About you:
You will lead complex digital and technology projects and effectively manage multi-disciplinary and multiple project teams to deliver change across the council. These projects will impact on the future operating model of services and be a key part of delivering the council’s Modernise Strategy
Our vision is for IT to be a valued business partner, providing innovative services to our residents and staff. You will help drive the design and delivery of our digital and IT programmes, bringing to life how technology and innovation can enable better services. You will provide strategic digital transformation advice, guidance and challenge to senior management in your departments and act as the voice of the business within IT & Digital Services.
You will bring to the role extensive, relevant knowledge and experience of IT best practice including:
- Strong experience and understanding of the digital agenda within the public sector with proven experience of building and developing relationships across a range of business areas
- Significant experience of working in a customer centric organisation, driving digital technology and transformation across a complex organisation
- Strong background in delivering business change, delivering large projects and designing digital solutions to enable digital change and innovation
- Strong business change and stakeholder management at all levels with internal and external partners with the proven experience of developing strong relationships across organisation boundaries
-Experience of acting in a change capacity with a passion for harnessing information systems and technology to improve organisational effectiveness and meeting user needs.
You will be a self-motivated and dynamic individual who is able to challenge and influence others, develop and maintain collaborative working relations across IT and business departments; proven inter-personal and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to act at a senior level internally and externally.
Southwark Council is located in busy, Central London and as a location it offers something for everyone! Join us and you’ll work in an organisation that is looking to break the mould and drive real change for the digital age.
As an employer of choice, we offer a great benefits package including:
- Competitive salary range from £50,280 to £61,991 plus an additional financial 'cash' benefit of £2,724 per annum pro-rata (starting salary dependent upon experience)
- Career Average Pension Scheme
- 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Flexible working
Recruitment timetable:
Closing date: Thursday 18th July 2019
Interview date: Thursday 1st August 2019
About us:
Southwark Council are investing in our community. We believe our residents deserve the best from their council. To that end, we are committed to delivering our digital transformation agenda which will transform the services we offer to our residents.
As a Digital Change and Innovation Manager you will align yourselves to a specific business vertical, build key strategic relationships within that vertical and provide business departments with the right mix of support, strategic advice and challenge enabling them to deliver against their digital transformation agenda. Using your change management skills and experience, you will help guide your departments through this journey to ensure they become more digitally enabled and innovative so that we can revolutionise the way we deliver services to our community.
How to apply:
Please do not submit your application through this website. For more information on how to apply and why you should join us please get in contact with Amanda Whicher or Hannah Groves at Hays on 020 7259 8746.
For more information about this vacancy, or to view other vacancies with our organisation, please visit our dedicated recruitment website click on the link here
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