Online School IT Systems Admin (44wks) - Cambridge - £23-27k pro rata - Closes 14/10

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Red Balloon of the Air

 

Position: IT Systems Administrator

Amount: £23,000-27,000 (40 hrs/wk, 44 wks/yr) pro rata

Hours: 32 hours per week (0.8 FTE) with the possibility of increasing to 40 hours per week (1 FTE)

Start date: As soon as possible

Based in: Cambridge

 

 

Red Balloon of the Air is an award-winning charity that operates a leading-edge virtual learner centre. We offer academic, wellbeing and community support to transform the lives of students (aged 9-18 years) who want to learn but have had low rates of attendance at school due to high anxiety, severe bullying, trauma or chronic stress. Students mostly attend online from home, on laptops we provide.

 

We seek an experienced and capable IT Systems Administrator to help implement, support and improve IT systems and infrastructure at RBAir and the wider RB Group (a network of offline learner centres, with students physically in attendance), to meet the needs of our students and staff, and improve the quality of our online services.

 

You’ll be working as part of a friendly, small team, and given a good degree of freedom to find and implement creative solutions in the face of various hurdles posed by our mostly remote user-base and semi-autonomous satellite locations.

 

The work will include:

 

 

• Azure AD with Active Directory / LDAP integration/SSO
   
  
• Google G Suite and Office 365 admin
   
  
• Virtualization through Proxmox/KVM & containers
   
  
• Various Linux hosted web services/apps
   
  
• Windows Server 2k12+ and mostly Ubuntu/Debian Linux setup/admin
   
  
• Laptop, mobile and server hardware/software, maintenance & configuration
   
  
• Network / VPN administration (Ubiquiti Unifi / IPSec)
   
  
• Network security, GDPR, Charity and Schools compliance measures
   
  
• General technical support to end users on a daily basis.
   
  
• Input into planning for future systems and needs.
  

 

 

Benefits:

 

We offer long holidays of up to 8 weeks per year, usually to school calendar, but with limited opportunity for time off in terms. There is also some flexibility in working hours available.

 

 

We’d like to see:

 

 

• A self starter, with a desire to deliver a polished, reliable solution.
   
  
• A creative approach to problem solving - backed by good attention to detail!
   
  
• Willing and able to get stuck into smaller jobs, and deliver basic technical support in a friendly manner to staff and students.
   
  
• 2+ years experience in relevant technical roles
   
  
• Desirable, but ability trumps paper: Degree in an IT related subject with CompTIA, Cisco, or Microsoft qualifications
  

 

If you would like an informal chat about this position, please email [email protected] or phone 01223 354 338 (from Tues 2nd onwards)

 

We do not accept CV’s. You can download the full job description, and apply online at: http://www.redballoonlearner.org/vacancies

Deadline for application: Sunday 14th October

Date of interview: Wednesday 24th October

 

Red Balloon of the Air is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires the successful candidate to commit to this. The person appointed will be subjected to an enhanced DBS check.

 

Red Balloon of the Air is an equal opportunities employer. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, marital status.

Edited September 20, 2018 by elsiegee40