The role
The Role:
This is an opportunity to be part of a major programme of improvement, hone your specialist skills and knowledge alongside our systems suppliers, our digital transformation and technology services and industry leading businesses such as Microsoft and Hitachi.
We are looking for experience in the underlying technologies but experience of named systems would be an advantage.
We are looking for people with experience or an understanding of the business areas we support and of working in a large, complex system with multiple stakeholders.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About you
You will be an excellent communicator able to build relationships and confidence at all levels both internally and with external stakeholders and suppliers.
You will have well developed technical skills and experience of working in an Agile environment.
You will be an excellent team player with analytical and creative problem solving skills.
You will have a good understanding of the services in Adults or Children’s Social Care, Education, Early Years or Family Support and be familiar with the business processes.
You will understand the importance of good data management and be passionate about transformation and change to improve outcomes for staff and service users.
This role is supporting the Capita One Education system, knowledge of the system and the areas of business it supports is essential.
Additional salary details
Join us in transforming ICT for Southwark Children’s, Adults Families and Education Services
About Us
Southwark Children’s and Adults (ChAd) Systems team provides support for the IT systems used in Adults and Children’s Social Care, Education, Early Years and Family support.
We have embarked on an ambitious programme of transformation with investment in systems development and transformation projects and additional investment in staff.
We are now looking to recruit to a Principal Applications Analyst for our Capita One Education System to work alongside a number of key roles (from entry level support in our helpdesk through training and report writing roles and business analysts to support core systems) to support the transformation programme and ensure we have the specialist skills and expertise to support our systems to be fit for the future as part of our Southwark 2030 vision.
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Working arrangements
Southwark does not offer 100% remote working or hybrid working and there is an expectation staff will attend our main office at Tooley Street on a regular basis for face to face meetings.
Since COVID we have waived the eligibility period for staff to apply for non-statutory flexible working which can include an agreement to regular working from home.
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timetable
Advert Closing Date: 11.59pm on 12/11/2023
Interview Date: 20/11/2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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