IT Manager - Education Sector - part Time 22 hours a week

The Trust Network Manager will work with the Trust Head of IT with a focus on managing and maintaining the Trust’s IT infrastructure, ensuring secure, efficient, and reliable operations.

This role involves deploying and managing hardware, software, and network systems, as well as providing technical support and training to staff.

Duties may vary from day to day according to the IT needs of the schools as detailed further below. The objective is always the maintenance of high standards of education and best value for the Trust. The role will require attendance at, and travel between, Trust schools. This role will support flexible working patterns

Main duties and responsibilities:

Infrastructure Security

• Management of active network components including switches, routers, and firewall.

• Management of passive network components including Network Cabinets, Patch Panels, and cabling.

• Ensuring network infrastructure is documented to enhance support.

• Operating system installs and setup

• Implement security measures to protect network and data integrity.

Support and Maintenance

• Support and maintain Trust owned technology

• Monitoring and updating of Trust wide helpdesk queries, take responsibility of tasks or assign to relevant members of staff

• Deploying Windows updates, active directory, software installation and group policy changes

• Cloud services group management

Network Design and Implementation

• Collaborate with the Head of IT to design and implement network infrastructure to meet the school’s requirements.

• Assisting with strategic alignment to the Trust Strategic IT Plan

• To support the development of detailed scope of works and design for Infrastructure projects

• To lead on Infrastructure projects within the schools.