IT Solutions Technical Architect Full Time

Girls’ Day School Trust

With several new systems projects on the horizon, this role presents an exciting opportunity to advance your technical project management expertise. You will play a leading technical role in systems development projects, both within systems design and in interfaces with other stages of development, ensuring that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices are applied correctly.

As an integral member of the technical delivery team, you will also support maintenance of our systems and provide support to our schools as projects are being rolled out or as security vulnerabilities are identified and remediation actions need to be applied.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of implementing technical solutions in an enterprise environment and presenting technical information effectively to technical and non-technical audiences. Your technical experience and knowledge will include:

• Managing a complex Office 365 environment
• Use of PowerShell and scripting
• Managing SCCM including updating management, OS and App deployment
• Delivering complex IT Solutions projects
• Maintaining and managing complex Azure AD domains

  In return, we offer a great working environment and a very rewarding benefits package, which includes:

  • Competitive salaries and pay progression
  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities
  • Training grants for qualifications
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Free life assurance benefit
  • A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Childcare vouchers, interest-free loans for travel season ticket
  • A Cycle to Work scheme
  • Competitive terms and conditions of employment
  • 30 day years leave (plus statutory holidays)

    About the GDST:

    The GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) is the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, with over 3,500 staff, and nearly 19,000 students between the ages of three and 18. As a charity that owns and runs a network of 23 schools and two academies in England and Wales, it reinvests all its income in its schools. Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity).

    To apply:

    Please send your CV and cover letter to Mike Coram, by clicking APPLY NOW.

    Please do not apply online.

    Closing date: Midnight on the 19th August 2022.

    Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received and the post may be closed early if a successful candidate is found.

    The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

    The GDST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.