ICT Technician

ICT Technician
Laidlaw Schools Trust
St Nicholas Building
St Nicholas Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1RF

£22,275 per annum
Permanent
37 Hours per week, All year round

The Trustees are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our ICT Support Team. You will join our central team with effect from July 2023 in a key role providing support to across Laidlaw School Trusts 8 Academies within Newcastle, Sunderland and Sedgefield.

The successful applicant will be based at Excelsior Academy and will support the work of all our Academies across the Trust but will travel across the Trust’s primary schools in Newcastle, to support each week.

LST is a growing multi academy trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in the west of Newcastle, Sunderland and Sedgefield. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s schools.

With over 5,000 children, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, LST is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At LST we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Rob Atkin, Head of ICT on 0191 6622400.

Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 30th June 2023
Candidates who have not been contacted by Friday 7th July 2023 may assume they have been unsuccessful.
Interviews will take place: w/c 10th July 2023
Applications should be returned to: hradmin@laidlawschoolstrust.com
Please note that we don’t accept CVs.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.

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