IT Manager

St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire; Bamber Bridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days holiday (incl bank holidays)

Birthday wellbeing day

Up to 8% employer pension

Blue Light Card discounts

Discounted on-site meals

Career development opportunities

Life insurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

St Catherine’s Hospice in Preston is seeking an experienced IT Manager to lead and develop the IT function. You will oversee day-to-day IT operations, ensure reliability and security, manage budgets and third‑party relationships, and drive improvement projects to support high‑quality care across the organisation.

You will develop practical IT and data plans, align with senior leaders, and coach the IT team while promoting compassionate, values‑driven service.

Qualifications

• Experience leading an IT function and managing a team.
• Strong technical knowledge and budget management skills.
• Ability to manage projects from conception through to implementation.
• Values-led communicator who can build relationships and influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day IT service delivery and reliability across the hospice.
• Manage IT budget, supplier relationships and cyber security posture.
• Lead business continuity planning and system improvement projects.
• Provide people management, coaching and training to the IT team.

Skills

IT management

Team leadership

Budget management

Cyber security

Business continuity

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

St Catherine’s Hospice, Lostock Hall, Preston

Salary: £50,465 per annum

Full time – 37.5 hours

Are you an experienced IT professional who wants to use your skills to make a real difference? This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the IT function at St Catherine’s Hospice, helping us to deliver safe, efficient and resilient services for patients, families, colleagues and volunteers across our organisation.

We are looking for a proactive, knowledgeable and values-driven IT Manager to oversee the effective day-to-day operation, reliability, performance and security of our IT systems and services. Working closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the hospice, you will play a key role in shaping our IT and data ambitions, developing practical business plans and ensuring our systems support high-quality care and effective decision-making.

In this varied and influential role, you will manage IT service delivery, third-party supplier relationships, budgets, technical support arrangements, cyber security, business continuity and system improvement projects. You will also provide supportive and effective people management for the IT team, setting clear expectations, developing colleagues, encouraging collaboration and leading in a way that reflects our hospice values. You will support colleagues across the organisation to make best use of technology through training, guidance and practical problem-solving.

About You

You will bring experience of leading and developing an IT function and managing a team, alongside strong technical knowledge, sound budget management skills and the ability to manage projects from conception through to implementation. Just as importantly, you will be a confident, values-led communicator who can build strong relationships, explain complex information clearly, support others to perform well and influence positively at all levels.

Experience of working with healthcare systems, charity-sector applications or programme management would be an advantage, but we are most interested in someone who is curious, organised, values driven, solutions-focused and committed to continuous improvement.

Why join St Catherine’s?

At St Catherine’s Hospice, our work is guided by compassion, commitment and care. As IT Manager, your contribution will help colleagues work more effectively, support the safe use of information and technology, and ultimately make a positive difference to the people and communities we serve.

You will be joining a supportive, purpose-driven organisation where your expertise will be valued and where there is real scope to shape, improve and modernise how technology supports our services.

According to our latest staff survey, 97% of respondents enjoy the work they do.

Benefits

• Enjoy 36 days’ holiday (including bank holidays)
• An extra wellbeing day for your birthday
• Up to 8% employer pension contributions
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Discounted on-site meals
• Career development opportunities
• Life insurance
• An employee assistance programme..

This post will involve supporting multiple sites in our local community, so a full, clean driving licence and access to a car for work purposes is required. The role will also require participation in an on-call rota to support business continuity and the effective operation of IT services. The role is also subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date – 27th August 2026 at 5.00pm

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Interviews – week commencing 7th September 2026

If you have not heard within 2 weeks of the closing date then on this occasion your application has not been successful but we thank you for your interest in working at St Catherine’s Hospice.

All candidates must be able to demonstrate they are eligible to work in the UK.