ICT Consultant

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North Buckinghamshire - Luton and Milton Keynes

£26,000 - £31,000

Turn IT on are looking for an ICT Consultant who has a real flair for technology mixed with a passion for providing exemplary service to our customers to our team supporting within the North Buckinghamshire region.

You will be responsible for maintaining all IT hardware and services across the schools’ sites as well as helping the schools improve the standard of their ICT provisions and enable them to deliver effective teaching and learning through ICT solutions.

You will facilitate communication between your school and turn IT on keeping them up to date with what services turn IT on can offer and manage the accounts of your customers. You will be skilled in maintaining school computer equipment, installing new and existing software across the network, provide technical support for users and resolve identified technical problems. You will also have good knowledge of common user applications and good experience of using Microsoft Office
365.

The ideal candidate will ideally have at least 2 years’ experience in working in a previous ICT Technician/2nd line support preferably in the education sector although not essential.

You will be passionate about IT with a strong technical background, be self-motivated and enjoy providing excellent customer service. This role requires you to be a team player, have strong communication and organisation skills along with a courteous manner with the ability to explain technical issues in layman’s terms to our customers.

You should be able to work independently and have an aptitude for problem solving and a proactive approach to identifying ways to improve services provided by your team.

• Resolve and manage any technical issues that impacts the running of the school’s function by providing robust technical solutions
• Installation or repair of computers with standardised applications and networking software, diagnosing, and solving problems that develop in their operations.
• Respond to a wide range of technical duties associated with the computer network and desktop services, primarily in connection with existing installations and upgrading of these installations. Desktop computers, iPads, printers, telephones, scanners, projectors, pa equipment, AV lecterns and hardware.

• At least 2 years of experience in ICT Technician or 2nd line support, preferably in education sector.
• Strong technical background in hardware, software, networking and Office
  365.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to explain technical issues in layman’s terms.
• Self‑motivated, independent, proactive and strong communication and organisation skills.

Benefits include salary of between £26,000 - £31,000 negotiable, pension scheme, electric/hybrid car scheme, cycle/ebike scheme, eye care voucher scheme, mental health first aid, employee assistance programme and employee recognition scheme.

Transforming Learning Group (TLG) provides comprehensive ICT and computing support, MIS support, GDPR services and software consultancy and training. We have several brands under the TLG umbrella – turn IT on, School ICT Services, Salamander Soft, SBM, Vital York, GDPR Sentry and Locker. Between these brands we provide services to over 5,000 schools across UK and employ over 450 staff members.

turn IT on is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

‘Happy to talk flexible working’ ‘Your data matters’