Senior IT technician
Reports to: Digital Lead
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent
Annual leave entitlement: 29 days per year + 8 bank holidays
Work pattern: 36 hours per week, All year around (52 weeks)
Salary information: Starting at NJC Scale SO2, Point 26, £38,934 per annum rising with annual increments to Point 28, £40,775 per annum
Hours of work: Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:45 for 4 days per week and 09:00 - 16:30 for 1 day per week with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break each day (The working pattern will be confirmed with the successful candidate.)
Location: The Senior IT technician will be based at Ruislip High School. Whilst this will be their primary location of work, the successful candidate will have a mobility clause which means that they will also be required to work at any of the Trust’s schools on occasion.
Start date: As soon as possible
Vanguard Learning Trust wishes to employ an enthusiastic and proactive senior IT technician who will be a key member of the Trust’s support staff team. Our new senior IT technician will embrace our Trust’s vision to engender collective responsibility across the Trust and will support our schools and the central team with this ambition.
Our new senior IT technician must have an understanding of Google for Education applications while a background in IT as well experience of working in a school environment are highly desirable. The successful candidate will be based at Ruislip High School. It is important to state, however, that they will have a mobility clause which means that they will also be required to work at any of the Trust’s schools on occasion.
The Trust aims to continue its expansion of schools over the next five years. The newly centralised IT function will play a key role in ensuring that the Trust has the capacity for expansion. Our new senior IT technician will become part of that team, focusing on the interoperability of software and automation of data whilst acting as a first line of defence in our cyber security strategy.
Why work for Vanguard Learning Trust?
Vanguard Learning Trust is a cross-phase Trust in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Our Trust currently has five schools: Field End Junior School, Hermitage Primary School, Ruislip High School, Ryefield Primary School and Vyners School. Oak Farm Primary School is an associate member of the Trust. The successful candidate will be provided with professional development opportunities and will play a key role in ensuring that our Trust is an employer of choice.
An application form can be downloaded from here or the Vanguard Learning Trust website (
click here) where all information about this post can be obtained.
Closing date: Monday 18th November 2024 at 10.00am
Interviews: Friday 22nd November 2024
Further information: Early applications will be considered and applicants may be offered an interview before the closing date.
Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that, while certain older and less serious convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, any non-protected convictions or cautions must be disclosed and may be considered by employers as part of the recruitment process Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
