Microsoft 365 Systems Lead: SharePoint & Teams

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking an ICT Senior Officer (Microsoft 365) to join the Microsoft 365 specialists’ team on a fixed-term basis until 30 September 2028. Based at Waverley Court, you will manage and develop Microsoft 365 cloud services to high standards for the Council, customers and partners.

You will work across SharePoint, Teams and related platforms, ensuring data protection, governance and compliance. Strong communication and organisation are essential.

Qualifications

• You will hold a degree in a relevant subject or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience supporting data migration and managing content in Microsoft 365 (SharePoint / Teams) would be advantageous as would experience with Azure, Entra ID and other Azure resources within the wider Microsoft cloud environment.
• You will have good communication and organisational skills, strong attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will work closely with other Microsoft 365 specialists to ensure data protection arrangements align with information governance, security and compliance requirements.
• Working as a member of the Microsoft 365 specialists’ team you will play a major role in operation, supporting the configuration, administration and ongoing management of Microsoft 365 and related cloud platforms, alongside day‑to‑day systems administration and support activities.
• You will also assist in migrating data to Microsoft 365.

Skills

Microsoft 365 administration

Data migration experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Project/problem solving

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Tools

SharePoint

Teams

Intune

Power Platform

Azure

Entra ID

Job description

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking an ICT Senior Officer (Microsoft 365) to join the Microsoft 365 specialists’ team on a fixed-term basis until 30 September 2028. Based at Waverley Court, you will manage and develop Microsoft 365 cloud services to high standards for the Council, customers and partners.

You will work across SharePoint, Teams and related platforms, ensuring data protection, governance and compliance. Strong communication and organisation are essential.