School Digital Lead
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0HD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f3e58a82-83c0-4fba-b43d-b7eaf06ba1cd |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Training
• GCSEs in English and Maths to C standard or equivalent
• Qualification or experience linked to IT
• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent (Desirable)
• Evidence of professional development relevant to digital leadership or website management (Desirable)
Experience and Knowledge
• Experience managing websites and/or digital content including troubleshooting
• Knowledge and experience of IT systems including hardware and software.
• Experience providing digital publicity
• Experience troubleshooting IT technical issues
• Experience managing websites and digital content, including troubleshooting, in a school or similar environment (Desirable)
• Knowledge and experience of IT systems including hardware and software in a school or similar environment. (Desirable)
• Strong understanding of digital publicity. (Desirable)
• Experience providing digital publicity for an organisation. (Desirable)
• Experience troubleshooting IT technical issues in a school or similar environment. (Desirable)
• The ability to resolve technical issues swiftly and effectively (Desirable)
• Understanding of lighting and sound systems used in school productions (Desirable)
Skills and Abilities
• Good understanding of data protection.
• Understanding of safeguarding requirements
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Experience of managing data protection including subject access requests. (Desirable)
• Experience in dealing with safeguarding including ensuring that the website meets safeguarding requirements. (Desirable)
• Able to work with minimum supervision, using own initiative and being proactive. (Desirable)
• Proficient in setting up microphones and audio setups. (Desirable)
• Proficient in programming and running lighting setups (Desirable)
Personal Qualities
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• High levels of problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads
• Commitment to upholding the school’s ethos and values
• Excellent attendance and timekeeping
• Willingness to undertake further training as required
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Innovative and forward-thinking approach to technology in education (Desirable)
What the school offers its staff
We are a large four-form entry junior school. We are a member of the Prosper Together MAT and work together to promote school improvement and provide a range of extended services for pupils. Together we employ several staff and commission other services to provide additional opportunities for our pupils and further CPD for staff. Each school maintains its individual identity and control.
We are committed to raising standards at an academic level and we are also committed to raising standards in children’s personal development – hence our vision statement. We want to be a successful happy school for children, staff, parents and governors.
The school is confident about the future and the morale of staff is high because:
• Our latest Ofsted confirmed us to be a good school.
• Teachers and support staff are very positive and mix well in and out of school.
• We have a good combination of experienced and less experienced teachers and excellent support staff.
• The children are polite, well-behaved and motivated responding enthusiastically to positive teaching and support.
• We have some excellent indoor facilities and additional outdoor space and play activities. All our classrooms are modern with new furniture and access to a range of online resources using interactive whiteboards, laptops and ipads.
• We have good support from the local community from parents, governors and visitors who all comment positively on the ethos and values in the school. We have met the national healthy school standard, [enhancement level] have achieved science mark gold, school games mark silver and the leading parent partnership award.
We have a good reputation for music, sport and dramatic productions and offer a range of extended school opportunities for children, including a youth club which supports vulnerable children and families. We have arts mark gold and active mark as recognition of our commitment to creative arts and sport. We are an ECO school and are recognised for our Inclusive practice. All our children learn to play guitar as part of our wider offer and we benefit from onsite swimming lessons. We are a Solihull hub school for Arts Connect West Midlands helping to promote arts across the local authority
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Qualifications and Training
• GCSEs in English and Maths to C standard or equivalent
• Qualification or experience linked to IT
• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent (Desirable)
• Evidence of professional development relevant to digital leadership or website management (Desirable)
Experience and Knowledge
• Experience managing websites and/or digital content including troubleshooting
• Knowledge and experience of IT systems including hardware and software.
• Experience providing digital publicity
• Experience troubleshooting IT technical issues
• Experience managing websites and digital content, including troubleshooting, in a school or similar environment (Desirable)
• Knowledge and experience of IT systems including hardware and software in a school or similar environment. (Desirable)
• Strong understanding of digital publicity. (Desirable)
• Experience providing digital publicity for an organisation. (Desirable)
• Experience troubleshooting IT technical issues in a school or similar environment. (Desirable)
• The ability to resolve technical issues swiftly and effectively (Desirable)
• Understanding of lighting and sound systems used in school productions (Desirable)
Skills and Abilities
• Good understanding of data protection.
• Understanding of safeguarding requirements
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Experience of managing data protection including subject access requests. (Desirable)
• Experience in dealing with safeguarding including ensuring that the website meets safeguarding requirements. (Desirable)
• Able to work with minimum supervision, using own initiative and being proactive. (Desirable)
• Proficient in setting up microphones and audio setups. (Desirable)
• Proficient in programming and running lighting setups (Desirable)
Personal Qualities
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• High levels of problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workloads
• Commitment to upholding the school’s ethos and values
• Excellent attendance and timekeeping
• Willingness to undertake further training as required
• Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Innovative and forward-thinking approach to technology in education (Desirable)
What the school offers its staff
We are a large four-form entry junior school. We are a member of the Prosper Together MAT and work together to promote school improvement and provide a range of extended services for pupils. Together we employ several staff and commission other services to provide additional opportunities for our pupils and further CPD for staff. Each school maintains its individual identity and control.
We are committed to raising standards at an academic level and we are also committed to raising standards in children’s personal development – hence our vision statement. We want to be a successful happy school for children, staff, parents and governors.
The school is confident about the future and the morale of staff is high because:
• Our latest Ofsted confirmed us to be a good school.
• Teachers and support staff are very positive and mix well in and out of school.
• We have a good combination of experienced and less experienced teachers and excellent support staff.
• The children are polite, well-behaved and motivated responding enthusiastically to positive teaching and support.
• We have some excellent indoor facilities and additional outdoor space and play activities. All our classrooms are modern with new furniture and access to a range of online resources using interactive whiteboards, laptops and ipads.
• We have good support from the local community from parents, governors and visitors who all comment positively on the ethos and values in the school. We have met the national healthy school standard, [enhancement level] have achieved science mark gold, school games mark silver and the leading parent partnership award.
We have a good reputation for music, sport and dramatic productions and offer a range of extended school opportunities for children, including a youth club which supports vulnerable children and families. We have arts mark gold and active mark as recognition of our commitment to creative arts and sport. We are an ECO school and are recognised for our Inclusive practice. All our children learn to play guitar as part of our wider offer and we benefit from onsite swimming lessons. We are a Solihull hub school for Arts Connect West Midlands helping to promote arts across the local authority
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.