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Discovery Educational Trust
IT Technician
Due to our success and continued growth, we are now looking to expand our IT Support team at Discovery Educational Trust. We are seeking creative and enthusiastic individuals who possess the skills and experience to assist our Director of IT in the provision of a first-class IT infrastructure to support quality teaching and learning across the Trust.
We envisage this role being full time, 5 days a week, however, we are open to conversations around part time/flexibility in work patterns. Please note this role is primarily Brentwood based, but will require some travel between our school sites.
We welcome informal enquiries and so if you are interested in learning more about the post before applying, please contact our Director of IT, Matt Petts: mpetts@discoveryeducationaltrust.co.uk
We aim to interview in the week commencing 9th September.
Information about the School
Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 students and 500 staff, across 5 schools.
Our schools are:
- Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
- St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
- Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
- Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
- Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)
We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum.
Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do.
We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion.
As an equal opportunities employer, Discovery Educational Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age; disability; gender re-assignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (which includes ethnic origin, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Discovery Educational Trust.
The Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding our students against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.