ICT Facilities Manager

Transformationunitgm; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board is seeking an ICT Facilities Manager to uphold the vital infrastructure that delivers its Digital Strategy. This role involves comprehensive management of IT facilities, ensuring service uptime and compliance with national standards while fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of National Data Centre standards.
• Educated to Degree Level in a relevant IT subject or equivalent experience.
• Specialist knowledge to postgraduate level.

Responsibilities

• Manage ICT facilities including network cable management and UPS.
• Ensure datacentre environment is suited for critical services.
• Train IT support staff and schedule maintenance.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

IT Skills

Education

Degree Level in a relevant IT subject

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Welcome toSwansea BayUniversity Health Board. We welcome applications from people who share our values: caring for each other, working together and always improving.

Swansea BayUniversity Health Board reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff currently awaiting redeployment and we therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job overview

Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) is looking for a dynamic and experienced individual for the post of ICT Facilities Manager. The post is underpins the crucial infrastructure components that help deliver the Digital Strategy.

Main duties of the job

Identified within ITIL v3 Facilities Management and will be responsible for ensuring the following aspects of ICT Infrastructure are fit to support critical services:

• Network Cable Management & Containment.
• Network switch room UPS.
• Datacentre Environment including: -
o Cooling
o UPS
o Power distribution
o Physical security
o Fire Suppression
o CCTV
• Scheduling Maintenance to minimise disruption to services.
• Controlled Physical Access and monitoring.
• Training of IT support staff.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available for you bilingually, in English and Welsh.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications & Knowledge

• Educated to Degree Level in a relevant IT subject or equivalent
• experience plus Specialist knowledge to post graduate level
• In-depth knowledge of National Data Centre standards for hosting services and applying standards to Swansea Bay Health Board facilities

Essential Aptitude and abilities

• Abilities required to perform effectively in the role, e.g. Good problem-solving and analysis skills with ability to think clearly and logically
• Must be able to pay attention to detail and have a high level of accuracy for information gathering and configuration tasks
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understand ing, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Other Essential Criteria

• Ability to travel between Health Board sites and attend local and national meetings.
• Able to work hours flexibly.
• Willingness to support On Call arrangements
• Advanced IT skills in a range of desktop applications e.g., Excel, Power BI.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application. If you are unable to submit your application in the requested format because of a disability please contact the Recruitment Team, who will agree a more suitable way for you to apply. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification will be invited to interview.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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Name Chris Dancer Job title Head of Infrastructure and Client Services Email address [e-mail]