Database Administrator - DBA

Job description

• Eastern Education Group - Across Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
• Remote and Hybrid working opportunities available
• 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
• Salary: £34,834 per annum - £44,305 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Are you an experienced Database Administrator looking to make an impact? Eastern Education Group is seeking a dedicated professional to design, document, and monitor our database architecture, including SQL and MySQL systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support IT Services in achieving our Group's aims and objectives.
• Manage daily IT support for business systems and assist in developing efficient IT solutions.
• Diagnose hardware/software faults and maintain essential documentation.
• Ensure high data security and compliance, achieving Cyber Essentials Plus annually.
• Oversee database maintenance, backups, migrations, and recoveries.
• Prepare and distribute reports to senior management, analysing performance and capacity.

Why Join Us? As part of a collaborative IT Services Team, you'll work closely with Systems, CRM, and Web Development teams to enhance our Group's digital infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead projects and develop innovative solutions in a supportive environment.

We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Canteen
• Company Events
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities available

Eastern Education Group is a dynamic collective of visionary education providers, including Abbeygate Sixth Form College, One Sixth Form College, West Suffolk College, Exning Primary School and SENDAT. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional vocational and academic excellence to over 15,000 students across the region while providing a coherent approach to Special and Alternative Education throughout Suffolk and beyond.

Together, we strive to inspire and empower the next generation for their future studies and careers.

As a Group, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.

This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.

This Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]

Completed application forms should be made via out recruitment portal - if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Closing Date: 8.00am on Tuesday 5 th November 2024

Interviews: shortly thereafter

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.

The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website.