IT Director
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About You and the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Director or Senior Manager to join our dynamic team and talented team during a time of transformation in our service delivery. You’ll lead the successful delivery of all aspects of the Information Technology (IT) services across the Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) shared services.
This will include all frontline services within Service Delivery; IT Operations, EIS Programme Management Office (EIS PMO) and EIS Supplier Management.
You will provide inspirational leadership by creating the vision and setting the direction for the EIS senior management to achieve excellence. This involves building capable and confident teams and shaping the service offerings and delivery to be future-ready, through management processes, designed to deliver service excellence and value-based results for our partners.
You’ll oversee the delivery of both a high-quality EIS Service and a portfolio of change programmes ensuring the active delivery against specific Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). You’ll be accountable for the financial management and governance of IT Operations and change projects. You’ll also provide technical support and advice to partners to ensure strong awareness and enablement of developments within Cloud, AI/Digital and ICT arenas.
To achieve success in this role, you’ll need to be highly motivated and have the vision, passion, and technical expertise necessary to drive innovation and continuous improvement. Your efforts will accelerate the transformation of our EIS service delivery while also focusing on developing your team so that every member has the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Come and join us to make an impact you can be proud of!
About SDS
Skills Development Scotland is the national skills agency. Our ambition is to drive productivity and inclusive growth through investment in skills, enabling businesses and people to achieve their potential. Through the sharing of expertise, intelligence, and extensive partnership working, we enable the development and delivery of innovative solutions to Scotland’s skills and labour market challenges. This is even more important given the current economic climate and recessionary outlook. Find out more about SDS here
Values
Our organisational values are created by our colleagues and are the compass that guide our behaviours and actions with our customers and each other. We need our future colleagues to share these values and help us to continue to deliver our bold ambitions for the future;
- We put the needs of our customers at the heart of all we do
- We make use of our combined strengths and expertise to deliver the best outcomes
- We demonstrate self-motivation, personal responsibility, and respect
- We continually improve to achieve excellence
Benefits
SDS is an award-winning equal opportunities and fair work employer. Our values and culture are owned and driven by our colleagues and show our commitment to our customers - the people of Scotland. Our employees enjoy a wide variety of progressive benefits and working practices. We prioritise employee engagement, wellbeing, and development, making us a great place to work.
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Work Arrangements
The role can be flexible in terms of work pattern and can be located at any of our SDS locations, although occasional travel to Glasgow offices will be required. The successful candidate will be required to work in a hybrid model, spending their time between home and an SDS office.
SDS as an Inclusive Workplace
At SDS we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you've got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. To support our ambitions our application process is anonymised. Therefore, while we want to know about your relevant skills and experience, please avoid disclosing any identifying characteristics.
Our Application Process
The closing date for applications is Sunday 2nd March 2025.
More information on the interview format will be made available if you are invited to interview. To find out more about working at SDS and our application process please visit us at https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/work-with-us/
If this opportunity excites you and you would like to discuss the role in more detail to help you decide if it is right for you, please contact Suzanne. MacInnes@sds.co.uk.
Internal applicants should discuss their application with their People Manager prior to applying for this post.