Our client, a Not-for-profit body, are looking to recruit a Head of IT to manage, deliver and develop their operations, ensuring infrastructure, systems, services, and electronic data effectively support the organisation’s activities.

Duties:

·     To develop and deliver the IT strategy in support of their strategy.

·     Keep abreast of developments and new applications and assess the need, use and applicability to the organisation. Advise and make recommendations to the Director of Finance and Resources on enhancements to improve the organisation’s IT services.

·     To serve as the lead for GDPR compliance activities within the organisation

·     Be the senior point of contact for support for the organisation’s various applications including ALMA (Library Management System), Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CRM), Microsoft Business Central (accounting software), Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams.

Essential Skills:

·       Experience of maintaining a variety of IT systems, including Windows based networking both on premise and cloud based

·       Experience of evaluating and commissioning computer hardware

·       Proven ability to problem-solve IT problems

·       Proven ability to learn new systems quickly

·       Proven ability to prepare and monitor budgets covering IT

·       hardware, software, networking, and associated requirements

This role is hybrid (ideally 3 days a week on site).  Not-for-profit or public sector experience is a preference.