Housing Systems Lead - Digital Applications Manager

Beighton; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual leave 26 days + 5 years to 31

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts: public transport, health

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is seeking an Information Systems Team Manager to lead the Digital Applications Team. You will oversee Housing systems, manage priorities, and coordinate technical delivery with suppliers and ICT colleagues.

You will drive improvements in critical front-line housing services, combining operational leadership with deep technical knowledge, to ensure reliable, secure, and policy-aligned IT services across the city.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading and developing a technical applications team.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills to oversee data analysis.
• Experience of application configuration, testing, upgrades and releases.
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management, with clear communication.
• Ability to align IT delivery with housing service priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership for support, development and improvement of business-critical applications.
• Lead the Housing Systems team, set priorities, manage workloads and develop capability.
• Respond to major incidents with coordinated resources and clear follow-up actions.
• Oversee changes, upgrades and releases with testing and governance.
• Maintain risk management, resilience and business continuity for housing applications.

Skills

Team leadership

SQL skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

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. You will oversee Housing systems, manage priorities, and coordinate technical delivery with suppliers and ICT colleagues.

You will drive improvements in critical front-line housing services, combining operational leadership with deep technical knowledge, to ensure reliable, secure, and policy-aligned IT services across the city.