System Administrator jobs in United Kingdom

Job title and organisation: Systems Administrator - Leeds College of Building

Salary: £32,006 – £33,850 per annum

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Across all sites

Closing Date: Friday 20 February

Leeds College of Building relies on robust systems to deliver outstanding learning. We’re looking for a Systems Administrator to maintain, evolve, and secure our infrastructure to support our staff and students. This role also involves partnering on projects that keep the College at the forefront of construction education.

Working within our growing IT Team and reporting to the Digital Support Manager, you’ll combine hand‑on support with proactive system administration across on‑premises and cloud environments. You can expect from this role, varied work from daily monitoring and backups to deployments, documentation, and project delivery.

• Performing routine network maintenance, implementing security measures, managing user accounts, and ensuring effective backups and DR testing.
• Providing comprehensive support for Microsoft 365, including advanced troubleshooting, configuration, and user training.
• Testing, deploying, and documenting new software/hardware; setting up and maintaining onsite and cloud‑hosted servers.
• Delivering frontline support to staff and students; take responsibility of incidents from first contact through to resolution and assist colleagues with escalations.
• Proactively monitoring systems (network, backups, security alerts) and managing IT assets and updates across server and client endpoints.
• You may occasionally work outside core hours for updates or problem resolution and across College sites when required.

• The successful candidate will possess:
• Experience supporting Windows 11 and Windows Server, networking technologies, Active Directory, and Microsoft cloud administration (365, Entra, Intune).
• A logical, problem‑solving approach and PowerShell scripting capability.
• A Degree in an IT‑related discipline or equivalent industry certifications.
• Level 2 Maths and English Qualifications

• Experience in an educational setting and skills including; training colleagues; virtualisation; project management; software deployment; cyber security; backups & disaster recovery; cloudbased asset management.

• A 25‑day annual leave entitlement, plus 8 Bank Holidays and 10 college closure days.
• A well‑respected pension scheme (West Yorkshire Pension Fund with an above‑average employer contribution)
• Free parking at all our College sites (on a first come first served basis)
• Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working
• Superb opportunities for training and development
• Discounted travel on public transport and a Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and offers at major High Street and Online retailers
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

So, if you’d like to be part of a unique organisation that supports one of the largest and most diverse employment sectors in the UK, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that all applications should be completed online. Please visit the vacancies section of our website at LCB Home - LCB. CV’s will not be accepted.

Friday 20th February 2026

The College reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We therefore encourage early applications.

Please note this position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and in line with KCSIE (2025) an online check will be conducted on information available in the public domain.

Leeds College of Building is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is also committed to the Prevent programme and the requirement to prevent people being drawn into terrorism and expects all staff to share these commitments.

Leeds College of Building is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. We value the unique perspectives and experiences of individuals from all backgrounds and actively encourage applications from individuals from an ethnic minority and the LGBTQIA+ community, as they are under‑represented at our College. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive to provide the best construction and the built environment education in England.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.

• We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
• We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions. #EXT #LI-DNI