IT Support Technician

Free-Work UK; London; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the education sector seeks an IT Support Technician to manage ICT support across multiple schools in North London. You will deliver customer-focused IT services, contributing to the smooth operation of educational technologies and directly supporting staff and students. The role requires strong technical knowledge and exceptional customer service skills.

Qualifications

• Exceptional customer service and communication skills.
• Experience in a Service Desk environment.
• Flexible working and travel to support multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide 2nd and 3rd line support to staff and students.
• Carry out routine maintenance of computer hardware.
• Manage staff and student user accounts.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Time management

Tools

Windows Server

Active Directory

Office365

LAN & WAN technologies

SIMS.net

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Job Description

IT Support Technician

Purpose

The role of IT Support Technician will lead and manage all day-to-day ICT 2 nd and 3 rd line support activities for multiple schools as directed by the ICT Network Manager and/or ICT Schools Manager.

The Support Technician will liaise with Head Office and School staff, the IT Service Desk and other 3 rd line support teams to identify, prioritise, own and resolve all IT support and service requests.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide 2 nd and 3 rd line support to UK staff, schools staff and students
• Carry out routine maintenance of all computer hardware and network services to maintain agreed availability.
• Respond to and resolve IT faults and requests through onsite visits and remote support tools to agreed service levels.
• Install and configure approved computer hardware and licensed software, following agreed policies and procedures.
• Maintain site documentation, including hardware and software inventories, to ensure accuracy of information, legal and financial compliance.
• Manage staff and student user accounts following agreed policies and procedures.
• Monitor and maintain server back-ups to ensure system and user data is protected and secure.
• Monitor IT (physical and network) security and report any risks or incidents to School Head teachers, Network Manager or Schools IT Manager
• Any other reasonably requested duties
  
  

Person Specification

• Exceptional customer service and communication skills, including written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and professionally with people at all levels of the organization.
• Effective communication skills in a technical respect with other IT professionals, and in non-technical terms with other colleagues
• Self-motivation, effective time management and the ability to work unsupervised.
• Must be able to use initiative and work under pressure, consistently employing a customer centric approach to resolving all IT issues.
• Demonstrable methodical problem solving, excellent analytical skills and creative thinking.
• Able to demonstrate good judgement and decision-making skills in resolving issues in challenging situations, knowing when to sign post, escalate and resolve issues.
• Experience in establishing new processes and procedures as well as following those already in place and always looking for improvements.
• A desire to, and demonstrable experience of supporting teaching and learning
• Effective engagement with IT service partners and 3rd parties
  
  

Technical Skills

• Windows Server 2012/2016/2019
• Windows 10
• Active Directory support
• Office365
• LAN & WAN technologies and protocols, including VLAN, wireless, DNS and DHCP.
• SIMS.net and SOLUS3 support
• Mobile device support including Apple, Windows, and Android tablets
• AV and interactive boards and screens
• Shared printing solutions
• Desktop/Server Hardware support and troubleshooting
• Apple device management and support
  
  

Experience

• Flexible working, travel to support multiple sites/offices.
• Experience of working in a Service Desk environment (2nd or 3rd line support role)
• Experience of working in the education or similar sector is preferable.
• ITIL preferred but not essential. Key Competencies Role Specific
• Work Planning and Scheduling
• Time Management
• Listening and Organisation
• Training, Mentoring and Delegating
• Problem Identification and Solution
• Process Improvement Safeguarding Responsibilities To comply with safeguarding policies, procedures and code of conduct
• To demonstrate a personal commitment to safeguarding and student/colleague wellbeing
• To ensure that any safeguarding concerns or incidents are reported appropriately in line with policy.
• To engage in safeguarding training when required
  
  

This will be a 2 to 3 months contract initially.

The position will be in North London.

Please do send your CV to us in Word format along with your daily rate and availability.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Human Resources Services

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