Group Infrastructure Engineer

at  The Dean Trust

GROUP INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Salary: NJC Pay Scale, Band 7 Scale Points - 26-29 (£36,124 - £38,626 FTE)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Working Pattern: Full time, all year round
36.25 hours per week
8am-4pm Monday-Friday
Contract: Permanent

Benefits available at The Dean Trust

• 26/31 days annual leave entitlement (dependent upon length of service)
• Local Government Pension Scheme – [insert name of pension fund]
• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme (free of charge)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual flu jabs (free of charge)
• Access to enhanced family friendly policies

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic Group Infrastructure Engineer to join our dedicated IT department and to work alongside the Central IT Team to help ensure systems remain secure by design, new security initiatives are embedded into practice at School level and the Group IT Director is supported with new projects.
The Dean Trust has a number of high performing schools and a proven track record of sustained improvement. The Dean Trust’s core values include traditional academic education, excellent discipline and respect, resulting in improved attainment and progress. “Believe, Achieve, Succeed” has been embraced by all of the schools in The Dean Trust.
Regular travel between sites is a key requirement of the role.
The role will involve working in adherence to Group IT Director’s strategy for network development. monitor the Central IT Network Operations and Security Operations Centres and to work in accordance with ITIL Framework for Change Management & Release Management.
The successful candidate will ideally have proven experience working in an ICT helpdesk/ICT support role, ideally in an education establishment and understand the diverse and wide range of tasks that are involved with supporting teaching staff, administrative staff and pupils.
Working together as a team has clearly made us stronger, and the support and challenge of each other has enriched each of our academies and the Trust. As an employer, the Trust is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit regardless of background or characteristics. Our aim is to create an environment in which individual differences and the way in which everyone contributes is recognised and valued.
To apply for this vacancy please visit our recruitment page careers.thedeantrust.co.uk.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact us on 0161 973 1179 or email katiehurst@thedeantrust.co.uk.

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