About Us
Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you’re looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly skilled IT Consultant to join our dynamic and proactive ICT team from 1 September 2025, or as soon as possible, for a 1 year fixed term contract. .
This role will have very varied responsibilities, including but not limited to providing face to face technical support to users across the Trust, providing advice and training to improve users' understanding of ICT and their experience of its use, diagnosing and troubleshooting problems as required, participating in wide scale ICT projects, supporting in looking after networks, infrastructure, backups and cyber security.
About You
You are likely to have gained the skills to clearly communicate technical issues to non-specialists through your career or personal experience. You will be able to bring to us initiative and excellent technical skills, with the ability to build productive working relationships, going above and beyond in providing support in the pursuit of excellence.
More information about the Trust, School and Role
- To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
- To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and St Katherine’s School, Pill, please read the attached Recruitment pack or visit our website: Cathedral Schools Trust
- Informal enquiries can be made via email to Thomas Bliss, ICT Director, tbliss at cathedalschoolstrust.org
We can offer you
- Continuing Professional and Leadership development
- Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
- Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers
- Free onsite parking at St Katherine’s School.
- Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies
- All new staff are automatically enrolled in the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund.
How to apply …
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
- Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 10 August 2025
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Friday 15 August 2025 via Google Meets
- All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Cathedral Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.