xxxxxxxxx History of Berkhamsted Schools Group

Berkhamsted School is situated in the historic Hertfordshire town of Berkhamsted, a prosperous community surrounded by Chiltern countryside and within easy reach of London Berkhamsted is a leading Independent School for pupils aged 3 to 18 years, the foundation of which dates back to 1541 (when John Incent, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, successfully applied to King Henry the VIII for a license to purchase a piece of land for a ‘freescole’).

In 1888 a Girls School was founded in Berkhamsted under the same governing body, and the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools merged to form a diamond school in 1997 The Prep School was also integrated at this stage, and the School became Berkhamsted Collegiate School.

In 2011 the School merged with Heatherton House, a small independent day School for girls in Chesham Bois, and became the Berkhamsted Schools Group. Operating as a satellite Prep School, Heatherton provides a feed of Girls to the Berkhamsted Girls School every year. In 2012 Berkhamsted Schools Group acquired Haresfoot, a small proprietary prep school in Berkhamsted. This site now houses the Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Berkhamsted Day Nursery Limited, and Berkhamsted Prep takes children from age 7-11.

Berkhamsted is the only School in the Herts, Beds and Bucks region, and one of only a small number of Schools in the country, to offer a ‘diamond’ structure that combines the best of both single-sex and coeducational teaching. Boys and Girls are taught together until the age of 11 (Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Prep), separately from the age of 11-16 (Berkhamsted Boys and Berkhamsted Girls), before coming back together again in a joint sixth form (Berkhamsted Sixth).

Job Description

Reporting to: IT Director

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Hours of Work:

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Full-Time (52 weeks per year)

Flexible hours 7 5 hours between 8am - 6pm (dependent on department needs)

Some weekend and evening work occasionally required

Areas of Responsibility:

To work closely with the in-house IT Applications team to support existing IT systems, including in-house developed interfaces, Power BI reports, Power Automate and Power Apps

To help develop, design and implement Power Bi reports and dashboards, Power Apps and workflows in Power Automate.

Working closely with heads of support and academic departments to identify areas where the organisation can improve efficiency with automation, workflows and digitisation of processes. Provide technical expertise to the wider IT team on the Microsoft Power Platform. Provide external consultancy as required to other organisations, including design, development and training of agreed solutions with these third parties.

Working closely with the Commercial Operations Manager to investigate new consultancy opportunities

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Skills & Qualifications:

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Essential:

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Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate development experience

Excellent Microsoft T-SQL Development skills

Understanding of the Microsoft Technology Stack, including Office 365, Teams and SharePoint online

Ability to work on your own, or as a member of a team

Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical end users, and train both technical and non-technical staff

Systems Analysis skills, including the ability to determine requirements from end-user discussions and convert those requirements into a written specification/statement of works

Document to an agreed standard

Desirable:

Experience of Education Management Information Systems, including knowledge of the Database Schema

Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration skills (user security, backup & restore, etc)

Knowledge of ISAMS third-party integrations e g SOCS, My School Portal, etc

PowerShell scripting

Exposure to the iTrent HR and Payroll system

Knowledge of the Sage Finance System, and add-ons (Draycir products)

Knowledge of the full IT development lifecycle

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Project Management skills (Prince, Prompt, etc)

Azure/Cloud experience (for consultancy, other sites may well be using some sort of cloud database server platform)

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