Job Introduction
Job Title: ICT Director - Ref YHG/TP/11849/509
Salary Banding: £95,200 - £119,000 (plus 9% car allowance)
Job Location: Warrington
Contract Duration: Permanent
Do you enjoy leading in a fast paced commercially driven ICT environment whilst driving the digital transformation of ICT systems and implementing new ways of working?
Are you a Technologist that champions collaborative working across multi discipline teams?
Your Housing Group (YHG) are currently undertaking a major Digital Transformation and implementing a range of new technologies to enable a strategic channel shift utilising the latest and best of breed technologies and services.
There is so much great research and development happening within our ICT Division currently, it’s a busy and exciting time to join us. We are looking for an energetic, driven, creative ICT Director to lead the ICT function through this period of significant change to the Group’s ICT systems, processes and strategies.
As a true Technologist, you will have been through the process of digitising a business previously, not just from a technological aspect, but by understanding the full scope of a business transformation.
You will champion collaborative working of cross-functional teams under your lead including IT Operations, IT Development, Architecture Design, IT Governance and Information Security & Data management.
Joining the business as ICT Director, you will be instrumental in the development and delivery of a 2 year re-engineering program, leading on all technological aspects of the project. You will also be responsible for the technical delivery roadmap and future architecture strategy of this project, ensuring the design is fit for purpose, supporting the leaders within your teams to successfully drive projects forward.
To be a successful ICT Director at YHG, you will have experience of working in and leading a complex ICT environment. You will have the drive, energy and capability needed to manage complex IT Projects whilst remaining an inspirational leader to the teams in your care and inspiring team members at all levels.
In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.
Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,300 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business also has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and innovative private rental offers in Nuvu.
Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.
Closing date: Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above, therefore, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.
Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property. It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview. Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified.
