Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for an Applications Lead to join on a permanent basis from February 2025 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full time, working Monday to Friday 8.30am-4.30pm with 45 minutes unpaid for lunch, totalling a paid working week of 36.25 hours with a salary of £48,002. The role is based across both sites at Ravelston and Queensferry Road, with opportunity to work from home.The purpose of the role is to ensure the school's applications are effectively integrated, maintained, and aligned with user needs, delivering a seamless experience for parents, staff, and pupils. This will include such duties as:Analysing and understanding system needs by collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to inform application strategy and delivery.Overseeing the application architecture and roadmap to ensure future-proofed solutions, starting with the implementation of a new MIS.Ensuring applications are fit for purpose, cost-effective, and secure, particularly those supporting teaching and learning.The successful candidate must have experience overseeing the delivery and maintenance of applications, working in an application support environment, and possessing knowledge of project delivery. They should hold a relevant degree in Information Technology or a related field, with certifications such as TOGAF being desirable, along with familiarity with MIS systems. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, combined with a proactive and organised approach, will be essential for success in this role.To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.EligibilityESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.BenefitsStaff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.ValuesWe are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.APPLICATION PROCEDUREIn order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.ukThe closing date for applications is 12pm on Thursday, 13 February 2025.Interviews will take place as and when suitable applications are received. Due to this, the Recruiting Manager has the right to close the vacancy early if an offer of employment is accepted.AboutESMSWelcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh.We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form.At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class.We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends. Our Visionis to empower learners within our community through innovative approaches and transformative experiences, cultivating creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.Through a dynamic education and a culture of determination, we inspire students to dream big, set ambitious goals, and surpass their own expectations, ensuring every child has the opportunity to excel and achieve a fulfilling, successful life, whatever path they choose. Our Mission is to develop resilient, accomplished, and values-driven students equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindset tolead full, happy lives and shape a better world. AimsWe offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of childrenWe take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academicallyWe provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talentsWe inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic resultsWe give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at themOur teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetimeOur children develop the confidence to use their voicesOur five values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.
