School Network Manager

About Us and Role Overview: Oakfield Short Stay School is Leicestershire's provision for school aged children who have been permanently excluded or are at risk of permanent exclusion from school. We have expanded the age range of Oakfield School and as a result we are recruiting staff. We have satellites bases across Leicestershire and in this role you will be responsible for ensuring that there is an efficient, reliable and usable ICT service to support curriculum and administrative provision in the school. Therefore, you will be part of a vital team in an exciting period of development, working with us to meet the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 and 16 who struggle to manage in mainstream and need a different offer of education to secure their successful next steps., *Lead and Inspire: Take ownership of the School's network infrastructure, including wired and wireless networking, switching, routing and firewall configuration, with particular responsibility for pupil based networking environments.

*Support Reintegration: Support the delivery of the School's Digital Strategy by translating strategic objectives into robust, secure and scalable technical solutions. Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems, services and infrastructure.

*Accountability: Manage and develop on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance and resilience

*Promote Inclusion: Demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, ensuring all pupils feel valued and supported.

• BTEC (Higher), NVQ4 or equivalent relevant qualification plus experience
• Experience of working with young people preferably in a school or college setting
• Postholder will have considerable technical skills often gained through many years' experience
• Experience of responding to national changes within the educational landscape through strategic leadership
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical users.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to relate well to people on all levels, diplomatic but assertive.
• A collaborative and supportive approach, working well with colleagues across departments.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we'd love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. Without this information, we won't be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.