ICT Consultant - North East - £30,000 to £60,000 (DOE) + Car Allow + Private Health

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ICT Consultant - North East - £30,000 to £60,000 (DOE) + Car Allow + Private Health (Newcastle/Middlesbrough/Durham area) - WFH plus visits to client sites in the North East area

 

https://flywheel.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=27066614-32d7-48e8-8d23-0717ab3b25d3

 

Nexus Associates (part of the Flywheel Group) are a leading, privately owned provider of ICT design, consultancy and implementation services. Highly regarded in our field, we want the best people to come work with us and deliver an exemplary experience on the projects we are involved in. You will be joining a company that has been at the forefront of designing and delivering high-quality ICT in schools for over 17 years, that are tailored to each and every unique scenario.

We are continuing to grow and expand, particularly following our appointment to the Crown Commercial Services RM 6103 framework and are recruiting people who have the skills and experience of working in a technical solutions development role ideally in one of the following areas:

 

• switch infrastructures,
  
• wireless network solutions,
  
• server and storage with virtualisation technologies or
  
• end-user device refresh cycles.
  

In this role the successful candidate will work from home, when not attending meetings at client/project sites.

All Consultants at Nexus Associates have an education background. We know schools inside out and understand the unique ways in which schools use ICT and the demands this places on support services, infrastructure, software and hardware. Therefore, we are really interested in speaking with school Network Managers, IT Managers/IT Directors or Senior IT Engineers that are looking for their next step up in their career journey.

 

The role will require the successful candidate to work alongside construction partners, design team members, school teams and a range of other stakeholders, providing expert technical and functional advice on a range of ICT areas as below, often requiring the output to be captured in reports and specification documents:

 

• ICT building impact
  
• ICT Strategy for schools
  
• Infrastructure design
  
  • Passive & Active
    
  • Wireless
    
  • Network Management
    
  • Server Solutions
    
  • Telephony
    
  • Apple, Android and Microsoft client solutions
    

   

  [*]Mobile Device Management

  [*]Project Management of ICT solutions

  [*]Government compliant procurement

  [*]Desktop application (MS Office / Visio / Project / Sketchup)

  [*]IT processes such as ITIL/FITS

The above list is not exhaustive, we don’t expect you to have experience in all areas. Support, training and development will be provided to the right candidates provide you the additional skills and expertise needed to fully take on this exiting role.

Essential Skills:

You will have proven skills in a wide range of Information and Communication Technologies and be willing to develop your skills as industry changes dictate. We are looking for an individual who is self-disciplined, a self-starter and who is happy to take the initiative when given the opportunity and ask for support when needed. We need someone who is:

 

• Able to demonstrate design competency in a wide range of infrastructure technologies
  
• Presentable, personable and confident working with a wide range of people
  
• Ability to communicate confidently, with a wide range of stakeholders
  
• Able to organise themselves and their tasks
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Effective time management
  
• Able to work individually, as well as in a team
  

You will hold a full UK driving licence with access to a car.

What will we provide you?

We will give you a unique opportunity to work in an exciting role with a tangible impact on the technology deployed in schools to support learning. This role will suit someone who has been working as a technical consultant, senior engineer, Network Manager and wishes to broaden their skills, ideally with knowledge of the education sector. Working for Nexus Associates you will get to experience a broad range of industries as we interface with professionals from Architects, Construction, Engineering, Educational and Technology backgrounds blending into a delivery team to meet our client’s aspirations.

We will provide you with a salary, car allowance, work related expenses, and wider benefits that underpin the importance of our staff. You will receive training to receive accreditations to allow you to work visit and support our work on construction sites. This will include a suite of training and development to provide you with the competencies to undertake the role and coordinate installations on live construction sites including SMSTS, ECS card, manual handling and first aid as a minimum. We will also provide regular technical updates on products from leading industry vendors.

 

At Nexus we consult on a broad spectrum of technologies including:

 

• Smart building technologies
  
• Large-scale audio-visual design
  
• Integrated security systems
  
• Converged communications infrastructures
  
• Cloud based technologies
  
• Educational applications
  
• Servers and storage
  
• End user devices
  

Our work in education allows us to give young people access to leading edge technology, which is fundamental to their education and their lives within the modern world.

 

https://flywheel.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=27066614-32d7-48e8-8d23-0717ab3b25d3

 

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Edited July 9, 2021 by Dos_Box