IT 1st Line Support Technician

IT 1st Line Support Technician

Job Type

Support

Job Category

IT

Employment Basis

Established (salaried)

Location

John Ruskin College - Croydon, East Surrey College - Redhill

Salary Range

£27,780.48

Closing Date

25/05/2026

Documents

• 1st Line Support JD & PS.pdf
  (PDF, 210.47kb)
• Introduction from the Principal.pdf
  (PDF, 44.19kb)
• OSC Corporation Competency Framework.pdf
  (PDF, 472.18kb)

IT 1st Line Support Technician

College location:East Surrey College (Redhill) and John Ruskin College (Selsdon)

Salary: £27,780

Hours: Full time (37 hours/week) 08:45-17:00 Monday - Friday

Are you passionate about technology, problem-solving, and helping people succeed?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and proactive IT Support Technician to join our dynamic IT team, providing exceptional 1st line support across the College Group. This is your chance to play a key role in supporting the digital systems that power teaching, learning, and administration every day.

From Microsoft 365 and cloud technologies to device management through Intune, you’ll work with modern IT platforms while helping staff and students stay connected, productive, and supported.

If you’re someone who embraces change, enjoys learning new technologies, and wants to make a real impact in education technology, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Provide first-line IT support via phone, email, chat, and ticketing systems
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, network, and Microsoft 365 issues
• Set up and deploy laptops, desktops, mobile devices, and peripherals
• Escalate complex issues to senior IT teams with clear documentation
• Support staff onboarding/offboarding and equipment provisioning

The successful candidate must have:

• Experience in a 1st line IT support or helpdesk environment
• Strong communication and troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with Active Directory, Azure AD, and Intune
• Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent
• Computer based degree or equivalent in computer engineering or relevant field is desirable

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.