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Head of ICT
Salary: £79,145 - £89,300
Location: Working across
Maidstone, Swale, and Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Contract: Permanent – Full
Time
View the job description here.
Are you an inspirational professional who’s ready to lead the
Information and Communications Team (ICT) that works with Mid Kent Services
(MKS). Are you passionate about using technology to deliver positive
transformation? If you are, then we want to hear from you.
Customer-focused, a skilled change manager and with brilliant problem-solving
abilities, you’ll be a collaborative and motivating leader as you work to
advance our technology roadmap.
About the Role
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for services that
are key to the success of Mid Kent Services, which works
in partnership with Maidstone Borough Council, Swale Borough Council and
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, and at a strategic level with Kent County
Council. These services are key to the success of everything we do, and it will
be your task to ensure that they’re accessible, efficient, and responsive to
the needs of our staff and the public we serve.
You’ll be leading a team of around 40 highly
motivated professionals and be responsible for the development and improvement
of MKS’s ICT strategy. Your focus will be on identifying and implementing
creative new ideas and ensuring that the decisions you make are considered from
the end-user’s perspective. You’ll also use all your interpersonal and
influencing skills as you act as an inspirational change agent.
We’ll expect you to work closely with senior
colleagues and stakeholders in MKS and its partners, and ensure that resources,
processes, training, and ICT systems are coordinated as you help to drive
improvements in the delivery of our services.
This is a full-time position on a permanent contract.
About Maidstone Borough
Council
Maidstone Borough Council is a confident organisation with ambition and
aspirations to deliver high quality services to our residents and local
businesses. We strive to make the borough an attractive place for all and
secure a successful economy. We continue to build on our strengths - assets,
knowledge and expertise and our track record for innovation and improvement to
create a financially sustainable future so that we can continue with our
undiminished plans.
We will only achieve the results we are aiming for through the talents
and hard work of all our people. You are encouraged to become part of our
vision and in return you can expect support, training, and fair reward from us.
We will give you the opportunity to develop the skills to do your job well and
create a positive working environment where your ideas about improving how we
do things are valued and we manage the changes needed for new ways of working
well.
At Maidstone Borough Council we recognise the importance of flexible
working and the benefits this can bring to both our staff and the Council. We
know that by offering employees a range of flexible working opportunities we
can positively impact their wellbeing and engagement, and drive productivity in
return. As such we have developed a highly flexible hybrid working policy,
alongside our flexi time and flexible working policies, enabling staff to shape
their working patterns around building a greater work life balance.
Our Offer
A range of benefits includes:
·
Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities
·
7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances
for most roles
·
Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5
years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave
·
Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down
of the offices between Christmas and New year
·
Free parking
·
Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate
people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight,
part time
·
Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and
support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
·
Employee Assistance Programme which provides
confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
·
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable
life cover and financial protection for your family
·
Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for
members of the LGPS)
·
Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your
rail/ bus journey, to & from work
·
Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to
lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing, and road
tax
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Annual flu vaccine
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Cycle to work scheme
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Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out,
holidays and shopping
·
Excellent learning and career opportunities for
committed individuals
·
A professional fee payment, if required for the role
About You
With a degree in ICT or a related subject, you’ll appreciate the
potential of technological applications to improve customer services and have a
proven track record of implementing transformational change.
It’s important that you have a high level of financial planning and
budget management acumen, and in addition to detailed knowledge of local
government services and structures, you’ll have worked at a senior level in an
ICT or Digital team.
You’ll be working with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders,
so you’ll have superb interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability
to motivate your team while maximising their potential.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please let your Recruiter know in advance so that any support, aids, or adaptions can be put in place to assist you in the interview.
Selection Process:
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed
by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview
can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by an interview.
Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and
volunteers to share this commitment.
Maidstone Borough Council has a Sponsor License which enables successful
candidates in eligible roles to be sponsored for work Visa purposes.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Larissa Reed,
Chief Executive (Swale Borough Council) on 01795 417394
Closing Date: 06 October 2024.
Interview Date: w/c 14 October 2024.
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