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2nd Line SupportTechnician - LondonSCP 25 – 29 (£25,620 - £28,845) per annum + LocalGovernment Pension Oasis Community Learning is one of the largest and fastest growing multi-Academy sponsors in England, with 43 Academy schools opened since 2004.Our mission is to create and sustain a network of excellent learningcommunities where pupils can realise their full potential.Weare now looking to appoint a 2nd Line Support Technician to work inour National Office in London. Oasishave an ITIL Service Desk, with the 2nd Line Engineer dealing withescalations from the 1st Line Team and from our Academies. You will be working mainly with Microsofttechnologies, including Office 365 and Azure. The successful candidatewill: · havea strong technical background · experienceof working within ITIL processes and procedures · be an enthusiastic customer service provider · possess sound problem solving and analytical skills · be willingto work shift patterns and travel between sites · havegood attention to detail for completing scheduled checks and updates This is a great opportunity to be part of a national IT team which hasrecently invested 3.5 million pounds in IT systems. As part of ourpackage, Oasis offers: comprehensive a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including industry certified accreditation a Local Government pension scheme a generous holiday allowance (25 days + bank holidays, rising to 30 days after two years’ service). We are committed to making a difference to the lives of thecommunities we work in and as such you must show a willingness to demonstratecommitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis Ethos. Toapply for the position, please send CV, covering letter andcompleted application form to: [email protected] no later than 11am on Friday 14th August2015. Interviews for this role are scheduled to take place on Thursday20th August 2015. If you have any questions or require any further information, please contactCharlyne Asante, Recruitment Officer, on 020 7921 4226. We are committed to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff with besubject to appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and referencing. Oasis Community Learning supports Equal OpportunitiesEmployment. Oasis CommunityLearning is a company limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales no.5398529 and is an exempt charity under the terms of the Charities Act 1993 and2006 EO Monitoring Form.pdf National Office Application Form.pdf 2nd Line Support Technician - 18.06.2015.pdf

Sector: Education, IT, Construction Salary: Dependent on experience £30K - £48K Additional Benefits offered Technical Consultant Role Nexus Associates is an IT consultancy that has been specialising in consultancy in the IT arena for over 15 years, predominantly for new building programmes for the government many of which are in the education arena, developing the infrastructure requirements to allow for high speed networks in the new environment that will also support legacy solutions to be re-used from the existing IT solutions in the clients’ existing environments. This requires knowledge of the latest technology solutions as well an understanding of a broad range of technologies, to allow us to support our clients to develop an ICT rich environment from an initial building design through to the technical implementation and beyond. Job Description We are recruiting someone who has experience working in a technical solutions development role predominantly around switching and wireless design. In this role the successful candidate will travel to a range of clients located in the mid to Southern regions of the UK are therefore would ideally need live centrally to be able to travel to meetings in these regions and therefore must have a full driving licence and access to a car. There will also be an occasional requirement to travel UK wide. When not onsite you will be able to work from home to complete activities as required to meet project deadlines. Our consultants frequently work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside Architects, Construction and Engineering Specialists, and technical specialists from our clients teams blending into a delivery team to meet our client’s aspirations. document and present our findings and recommendations and develop these into a specifications that we ultimately will implement for the client via our delivery team. Our candidate must have proven skills in Information Technology and be willing to develop their skills as industry changes dictate. We are looking for an individual who is self-disciplined, a self-starter and who is happy to take the initiative when given the opportunity and ask for support when needed. We need someone who is: • Able to demonstrate a design competency in a wide range of infrastructure technology • Presentable, personable and confident working with a wide a wide range of people • Able to organise themselves and their tasks • Attention to detail with the confidence and ability to present information in reports and at meetings • Effective time management • Able to work individually, as well as in a team Ideally the successful will have demonstrable experience of the following: • IT building impact • IT Strategy Development – taking the clients vision into a practical programme of work • Infrastructure design o Passive & Active o Wireless (Heat Mapping) o Network Management o Server Solutions o Telephony o Apple, Android and Microsoft client solutions o Mobile Device Management • Project Management of ICT solutions • Government compliant procurement • IT process such as ITIL/FITS When not onsite you will be able to work from home to complete activities as required to meet project deadlines. Desirable Skills • Networking & Comms solution design: HP/Cisco/Dell Accreditations in Networking Technologies • New Build experience – such as a previous role as a Network Manager having gone through a new build/refurbishment programme The candidate must have a driving licence, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel to clients sites. Career Opportunity This role would suit someone who has been working as a technical consultant or a senior engineer and wishes to broaden their consultancy skills, ideally with some knowledge of the education sector. At Nexus we consult on a broad spectrum of technologies including: • Smart Building Technologies • Large scale Audio Visual design • Integrated security systems • Converged communications infrastructures • Cloud based technologies • Educational applications • Servers and storage • End user devices Our work in education allows us to give young people access to leading edge technology, which is fundamental to their education and their lives within the modern world. Nexus Associates is committed to the development of a fully inclusive workforce. All applications for employment are assessed purely on merit, against the capabilities and competencies required for the role. Nexus Associates does not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, race, faith or sexual orientation. Applicants, please send a copy of your CV to [email protected] **Approved**

Would any school could recommend a support consultancy, to give telephone and remote support, and sometimes on site support, for a secondary school with a proper Windows vanilla system. I am looking somewhere not too far from Surrey. Many thanks.

A program called Breaking In is being launched in America and it is the IT world's equivalent of CSI. the show follows a fictional IT team breaking into museums, nicking cars and doing other things that real security researchers likely don't do as part of their day to day affairs. The producers even created a Flash game for people to play around in and supposedly "hack" by guessing a password. Unfortunately for the show's marketing team, one user responded to the Naked Security blog post about the show with instructions for how to literally hack the game. Ironically, Flash is the security hole (again). 1) View the source of the first game URL and you will see a link to http://www.conyourfriend.com/contrasecurity/ 2) In the source of the second page, look for the name of the Flash file in the fLoadFlash() function. This is called hack.swf, add that on to the end of the URL to get http://www.conyourfriend.com/contrasecurity/hack.swf 3) This is the third time you will have seen the file play but this time you are viewing the Flash file itself and can access Flash's play controls. Skip the intro and, using the right click menu, untick Loop, then click Play. 4) Ta-da, beat the game in less then 0 seconds. Credit to *FromSQLSantizer on the Sophos blog for spotting this.

With the release of Windows 7 it is time to start grabbing your Windows 7 ISO's, furiously burn them to a disk and install a new copy of Windows 7. Any gaming rig will have Gigabytes of programs to copy over though if the file transfers fail. The Big Reinstall helps you transfer those programs to quickly get back to your online fragfests. So let's start with the biggest player on the market at the moment, World of Warcraft. Before starting it is recommended to backup files to an External Hard Disk Drive or other mass storage media. An old World of Warcraft folder can grow considerably in size over time and take up many times more space then required so a big hard disk will help with your big re-install. Fortunately World of Warcraft is very painless to backup and restore, you can copy the whole folder to your backup device and drag it back into your Progam Files folder to restore it. But the folder tends to be filled with stuff that can be left behind to reduce the load. 1) Create a folder named World of Warcraft on your external backup device 2) Go to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft 3) Select everything in the folder 4) Deselect unnecessary items by clicking them with the CTRL key held down. 5) Drag the items left in your selection to the World of Warcraft folder on your backup device Now, what to leave behind? Here is a guide to the contents of the folder: \Cache - Leave this behind. It only contains files cached from the server by the client. \Data - Contains the archives holding the game files (commonly MPQ files). Copy this entire folder. \Errors - disposable error logs generated by the game. Leave them. \Interface - contains the AddOns used by the game. Copying these files is optional if you don't want to re-install them on restoring. \Logs - Yet more game generated logs. Leave them. \Patches - Patches that were downloaded and applied. Again, leave this behind as you have the patches applied already. \Screenshots - An album of images you have taken in-game. Personally, I'd back these up with your My Pictures folder. Optional to copy but leave it out the restore process and save the pictures elsewhere. \WDB - Empty folder? \WTF - No, not the curse. This holds all your settings (Video Options, Addon Options, etc). Friends lists are server side. Though optional, I strongly recommend copying this or you spend ages setting up the game again. And that sucks. Any other folders are not required for the backup process. In addition, you will want to copy every non-folder in the root of your World of Warcraft directory structure. The exceptions are the files called Patch (sometimes prefixed with version numbers like WoW-3.0.1-Wow-3.1.1-patch.exe), Pre-Patch and the patch downloader programs (similarly named like the patch files but end in downloader). These are old patches which should be applied already and held in your \Data folder. They don't always go into the \Patches folder and cause the most bloated space in the folder. To restore, simply copy your backed up and trimemd down World of Warcraft folder into C:\Program Files (or wherever you keep your programs). This will restore WoW and if done correctly, be ready to play. Note that installign Windows 7 from Vista will store your old Program Files folder to C:\Windows.old. You can copy the files directly from "C:\Windows.old\Program Files\World of Warcraft" to "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft" as normal but I still recommend backing up files befre re-installing Windows. Next post...Steam. Which is a lot trickier then it seems.

Full time, all year round Permanent £22,000 - £26,000 pa We have an exciting opportunity for a 1st Line IT Technician to play a key role in the IT support team at our leading independent day school in the heart of Oxford. You will also be part of a wider group of GDST schools and Head Office with a very active and supportive IT community. You will be the first point of contact in providing technical support and advice to staff and students, as well as supporting a wide range of activities and events across three school sites. To be successful in the role, you will need to be a proactive, flexible problem solver with a keen desire to learn, and possess great social and communication skills. A working knowledge of computers and troubleshooting is essential, any further skills training can be provided on the job if required. As a school, we are keen to invest in the technologies that make the most difference in the classroom and are not tied to any particular solution. You will therefore be part of an ever-changing technological landscape, full of learning and professional development opportunities. You will have the opportunity to work on trust wide projects, contribute to policies and procedures, and work with a wide variety of enterprise class technologies including: ● Microsoft SCCM ● Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy ● Microsoft Hyper-V ● Mobile Device Management (MDM) systems ● Chrome OS, Windows, iOS and macOS devices ● Enterprise wireless and VOIP systems ● Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace ● Enterprise anti-virus and endpoint protection ● Data backup and recovery systems ● Print management and accounting systems (e.g. Papercut) ● IT Helpdesk Management Systems IT is central to the whole process of teaching and learning at the school. If you have a keen interest in IT and would like to be part of our team, we would be delighted to hear from you. About Oxford High School Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education. As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include: ● Competitive salaries and pay progression ● Access to extensive professional development opportunities ● Training grants for qualifications ● Generous pension schemes ● Free life assurance benefit ● Free school lunches ● A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools ● Retail and lifestyle discounts through Pluxee ● Financial guidance and support through Hymans Robertson ● Competitive terms and conditions of employment For further details and to apply please click the link below: https://my.corehr.com/pls/gdstrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=031628 The closing date for applications is midnight 28th January 2024. Interview date: week commencing 5th February 2024 or earlier. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised. The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post including on-line checks.

I'm having an elearning website created to host several thousand videos for UK GCSE Maths which I have created. As such, I would very much like to know which video players most schools 'accept' and so would not block access to and therefore my content. For example, I've heard that VIMEO is blocked by many schools Thanks in advance!!

We are looking to appoint a Data Manager, with some experience of SQL and Management of Information Systems (in our case, iSAMS). Closing date is Monday 22nd June, and the person spec and further details can be found here: https://www.solsch.org.uk/vacancies Salary depends on qualifications and experience, but up to 35K

We're currently recruiting! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aqnRAK-yT6jQ_dOLblvE5EfIS8UqZZ9_M939Yo9CDGQ/edit?usp=sharing Closing date: 20th June Interview date: 25th June

I've just had a client ask for some temporary resource to manage/undertake some Fronter Migrations. First school to be done from 12th July, the other schools done oevr the summer holidays and may require two people Don't have much more info than this at the moment but if anyone is technical, understands their way around fronter and wants some summer work then please PM me asap London based work although I think ther summer work can be done remotely will

HP ProBook running Windows 7 won't link to projector Sony VPL ES1. Will link to our Epson projectors. Acer laptop running Windows 7 works fine with the projector. Any ideas please?

Hi Guys/Gals, Just got an e-mail from the NCC about applying to become a "Harnessing Technology Technical Champion". Sounds very interesting... Was wondering if anyone else was considering going for it, imo it's a very good stepping stone for the next level in our career (for example the "...to provide guidance for..." sounds like basic consultancy) as well as a big benefit for the school(s) you support. But of course the less people apply the greater the chances of me being accepted -Ken

We have two new positions available for an expanding IT Services department. Please click on the link for the job/person specification & application form. Helpdesk Technician & IT Engineer

hi, tried to google to no avail. for MRBS software, how do you prevent users from booking on the same day he / she wants to use the room? for example: Susan wants to use Room001 on Thursday; therefore so she must book the room before Thursday (24 hours before). is this possible with MRBS? thanks in advance.

https://applicant.website/i/9EAA27/vacancy-info/0000001742 - to view the vacancy. IT Manager role at Croydon Secondary School. Closing Date 11th July 2023. Thank you for taking an interest in working at Orchard Park High School, one of the most successfulschools in the area, well above the national average for progress 8. We are thrilled to share with you this exciting opportunity to join us as IT Network Manager and weare pleased to provide you some information about our school community, which is aspirational,welcoming and supportive. Orchard Park is highly a successful school proud of its ambitions anddiverse community. We pride ourselves on routines, systems and excellence. We are a calm, happyand high achieving school. Our staff are central to the achievements of the school. Should you join us, you will work alongsideour totally committed and professional staff, guided by experienced leaders who will equip you withthe support, training and resources you require. Our team strives to excel as a staff body to maximiseour pupils’ experience and future chances. The successful applicant will be fiercely passionate about improvement and driven to exploretechnology and how it best supports the needs of our aspirational teaching and learning. You will behigh performing and passionate about the opportunities new technology can offer. In turn you willbenefit from the expertise and constant feedback from Greenshaw Learning Trust. We work closelywith them every single day, sharing our own work and benefitting from their insightful, supportivecommunication and challenge that helps us constantly improve. If you are committed to getting betterevery day, this is the ideal role for you. We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applicationsfrom candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification andwhose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the jobdescription. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity,sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.

I am looking for a technical support company to support a our IT system which is VMWare ESXi + Microsoft servers. I need someone that can give me, the network manager, support. If anyone can recommand such, as I had not good experiance in the past with other support providers. We are in Surrey, but anywhere around the area will be fine. Many thanks

Has anyone experience of this? In particular, anything that would make installation/running difficult?

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

A little game for you. Exceptionally geeky folks may get this immediately (or even know already what this post will be about). What is wrong with this picture? I'll let you look at that for a minute. See anything? OK? Done. Note the command itself: dir "windows/logs" I had no idea until today that, if you include the full path in double quotes, Windows will happily accept the / symbol in place of the normal \ symbol for separating folder names. Go try it now, but wildcards won't work when the path is enclosed in double quotes so it isn't that useful, just a "geeky/nerdy" trick.

Anglian Learning are seeking to appoint ICT Technicians who will primarily be based at Bassingbourn Village College (near Royston) or The Netherhall School (central Cambridge). However, candidates must have ability to travel to multiple sites with the wider Trust. Full details and application route here: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/223849008/EDV-2024-AL-11080 Working as part of a cluster within the wider Technical Services Team, this role provides 1st and some 2nd line IT support to a group of academies within the Trust. This role will be reporting to the cluster’s Trust IT Manager, the successful candidate will have access to a wide range of knowledge and support within this structure but should be able to work independently for periods of time. The role requires a calm and professional approach to customer service, using the established helpdesk system to triage and manage support queries. Ownership must be taken of tasks to ensure they are followed up, completed and communication maintained with the end user throughout. A wide variety of IT disciplines are covered by the team, from local and remote user issues, networking, telephony, access control and cloud services. This is an investigative and customer facing role, which requires good communication skills, problem solving techniques and a proactive attitude to and interest in the work. This is an exciting time to join the Anglian Learning Technical Services Team as this centralised service develops and strives to deliver an excellent experience of technology to its school communities. Details about Anglian Learning schools here: https://anglianlearning.org/our-academies/ Anglian Learning offers the following benefits to staff. - Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme (CARE) - Free membership to all Anglian Learning’s Sports Centres - 20% Discount on Adult Education Classes - Employee Assistance Programme - Cycle To Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme - Discounted Eye Care Vouchers - Annual Flu Jab Vouchers - Perkbox Discounts Applications close at 12 noon on Monday 13th May 2024.