IT Staff Structure

[denon101]

I tend to think of it this way ...

 

Me > God > Everyone else ...

 

Somehow I don't think many people believe it though.

 

Ha Ha very good!!

[rh91uk]

E-learning Systems Manager (strategy, etc) -> E-learning Team Leader -> Technicians

[BKGarry]

Head > Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching) > SIMS and Timetable manager soon to renamed Technical Logistics Leader (me) & Assistant Head (ICT Curriculum) - Yes we are joint) > ICT Managed Service Provider

 

Means every decision goes to me and the Assistant Head and then we Direct the Manager Service Provider like the old ICT Systems Manager did before BSF

 

Edit -> Curricular ICT is separate to technical ICT directions, and has been for years, means one department does not get preferential treatment

Edited December 6, 2011 by BKGarry

[witch]

From a performance management perspective it is:

Head> Deputy Head> Senior Tech

but from a 'boss' perspective it is:

Head>Head of ICT> Senior Tech

[fathead]

For me it's Head > Tech > Head of ICT (LOL) and for performance management it's Head > Tech.

 

From reading the thread I guess the structure really depends on the size and speciality of the school?

 

(I am figthing for more support (i.e another technician) and the NM title in a +600 pupil, 297 client middle school but then again I do have an NM interview on Thursday as I've given up trying!)

[Marshall_IT]

So should i be worried if its looking like the NM position is going to disappear into the ether???

[Griff]

Head > Assesment Manager > ICT Co-Ordinator > NM + Technician

 

Would prefer it to be structure differently ICT Co-ordinator for curriculum side is great but it can take some effort to get any infastructure decisions because we have no direct line to SLT as IT meetings were cancelled indefinitely a while ago..

[mb2k01]

So should i be worried if its looking like the NM position is going to disappear into the ether???

 

If you are one of the technicians then yes.... Unless they are going to regrade you all and fairly redistrubute the roles of the NM around, with appropriate pay adjustments?

 

I would assume your contracts currently read along the lines of 'support the network manager' on several points. If there isn't one to assist, it will lead to an imbalance.

When I was first starting out, this was the main discussion point for me moving up to Assistant NM and then NM. It's fairly easy for the powers that be to understand - you can't assist / follow the direction of someone who doesn't exist.. and they can't expect you to assume that level of additional responsibility without adjustment.

[liamvaughan]

Head > Business Manager / Head of ICT (Depends who wants to be our boss at the time) > Senior Tech > ICT Tech

 

When our NM left he never got replaced

[IanT]

Most school I've worked in was like this:

 

Head > Business Manager > Network Manager > Senior ICT Technician > ICT Tech > Junior ICT Tech

[crutchfieldj]

We have two consulting network managers and two techs, one of which (me) is a university placement student.

[jayemm]

Head -> Me (ICT Manager) -> 3 techs

I also line managed 2 LRC and 2 reprographics staff

[Steven_Cleaver]

Head-->Head of ICT-->ICT Admin Manager(Me)--> Assist Network Manager --> Web Development Manager

I also as of recently (this week) Manage MIS (MIS Officer and Exams Officer)

[jamesbrown]

Head Teacher > Asst Head (also head of IT) > Network Manager > IT Technician

[localzuk]

Chief Exec -> Head Teacher (x3) -> Director of ICT -> Me (Network Manager) -> Technician (day to day, line manager is DoICT).

[hit]

Mine is very much like @localzuk...

 

Strategic Head -> 5 x Heads -> NM (me) -> Techs (and for the moment 3rd party support provision)

 

I report directly to the Strategic Head but am left to my own devices most of the time to report to individual Heads if I think that it's something that is not part of the big picture. I am also part of the strategic IT steering panel which is mostly made up of the ICT leads from each of my schools.

[localzuk]

Mine is very much like @localzuk...

 

Strategic Head -> 5 x Heads -> NM (me) -> Techs (and for the moment 3rd party support provision)

 

I report directly to the Strategic Head but am left to my own devices most of the time to report to individual Heads if I think that it's something that is not part of the big picture. I am also part of the strategic IT steering panel which is mostly made up of the ICT leads from each of my schools.

 

Indeed, I don't report everything directly to my line manager - much of what I do goes via the business manager, or directly to the Chief Exec or the heads of each school. Its a complex structure, as each school within the group is basically a customer of our services.

 

We don't have a steering panel though, as it was a BSF managed contract until recently, so I'm still setting up policy etc...

[silver_uk]

Sorry for the delay, yes we do have a NM its me, I also cover technician jobs, photo copying, telephone enginner, CCTV security and tea lady haha

[teejay]

HT - Assistant HT - ICT Manager - Assistant Network Manager - Senior Technician - Technician

[GeekyPete]

Head > member of SLT (Bursar usually) > NM > techs

 

Thankfully practically no schools put the tech support with the ICT dept now. Like Sci and DT techs are part of curriculum areas. This must be avoided at all costs. The NM should sit on the SLT or the extended SLT (with dept heads) so that he (she) can get a strategic overview for the whole school

[featured_spectre]

Current place is as follows

 

IT Director > Network Manager > IT Assistant > Junior IT Assistant

 

I am the IT Assistant role however that depends on the NM if I go up the chain to be Deputy NM and we get another IT Assistant (as it is a big job for us to cover everything)

[F3000]

Head > member of SLT (Bursar usually) > NM > techsl

That is what its like in my place now. It used to be the 'Strategic Leader of ICT' instead of the Business Manager, but when they retired they were not replaced and the BM took the role.

[robjduk]

Head > Assistant head > Me (Network manager)....

 

saying that, nowadays the assistant head has little to do with me and I report directly to the head. I get the impression if I ever left they would get someone on a higher scale to report directly to the head.

[Sheridan]

We're HT > BM > NM > Senior Tech > Tech > Apprentice

 

Thats the offical path, athough the Head of IT (curriculum) has a big say in what's going on with ICT.

[beancole]

So you don't have any techs under the NM?

 

Ha I don't

 

Head > NM >Imaginary Technicians> Imaginary Apprentice