The Cache Group

Head of ICT

The Cache Group  •  Burwood, AU (Onsite)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Our client is a large, well-established multi-campus independent school in Melbourne's east, educating students from early learning through to Year 12. They are known for a close community and a strong commitment to student wellbeing.

They have an immediate need for a Head of ICT, based in Melbourne's east, in a permanent role.

The role

Reporting to the Chief Finance and Operations Officer and sitting on the school leadership team, you will own technology across teaching, learning and operations. This includes running the school's private AI platform and taking it from proof of concept into full production. It's a hands-on part of the job: you'll own it, not hand it off.

You will:

  • Set and deliver the ICT strategy, budget and business cases
  • Run and grow the private AI platform, including governance and adoption
  • Lead infrastructure, cloud, cyber security and disaster recovery
  • Manage the IT team, the managed service provider and key vendors
  • Oversee business systems, records and print services

What you'll need to succeed;

  • Proven IT leadership in a school, university or similar environment
  • Hands-on experience running AI tools in production, ideally self-hosted or RAG-based
  • Strong Google Workspace and GCP experience
  • Sound grounding in networks, virtualisation, cloud and cyber security
  • Experience with student information and learning management systems
  • ICT strategy, budgets and business cases delivered at leadership level
  • Understanding of privacy and data governance in an education setting
  • A tertiary qualification in IT or a related field, or equivalent experience

Police and child safety checks apply to the successful applicant.

Suitably skilled candidates are encouraged to apply with an achievement-based CV.

The Cache Group

About The Cache Group

At The Cache Group, we know the value delivered by any solution is powered by the people behind it. Our business has a simple philosophy – get the right people on board, arm them with the ongoing support and knowledge they need to do their job, nurture their professional passion, and the rest takes care of itself.

The Cache Group has been in operation for almost 10 years. People strategies are at the centre of what we do. Our founding Directors and owners have over 50 years’ direct experience in the IT industry between them, with a combined 30 of these delivering strategic recruitment outcomes for our customers. Originally focused on IT Recruitment, Workforce Design and Training, over time and supported by our customers, our business has expanded to include a unique offering in personal brand marketing and change management.

Our Marketing practice, championing thought leadership, is managed by individuals with over 20 years’ experience teaching at university and corporate levels and a team at hand made up of award-winning writers, and former political advisers and speechwriters to numerous State & Federal Government Ministers.

Our Training and Facilitation practice is spearheaded by a highly experienced facilitator and change manager who has driven change initiatives for some of Australia’s largest organisations. Managing an extended team of fantastic trainers and coaches when he is not making us laugh during his moonlighting escapades as a part time stand-up comedian.

Our logo, the Inunnguaq, a stone structure shaped like a person and used by the Inuit to share knowledge of their landscape, has been used to mark hunting and fishing sites in the Arctic for thousands of years, as well as good Kayak landing spots. Aptly chosen (not just because of our owner’s love of kayaking), but as it represents knowledge given freely, and care for those who will come after us; two things core to the way we approach things at The Cache Group.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1-10 employees
Headquarters
Melbourne, AU
Year Founded
2012
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