IT Support Technician (Field Based)

Location Canterbury
Discipline: IT & Digital Transformation
Salary: £22k - 26k per year
Contact name: Jane Deadman

Contact email: jane@westinpar.com
Job ref: JD/CT/11513
Published: about 1 year ago
Startdate: 9th October 2023

IT Support Technician (Field Based)
£22,000 - £26,000


East/Mid Kent
Permanent Full or Part Time (Term Time only considered)


Core Hours 08:30 to 16:30
Full driving licence and own transport essential

 

Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary

  • Excellent staff retention record

  • Travel expenses paid above standard at 44p per mile

  • Well established (25 years) company with a thriving business

  • Flexibility around work patterns

  • New role due to business growth

  • 2-3 Staff gatherings per year, fully funded by the employer

Do you have 1st Line IT Support experience? Do you have a full driving licence and your own transport? Are you prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check? Would you like to work for an established company that is thriving and has an excellent staff retention record? This role could be the one for you! 

 

Westin Par is working with a great Kent-based business looking for an additional IT Support Technician (Field Based) to join there expanding team. The ideal person will be an experienced and self-motivated IT Support professional with an excellent attitude to customer service. You will be supporting and maintaining primary schools in and around the East Kent area and so unfortunately we are unable to accept any applications form people who do not have a full driving licence and access to their own transport.

 

The Job:
As part of the IT team you will install, set up and support IT equipment in schools, assist staff in its use, and administer the servers and cloud services. The job will involve developing and supporting desktop PC's, servers, and the local and wide area infrastructure, tablets, laptops and iPad's. The job involves dealing with people at all levels, and requires technical knowledge of Microsoft based, end user and server equipment and software, plus a range of other peripheral IT equipment.

 

The Person:
The successful candidate should possess technical skills and knowledge in the following areas:

  • Microsoft Server software

  • Microsoft Windows and Office products

  • Group Policy and Active Directory

  • Remote Backup procedures

  • General Network Infrastructure

  • Diagnostic procedures

  • Installations of Mainstream software and MSI Deployment.

  • In addition, knowledge of Apple products would be an advantage.

 

The position we are advertising is open to part-time candidates, however must include the 38 weeks which make up the standard school year.

 

Candidates must have or be able to fulfil the requirements for an Enhanced DBS check and possess a full driving licence.

 

To find out more about this interesting and varied job please call us on 01304 200329

 

Westin Par values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies, we are acting as an Employment Agency

Due to the high volume of applicants applying for all roles, we can only reply to candidates with the most relevant skills and experience. If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.