Senior Network Technician - Ridgeway Academy (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)

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Senior Network Technician

Pay Scale: H6 (SCP 14 – 19 (£23,080 - £25,481)

Hours: 8.00am until 4.00pm (37 hours per week)

Weeks: 52 Weeks per year

Ridgeway Academy is a member of the Alban Academies Trust (AAT), together with Sandringham, Verulam, Garden Fields JMI, Wheatfields Junior and Wheatfields Infants’ and Nursery schools. We work in a multi-academy trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. The AAT motto is ‘Educational Excellence for Everyone’. The trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels within our organisation. This is an exciting time to join the school as it takes the next step in its journey to becoming good and then outstanding.

A Senior Network technician is required to join the ICT team at Ridgeway Academy to work full time (52 weeks) to provide first line IT support services to students and staff on school related IT, supporting teaching and learning by maintaining IT hardware and ensure the efficient running of all computers throughout the school. Whilst the position is based at Ridgeway Academy, you will be working with a team of highly skilled ICT Technicians and Managers across the Trust.

If you are an energetic team player with initiative and drive and an interest in working in a committed educational environment we welcome your application.

Essential skills are an understanding of:

• Latest Windows versions
  
• Windows server
  
• SCCM
  
• Google Apps for education and Google Administration
  
• Ability to install and configure network switches, print servers
  
• Wireless networking
  
• Active Directory and group policies
  
• Network Security
  
• Microsoft Office 365
  
• Adobe suite
  
• Hyper-V
  

We can offer you:

• A supportive team with a passion for continuous improvement
  
• A commitment to professional development
  
• A collaborative working environment
  

If you would like to join us on our journey and have access to career prospects through the Trust, we would love to hear from you. We are totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, satisfactory references and medical clearance.

An application form is available on our website, www.ridgeway.herts.sch.uk. Applications must include a cover letter, no more than two sides of A4. If you have any queries, please contact the HR Officer by email ([email protected]) or extension 3373.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Closing date: 5 January 2022

Interview date: W/commencing 10 January 2022

Start date: Jan/Feb 2022

Edited December 13, 2021 by ridgeway_academy