IT Network Officer - Independent School - South West London - up to £37,000

[Ravi_GreatFind]

GreatFind Recruitment are exclusively working alongside a highly reputable South West London Independent Primary School in search for a Network Officer to join their team. This highly popular and reputable school has achieved fantastic results in recent years and has a high rate of pupil and employee satisfaction. They operate a small to medium sized campus and have an in-house IT team who provide first class support to students and school staff. The new post holder will ideally have 2-3 years experience supporting school networks in a similar capacity and be comfortable with providing day to day technical support to large user bases. Experience in the educational sector is highly desirable for this role.

 

The Network Officer will take overall responsibility for managing and supporting the school’s IT systems, ensuring that they are reliable and that appropriate service levels are maintained. You will gain invaluable experience from senior IT technicians and support staff and enjoy a good level of responsibility and sense of ownership within your role. The School’s innovative approach to learning will ensure you are working on exciting new IT projects - whilst growing and developing within your role. If you are keen to improve, learn and develop, this is a great opportunity for you to join an organisation that is very employee focused.

 

What the role involves:

 

· Providing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd line support services to staff and pupils and ensuring an accurate incident log and reporting function is maintained

 

• Supporting, monitoring, maintaining and managing a wide range of technical systems associated with the School’s IT infrastructure
  

· Liaising with stakeholders, suppliers and vendors during new project management and technical query resolution

· Carrying out audits and quality assurance of the IT systems, and reporting findings back to the Director of IT to identify areas for improvement

· Ensuring all licensing, warranties and documentation is up to date and compliant with legal and IT policy requirements

· Undergoing up skilling and training as required; whilst also delivering training materials to support staff

· Coordinating out of hours support for scheduled and emergency scenarios to ensure down time is kept to a minimum

· Monthly reporting to the IT Director to assess the overall performance of the IT infrastructure

 

 

In addition to the above, you will be working closely with the Director of IT and key stakeholders to appropriately specify new systems and services in line with teaching and learning requirements. This fantastic opportunity offers the right candidate a great platform for self-development, whilst also providing a very rewarding level of responsibility within the school. There is a strong ethos and focus on employee satisfaction and progression within the organisation, which is great for candidates who are motivated and ambitious in their work and for those who seeking long-term career prospects.

 

What we identify as the key skills and experience required for the role:

 

Technical:

 

● Strong knowledge of current IT best practice, standards, and statutory requirements, particularly within educational environments

· Good all-round experience with filtered web access, data storage, email services, networked printing, backups, and various software packages used within learning and development

● VMware Virtualisation experience, including servers, storage and backups

● Network/IP services experience such as DHCP, DNS, LDAP, wireless, and VPN’s

● Adept with MS Office Suite and it’s use within education

● Windows and iOS systems management, software, services and deployment

· Active Directory infrastructure set up experience

● Knowledge of Firewalls, filtering and safeguarding within a large user environment

 

Person Specification:

 

 

• Able to strategically analyse complex issues, make informed judgments and take appropriate actions when required
  

· Good leadership qualities - able to lead and motivate others in the workplace and ensure a collaborative effort is delivered

● Strong communication skills – able to discuss and explain technical issues to non-technical users and stakeholders

● Willing to learn new technologies outside of traditional practice based on the strategic requirements and with a keen interest in evolving hardware technologies and make recommendations on how they should be incorporated into the School

· Demonstrable awareness concerning safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in the workplace is also important

 

Employment Benefits:

· 25 Days Annual Leave rising to 30 days after two years’ service. In addition, the site is closed between Christmas and New Year.

· Free Lunch provided onsite

· Pension - Employee contributions are 1% and this will rise to 3% in April 2018. The employer contribution is 3%.

 

 

If you are you interested in applying for the role - submit your application today. This is a rare opportunity to join an outstanding employer in South West London who provides a fantastic work environment for its staff. The benefits include a competitive salary and benefits package to match the skills and experience of the successful candidate and endless training and development opportunities.

 

We anticipate a high level of applications for this sought after post and may contact applicants for a brief telephone interview to discuss your suitability to the role.

 

GreatFind Recruitment is an equal opportunities provider, acting as recruitment partner in relation to this role.

 

Please note, an enhanced DBS check will be required before the appointment of a new post holder.

 

To Apply please send your CV to [email protected]

 

Please feel free to contact me for any additional information.

 

Ravi Patel

GreatFind Recruitment

 

Tel - 020 3318 2128

Out of hours - 07904 015757

Email - [email protected]

 

@greatFind we have a number of 1st / 2nd / 3rd Line, Project Engineering and IT Manager roles available within the Education / Coporate Technology sector - contact us for a full list of available job opportunities

Edited October 20, 2017 by Dos_Box
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