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Trust Head of IT - Full-time

Turner Schools

  • Ref:KCC-F42-94-S
  • Posted:15/05/2019
  • Pay:Commensurate with relevant experience
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:20/05/2019 at 10:00
  • Interviews:Thursday 23rd May 2019

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Join Team Turner - Are you a highly motivated, reliable IT expert, with a deep knowledge of and passion for helping schools and school leaders transform life-chances through simple and effective systems and technology?

Do you relish solving problems and take pride in helping people?

Do you have a flexible approach towards work and excellent time management skills?

Are you an experienced project and change-manager with a track record of delivering complex projects on time and on budget?

Turner Schools is looking to recruit a full time Head of IT to:-

Oversee change-management of IT at the Trust so that it enables all stakeholders to communicate and collaborate in efficient and effective ways, thereby delivering the Trust’s mission of overcoming educational underperformance through a brilliant education.

Ensure that the Trust is at the forefront of technological change so that all stakeholders are knowledgeable and confident users of new technology.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer with line management of the Trust’s IT providers.

Working with: Trust Principals, CEO, FD, Data Manager and other colleagues as appropriate

If you are interested in joining Team Turner and would like to come and visit the schools, please contact HR on 01303 842400 or e-mail HR@turnerschools.com

Start Date: Flexible dependent upon notice period

Information about the trust

Turner Schools is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with schools in Folkestone and Dover on the beautiful Kent coast. The Turner Schools family includes six schools in Folkestone:-

Dover Christ Church Academy, Folkestone Primary, Folkestone Academy, Morehall Primary, Martello Primary, Turner Free School

We provide education through pre-school, primary, secondary and on to sixth form. Each academy is individual and responds to the needs of its local community to provide the best possible opportunity for its young people. We promote high academic standards, while ensuring crucial opportunities for personal and emotional development.

Turner Schools is committed to Transforming children’s futures…Empowering children’s futures…Strengthening communities.

To help us achieve this, Turner Staff ‘Walk the Turner Talk’

They will:

• Speak and act with care: always show compassion and respect for children. • Act boldly: be ambitious for yourself and the children and young people we serve. • Learn from adversity: be evaluative, thoughtful and reflective. • Challenge convention: be curious, welcome difference and unfamiliar thinking. • Connect with others: support colleagues, parents and pupils to make a great team. • Use your voice: offer different views and ask questions. • Do what it takes: be relentless in pursuing the best for children. • Ask for support: be open and honest when plans go awry. • Don’t give up: be calm, resilient and measured when managing challenges.

Turner Schools is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this same commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory recruitment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Two references are required prior to commencement of employment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

For further information on Turner Schools, please visit www.turnerschools.com

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Caroline Dominguez
  • Address:Academy Lane,
    Folkestone,
    Kent,
    CT19 5FP
  • Telephone: 01303 842433
  • Email: hr@turnerschools.com

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.