Apprentice ICT Technician - Full-time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-412S
• Posted:21/11/2022
• Pay:£19,239 + Five Acre Wood Allowance
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:05/12/2022 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Five Acre Wood School is looking to appoint a hardworking and highly motivated Apprentice ICT Technician to join their ICT Team. In the role you will learn ICT maintenance, including maintaining the school network, including laptop computers so that is it fully available to all staff and students.

We are looking for an Apprentice ICT Technician to work Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week, all year round. Salary is a KR3 plus a Five Acre Wood Allowance.

Job Purpose:

You will have the opportunity to participate in a supportive environment to develop the behaviours, knowledge and professional skills required of the role and the team. You will commit to your professional development plan, set out at the beginning of your Apprenticeship.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Install and maintain computer hardware, laptops, audio/visual equipment and peripherals.
• Maintain all staff and classroom workstations.
• Administration and development of Internet, Office 365 and learning platforms.
• To support staff and students with the set-up and preparation of ICT equipment around the school.

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information.

The successful candidate will be required to complete the Level 3 Information communications technician apprenticeship and as part of this will be provided with 20% off the job training per week. The expected duration of the course is 16 months.

The successful candidate will also have a strong commitment to inclusive principles and be committed to safeguarding children and young people.

Although the advert has a close date, applications may be shortlisted and interviews held sooner.

You are very welcome to email/ring for an informal conversation. If you are interested, please email Nikki Dartnell, HR Advisor at ndartnell@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 4 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 800 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We have been awarded The Schools Wellbeing Award for pupils and staff which demonstrates we really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Confidential staff counselling service A wellbeing app and platform A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the links below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

Woodstock 2023 – Woodstock 2023 Festival at Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

Woodstock 2022 - Woodstock 2022 Festival at Five Acre Wood Schools - YouTube

Woodstock 2019 - Five Acre Wood School's "Woodstock 2019" - Amazing Festival in a Day! (Longer Film) - YouTube

We produced our own songs and music videos, you can watch them here: -

Beautiful – Five Acre Wood School featuring Taryn Charles - Youtube

Five Acre Wood School Featuring Jack Rose - Hall Of Fame - YouTube

Don’t Give Up – Nathan Grisdale and Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Apprentice ICT Technician Job Description