Hub Network Manager for St Martin's School and Larchwood Primary School
From November 2024 - Hub Network Manager for Hogarth Primary School and Kelvedon Hatch Primary School in addition to St Martin's School and Larchwood Primary School.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the school networks.
• Manage the IT team to ensure a professional, efficient, and effective support service for staff and pupils.
• To maintain the IT Support Helpdesk, ensuring tickets are resolved quickly and successfully.
• Manage the removal of IT asset disposal making sure to comply with WEEE regulations.
• Ensure all IT users have the correct access rights and accounts are regularly reviewed.
• Manage the maintenance of IT resources (hardware and software) of the whole school.
• Manage the accurate production of network documentation of the network resources (hardware and software)
• To manage all system updates, recognising the flexibility required and need to run some updates after hours or at weekends.
• Manage, maintain, and develop the school’s broadband internet access and email system.
• To maintain a working overview of SIMS and cloud based parental interaction systems.
• Management of badge and door/gate system.
• Oversee technical aspects of the CCTV system.
• Overseeing the Print Management System.
• Management of the Schools Teams and Cloud systems.
• Supervise the provision of technical advice to all staff.
• Advise the Trust IT Manager on opportunities to improve existing systems.
• Manage staff appraisal and monitoring of performance.
• Manage the school’s security policies in respect of all soft/hardware and ensure the security and integrity of the network, licensing, and copyright requirements.
• Be prepared to attend training courses, CPD’s and identify training needs of staff.
• Offer technical advice, support, and visit in times of need to other schools within the Discovery Educational Trust.
• Prepare and manage the IT budget operational budget, reporting any variances to the Trust IT Manager.
• To ensure business continuity procedures are in place and regularly tested. Ensure back up procedures are robust and comply with the Discovery Educational Trust financial regulations.
• To maintain, support and update the School website, if required.
• Raise the profile of IT in the school.
• Assist with providing strategic support.
• Maintain existing relations with IT suppliers and partners.
• Liaise on school requirements, upgrades and new technologies and their application.
• Supervise projects including working with contractors and consultants.
• To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development, and training opportunities in discussion with line manager.
• To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health and safety in the workplace.
• Removal of RM CC4 management system and rebuild of Vanilla network at Larchwood Primary School.
• Creation, configuration and implementation of MDT Server at Larchwood Primary School.
• Implementation of Ruckus unleashed managed wireless system at Larchwood Primary School.
• Implementation of BT Cloud Voice telephone system at Larchwood Primary School.
• Renewal of Managed Print Service and installation and configuration of Papercut at Larchwood Primary School.
• Reconfiguration of print charging mechanism using Papercut at St. Martins School.
• Installation of classroom touch screens at St. Martins School.
• Full audit of IT kit at both schools.
• Set up of a secondary cloud backup of all school servers and data at both schools.