We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our ICT team with our Central Services Team. You will be responsible for maintaining and developing the School infrastructure, to ensure maximum uptime and efficiency, whilst also adapting and responding to the changing needs of the school.
The successful candidate will have excellent network management skills, with significant professional experience, and a strong technical background with an experience of designing, configuring and managing networks. The candidate will be responsible for ICT contracts and services ensuring frameworks and value for money is maximised, whilst adhering to financial and procurement regulations.
We are looking for an inspirational manager who can provide effective support and coordination of the helpdesk's day-to-day activities with responsibility whilst continuing to develop our ICT strategy. Previous school experience is advantageous.
Closing date -14^th November. Interviews -Tuesday 19^th November. Start date January 2025
Why The Beacon? Aside from our fantastic provision, we have great opportunities for staff training and development, in-house coaching, wellbeing initiatives, free parking, staff social events, wellbeing days, onsite café, access to professional counselling and opportunities for staff to gain GCSEs… amongst others.
If you think that you would be a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you. Our SLT would welcome an introductory conversation if you would like to hear more about the role or come or visit the school.
The Beacon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please note that this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS and receipt of two acceptable references.
Due to the expansion of our multi-site provision we have a really exciting opportunity to welcome an IT Infrastructure and Systems Manager on board.
This role will be crucial in the setup of the IT Infrastructure for the expansion of our satellite provision in Walmer to fit alongside our current IT Infrastructure at our Folkestone site., The Beacon has a strong cooperative ethos and culture, building on personalised learning to ensure all students thrive within school and beyond. Learning at The Beacon offers a child-centred 'needs led' curriculum, which incorporates elements of the EY Foundation Stage, National Curriculum and external accreditation as appropriate, including Life Skills and Social Skills.
We will also continue to provide training and support for mainstream schools through the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service team managed by the school. This team offers support, training, outreach advice and guidance to our mainstream colleagues. In addition, the Beacon has both conference and meeting facilities and regularly hosts nationally renowned speakers on its courses.
The Beacon also hosts a Multi-Agency Support Hub. This is one of four centres across the County that brings NHS colleagues, paediatricians, speech and occupational therapists, and nursing services, alongside children's social services and portage colleagues into one cohesive centre. We are proud of the strong partnerships this brings to benefit the children and families of Shepway.
At The Beacon, we are driven by our shared moral purpose to do all that we can to improve educational outcomes and life chances for all our young people. We believe strongly that the best way to do this is through the partnership, collaboration and a commitment to work together to achieve excellence in all we do. Nothing says this more than our peer to peer reflection and coaching groups that exist throughout the school. This total collaboration and investment from staff drives our teaching and learning to be the best it can be. As we have outlined at the beginning of this narrative, we expect the highest possible standards of ourselves and all stakeholders, believing that in this way we can maximise learning and develop a truly reflective learning community.
If this sounds like the kind of environment in which you would thrive, then we look forward to hearing from you.