IT Manager - Network Manager - School

Salary: £35,000 - 41,000 per year

• Experience working as a Senior ICT Technician, Network Manager, Senior IT Technician, or in a similar school IT support role
• Background working within a school or education environment
• Good working knowledge of maintaining ICT hardware and software
• Working knowledge of maintaining networks
• Knowledge of switches, virtual and physical server environments, and backups
• Specific technical experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Hyper‑V, and cloud technologies such as Office 365 and Azure
• Ideally, experience upgrading a school IT system
• Friendly and versatile with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels

• Oversee the management, installation, maintenance, availability, and security of the schools curriculum and administrative ICT network
• Manage the schools ICT hardware and software infrastructure
• Manage school ICT support contracts, technical support, and emergency cover
• Deliver consultative 2nd and 3rd line technical support
• Support the ongoing reliability and security of the schools ICT network

• Active Directory
• Azure
• Cloud
• Hardware
• Hyper‑V
• ICT
• Support
• Network
• Office 365
• Security
• Windows

We are a fast‑growing organisation that supplies outsourced IT services to the education sector. This is a school‑based IT Manager role in Reading, commutable from Slough, Wokingham, Bracknell, Basingstoke, Maidenhead, and wider Berkshire. We offer a salary of £35k–£41k DOE plus great benefits, along with career growth, personal development, and training in a close‑knit, friendly team.