About the role
How would you like to come and design your own infrastructure team?
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced and energetic IT Systems Manager to lead our team of highly skilled technicians in the Infrastructure team, working within the IT Operations service.
We’re looking for a step change in technologies, skills and processes as we move from our legacy set-up to an agile, modern hybrid environment. You’ll get to redesign the team, the processes and the technical strategy to deliver this, supported by some experienced colleagues who’ll help you see your vision through.
What will you be doing?
In this role, using your proven understanding and deep knowledge of IT operations, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the council's IT infrastructure comprising datacentres, servers, M365, networks and telephony operations, providing essential and reliable IT services for c4,500 staff between WNC and our partners, as well as of course for the residents of West Northamptonshire.
More importantly, you will lead on the transformation and modernisation of the council’s infrastructure from its current largely on-premise footprint, moving IT services and hosting where appropriate into the cloud so you will have a strong knowledge, understanding and experience of cloud operations - including successful on-premise to AWS or Azure Cloud Migrations.
About you
We are looking for a dynamic leader with significant experience in IT operations, including building, managing, and developing high performance technical teams. You will have a proven track record of running both on-premises and cloud hosted services within a large scale environment, with deep expertise in cloud operations and successful migration projects.
You’re the sort of person who has a passion for driving innovation and can ignite enthusiasm within the team for change! Your ability to manage budgets and deliver operational projects efficiently will be a key part of your success. If you are looking for your next challenge, are ready to level up, and are eager to make a lasting impact and lead WNC into the future of IT, we want to hear from you!
Our benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Car Lease scheme
- Payment of professional subscription / membership - If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
- Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
- Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.
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