Senior ICT Technician - Full-time

Barton Manor School, Canterbury

• Ref:KCC886-4028-66S
• Posted:15/05/2023
• Pay:BCAT 7 (£25,378-£28,466 per annum)
• Start Date:1 September 2023
• App Close Date:22/06/2023 at 09:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Senior ICT Technician (full time - all year round contract)

OUR TRUST

BCAT is a small, but highly ambitious Academy Trust consisting of 3 secondary schools in Kent, Barton Court Grammar School, The Charles Dickens School and the new free school, Barton Manor School.

Barton Court Grammar School (BCGS) is a state, selective, co-educational school with a strong reputation for its high academic standards and its caring and supportive ethos. The School is an accredited ‘Advanced Thinking School’ and is also the lead school of Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT). The Charles Dickens School (CDS), a state, non-selective, co-educational secondary school joined BCAT on 1 March 2017 and Barton Manor School (BMS), our free school, which is also a non-selective co-educational secondary school opened in September 2022 to Year 7.

The School is committed to excellence in professional development and an extensive well-being programme is in place with many benefits including reduced gym membership at CCCU, event afternoons throughout the year and other benefits offered by BCAT and Kent Rewards.

The Post

Required for 1 September 2023, the Trustees are seeking to appoint a Senior ICT Technician to provide an outstanding 1st and 2nd Line ICT and A/V support service to the school community, inlcuding maintenance of client-side equipment, the daily management of ICT services and deployment of software. The appointed candidate will also assist the Trust ICT Management Team in relation to 3rd Line support and network management within the School as required.

An extensive knowledge of a range of technologies including PC hardware (desktop and laptop), Audio/Visual, associated peripherals, Operating Systems and general software is required with a solid understanding of client/server networks, particularly Microsoft Server-based infrastructures.

Previous experience in an educational setting would be an advantage.

Deadline - Thursday 22 June 2023 @ 9am

How To Apply

Applications for this post should be made online only via the School’s website. CVs alone will not be accepted. Please email your application to recruitment@bartonmanor.og

If you wish to discuss this post further please contact Mr M Blake, Trust ICT, Strategy & Projects Manager, by telephone.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with KCSIE 2022 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

Barton Manor School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application via the Disclosure & Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for Children.

Information about the school

Barton Manor School, is part of Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT), and is due to open in September 2022 to 150 Year 7 students. The School is designed to be an 11-18 years, co-educational, non-selective school with 5 forms of entry and will grow each year with a new intake into Year 7. The school is planned as a centre of excellence for vocational subjects at KS4 and KS5 along with a joint Sixth Form provision with Barton Court Grammar School offering academic qualifications at Post-16.

The School’s brand new amazing state-of-the art design build will be ready in February 2022. The Trust believes this outstanding design, combined with an innovative curriculum, excellent teaching and learning, and strong pastoral care and guidance, will provide outstanding education for the local community for generations to come.

Our aim is that students will aspire to be their very best and will be supported to believe in themselves and their ability to achieve and excel. Students will develop into confident, independent and resilient learners ready to meet the challenges of a world that is rapidly changing.

Our students will acquire, not only an excellent foundation of learning, but also the acquisition of habits of flexible thinking and learning, resilience and confidence in solving problems both as individuals and within a team. Students will enjoy some of the very best teaching resources and facilities available in the local area and, with the support of Barton Court Academy Trust, the School will be a special place to be educated.

Barton Manor School: Values Aspire, Believe, Achieve

To achieve Barton Manor School’s vision we have established a set of behaviours and characteristics that define how everyone within our community pledges to act; these are the values that we strive to demonstrate and personify on a daily basis.

Resilient / risk takers Empathetic Supportive of others Principled Empowered Courageous Thoughtful thinkers

Job Contact Information

• Name:Roberta Light
• Address:Spring Lane, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1SU
• Telephone: 01227 532140
• Email: rlight@bartonmanor.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• BCAT Information Pack
• Job Description
• Child Protection Policy
• Disclosure of Criminal Convictions
• Equal Opportunities Form
• Privacy Notice for Staff