IT Manager

Your new company This West Yorkshire-based trust currently consists of 8 schools, with ambition to add more primary and secondary schools to their family. Based in Otley, this trust is an ambitious and fast-growing trust with one mission of ensuring all children have the best start in life. The trust works collaboratively with a common goal, sharing expertise and driving innovation, supporting all to ensure the very best is delivered. With a strong focus on empowering their people, they provide trust with CPD and create real opportunities for staff to develop, lead and make genuine impact. With a central IT team already well established, the IT Director is looking to add a Trust IT Manager to join the team on a permanent basis. Your new role Reporting to the IT Director, the IT Manager will be responsible for managing, developing and supporting the trust infrastructure, working closely with the IT Director and wider IT team across all sites. You will be at the forefront of providing a high level of IT service to all schools, working with both staff and pupils across the Trust to overall contribute to the high quality of teaching and learning. You will be exposed to a wide range of technologies such as desktop, servers, virtualisation, network infrastructure, disaster recovery, business continuity, security, cloud-based technologies and technologies bespoke to the education sector. You will act as the escalation point for any technical queries, working with the team of IT ..... full job details .....