IT Manager for St Martin's School and Larchwood Primary School
• Managing a team of 4 Technicians.
• Mentoring of IT Apprentices.
• An understanding of the workings of a Multi Academy Trust, including aims, goals and expectations of working towards these goals.
• Working with outsourced/3rd Party IT Service providers, both support and procurement.
• Building excellent working relationships with customers and service providers, based on transparency and communication with an aim to continuously improve services.
• Ensuring all Stakeholders are involved in regular communication, ensuring that they are fully updated on project progression.
• Running projects and support on multiple sites simultaneously.
• Dealing with vendors for both products and services, obtaining maximum value for money and ensuring requirements are met and exceeded.
• Manage the operation of the IT infrastructure across both school sites and plan its strategic development.
• Ensure the school’s IT facilities enable and enhance teaching, learning and administration.
• Effectively manage the IT support team to optimise service delivery Trust wide and ensure ongoing professional development and training for team members.
• Manage, maintain and control all IT equipment.
• Manage the day to day operations of both school networks.
• Ensure procurement of all hardware and software adheres to best value principles and is subject to a high quality evaluation, installation and maintenance.
• Manage the IT team to ensure a professional, efficient and effective support service for staff and pupils.
• To implement and maintain an electronic database of all ICT support requests.
• Maintain an electronic inventory of all IT hardware and software, identifying those items that form a part of the asset register and liaising with the finance team and accountants accordingly.
• Ensure all IT users have the correct access rights and accounts are regularly reviewed.
• Manage the maintenance of IT resources (hardware and software) of both schools.
• Manage the accurate production of network documentation of the network resources (hardware and software) and inventories and the Fixed Asset Register.
• To manage all system updates, including SIMS, recognising the flexibility required and need to run some updates after hours or at weekends.
• Manage, maintain and develop the schools broadband internet access and email systems.
• Supervise the provision of technical advice to all staff.
• Advise SLT on opportunities to improve existing systems.
• Manage staff appraisal and monitoring of performance.
• Control and implement the school’s security policies in respect of all software and hardware and ensure the security and integrity of the networks, licensing and copyright requirements.
• Be prepared to attend training courses and also identify training needs of staff.
• Offer technical advice and support to other schools within the Brentwood Academies Trust.
• Prepare and manage the IT budgets, reporting any variances to the Finance Director.
• To ensure disaster recovery procedures are in place and regularly tested. Ensuring back up procedures are robust and comply with the BAT financial regulations.
• Assist with providing strategic support and direction.
• Raise the profile of IT in the school.
• Raise risk assessment awareness for safe working practice in IT.
• Maintain existing relations with IT suppliers and partners whilst focusing on value for money.
• Advise on purchasing and negotiation of hardware and support contracts.
• Advise on school requirements, upgrades and new technologies and their application.
• Supervise projects as required including working with contractors and consultants.
• Develop and facilitate a better teaching and learning environment.
• Contribute to delivery of whole staff training.
• Maintenance of the St Martins telephone system.
• Support the site team in management of the St Martins CCTV system.
• Ensure all systems comply with the current GDPR requirements.
• Support of St Martins cashless catering system.
• Management of the school web filtering system.
• Maintain and update St Martins website.
• Migration of St Martins Email from onsite Exchange 2007 server to Office 365.
• Upgrade of servers from 2003 to 2012 R2.
• Migration and upgrade from Server 2008 to Server 2012/2016
• Renewal of Server Hosts and SAN.
• Replacement of St Martins aged CAT 5 cabling to CAT 6, including new fibre optics and managed switch configuration.
• Installation of 2nd Core switch.
• Migration and implementation to new broadband provider.
• Migration to new parental communication system
• Planning and implementation of a new St Martins website.
• Implementation of new managed network and data migration in Larchwood Primary
• Upgrade of both schools from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
• Implementation of managed print software in both schools.
• Microsoft Teams - Installation and configuration of Teams in both schools to allow remote learning. Custom policies put in place to ensure that the system cannot be misused.
• Set up of cloud document areas for remote learning.
• Contactless door system - Conversion of the existing push code door system to a card system. All staff issued with a card to allow access.
• Conversion of Biometric catering system to a contactless card system - Biometric readers removed and card readers put in their place. Each member of staff and all students issued a card linked to their catering account. These cards double as ID badges and door access where needed.
• The preparation and distribution of IT kit to disadvantaged students for home learning.
• The procurement and distribution of mobile wi-fi to disadvantaged students for home learning.
• Set up of the IT kit for COVID-19 mass testing.