IT Technician (Fixed term contract)

The Gorse Academies Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Investment in professionals

Job summary

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking a skilled IT Technician for a fixed-term contract of six months at one of our secondary academies in Leeds. The role involves remote and onsite customer support, ensuring IT services are safe, secure and robust, and maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders.

Applicants should have GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above, a Level 3 qualification (or willingness to work towards), and the ability to manage competing priorities within tight

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade C/4 and above in English and Mathematics.
• A relevant Level 3 qualification, or willing to work towards.
• Experience of managing competing priorities and tight timescales.

Responsibilities

• Provide remote and onsite IT support to customers.
• Ensure IT services are safe, secure and robust.
• Maintain flexible, friendly working relationships with stakeholders.
• Join and work within the IT Service Hub at a secondary academy.

Skills

Customer service focus

IT support experience

Education

GCSE English and Maths C/4+

Level 3 qualification or working towards

Job description

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Fixed term contract - initially for 6 months

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to appoint a skilled, passionate technologist with a keen interest in customer service, for the role of IT Technician. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of providing remote and onsite support to customers, ideally within an education setting. They will be committed to ensuring that IT Services are safe, secure, and robust, whilst maintaining flexible, friendly and strong working relationships with all stakeholders. The successful candidate will join an established IT Service Hub, based at one of our Secondary academies.

Potential applicants should have:

• GCSE Grade C/4 and above (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics.
• A relevant Level 3 qualification, or willing to work towards.
• Experience of managing competing priorities and working to tight timescales.

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team - as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

Led by Sir John Townsley, GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

Our 15 academies, our central team, our Teaching School Hub and GORSE SCITT work in a tightknit manner which sees our students prospering as a result of great partnership. Our professionals recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations work with integrity, moral purpose and determination.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at www.tgat.org.uk .

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome applications from people with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act . If you would benefit from any adjustments during the application or interview process, please inform us so we can support you appropriately.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

GORSE Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders

The GORSE Academies Trust use 'OnlineSCR' for the processing of safeguarding checks - their privacy notice can be seen at: https://onlinescr.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy/ .

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.