It Manager jobs in South Africa

An Anglican Boys’ School, rooted in Africa, providing a holistic and relevant education in a nurturing, and transforming environment, committed to developing men of principle and compassion.

Bishops seeks the services of an IT Director to lead its dynamic, forward thinking IT Department across the 3 schools, Pre-Prep, Prep and College.

The IT Director at Bishops is responsible for strategy and planning; for the integration of ICT across all spheres of the school with a primary focus on education, ensuring exceptional technological utilisation, and leading and managing all ICT services.

• Enabling effective use of the integrated technology platform for staff, parents, and students.
• Promoting and aligning the ICT vision with the school vision and best practices to support improved learning outcomes.
• Overseeing technical and hardware solutions to meet current and future needs in development, data management, and communications.
• Managing ICT budgets to ensure efficient financial planning and resource allocation.

Key responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Maintain positive and supportive relationships with stakeholders and a sensitivity to the needs of the end-users. Ensure proactive communication on ICT-related issues and respond to complaints – effectively and timeously. Liaise regularly with School Executive/s on strategic initiatives.
• Leadership and team development: Provide leadership to IT staff, fostering a culture of excellence. Invest in staff development for succession planning and business continuity. Handle HR management, performance reviews, and staff well-being.
• Policy and Strategy Development: Lead the development of new IT policies, projects, and processes, with a focus on academic ICT. Develop, plan, and implement the IT strategy for academic and operational infrastructure. Ensure delivery on IT strategic initiatives and review policies annually.
• Standards and Safeguarding: Monitor and implement common IT standards, policies, and practices. Ensure safeguarding and data protection policies are in place.
• Procurement and Budget Management: Develop and manage procurement procedures. Deliver best value procurement for hardware, software, and services. Monitor and manage the IT budget.
• Technical Oversight: Ensure a high-quality network infrastructure and effective cloud services integration. Oversee the use of school-provided and pupil-owned devices.
• Work closely with respective pillar heads to assist with the effective implementation of ICT.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and team-building skills.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, data management, systems and software integration, and utilising Bishops’ integrated technology platform.
• Financial and Budget Management: Strong numeracy skills, understanding of financial management, budgeting skills, and experience.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong reasoning, analytical skills, and effective problem-solving capabilities.
• Operational and Strategic Skills: Effective time management, strategic thinking, operational management, and decision-making skills.
• Leadership and Development: Coaching, mentoring, conflict resolution, and initiative in supporting the school’s core business.
• Attention to Detail: Excellent attention to detail and customer service orientation.
• Knowledge and Interest: Understanding of educational infrastructure and international IT developments in education.

Experience and skills required:

• Experience in teaching and/or a deep understanding of the needs of educators in a school environment.
• Qualifications or experience in ICT, business analytics, computer science or data analysis and relevant coding.
• At least 5 years’ leadership experience as a senior manager in an independent (or similar) school/education environment and of senior management experience in building a customer-focused team.
• Facilitation and training skills, ability to work under pressure, calm and measured approach, respectful style, self-starter, and understanding of IT’s role in supporting the school’s core business.

A competitive market related package will be offered to the successful candidate who will be expected to assume duties at the start of January 2026.

Interested applicants should click on the link below to complete the online application form by 24 April 2025.

Only short-listed contacts will be contacted by 16 May 2025. If you have not heard from us by this date, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful. Only South African citizens will be considered for a permanent post.

Bishops, in line with POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) will attempt to ensure the confidentiality of all applicants for this role. All reasonable measures will be in place to protect personal information but will be used in the recruitment, selection, and reporting process. By submitting your application for this position, you are recognizing and accepting this disclaimer.

Bishops is committed to transformation. In accordance with our Employment Equity Plan, preference shall be given, but not limited to, candidates from the designated groups.