Senior Information Systems Team Lead — Flexible & Hybrid

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working options

Support for staff with caring duties

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is seeking an experienced head of Applications within the Applications Team to lead and develop the team, coordinate major incidents and drive digital transformation. The post combines hands-on specialist work with strategic leadership across solution design, project delivery and governance.

You will deputise for the Applications Manager, manage three Application Support Officers, participate in out-of-hours rota, and ensure security, resilience and supplier management

Qualifications

• ITIL service management.
• Technical governance.
• Project delivery.
• Supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing the Applications Team, allocating resources and deputising for the Applications Manager.
• Providing senior technical support and coordinating major incidents across a large, complex application estate.
• Designing and delivering new systems, upgrades, integrations, automation and cloud-based solutions.
• Governing technical change through CAB, Technical Design Authority, digital triage and service review.
• Managing application lifecycles, security, resilience, continuity, suppliers, contracts and technical standards.
• Contributing to application roadmaps, emerging technology (including AI and Microsoft Copilot) and continual improvement.
• Ensuring technology investment supports business priorities and long-term digital transformation.
• Providing technical advice and guidance to colleagues, managers, project teams and governance forums.
• Working with internal services, suppliers and technical specialists to resolve issues and deliver improvements.
• Balancing operational support, major incidents, project delivery, governance, supplier management and service improvement.
• Providing day-to-day leadership, support and development to three Application Support Officers.
• Participating in the Applications Out of Hours rota

Skills

ITIL service management

Technical governance

Project delivery

Supplier management

Job description

Sheffield City Council is seeking an experienced head of Applications within the Applications Team to lead and develop the team, coordinate major incidents and drive digital transformation. The post combines hands-on specialist work with strategic leadership across solution design, project delivery and governance.

You will deputise for the Applications Manager, manage three Application Support Officers, participate in out-of-hours rota, and ensure security, resilience and supplier management