Assistant Director of IT and Data - Page Group : Job Details

Leading, motivating and strategically guiding the Technological future of a progressive Housing Association.

Client Details

Our client is a Housing Association based in the South east of England. They have a portfolio of 8,500 properties and provide homes to more than 29,000 people across the area.

Description

• Create, lead and implement an IT strategy and relevant roadmaps to support the company objectives and organisational needs.
• Ensure an effective cyber security strategy and roadmap is in place with regular audits, assessments and testing.
• Collaborate with other specialists to evaluate new technology offerings for integration with the organisation
• Lead on top-level relationships and negotiations with hardware and software suppliers, ensuring probity in all dealings with IT suppliers building successful partnership relationships.
• Ensure a clear architecture roadmap is created in line with company objectives.
• Lead management of change, release and upgrade/maintenance cycles of all IT services within the organisation to ensure minimal disruption.
• Ensure that the IT service is customer-focused, monitoring outputs and responding positively to feedback.
• Provide expert technology advice and support to senior leaders and managers, including the formulation and implementation of policies and projects.
• Ensure full compliance with all relevant IT and security legislation, especially the Data Protection Act, and that effective IT policies and procedures are in place.
• Monitor the internal customer satisfaction with IT services and strive for continuous improvement in services provided.
• Manage licensing agreements with software and hardware suppliers.
• Ensure the availability, reliability and integrity of the IT service and that service availability meets customer requirements.
• Develop and implement a company-wide data strategy covering all areas including technology, data governance and quality.
• Implement and manage a comprehensive data management framework.
• Ensure strong data governance and focus on continual improvement of data quality.
• Lead the Business Intelligence, Data Governance and Data Quality and Improvement activity.
• Provide technical expertise in all areas including Business Intelligence (BI) report development, data engineering, data & information governance, change management and data quality.
• Advocate adoption of the UK Housing Data Standard and ensure adoption is supported and facilitated where practical.
• Ensure the availability, reliability and integrity of the BI report development function and that service availability meets requirements.
• Support the production of regulatory data returns and relevant data processes.

Profile

• Extensive senior management experience working in IT and Data leadership roles, including leadership and management of a multi-function team.
• Experience managing change effectively; understand the needs and benefits for change and play an active role in delivering successful change.
• ITIL or CoBIT certified or equivalent.
• Diplomatic with the ability to interact successfully at all levels.
• Good listener with the ability to effectively apply the knowledge gained.
• Strong belief in customer satisfaction and business benefit driven solutions.
• Previous public sector or Housing Association senior leadership experience.
• Experience of Power BI and other associated reporting technology.
• Educated to degree level or qualified by equivalent experience.

Job Offer

Competitive basic salary and package