The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
Technology & Digital Services sits within the Ustomer Experience Division of the Housing and Modernise department. Modernise provide a joined up service to the business delivering change that affects where and how staff work and what they do.
We are a highly valued partnering service that enables the business to transform themselves and the services they deliver in a collaborative way in accordance with the council’s Technology and Digital Inclusion Strategy. In that context, Technology & Digital Services is striving to deliver the following vision:
- Support and enable Southwark’s digital vision
- Position IT as a strategic enabler
- Deliver a customer centric service
- Deliver an enterprise IT function which is modern and reliable, offering multi-speed IT capability
The Applications Team Leader (CRM Systems) will play a key role in enabling the delivery of this vision.
The Role:
The Programme Lead for Applications is responsible for a programme of work around supporting key council line of business systems, as well as projects to improve how they work and future proof the council’s application estate. Overseeing the delivery of the Applications portfolio, they will lead a team of specialist analysts delivering related services and supporting the underpinning applications in the portfolio, as well as ensuring services are continually developed & improved. They will foster collaboration across the organization for more widespread use of corporate applications as well as greater adoption best practice, working to foster collaboration across areas of practice devolved outside Technology and Digital Services.
They will also set the strategic direction for technical aspects of relevant services, working with suppliers and other IT colleagues to ensure a robust overall provision is in place, initiating and facilitating such projects as required to support technical aspects of the services long term needs. This role will manage numerous Application Managers within the Applications Team, across each key council service area.
About You:
Are you a proficient programme lead with applications related experience?
Are you experienced at managing multiple programmes at once within a fast paced environment?
Are you passionate about technology related change?
If so we want to hear from you!
For an informal conversation about this role please contact: Ben Tuckfield at Allen Lane on 07921 336 686.
Additional salary details
To apply for this for this role, please contact: Ben Tuckfield at Allen Lane on 07921 336 686.
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
- https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
-Flexible working
-Additional JNC payment to the value of £2,724 Per annum.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on 13th January 2023
Potential Interview date: W/C 23rd January 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.
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