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Thanks GD. I have looked at that link before, and even though I started here as a Tech, in the absense of a NM, took on many extra duties. While I was happy in this state, I do want paying for effectively a new job. I believe what the head is doing is putting the respsonsibility of running the network onto the ICT Coordinator, but getting me to do the actual work(with partial respsonsibility). I agree that there needs to be some Line Management established, and the direction that the Network is to be used in a TEaching and Learning sense should be done by someone else. What I dont agree to is that I should be telling my boss what needs to be done just so they can then athorise me to do work I have just informed them about:confused: @Powdermonkey - I can even agree with you there, someone else can have the responsibility for IT Stratergy, but the head seems to think, that the day to day running should come through the COordinator too. This is what I dont understand.

@Localzuk - That was my view entirely. It is also the ICT Coordinators view too. Unfortunately they are not in today so I couldn't bring them to the meeting too. I work in a secondary school, and I know that you tend to deal with a lot more than what you are employed to do. However, I do believe that the repsonsibility of keeping a network running for users should be the role of the NM not the ICT Coordinator. And I have made the point that the ICT COordinator does not have the relevant skills to tell me what work needs to be carried out on the servers. The response was that I should advise them on what needs to be done (or the Coordinator can seek advise from LEA)and I can then get authorisation to carry out the task. I have asked for all the policies that the school should have so I can see what role I fit into. After searching on here, I have looked at some that have identified different roles a school should have. We only have an ICT Coordinator and me, so I was wondering if there is any information which does state who should be doing what.

I have just had a meeting with regards to what jobs I should be carrying out. This has come about through Job Evaluation and what the school recognises that I do and what should be done by someone else. Basically I have been arguing the point that as the sole person here I am in fact carrying out many duties that make up a Network Managers role. I am currently employed as an IT Technician. Even though I have made my point that I carry out duties which involve administration of the school network, my contract does not state that I should be involved in any Server support/maintainence. I have requested that my roles & responsibilities change, and I have a job Title to be a closer match the job I do. What I want to know is what roles should a school have in order to keep a fully functional network running? I have been told that even though I can carry out tasks on the servers I should be doing this under direction from the ICT Coordinator. Now to me that doesn't make me the NM, rather still a technician carrying out orders of someone above me. But I cant see how this would work if the person above you hasn't got the technicial skills! I have read a lot about people who are responsible for data protection and ensuring the computer misuse act is upheld, but what I dont know is WHO should be doing this. Our setup is ICT Coordinator(teacher of ICT) and me(ICT Technician). I feel the school is missing a lot of roles here, that I would like to be addressed so I know what I should and shouldn't be doing. Previsouly I had full Domain Admin, but the ICT Coordinator was just a standard user. Can anyone give advise on who is the best person to take on various roles and what a school should have?

Thanks Synack. I will request this from county.

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OK, this is just a query regarding who they should be done by. Our backups are performed on our server obvisouly backing up user areas etc. Now I have been told that access to user areas and server based tasks are not my responsibility, but part of my current job is performing backups. I have informed the head that without authorisation to the server I cannot update the backups, check that they are completing and restore any files. The reason I have given is that I would need to logon to the server as an Network Admin account which would give me complete access to anything on the network. However, I have been told by another member of staff that I could log on and just access the backup area of the server. My query is which one of us is right? I dont want to touch the backups as even at a basic level, I shouldn't be accessing user areas other than my own. Any advice apreciated.