Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Cyber and IT Operations

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A health organization in Manchester is looking for an experienced professional to develop and manage strategies for infrastructure and cyber security within the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). This role requires significant experience in technology management and the ability to deliver major strategic plans. The right candidate will possess highly developed knowledge and skills in both IT operations and stakeholder management. You will also act as the CIO when necessary and help ensure the security of NICE’s information infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex technology and infrastructure.
• Proven ability to deliver major technology and cyber programmes.
• Extensive knowledge of IT operations and cyber security.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategies for NICE infrastructure.
• Deputise as CIO in required forums.
• Oversee disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Skills

Technology management

Cyber security

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Master's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Summary

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care. We improve outcomes for people using the NHS and other public health and social care services by:

• producing evidence-based guidance and advice for health, public health and social care practitioners
• developing quality standards and performance metrics for people providing and commissioning health, public health and social care services
• providing a range of information services for commissioners, practitioners and managers across the spectrum of health and social care

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Main Duties

• Developing and managing the relevant short, medium and long‑term strategies for delivery of infrastructure, cyber security and end user support to NICE.
• Directing the infrastructure, cyber security, end user services and IT operations functions within the organisation that is tasked with:
  • Establishing and maintaining stable and secure infrastructure services for NICE.
  • Ensuring plans for ongoing infrastructure and end‑user services achieve business goals, performance targets and agreed service levels.
  • Ensuring appropriate system and processes are in place to enable day‑to‑day IT operations, improvement and transformation programmes, and implementation of technical strategies.
• Planning, testing and implementing the disaster recovery/business continuity plans for NICE infrastructure.
• Deputising and acting as the CIO when required in internal and external forums, bodies including the NICE Executive Team and board.
• Acting as NICE Deputy Cyber Information Security Officer (CISO).

Job Responsibilities

To be considered for this role, applicants should be able to demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in their application and throughout the recruitment process. Please see the attached job description for the full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education – Essential

• Educated to Master’s level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a relevant specialist area.

Experience – Essential

• Significant experience managing technology and complex infrastructure, including development of technical architecture and roadmaps, leveraging both traditional best practices and emerging methods.
• Proven ability to plan and deliver major technology and cyber programmes, strategic plans and projects that meet user needs; capable of developing and executing strategic plans and roadmaps.

Experience – Desirable

• Strong financial acumen; experience of budgeting, business planning and reporting; procurement of technology; contract and vendor/partner management with a value‑for‑money focus.

Skills – Essential

• Highly developed specialist knowledge / subject matter expert related to delivery of technology, infrastructure (on‑premise and cloud), cyber security and IT operations functions.
• Extensive client/stakeholder management; highly effective communication at different levels (including large audience presentations and formal settings); uses effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where barriers to change or contentious information may arise.

Skills – Desirable

• Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning; able to adopt appropriate management styles and operate effectively in politically sensitive contexts.

Other – Essential

• Experience of developing roadmaps, reporting on progress to a range of senior stakeholders, and ability to adapt plans and strategies in response to changing environments or priorities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and therefore a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country where they have lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer Details

NICE – The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

3rd Floor
3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN

Website: www.nice.org.uk