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ICT Consultant

PLANET RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD
Posted 11 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 2XY

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Employee Assistance

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  • The ICT Consultant position in North West Oxfordshire requires candidates to drive their own car and offers a salary range of £23,000 to £31,000.
  • Candidates should ideally have at least 2 years of experience in an ICT Technician or 2nd line support role, preferably within the education sector.
  • Responsibilities include maintaining IT hardware across school sites, providing technical support, and managing customer accounts.
  • The role demands strong communication skills, a technical background in IT, and the ability to explain complex issues in simple terms.
  • Benefits include a pension scheme, a car scheme, and an employee assistance program, among others.

ICT Consultant

North West Oxfordshire - Must drive own car

Salary £23,000 - £31,000

Benefits:

  • Pension Scheme
  • Car scheme
  • Cycle scheme
  • Eye care scheme
  • Mental health first aid
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Employee recognition scheme
  • Travel Card

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.

Role Summary:

You will facilitate communication between your school and the client keeping them up to date with what services they 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 Office365.

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.

Responsibilities include:

  • 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)

The role is offered on a full-time, full year basis and successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks.

In return, we are offering a salary of between £23,000 - £28,000 negotiable for the right person. Benefits include a pension scheme, electric/hybrid car scheme, cycle/ebike scheme, eye care voucher scheme, mental health first aid, employee assistance programme and employee recognition scheme.

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.