Educational Application and Learning Systems Administrator – Birmingham, West Midlands (with occasional travel required) - up to 55K plus bens
Stratospherec is delighted to be recruiting for an Educational application and Learning Systems Administrator for one of its nationwide clients. This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham in the West Midlands, with occasional national travel required. This role will suit an experienced applications system administrator with detailed experience in educational MIS applications, or someone from an implementation consultant background, again with significant experience working in the educational sector.
In this role you will require an understanding of the student lifecycle and the specialised software used in education with the integration of educational applications, and ideally have some experience of implementing large-scale system changes, bridging the gap between technical system maintenance and the operational needs of the company’s educational environment.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day administration, configuration and continuous improvement of education and safeguarding systems, working closely with school leaders, SEND professionals, safeguarding teams and operational colleagues to ensure the company’s systems are compliant, user-friendly and support high-quality educational delivery, ensuring schools and educational teams are supported by reliable, high-quality technology that enables children to thrive.
This is the perfect role for someone who would like to work at the intersection of education, safeguarding, SEND, applications and systems, ideally who has worked within multi-site educational settings or for an educational applications and software provider. You will need to be technically confident, highly organised and a great communicator who is comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders with a strong commitment to data quality, security, and continuous improvement.
Essential skills:
• Significant experience working with Education platforms such as Arbor, ESS SIMS, RM Integris or Bromcom and administering and configuring Educational IT Systems applications such as BROMS, CPOMS or other similar would be ideal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills are critical to be able to convey ideas and concepts to all levels of colleagues and the ability to integrate into the team dynamic.
• Supporting classroom delivery, SEND processes, and safeguarding workflows.
• Identifying and delivering system improvements that enhance educational outcomes.
• Expertise in managing user access, permissions and automated workflows tailored to educational tasks such as admissions, attendance or setting up new pupil intake processes and data governance in line with GDPR and safeguarding standards.
• Providing day-to-day system support, training, and guidance to education teams.
• Supporting audits, inspections, and regulatory requirements.
• Working with data and reporting to colleagues to support insight and decision-making.
Desirable skills
• Ability to use SQL for querying databases and tools like Excel to an advanced level.
• Experience of integration with systems such as Power BI or Tableau to generate statutory and performance reports.
• Experience in supporting business decision making processes around software selection and implementation.
• Excellent knowledge of UK GDPR .
This is a fabulous role for someone looking to join a collaborative and forward-thinking company, who desires the opportunity to help shape how applications are used and who wants the opportunity to grow their career in EdTech as the company evolves.
This role is offering a salary up to 55K plus benefits, flexible working arrangements, ongoing professional development and support, as well as a values-led culture built around inclusion, learning and wellbeing. This hybrid role will be based in Birmingham with occasional national travel required.
Please reach out as soon as you can for a confidential discussion to find out more
