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Director of IT | Liverpool (Hybrid) | £103,000 (DoE)

About Alternative Futures Group

Alternative Futures Group is a leading North West health and social care charity. They provide personalised care for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues, including challenging behaviour and complex needs, through their innovative and digitally connected support. They have been changing lives, creating independence and achieving great outcomes for the brilliant people they support for over 30 years.

About the Role

The Director of IT will deliver a step change in the organisations IT capability and architecture so that AFG can deliver its vision of becoming a digitally empowered organisation by 2027.

To deliver that vision they will need to replace solutions that no longer meet the needs of AFG, implement new technologies to join up internal systems and ensure they have the data they need to run the charity, and strengthen the IT team’s capability to deliver change at pace and scale.

You will be an exemplar of great leadership, visibly modelling the behaviours of the AFG Leadership Code and Competency Framework. You will promote and foster a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, integrity, quality and accountability in all areas of the charity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver a programme of IT change building on the new Digital Social Care record project.
• Provide inspirational leadership to the IT team.
• Put in place the necessary IT governance arrangements to ensure successful delivery of the IT programme covering major projects to small changes.
• Ensure that all IT projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the required quality.
• Deliver continuous improvements in the current IT service, significantly increasing the value it adds to the organisation and its responsiveness.
• Manage within the agreed revenue and capital budgets.
• Play a key role within AFG’s Executive & Director Team working across functions so that the charity can continue deliver outstanding support and to continuously improve what it does.
• Contribute to the shaping and delivery of Assistive Technology projects for people with complex needs.
• Develop effective partnerships with leading providers of technology services.
• Review wider developments in the IT industry which may offer opportunities to enhance AFG’s services.
• Develop an external profile around the use of technology to enhance the delivery of care and support.
• Ensure that AFG follows industry best practices subject to budgetary constraints.

Person Specification

• 5+ years’ experience running IT services in health or social care or a similar organisation to AFG.
• Demonstrable leadership / management experience leading multi-functional IT teams (20+ FTE).
• Experience in delivering change and transforming IT services at pace and scale.
• Excellent communication skills and able to articulate IT concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Strong commercial acumen and highly skilled in writing/presenting to Exec level stakeholders.
• Detailed knowledge of IT Infrastructure, Applications, Data, and Cyber Security.
• Proficient with Microsoft products and services including MS Dynamics.
• Working knowledge of assistive technology within the health or social care sectors.
• Experience of Electronic Patient Records Systems or Care Management Systems.
• Educated to Degree level in Computer Science or similar.

Salary & Package

Salary: £103,803 per annum + £9,800 car allowance.

Location: Home Based. Head Office is in Liverpool city centre and this role requires occasional travel for meetings, site visits, leadership conferences, annual social events etc.

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: 35 hours per week - option to work a 9-day working fortnight, or 4.5 day working week. (time off to be on a Monday or Friday).

Annual Leave: 40 days per annum (including bank holidays). Annual leave increases with service up to an additional 5 days, plus there is the option to buy/sell annual leave.

Pension: Matched employee / employer contributions up to 8% (total 16%).

Optional benefits include salary sacrifice for a car, technology and white goods, bike through cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, 24/7 virtual GP appointments, 24/7 virtual mental health support, death in service benefit, occupational health service, financial health checks and retail discounts etc.

Recruitment Process

1st stage interview: Virtual (Teams) w/c 05/05/2025

Assessment Centre: F2F in Liverpool 12/05/2025

Formal interview: F2F in Liverpool w/c 19/05/2025

Hays Technology have been retained by Alternative Futures Group to manage the recruitment of this role. For all enquiries, please contact Mark Hamilton at Hays Technology.