Staff savings scheme

More detailed information on further staff benefits can be found within our staff perks document attached.

Completed application forms should be submitted by 11.59pm on Wednesday 8th October 2025.

We will confirm receipt of all applications by email within one working day of receipt. Please call the HR team if you have not received a confirmation email by the closing date. We do ask that you accept, in the interests of economy, that if you have not heard from us by the end of October that you have not been selected for interview on this occasion.

Further Information

Further details are available at (url removed) or by telephone to the college on (phone number removed) or (phone number removed).

All offers of appointment are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance as well as a range of other safer recruitment checks