Location: Group-wide role supporting London South East Colleges, London South East Academies Trust and the Elevare Education Foundation
Help shape the future of education through AI, automation and digital innovation.
Are you passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems?
Do you want to develop intelligent solutions that reduce administrative workload, improve decision-making and transform how education organisations work?
We're looking for an experienced Digital Solutions & Automation Engineer to join our growing Digital Services team. This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver the Elevare Civic Education Group's Digital Strategy, leading the practical implementation of automation, artificial intelligence and modern data solutions across our College, Trust and Foundation.
Working with colleagues across the organisation, you'll design innovative solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot, Dataverse, Power BI and Microsoft Purview to improve services, strengthen information governance and support smarter ways of working.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference by helping thousands of learners, pupils and colleagues benefit from modern digital technologies.
What you'll be doing
You'll:
Design and build automation solutions using Microsoft Power Automate.
Develop business applications using Microsoft Power Apps and Dataverse.
Support the adoption of Microsoft Copilot and responsible AI technologies.
Create AI-enabled solutions that deliver measurable efficiency gains.
Develop dashboards and business intelligence using Power BI.
Integrate Microsoft 365 and business systems using modern APIs and cloud technologies.
Support information governance through Microsoft Purview, data classification, retention and protection.
Contribute to strategic programmes including Project Mayflower and our Data & Insight Programme.
Deliver training, guidance and support to colleagues across the Group.
Ensure all solutions are secure, compliant and aligned with best practice.
About you
You'll bring experience of delivering practical digital transformation through Microsoft technologies together with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
You'll ideally have experience of:
Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps and Power Automate)
Microsoft Copilot technologies
Microsoft 365
Business process improvement and automation
Information governance and Microsoft Purview
Data governance and data protection
Gathering business requirements and translating them into technical solutions
It would also be advantageous if you have experience of:
Dataverse
Power BI
APIs and systems integration
Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention or Records Management
Education or public sector environments
Microsoft technical certifications
Most importantly, you'll be curious, collaborative and passionate about using technology to improve people's working lives.
About the Trust
London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.
Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.
We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.
London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.
Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.
Equal Opportunities
London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.
Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.
If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us at [email protected].
As the Trust supports children and vulnerable adults, all roles are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and, where relevant, a Children’s and/or Adult’s Barred List check. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if these checks are unsatisfactory. Self-disclosure is required as part of the recruitment process, and failure to make a full disclosure or to provide sight of a DBS certificate is likely to result in withdrawal of an offer. The Trust’s DBS policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.
All appointments are also subject to verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with Home Office requirements. Original documentation will be required prior to commencement of employment.
