Senior Education Systems Architect — MIS & Data

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working options

Support for staff with unpaid caring

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is seeking a senior technical post within the Applications Development and Support Service in IT and Digital Innovation in Sheffield. The role focuses on designing, configuring and supporting complex council applications used by schools and education teams.

Responsibilities include incident resolution, upgrades, and supervising Information Systems Officers while collaborating with schools, ICT colleagues and software suppliers.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of developing and supporting information systems.
• Relevant safeguarding checks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure and support complex applications used for Council services.
• Translate service, legislative and operational needs into workflows, forms, integrations, reports and access controls.
• Support core education systems including MIS, admissions, SEND and attendance.
• Resolve complex incidents and act as the escalation point for technical issues.
• Manage system upgrades, configuration changes and application lifecycle activity.
• Provide specialist technical advice and support to schools, academies and Council services.
• Supervise and develop Information Systems Officers, allocating and quality-assuring their work.
• Deliver data integration, reporting and information sharing for operational and strategic decisions.
• Manage relationships with software suppliers, covering service quality and contract compliance.
• Provide advice, guidance and training to system users.
• Ensure education applications meet information governance, cyber security and data protection requirements.
• Support digital transformation to improve efficiency, reduce administrative burden and enhance user experience.

Job description

Sheffield City Council is seeking a senior technical post within the Applications Development and Support Service in IT and Digital Innovation in Sheffield. The role focuses on designing, configuring and supporting complex council applications used by schools and education teams.

Responsibilities include incident resolution, upgrades, and supervising Information Systems Officers while collaborating with schools, ICT colleagues and software suppliers.