Housing Information Systems Lead – Digital Apps

Westfield Secondary School; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26 days + holidays

Hybrid and flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Local Government Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

City car club discounts

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is seeking an Information Systems Team Manager to lead the Digital Applications Team, overseeing Housing systems and key applications including NEC Housing and Totalmobile. The role combines leadership, technical oversight and service improvement to support frontline housing services.

You will manage priorities, incidents and supplier relationships while driving continuous improvement within a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a technical applications team.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with complex business-critical applications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership for critical applications.
• Lead Housing Systems team, set priorities and develop capability.
• Lead major incident responses and coordinate resources.
• Manage changing priorities across support, incidents and projects.
• Oversee application changes, testing and governance.
• Direct complex issues across apps, databases and integrations.
• Manage supplier and stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee risk, resilience and business continuity.
• Drive continuous improvement of housing applications service.

Skills

Operational leadership

Technical expertise

Analytical skills

Team leadership

SQL skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Collaborative leadership

Tools

NEC Housing

NEC Document Management

Totalmobile

Job description

Sheffield City Council is seeking an Information Systems Team Manager to lead the Digital Applications Team, overseeing Housing systems and key applications including NEC Housing and Totalmobile. The role combines leadership, technical oversight and service improvement to support frontline housing services.

You will manage priorities, incidents and supplier relationships while driving continuous improvement within a hybrid working environment.