IT Team Manager - Based in Bury St Edmunds

Haverhill, England, United Kingdom

12/26/2024

IT TEAM MANAGER - BASED IN BURY ST EDMUNDS

Unity Schools Partnership

IT Team Manager - Based in Bury St Edmunds

Start Date: February 2025

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

Salary: Grade 5 SP 16 - 20 (£31,585 - £35,234 per annum)

Are you an IT Manager looking to support the education system? We want an IT Team Manager to support our schools to make teaching easy, help students enjoy learning and promote the power of technology in supporting classrooms getting more exciting and efficient in the future!

We are looking for an IT Team Manager to work in our schools in our Haverhill Hub and the surrounding areas.

We value our employees by reinvesting in opportunities for career growth and benefits that ultimately reinforce the integrity of the Trust.

What do we have to offer?

• Positive work/life balance
• Friendly and supportive working environment
• Supportive and positive management
• Excellent opportunities for career development
• Motivation to grow and learn
• Variety and job satisfaction
  
  

What's in it for you?

• Unity Schools Partnership is a progressive and growing MAT (of 39 schools) that is transforming the way IT is delivered, managed and supported in our schools through the innovative use of IT to deliver excellent user focused services that are recognised by our peers as leading in the Education sector.
• As part of the team, you will have access to a wide and varied range of technologies across Primary, Secondary and Special Education, with support from your colleagues who promote a cohesive work culture with diverse ideas which help form strong solutions.
  
  

How will you spend your days?

IT Team Managers Work Closely With Central And Cluster/Hub (Club) Staff To Ensure The Delivery Of High-quality ICT Services Across The Trust. Your Day-to-day Work Usually Involves

• line management of local hub IT staff, providing support, guidance and mentoring as required
• ensuring local hub IT staff workload is well managed, prioritised and monitored
• ensuring continuity of ICT systems provision and security of data
• ensuring the highest level of service is maintained and focused on the requirement to keep all elements of the ICT service 100% safe, secure, compliant and available
• acting as 2nd line escalation point for 1st line IT Technicians and the communications and escalation link to the central Trusts 3rd line support
• liaising with and supporting 3rd line central Engineers
• acting as the escalation point for service desk tickets
• liaising with the Service Desk Manager
  
  

Skills And Experience Youll Need

• extensive knowledge and experience of working with the Microsoft product set, including but not limited to; servers and desktop operating systems, applications and applications suits and Microsoft Office 365
• extensive knowledge and experience of working with multiple ICT technologies including Google and Apple
• experience of driving through effective change sensitive to the needs of the organisation
• a proven track record in using development methodologies or recognised project management techniques to deliver successful ICT developments
• proven experience in ensuring a safe, secure and compliant ICT environment
• excellent organisational skills
• a creative approach leading to solution focused results
• energy, drive, enthusiasm and ideas for improving business results
• interest and ability in developing the staff within and beyond the team
• the ability to prioritise, work under pressure and meet deadlines
• a patient and methodical approach
• the ability to work alone or as part of a team
• an awareness of health and safety
  
  

You can view a full list of requirements in the job description and person specification. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you dont meet all the requirements, please apply. Wed appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Travel between schools within your hub will be required and candidates will therefore require your own car. Where possible, we look to deploy technicians close to their home base to reduce the environmental and financial impact of travel for work. We have a travel claims policy to ensure you are supported on travel requirements of the role.

A Full Enhanced DBS check will also be required for the successful candidate.

For an informal conversation please contact Mike Vaughan, Head of IT on or by calling 07468 532038

Closing Date: 9am, Friday 10 January 2025

Interviews: W/C 20 January 2025

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.

CLOSING DATE

2025-01-10