IT Officer

1. Introduction

Saint Too Bloom Academy is a new secondary school focused on innovation and entrepreneurship education. Designed from the ground up by passionate educators, engineers, and entrepreneurs, we aim to establish ourselves as one of the leading K-12 institutions in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China, and Asia. While the world faces many ongoing challenges, we are excited about the prospect of reimagining education – especially within our Chinese context – and we invite you to join us in our efforts to innovate to prepare students for the challenges that lie ahead.

Since the opening of our primary school, Bloom KKCA Academy (www.bloom.edu.hk) in 2021, we have implemented innovative practices, including bilingual, interdisciplinary project-based learning and have formed strong partnerships with organizations across various sectors. In August 2024, we established our secondary school Saint Too Bloom Academy on a separate campus nearby. In preparation, we ran a pilot secondary program from 2018 to 2021, which served as an incubation space for our school design and integration of innovation in our curriculum and unique applied learning programs. We have successfully prepared our pilot year senior cohorts for their A Levels and IGCSEs, while our current junior cohorts are following our school-based Key Stage 3 curriculum.

We are seeking qualified and experienced teachers to join the effort to develop our new secondary program launched in August 2024. Because founding teachers have a critical impact on the development of school culture, we will be placing a high premium on individuals who possess the following characteristics:

Courageous We are designing for the unknown. We do not seek failure, nor do we fear it.

Energetic Starting a school is exciting and challenging. It requires a lot of stamina and hard work.

Optimistic We must aim to inspire our students and one another.

Kind Teachers, students, and parents are on the same team. Teams flourish when members treat one another with dignity.

Creative Education has many problems, which we are trying to solve. We need problem-solvers to help and implement our vision.

Open-Minded Those who can set aside educational assumptions will be able to contribute more to our vision, innovation, and culture.

Adaptable Our design and implementation cycles are short. A nimble and evolving pedagogy is necessary.

Patient Good schools take years to build.

All trends point to a future in which AI will replace many current jobs, and a future in which humans may become liberated to pursue their creative dreams. This requires us to begin moving away from a teacher-led, exam-based, subject-siloed secondary curriculum that merely produces demonstrations of knowledge mastery. We believe that education has to change now in order to prepare our young people for a vastly different world of higher education and work than that which we are currently familiar with.

If you are similarly animated by the necessity for change, while also building on the best of what we already have in education, we encourage you to apply.

2. Job Description
We are seeking an experienced IT Officer to join our IT Team. As an IT Officer, you will be responsible for administering the school network, IT systems and AV systems, system maintenance and providing technical support to teachers and staff.

3. Responsibilities

Day-to-day running of the school network, IT systems, and AV systems including-

• Set up school IT system (School Intranet)
• Set up Learning Management System
• Provide technical support and conduct troubleshooting for hardware and software
• Support teachers technically to prepare teaching material
• Support research projects and collaboration with, but not limited to, HKU, Amazon, CoCoon and Weixin partnerships
• Support technical support for e-booking, e-attendance, e-Payment

Administer the school network, IT systems and AV systems

• Keep inventory, install and configure school IT and AV facilities
• Monitor overall operations of the school network, IT systems and AV systems
• Coordinate IT and AV service providers with the School
• Manage network accounts, assign disk and print quota, and define necessary system policies and user profiles of teachers and students

Perform system analysis and configuration, maintenance and preventive investigations

• Perform routine checking and install necessary software patches for school IT and AV facilities
• Arrange for repair and maintenance of school IT and AV facilities
• Conduct regular data backup and recovery if necessary
• Perform security checks and updates for both hardware and software systems, research and plan future solutions

Help teachers and staff solve technical problems and prepare for teaching and administrative materials

• Support teachers technically to prepare for teaching and administrative materials
• Support staff technically to maintain school systems
• Provide technical support and conduct video shooting, broadcasting and production for school events
• Support students and parents to solve technical problems associated with the learning system

4. Person Specification

• Minimum three (3) years of related experience
• Diploma/Degree in IT / Computer Science or related discipline
• Sound technical knowledge about IT, security of systems and latest developments in the field
• Good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese
• Excellent observation and analytical skills
• Self-motivated, strong sense of responsibilities, and willing to learn
• Immediate availability will be an advantage
• Jamf Pro, Apple School Manager, Google Education Suite, Backup Server experience preferred

5. Benefits

• Five-day work week
• Medical Insurance

Qualified candidates will be remunerated with a competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.  To apply, please email your cover letter, resume, and expected salary to recruitment@bloom.edu.hk.   Personal information will be used for recruitment purposes only.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.