• Job Description

  Req#: 2587
  Position Type:
  Technology
  
  
  Date Posted:
  6/18/2025
  
  
  Location:
  T. F. District 215
  (High-Needs School)
  
  
  Date Available:
  Pending Board approval
  
  
  Closing Date:
  06/20/2025
  
  
  Must coordinate with Chief Technology Officer and building principals to meet district objectives
  Must address employee technology issues to ensure effective and long-term problem resolution
  Must be able to work independently
  Must possess a valid driver’s license for travel between school campuses
  Install, configure, and maintain the district’s hardware and software systems
  Load appropriate software packages, including operating systems, networking components, and office applications
  Provide support to end users
  Manage the IT Department’s work order ticketing system
  Research, identify, and resolve technical problems
  Other duties as assigned.
  Two to three years of hardware experience
  Knowledge of telecommunications setup and maintenance
  Strong knowledge of PowerSchool
  Proficiency in Microsoft Systems
  Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information
  Ability to learn and support new systems and applications
  Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  Management: ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
  Keen attention to detail
  Commitment to education and district values
  A basic understanding of high school curriculum and instruction
  On-call availability and periodic overtime
  Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field
  Experience working in a high school setting
  A+ Certification
  Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
  Full-time, 12-month work year;
  Starting annual salary between $51,000 and $55,000;
  Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension;
  Paid 30-minute lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks;
  Sick, personal, and vacation days;
  15+ paid holidays;
  Generous fringe benefits as provided by the current Work Rules & Regulations for Administrative Support Staff;
  Annual performance evaluation based on Board of Education policy and the Work Rules & Regulations for Administrative Support Staff.
  Job/FLSA Status: Full-Time, Exempt
  Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
  
  Position summary: Modify and repair hardware and software systems within the district.
  
  General purpose: Manage software applications; configure hardware.
  
  Role qualifications:
  • Must coordinate with Chief Technology Officer and building principals to meet district objectives
  • Must address employee technology issues to ensure effective and long-term problem resolution
  • Must be able to work independently
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license for travel between school campuses
  
  Position responsibilities:
  • Install, configure, and maintain the district’s hardware and software systems
  • Load appropriate software packages, including operating systems, networking components, and office applications
  • Provide support to end users
  • Manage the IT Department’s work order ticketing system
  • Research, identify, and resolve technical problems
  • Other duties as assigned.
  
  Essential skills and experience:
  • Two to three years of hardware experience
  • Knowledge of telecommunications setup and maintenance
  • Strong knowledge of PowerSchool
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Systems
  • Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information
  • Ability to learn and support new systems and applications
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Management: ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
  • Keen attention to detail
  • Commitment to education and district values
  • A basic understanding of high school curriculum and instruction
  • On-call availability and periodic overtime
  
  Valued but not required skills and experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field
  • Experience working in a high school setting
  • A+ Certification
  
  Reporting to this position: N/A
  
  Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.
  
  Terms of Employment:
  • Full-time, 12-month work year;
  • Starting annual salary between $51,000 and $55,000;
  • Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension;
  • Paid 30-minute lunch and two paid 15-minute breaks;
  • Sick, personal, and vacation days;
  • 15+ paid holidays;
  • Generous fringe benefits as provided by the current Work Rules & Regulations for Administrative Support Staff;
  • Annual performance evaluation based on Board of Education policy and the Work Rules & Regulations for Administrative Support Staff.
  
  
  

• About the company

  Thornton Fractional North High School is a public secondary school in Calumet City, Illinois.

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