Head of ICT - Southport College - up to £46,884.00 - Merseyside

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Location: Southport, Sefton, Merseyside

Contract: Permanent, full-time, 37 hours per week.

Start: As soon as possible, but fully negotiable

Starting Salary: up to £46,884.00, depending upon the applicant’s skills and experience.

Relocation: A relocation allowance may be available where the employee’s new home is reasonably close to the workplace and the former home is not.

 

This is a vital appointment for our award-winning College. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Facilities, our Head of ICT manages a team of five other ICT professionals in supporting, maintaining, and improving our Windows Server 2016 network of 3000 devices -primarily Desktops and Laptops running Microsoft Office 365. This role will suit anyone looking to strategically lead ICT projects across an organisation - the postholder will enjoy ample opportunity both to incrementally improve - and to creatively transform - our systems, with a clear focus on improving students’ learning experience whilst maintaining and improving cyber security: we are aiming for Cyber Essential Plus accreditation by July 2023.

 

Southport College was formed through the merger of Southport College with King George V Sixth Form College in January 2018. Our 270 staff (FTE) provide a dedicated post-16 Further Education learning environment to around 4,000 learners, from Southport and beyond, giving excellent support to our students and apprentices, in the setting of modern facilities and a beautiful Victorian seaside town.

 

Finding the right staff to work with our students is incredibly important to us. We are proud to be a highly inclusive Ofsted Grade 2 ‘Good’ College and we are recognised as a Disability Confident employer as well as being the first College to achieve the Rainbow Flag Award for our commitment to equality and the celebration of diversity in our College community.

 

We are driven by our mission ‘to provide excellent, sustainable, education and training’, aiming to be outstanding for our students, apprentices and staff, and would be delighted to welcome members to our team that share the same vision and are keen to use their professional skills and experience to enthuse others.

 

The College is easily commutable from the towns and conurbations of Lancashire, Merseyside, North Cheshire, West and South Yorkshire, and Greater Manchester.

 

The role will suit:

• An ICT professional, working in a middle or senior technical management or leadership role, preferably (but not essentially) in the education sector
  
• Someone familiar with Microsoft Server 2016 and Office 365, who is able to strategically evaluate hardware and software choices and make appropriate recommendations to the college
  
• Someone with excellent project and people leadership skills to deliver continually-improved ICT to our staff and learners
  

 

In return, we offer:

• An exciting post in a successful and award-winning organisation serving local communities.

• The opportunity to shape and develop a Network within a College that makes areal difference to the lives of young people.

• Generous annual leave entitlements and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (details available on request)

 

We would like the successful applicant to take up post as soon as possible, but we understand that we will need to be flexible, to meet your notice requirements.

 

There is, of course, no requirement that you be a teacher.

 

For an application pack and to read more about the vacancy, please visit http://www.headofict.co.uk or telephone our advisers ASDTi on 07736 775776 or e-mail them at [email protected]

 

They are available during the working day, in the evening or at weekends to answer any questions you have and to help you make your application.

 

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

 

The closing date for applications is 15th April 2022 at 9am.

 

Shortlisting will take place the following week, with interviews during week commencing 25th April 2022.

 

Please do let us know if those dates would cause problems for you.

 

Southport College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

 

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Edited March 18, 2022 by Dos_Box