Digital Solutions & Automation Engineer in Orpington

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:

• 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

What would also be advantageous is 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.

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 any accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.

All appointments are 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. 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.