Senior Technical Engineer (Site Based)

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The GORSE Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an inspirational Senior Technical Engineer to lead and deliver Trust-wide technical initiatives and projects. This role includes deputising for the IT Manager when required.

You will take a leading role in managing key systems and services at a Trust-wide level, ensuring the IT services team is continuously developed through training, best practices, and thorough documentation.

Additionally, you will be responsible for handling service outages and technical escalations in a calm and professional manner, ensuring all policies and procedures are upheld.

The successful candidate will be based at one of our secondary academies as part of an IT Service Hub.

We are looking for an individual who has:

• Full UK driving license and daily access to a vehicle, the role will involve working at all of the academies in the Trust.
• A minimum of three years' experience in an IT support role.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral and the ability to communicate with different groups of people.
• Strong analytical skills and a systematic and logical approach to problem solving.

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team - as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

Our 15 academies, our central team, our Teaching School Hub and GORSE SCITT work in a tightknit manner which sees our students prospering as a result of great partnership. Our professionals recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations work with integrity, moral purpose and determination.

If you would like to know more about our Trust, please visit our website at The GORSE Academies Trust.

How to Apply:

If you are as excited about this role as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and application form are available to download from this page, by email to [email protected] or by telephone on 0113 487 8888.

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.

We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.