Network Manager

High Wycombe & Aylesbury

£30,000 - £35,000

About the role;

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic Network Manager to join their team supporting a school with two sites in the High Wycombe and Aylesbury areas

As the Network Manager you will be working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to help develop the IT across the school and help put plans in place for projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring, maintaining, developing and managing a wide range of IT Systems across a schools Infrastructure.

Responsibilities;

• Managing the school’s network infrastructure and ICT based applications

• Providing technical advice, training and support to staff to enable them to make effective use of systems.

• Day to day management of all IT operations ensuring all requests are dealt with in an efficient manner

• Monitoring and maintaining of all key systems including switches, virtual & physical server environments and backups.

• 2nd/3rd line support.

• Enforcing and monitoring in line with school policies.

• Training of internal staff.

Essential experience;

• A passion for IT with at least 2-3 years’ experience of working in a school as an IT Network Manager/IT Consultant.

• An excellent understanding of the requirements and responsibilities of working within the school environment.

• Experience in upgrading a school IT Network system.

• Self-motivation with strong communication and interpersonal skill as well as having exceptional customer service skills.

• The ability to work within a team as well as independently and have an aptitude for problem solving and a proactive approach to identifying ways to improve services provided by your team.

The role is offered on a full year, full-time basis and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Due to the location of schools, candidates must be able to drive.