ICT Technician

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the above position. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual with a positive attitude to join ICT Support at Littleover Community School. As part of the team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth running of the school’s ICT services supporting over 2000 students and staff.

The person appointed to this position will need to be flexible, professional, reliable and well-organised. They will need to have the ability to communicate with staff and students at all levels and be able to use their own initiative but also work well as part of the team. A working knowledge of Microsoft Applications, Microsoft Office 365 including Teams, Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows 11 Desktop, Windows Server and general networking would be advantageous; however, training can be provided, for the right candidate. Please note, GCSE Grade A*-C in English and Mathematics, or equivalent, is an essential requirement. Duties will include:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the position. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Information and application forms are available from the school website: www.littleover.derby.sch.uk

Completed application forms, with supporting letter explaining why you feel you have the qualifications, experience and personal qualities required for this post, should be returned by email to: jobs@littleover.derby.sch.uk

Please note, school will only contact successful candidates.

Littleover Community School is a diverse and highly successful comprehensive school, with consistently outstanding levels of attainment and progress across the curriculum. We are proud of our academic record, and of the pastoral care which maintains a feeling of community in a large and expanding school.

Littleover Community School welcomes enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. The school actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.

As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Littleover Community School complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. Littleover Community School undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a criminal record check on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed and can only ask an individual to provide details of convictions and cautions that they are legally entitled to know about.

Where a DBS certificate at either standard or enhanced level can legally be requested (where the position is one that is included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 as amended) and where appropriate Police Act Regulations (as amended), Littleover Community School can only ask an individual about convictions and cautions that are not protected.

Littleover Community School selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

Littleover Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures. In accordance with the statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Copies of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, along with other school policies, are available on our website at: https://www.littleover.derby.sch.uk/information.php#policies

We would advise anyone applying for a position at LCS to read the above documents, along with the following Keeping Children Safe in Education document: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education-2