QA Apprenticeships
Location
West London | United Kingdom
Job description
Employer description: United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff well-being with an ongoing group-wide well-being programme. It's an ethos we call âthe best in everyoneâ.
Overview: We are now looking for an eager candidate to join us as an apprentice.
As the IT Technician Apprentice, you will gain experience of supporting an IT team in delivering, maintaining, and supporting technology. Opportunities to gain wider technical knowledge and experience across the cluster are expected and will be beneficial to all.
Duties: You will be responsible for:
What we are looking for: Desirable skills:
Personal qualities:
Willingness and ability to travel around the London cluster to support other sites as required. If you drive this will be beneficial but you will not be required to drive. [You will travel to other sites with the more Senior Technician's and colleagues]
Entry requirements:
You may also have a combination of qualifications and experience which demonstrate the minimum foundation needed for the programme. In this instance you could still be considered for the programme.
If you hold international equivalents of the above qualifications, at the time of your application you must be able to provide an official document that states how your international qualifications compare to the UK qualifications.
For more information, please visit the UK ENIC website.
Benefits:
Additional details: You will be based at one of 3 schools in the South East London Cluster; Baconâs College in Rotherhithe, The John Roan School in Greenwich or Sedgehill Academy near Catford. You will be required at times to work at the other sites within the South East London Cluster other than your home site.
The Apprentice IT Technician post reports to the Senior IT Technician at each school. Although a driving license is beneficial, it is not essential as the apprentices will travel with other colleagues. They are also all easily accessible with local transport links and the Tube.
Salary: Your salary is based on National Minimum Wage for your Age and higher than the standard apprentice wage. Wages may be higher or lower than the range advertised. Speak to the recruiter at QA for confirmation.
For example, yearly salaries could range between: £14,605.50 £19,851 £20,319
Future prospects: Many apprentices have been supported to achieve Distinctions and Merits and been retained as full-time members of staff after their apprenticeship. Salary rises and promotions will come with securing full-time employment.
United Learning Trust has extensive experience of training IT apprentices into fully fledged and qualified IT Technicians.
The Trust may also potentially fund and support you to work towards higher qualifications such as the Network Engineer Level 4 or a Bachelors Degree.
Important information: Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills, earn while you learn, and launch yourself into an exciting future. With over 30,000 successful apprenticeship graduates, we're a top 50 training provider, dedicated to helping you succeed. Apply now!
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