IT Endpoint Engineer

About us: The Endpoint Infrastructure team play a pivotal role in ensuring Students have access to the applications and end-user services they need to support their learning. They package, deploy, upgrade and repair applications that are specified by course leaders and faculties. The University has recently supplemented its SCCM and Jamf Pro environment with AppsAnywhere, a virtual application solution to help manage the larger end-user device base following the move to more remote learning.

About the role: The Endpoint Infrastructure Engineer’s role is to provide best practice technical expertise in the operation and improvement of the University’s end-user computing environment and services. This role will also assist in the design, implementation and maintenance of enterprise quality end-user systems and services to meet the needs of the University in the present and future. For a full list of requirements please see the attached job description.

The successful candidate will have experience of an enterprise scale IT Endpoint infrastructure and will be used to evaluating and delivering solutions and proposing enhancements in order to provide the best possible endpoint management at UWE.

About UWE: We are a well-established university, with over 30,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 3,600 staff. UWE Bristol is one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West. We are globally connected and regionally embedded, with strong employer and partner connections. Students come to study with us from all over the UK, as well as from 140 different countries, making this a diverse and interesting place to study. We achieved 89% overall student satisfaction in the National Student Satisfaction survey in 2018, this excellent result puts us as the top university in the South West and in 7th place nationally. In 2019 we were placed in the Guardian’s Top 30 Universities in the UK and we achieved TEF Gold status.

Bristol itself is a hub of social and cultural activity and is a big pull for students and employers alike. A place with a strong, creative and fiercely independent mindset. A city with a buzzing music scene, great restaurants and interesting business ventures. It’s not surprising Bristol is consistently named as one of the best places to live and work in the UK.

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give our students access to everything they need to succeed – with £300m having been spent recently on new state-of-the-art learning spaces and accommodation to enhance our offer even further. Frenchay campus is within close proximity to excellent motorway links and within walking distance of two train stations, making UWE Frenchay Campus the ideal place to work for those wishing to commute to Bristol.

Further information

This is a permanent post and is full-time working 37 hours per week.

This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.

The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.

In addition to progressive pay rates, UWE Bristol offers a wide range of employee benefits including:

·A generous holiday allowance of 27 days pro rata, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ continuous service.

·Up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year

·Flexible working (normal office hours 8.30 – 17.00)

·Excellent defined benefit pension schemes

·Access to employee assistance programme

·Ongoing learning and development opportunities

·Family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives

·Onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.

·Savings on purchases via Wider Wallet scheme

·Option to participate in the cycle to work scheme

UWE is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity to create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who share our ambition to be a university recognised for the success and impact of our practice-oriented programmes; our strong industry networks and our inclusive global outlook.

We are able to sponsor qualifying candidates for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. Please read our Skilled Worker Guidance to assess if you will be eligible to be sponsored under the criteria.

Please also refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable to prove your right to work in the UK. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to produce your right to work documents at your interview.