IT Technician

Witherslack Group; Chigwell; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of special education and care as an IT Field Technician in Chigwell. Support our teams by maintaining technology across sites, ensuring a positive environment for young people. Enjoy a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including 35 days of holiday and a flexible benefits package.

Benefits

35 days holiday

Flexible benefits package

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

£2,000 recommend a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Solid expertise in Microsoft Operating systems and Office Applications.
• Experience in iPad support and networking knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and troubleshoot technology for end users.
• Provide friendly IT support across various sites.

Skills

Microsoft Operating systems

Microsoft Office Applications

iPad support

Networking knowledge

Hardware and software

Job description

time left to apply End Date: June 13, 2025 (26 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102181

Up to £30,000 + excellent benefits

Based at our site in Chigwell, Essex.

Looking for a job where you can support creating brighter futures? Want to take care of our tech and help to do something extraordinary? Join us in our IT Field Technician role and you can do both.

Those huge small victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

For children with complex needs, the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams, we’re proud to have won a reputation for excellence and market-leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

Our IT Technicians are people who dazzle our end users every day, by installing, maintaining, or fixing technology in their offices, classrooms, and homes while offering them daily support and expertise to support them in their goal of providing aspirational environments for all our young people.

A Driving License is a requirement for this role as you will be visiting sites across the region, providing them with friendly, proactive IT support which will help our teams to create brighter futures. You’ll install equipment and keep it well maintained, and when problems arise, you will troubleshoot and diagnose to help keep everything up and running across the Witherslack Group.

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds, and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage, and inspire our young people to be themselves. We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential.

You will need to have solid expertise in the following key areas:

• Microsoft Operating systems and Microsoft Office Applications
• iPad support (preferably in an educational environment)
• Networking knowledge
• Hardware and software

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary: up to £30,000
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension, and life insurance – check out our benefitshere
• Wellbeing:a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical coverso you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host ofhigh-street discounts
• Beautiful working environmentswith the very best facilities
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

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The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There’s lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language and communication needs), ADHD or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments, and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication needs), ADHD, and complex learning needs.