IT Team Leader

Dixons Academies Trust; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-academy trust in Bradford is seeking an exceptional IT Team Leader to support its Business Services team through growth. The ideal candidate will have experience in IT leadership and a strong drive for improvement. The trust values diversity and offers a hybrid work environment and a robust benefits package including 31 days of holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangements

31 days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

Employer-funded cash health plan

Salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• The candidate must have experience of leading an IT team.
• A commitment to improving educational outcomes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Services team during growth.
• Promote educational and social advantage.

Skills

Experience of IT Team Leader

Strong moral purpose

Drive for improvement

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional IT Team Leader to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) and support our Business Services team through the next phase of growth in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool.

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

The Ideal Candidate

• Have experience of IT Team Leader
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for improvement

Find out more

Full details of this role can be found in the Interviews will take place on 9 October 2025.

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Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• We believe that people, more than strategy, create value - we all belong and grow together
• We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
• We are launching a bold to become the most flexible employer in our sector
• Hybrid arrangements and free on-site parking
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
• Local government benefits package including 31 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and defined benefit pension scheme
• Employer funded cash health plan to support wellbeing for all staff
• Salary sacrifice schemes (lifestyle benefits and discounts)

Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools and colleges, which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop culture and build cultural capital.

Visit our to learn more about our approaches and culture.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.