The role
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 are more than a support service. The effective functioning of these systems is critical to the running of statutory services and supporting some of our most vulnerable residents. Systems help maximise the productivity of our frontline staff. Data for decision making that can have a multimillion pound impact on our budgets.
We have embarked on an ambitious programme of transformation with £1m + investment in systems development and transformation projects and £250K a year additional investment in staff.
We are now looking to recruit to a number of key roles 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.
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.
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.
Experience of one or more of the following is essential (dependent on role) solid programme background, advanced SQL experience, database skills, developing and delivering training, project management, data and systems security, experience of Capita One Education, Mosaic or Synergy is an advantage.
Additional details
Please note will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Working arrangements:
Please note there is an expectation and requirement for staff to attend our main office at Tooley Street on a regular basis for face to face meetings.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
Southwark Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. 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
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: Sunday 23 July 2023 at 23:59
Interview Date: Thursday 10 August 2023
SWCINT
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 programme. 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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