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Looking for a technical person with some experience of schools MIS in particular SIMS but could also be Arbor or Bromcom. It is a Term Time only role so the salary is pro rata'd, up to £25800 but it is also Hybrid so only 2 days in these offices (Either Dorking, Milton Keynes OR Hammersmith), rest from home! The last person we placed into this role, came from an IT technical apprenticeship from a school, increased his overall salary and got the holidays off so he could concentrate on further studies It's service desk work supporting schools who buy into an MIS support contract You will log calls and emails, attempt to assist quickly or work with the team to mange the support call through to successful closure. You could also be working on improving your own knowledge of the technology, helping to deliver online training, working on new documentation and helping with upgrades. Let me know on the numbers below ;-)

Perfect opportunity for an experienced education IT manager to build your career further, in a Global Independent Schools group, based primarily onsite in 2 Central London areas. Being part of a diverse and substantial IT service, it will give you exposure to a larger range of technologies, users and skillsets. By building and matrix managing 2 teams of technicians onsite and working with school leaders, you will be more strategic in the control of school IT systems and stakeholder management, and will report directly to the IT Group Director. You already understand education technology, but will manage formal service reviews, champion school improvement through the efficient and effective deployment of IT, maintain documentation, manage service problems, own and manage significant and major IT events as well as implementing ITIL process’ A background in IT including Windows and Mac operating systems, cloud services, MDM’s like Intune and Jamf, networking, cyber security as well as business and edtech systems is essential. Get in touch on the numbers bleow if this is you!

Bumped due to change from term time to full time

Experienced IT technician, ideally with prior education experience, required to get stuck in with regular 1st and 2nd line IT support issues in an existing team. You could be in the classroom fixing desktop, laptop and device issues for a range of users. OR in the IT room managing backups, monitoring firewalls or assisting colleagues with more complex faults or projects. You will have good windows 10 knowledge as well as active directory and GPO, as well as knowledge of office 365 OR Google classrooms. This role would suit someone who requires a term time OR full time role, term time role based in the one school, full time and you would need to travel to assist with project work in greater Surrey area. The employer is a managed service company so there is potentially the scope for career advancement, project work and personal development. Salary is pro rata so full time up to £30K and if term time actual pay is up to £25,650. An enhanced DBS clearance or the ability to undertake one is essential.

One of the most unique schools you will ever work in. An ethos of staff wellbeing runs through their core, highly informal and supportive to students and staff alike. This independent school, in easy to get to North Hampstead suburbs, is the perfect place to continue your career with support from above and below in a well financed and staffed IT team. As well as the commensurate salary you will have 26 days leave + bank holidays, a great independent school pension as well as free lunches during term time. Free local parking or walkable from Northern Line Hampstead Branch. Working closely with the Director of ICT Operations, you will assist in delivering ICT services to 850 combined users, contributing to the IT Strategy, undertake day to day management of ICT, AV and Service Desk infrastructure, direct 3 highly experienced technicians, deputising for the IT Director as required and having a voice in how the department is run. You will need some experience of running an IT helpdesk, ideally in education including running reports and managing process’ and support in line with ITIL practices. Also have some of the following: A mix of monitoring service levels; providing reports and analysis in regards to the service desk; website support, iPad, Jamf and apple school manager maintenance and support; as well as other MDM’s; and having technical knowledge of Hyper-V, AD, DNS and SCCM. I know the team well as have placed most of them and some have stayed for many years Let me know asap if you are interested in the contacts below Will

This is the perfect role for someone with Solid 1st line tech skills and troubleshooting experience, looking for more responsibility, be part of a bigger team and to become part of a school community but with 3rd line support, account and project management from a leading MSP in the area. We are looking for an experienced ICT technician to work with a Microsoft Gold Partner MSP and permanently based in a MAT in the Slough area. It is a role which will you visit several schools within the greater Slough area, so a car owner and driver would be an essential criteria. Working for a larger MSP gives you the chance to progress your career more quickly to assistant network manager to network manager, all with market leading training. Good technical experience is essential like DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and desktop of course. An understanding of education IT support highly advantageous. This role will be subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance. Please get in tough on the details below

Our client, a well-established managed service provider with Client schools across the South East, are currently looking for an experienced Senior Technician with desire to manage lots of good Microsoft technologies to join their existing team within a Secondary School The school are always investing and are a highly technically rich school looking for next stage of tech advancement. Based on site close to Sidcup, you and your team will be responsible for ensuring a consistent ICT support service is delivered throughout the school. A Senior Engineer also visits the site every two weeks. You will be responsible for the ICT service throughout the school including both technical support and line management of IT staff, maintaining specialist equipment, repairs and upgrades, prioritising staff workloads, as well as advising and training junior staff. Responsiblities: • Strong 2nd Line support including management of active network components including switches, routers and firewalls. • Line management of ICT staff. • Maintain Internet filtering systems. • Manage remote access to the school’s intranet. • Design and implement procedures on receiving and testing ICT equipment. • Design and implement procedures on asset disposal. • Maintain and regularly review whole-school system contingency plans. • Design and implement the school’s backup and virus protection policies • Assist in planning for major developments of ICT services. Requirements: • Previously worked within a similar Senior ICT position • Worked within the Education sector • Two or more years’ experience managing Enterprise level Network infrastructures or a Service Desk. • Virtualisation technology (VMWARE or Hyper-V preferred) • Microsoft Certification (MCSA, MCSE etc) or relevant professional qualification/degree This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Get in touch immedaitely for more information. Contractors also welcome to cover in the interim

- Fully funded Microsoft Training and Exams to support your CDP - Salary up to £50K plus benefits including 25 days leave plus Bank Holidays - Client facing role and building relationships to help grow and develop the business - Experience of a wide range of MS and Cloud based technologies - Life on the Open Road predominantly around Reading/Oxfordshire This senior engineer role will utilise your 3rd Line technical skills supporting onsite engineers and project work including working with clients on their strategic vision. This role will allow you to mentor network managers and technicians on technical aspects, take responsibility for 3rd line technical issues and regular checks on backups, event logs etc. You’ll be able to develop your business skills, identifying opportunities, working on scoping projects through to implementation especially during school holidays. This role is perfect for someone with strong enterprise level network infrastructure skills (MS server virtualisation, azure, cloud, Active directory, dns, dhcp, o365, data centre etc) who wants to work autonomously whilst also working in a large managed service provider with education at its heart. Ideally you will need to have education sector experience and will be able to have a suitable enhanced DBS clearance, a clean driving licence and your own car (mileage provided) and ideally qualifications like MCP, MCSE, MCSA and experience with tech like apple ios, intune, azzure etc would be highly advantageous Similar roles would include network manager, service desk manager, ICT field engineer, IT engineer, project manager, IT consultant etc If this interests you please drop your contacts or CV to [email protected]

Global education group with large and increasingly inhouse IT service requires a Strategic and Highly Technical Education experienced IT specialist to join the senior team. Aside from a competitive and negotiable salary, you will primarily work from home but also regularly visit (virtually or on site if absolutely necessary) the head office in Buckinghamshire as well as schools UK wide, and possibly further afield, all expenses paid. Up to 40 days leave, a good pension and potential to take some leave in term time this role would suit a current MAT or large school head of IT, network manager or service delivery manager looking to become part of the SLT devising and assisting in the implementation of cutting edge IT solutions. This role is essentially responsible for creating a better IT service for various schools. Working with the IT Director as well as other IT managers you will account for the strategic development of systems, being the primary contact for design and deployment You will be working with IT Infrastructure products, have 3rd line technical ability, working in an ITIL environment and working across platforms (virtualisation, the cloud, storage, saas, Wan and Lan and databases), networks and cyber security. This role has huge influence and responsibility in a large global group. If this looks interesting to you please do get in touch asap on the contacts below

Global education group with large and increasingly inhouse IT service requires an Education experienced IT specialist to join the senior team. Aside from a competitive and negotiable salary, you will primarily work from home but also regularly visit (virtually or on site if absolutely necessary) a group of 16 schools UK wide as well as a central office in Buckinghamshire all expenses paid. Up to 40 days leave, a good pension and potential to take some leave in term time this role would suit a current MAT or large school head of IT, network manager or service delivery manager looking to grow and develop their leadership and SLT skills. This role is essentially responsible for getting better IT service into schools. Working with local and central IT support teams and being the primary contact for IT working alongside the school’s central operations manager. You will be doing in-depth IT service reviews, championing business reviews, documenting process’, matching kpi’s to performance and facilitate raising the game and understanding of IT delivery generally. An ITIL advocate, you will have excellent communication and documentation skills, have IT management at your heart and understand education technology and its ultimate aims and objectives. This role has influence and responsibility in a large global group. get in touch below for more details

Global private education group with great benefits and an IT support structure that could provide great career progression requires an experienced IT helpdesk person asap. A good salary and room to grow, 25 days plus bank holidays AND the Christmas period off, good pension and some freedom to take holiday in term time this would definitely suit a schools based technician as well as someone from another industry sector With a requirement to travel into their central London offices around once or twice a week ro provide some desktop support, the ideal IT support technician could be based anywhere with easy access to the tube. Supporting both independent schools teaching staff, students, office and executives you will have a solid knowledge of account management and admin, active directory, azure or o365, infrastructure and applications support and any educational software and hardware a bonus. Following and adding to policies and procedures, closing simple 1st lines support calls, increasing cyber security, escalating to specialists, and increasing your knowledge all the time are just some of the duties. Possibility to work on other sites as well from time to time to build knowledge of the organisations and their individual technical support needs Interested to know more, get in touch with [email protected]

We are looking for a highly organised, strong communicator used to or seriously wishing to work remotely for a company looking after schools from the midlands to cornwall A Gold MS Partner MSP supporting schools ICT and MIS. They are still a small company but are growing rapidly so there's room to progress and grow Job description: Responsible for logging requests reported by customers and internal staff via Telephone and email. Assist remote users with technical support issues. Management and ownership of support tickets Ensure requests are diagnosed and resolved/escalated in a timely manner Personal qualities: Excellent time management. Ability to explain IT issues to non IT users. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Located …..could be anywhere in the UK. If you would like to be more Hybrid, IE do the occassional visit to have that variety and keep your onsite skills fresh, then someone based between Birmingham and Cornwall would be the ideal location.

This is the perfect role for someone with 2nd line tech skills, looking for more responsibility and to become part of a school community but with 3rd line support, account and project management from a leading MSP in the area. We are looking for a senior technician working for a Microsoft Gold Partner MSP and permanently based at a stunning Prep School in the beautifully rural South Downs, just north of Worthing The school is an Apple Distinguished School, with significant spend on ICT and One 2 One iPads for all children. These are supported by the MSP central offices as would you be. You will have access to sports facilities including pool and GOLF COURSE! Their lunches are free and a must try! You will be day to day the IT representative in a highly digitally focussed environment. They take IT seriously so you will feel highly involved and rewarded as such Good technical experience is essential DNS, DHCP, windows server and desktop of course. An understanding of education IT support highly advantageous. Knowledge of Mac iOS, iPads etc again highly advantageous. This role will be subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance.

If you have a background in IT or Education Information Systems and you’d like to work for a Microsoft Gold Partner business in Sussex, working across the IT and Data teams and having access to Industry Gold Standard training and development, read on! Working permanently onsite at a leading Independent school you will use your technical and systems understanding and grow your Business Analysis skills, database administration and feel part of a vital team delivering great IT services across the business. The school is a really exciting place, technology is well funded and all students have Surface machines This is a split role so you can keep up your technical skills whilst developing a specialism in the world of Data systems and information management You will lean towards and take more responsibility for Data Management, learning systems like iSAMS, Pass/3sys, WCBS, SQL, PowerBI, ODBC as well as getting involved in the delivery of other IT support particularly with applications like 365, teams, visio, excel etc If you have good data Management experience but haven’t had a background in IT teams that’s also fine, but an ability to do high level excel, some SQL, SSRS etc is highly advantageous email me at [email protected]

Jet setting IT Manager required! Experienced Education IT Manager required for the British International School in Jeddah. What it is like: Jeddah is the most liberal of all states in Saudi Arabia, a country going through rapid progressive changes and recently hosted the Grand Prix! Port city on the Red Sea so excellent water sports facilities, beaches, plenty of heat and no humidity Long history of accepting ex-pats, friendly locals, wider variety of foods and peoples. Villa life next to school, lots of shops and restaurants, and never more than a few metres from a pool and no winter months I have personally placed here in the past and they have very much enjoyed their time and stayed for several years The Perks: Free accommodation and utilities, private medical cover and lunches @ £69K TAX FREE income so you can just save, save, save Annual Flight contributions to use with your 55 days leave!! Initial 2 year Visa which often gets extended The school set up: Up to date school network requiring someone Strategic AND hands on knowledge 1500 international student cohort, 200 staff, 300 pc’s 4 well versed staff to manage including Network Admin, classroom technician, database co-ordinator (Engage), web and social media officer Most technology is up to date with a significant IT capital expenditure but plenty of projects to work on including a new website going live, move to One Drive, SharePoint and 365 in next year and move engage to cloud version. Have Google Classroom and will continue to use for curriculum, currently exchange 2016, VMware, office 2019, windows 10 throughout, IBM blades, Mac’s in music labs and 6 IT suites All new Meraki Switches and with fast wifi and redundancy across 2 ISP’s Can you apply? We are looking for someone with specific education IT management experience, again both hands on and strategic. Working in Saudi still carries some restrictions and for the visa you must have a formal face to face degree as minimum They do have a very thorough Visa process (medicals, police and qualification checks, extensive referencing etc). Just to warn you Men and Women can apply but you must be either single or married, no in-betweenies, dependents will be considered, a partner in teaching a distinct advantage! Autumn term kicks of in August and the role is available from now so get in touch if you are interested and kick start your international IT career!

If you have a background in IT or Education Information Systems and you’d like to work for a Microsoft Gold Partner business in Sussex, working across the IT and Data teams and having access to Industry Gold Standard training and development, read on! Working permanently onsite at a leading Independent school you will use your technical and systems understanding and grow your Business Analysis skills, database administration and feel part of a vital team delivering great IT services across the business. The school is a really exciting place, technology is well funded and all students have Surface machines This is a split role so you can keep up your technical skills whilst developing a specialism in the world of Data systems and information management You will lean towards and take more responsibility for Data Management, learning systems like iSAMS, Pass/3sys, WCBS, SQL, PowerBI, ODBC as well as getting involved in the delivery of other IT support particularly with applications like 365, teams, visio, excel etc If you have good data Management experience but haven’t had a background in IT teams that’s also fine, but an ability to high level excel, some SQL, SSRS etc is essential Let me know if you could be interested! Will

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An ambitious independent school with an exciting future and lots of interesting new school developments requires an experienced ICT and Audio-Visual Technician to join the existing team on a full time basis AS well as a competitive salary this North Hillingdon based school has pay progression as well as other benefits including generous pension, paid cpd, helpful grants and loans, cycle to work as well as family friendly outlook and 50% fees discount. This is the perfect place to continue your career providing normal maintenance of IT peripherals especially AV, to best support teaching and learning. Installing, documenting and supporting all classroom IT systems including Windows 10, AD, Group Policy, Apple macs, Chromebooks as well as the Music and Drama departments and their productions and streamed events Your AV support experience will ideally be to a professional performance standard (lighting, editing, recording, supporting events etc) although some training and personal development could be offered to the right IT technician who is interested. If you don't have the AV experience but would be willing to join on a temp basis, this could also be possible Please let me know if you are interested below

I should be able to help, my company has a great deal of experience in mis and even isams, would you be ok with agency cover or recruitment?

Bump due to new salary level

The ideal role for an existing Network Manager / Assistant Network Manager or Senior Technician to take on more responsibility and the title of Network Manager, whilst keeping your hands on the tools of your trade. Our client, a well-established managed service provider working in the maintained and Private sector, are currently looking for an experienced Network Manager to be based at a lovely all-through Independent school in the Haywards Heath area. This school like to invest in IT and the successful applicant will be based on site 5 days a week, with support from the MSP and 4 engineers and you will be responsible for ensuring a consistent ICT support service is delivered throughout the school. The postholder will be responsible for the day to day ICT service throughout the school including both technical support, maintaining specialist equipment, repairs and upgrades, as well as any other day-to-day requirement that may be required in order to keep the schools ICT systems operational. Responsibilities: • Strong 2nd Line support including management of active network components including switches, routers and firewalls. • Work well with MSP data centre and support staff • Maintain Internet filtering systems. • Manage remote access to the school’s intranet. • Design and implement procedures on receiving and testing ICT equipment. • Design and implement procedures on asset disposal. • Maintain and regularly review whole-school system contingency plans. • Design and implement the school's backup and virus protection policies • Assist in planning for major developments of ICT services. Requirements: • Previously worked within a similar Senior ICT position • Worked within the Education sector • Two or more years’ experience managing Enterprise level Network infrastructures or a Service Desk. • Virtualisation technology (VMWARE or Hyper-V preferred) • Microsoft Certification (MCSA, MCSE etc) or relevant professional qualification/degree This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The ideal role for an existing Network Manager / Assistant Network Manager or Senior Technician to take on more responsibility and the title of Network Manager, whilst keeping your hands on the tools of your trade. Our client, a well-established managed service provider working in the maintained and Private sector, are currently looking for an experienced Network Manager to be based at a large school in Brentford. This school like to invest in IT and the successful applicant will be based on site 5 days a week, with support from the MSP and working closely with an IT technician and you will be responsible for ensuring a consistent ICT support service is delivered throughout the school. The postholder will be responsible for the day to day ICT service throughout the school including both technical support, maintaining specialist equipment, repairs and upgrades, as well as any other day-to-day requirement that may be required in order to keep the schools ICT systems operational. Responsibilities: • Strong 2nd Line support including management of active network components including switches, routers and firewalls. • Work well with MSP data centre and support staff • Maintain Internet filtering systems. • Manage remote access to the school’s intranet. • Design and implement procedures on receiving and testing ICT equipment. • Design and implement procedures on asset disposal. • Maintain and regularly review whole-school system contingency plans. • Design and implement the school's backup and virus protection policies • Assist in planning for major developments of ICT services. Requirements: • Previously worked within a similar Senior ICT position • Worked within the Education sector • Two or more years’ experience managing Enterprise level Network infrastructures or a Service Desk. • Virtualisation technology (VMWARE or Hyper-V preferred) • Microsoft Certification (MCSA, MCSE etc) or relevant professional qualification/degree This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

OK not pure IT support but they will definitely consider training a technician or helpdesk person who wants to increase ther knowledge and experience of data base software MIS support consultant Ever thought you could use your knowledge of Education data, process’ and software to help and train others? Maybe you would like to specialise because your adept at software systems in schools like SIMS, Arbor or Pupil Asset? Want to keep term time or move to full time outside of the school setting? Or you already do this in another support unit or MAT and wish to work for a friendly family, supportive type of business happy to train you up in areas you are missing currently Then working for this company in Sutton might be just the break you need! Their information systems team support schools across Sutton, Kingston and even further afield. Working primarily with SIMS schools (as well as Arbor and Pupil Asset), they are looking for someone with a grounding in education data, secondary or primary, and will be keen to train and develop someone even if they have limited knowledge as long as YOU are keen and willing to learn more. A key element of this role would be to pick up training, either remotely, in the office or onsite. So ability or desire is in this regards would be highly advantageous This role would suit both term time and full time candidates particularly with senior admin, data officer, technical or data manager experience. It would also require an enhanced DBS and some knowledge of education data to apply

WE have extended the closing date for another week so please do get in touch if interested

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