ICT Officer

Ref: 001473

ICT Officer

Grade 5 - 6, SCP 18-27 (£31,537 - £38,220) Pay Award Pending

Full time (36 hrs 40 mins per week), Full year

Permanent, to start ASAP

The Brian Clarke Academy is seeking to appoint a skilled and dedicated ICT professional to join our team, working closely with the ICT Network Manager and wider staff body. This is a vital role within the Academy, providing high-quality technical support that underpins teaching, learning, and daily operations. The successful candidate will play a key part in ensuring our systems run smoothly, helping to create an environment where our core priority progress for all students can be fully realised.

The purpose of this role is to:

• Support the IT services, based on the school site, and for the Trust primary schools based in Oldham and the surrounding areas, delivering operational service, support and projects.
• Play a key role in ensuring network security and connectivity, meeting the need of curriculum and school priorities.
• Support the team’s less experienced colleagues, including acting as mentor to any IT apprentices.
• Working with IT professionals across the Trust, collaborating, networking and developing projects.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Qualified and/or has significant professional experience and strong technical background.
• An excellent team player and people person.
• Positive, open and has a friendly attitude to customer service, improvement and delivery.

You do not necessarily need to have worked in education, what is more important is that you are an excellent IT professional with the right skillset who has the enthusiasm and commitment to be the best that you can be.

Working for The Brian Clarke Academy means that you would be part of the Cranmer Education Trust, a successful, growing Trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team, as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.

Alongside The Brian Clarke Academy, the Trust is made up of primary and secondary schools across Oldham and Rochdale. The Trust also incorporates a teacher training school and the East Manchester Teaching Hub and a MFL hub, which support the training and development of new and existing teachers across the North West of England. For further details please visit: https://careers.cranmereducationtrust.com/.

This position will be based at The Brian Clarke Academy, Oldham, but may from time to time require travel as necessary to collaborate with other schools which are all locally based.

We offer:

• Opportunities for professional development in a growing Trust
• A strong school community that places children, families and staff at the heart of everything we do.
• A supportive team who will work with and alongside you to achieve the very best.
• LGPS career average pension scheme including life insurance and dependent's pension.
• Generous holiday entitlement and sick pay scheme, increasing with length of service.
• Central Oldham location close to good transport networks.

The Brian Clarke Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

For further information please refer to:

• The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust.
• The Trust’s statement on the employment of ex-offenders, in the job details’ documents section.
• The job description and person specification for further information regarding the safeguarding responsibilities of the role.

For further details including how to apply please click on this link: https://careers.cranmereducationtrust.com/

Please note that CVs are not accepted.

Closing Date: 9am, Friday 29 May 2026

Interview Date: Wednesday 3 June 2026

You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time once we have received sufficient applications.

The Cranmer Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.