JBE Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) Job Vacancies at Bruton School for Girls BACKGROUND Bruton School for Girls was founded in 1900 and occupies an attractive site on the outskirts of this small town in south-east Somerset. The school caters for girls between the ages of 3 and 18 and for boys between 3 and 7. Those in Year 6 and below are members of Sunny Hill Preparatory School, are located on the same campus as, and are an integral part of, BSG. The total school roll currently stands at approximately 250 of whom about 10 per cent live overseas. Boarders, who account for over a third of the senior school population, are accommodated in two boarding houses: Cumberlege and Highcroft, each on or adjacent to the main school site. We operate a Monday-Friday curriculum. Bruton is situated in attractive countryside within easy reach of Bath, Bristol, Salisbury and Exeter. London is less than two hours away by train or a little longer via the A303 and M3. Glastonbury Tor is visible from the school. The quality of life enjoyed by Somerset residents is arguably very high. However, none of these factors should be taken to mean that the school is simply a ‘cosy’ environment. At Bruton School for Girls our aim is to encourage, challenge and support each girl to develop her full potential to become the amazing person she can be, with friends for life in this fast-changing world. Each individual is encouraged to develop intellectual curiosity, self-esteem, confidence without arrogance, respect and care for others, independence, excellence in all she does and a love of life. Bruton School for Girls is looking to recruit an ICT manager to manage the delivery and development of information and communication technology to meet the strategic requirements for the education, business and administrative activities of the school. THE ROLE The ICT Manager is the functional manager of the part-time ICT Technician and is the ICT budget holder. This is a full-time post. Hours of work are not specified, but the post-holder will be expected to devote whatever time is required to fulfil the role. However, a target 37.5-hour week (Monday to Friday) should be taken as the norm. The post will ideally commence in August/September 2019 with a handover from the current incumbent, but the school will wait for the right candidate. The post is subject to a six-month probationary period. The salary will be in the region of £32k pa as at current rates and dependent on experience. Holiday entitlement will be 30 days per annum, plus statutory holidays, However, the post holder will be required to work the Mayday bank holiday for an open day in which a day in lieu will be granted in return. Entitlement to join the pension scheme for non-teaching staff. This is a money growth scheme with an 8% employer and 6% (minimum) employee contribution. Alternatively, qualifying employees will be auto-enrolled in a government workplace pension. A daily free lunch is available alongside easy car parking on the school site. SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT The school is currently running a Microsoft Windows environment that consists of 200 pcs, 6 physical servers, 23 virtual servers, HP Procurve managed switches split into VLANs and a Unifi WiFi solution, including BYOD WiFi connectivity. Telephony is provided by an Alcatel digital phone system with a SIP conversion. The school uses Microsoft Hyper-V for the virtual hypervisor with a mirrored SAN (Datacore) and NAS appliances. The desktops are running a mixture of mostly Windows 10 with some legacy Windows 7 machines and ancillary visual equipment The school’s MIS is SchoolBase and the finance packages are supplied by Capita (Sims). Remote connections are provided by Home Access Plus software, and a staff VPN linked to terminal services. The VLE is built on SharePoint.. The Email system is a hybrid Microsoft Exchange solution. For data backup, the school use Microsoft DPM and Qnap Qsync , utilizing both disc and tape technologies. The firewall is pfSense also running Snort for intrusion evasion detection . Web filtering is IBOSS, and all machines are protected by Thor Foresight and Microsoft virus and threat protection. PERSON SPECIFICATION The selection of candidates will be based on this specification and candidates should bear this in mind when completing their application form. Specialist ICT Administration, support skills and Experience. It is essential that the successful candidate should have a proven track record in the management and development of ICT systems for multiple users with differing service requirements. It is considered desirable that the successful candidate has experience in working in a similar environment. It is desirable that the successful candidate should have ITIL skills and a successful record of project management, and/or Microsoft certification would be beneficial, but no qualification will trump that of relevant and recent experience. It is considered highly desirable to have experience in the management of resources (both human and material) within budgetary limits. It is essential to have first class communication skills in presenting cases for investment and development and in liaison with staff. PERSONAL QUALITIES The successful applicant will above all have a confident, calm, ‘can do’, and customer-service orientated attitude towards his/her work, together with a generous sense of humour. HOW TO APPLY Applications, to include covering letter, application form, equal opportunities form or CV, should be returned by email to [email protected] at the earliest opportunity and no later than close on Friday 19 July 2019. Questions about the post should be directed to Jon Elliott at [email protected] in the first instance. SELECTION PROCESS Interviews will be held at Bruton School for Girls and will involve a short tour of the school. It is planned that the interviews for short listed candidates will be held on an ongoing basis to suit all diaries. More info here: Private Day & Boarding School for Girls, Boarding school Somerset, schools in South West, Private school, girls' boarding school, Edited June 21, 2019 by JBE
JBE Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 Link to Job: https://brutonschool.fluencycms.co.uk/current-vacancies
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