Director of IT & Digital Services


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Falmouth Exeter Plus

Listed on

3rd March 2017

Location

Cornwall

Salary/Rate

Competitive

Salary Notes

Competitive

Type

Permanent

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Falmouth Exeter Plus (FX Plus) is the service delivery partner of Falmouth University (Falmouth) and the University of Exeter (UoE). We deliver shared Higher Education services and facilities for UoE and Falmouth in Cornwall for over 8000 staff and students. It is a dynamic and innovative organisation at the cutting edge of HE shared professional services delivery.

Both Falmouth and UoE are expanding their teaching and research operations in Cornwall at a pace. It is, therefore, a fast moving environment where agility and a positive approach to change and enhancement are critical.

FX Plus is an exempt charity wholly owned by Falmouth and UoE on a 50:50 basis whose purpose or mission is 'to deliver world-class shared professional services to help its university partners to achieve their global ambitions'.

We are seeking to attract a high calibre Director of IT & Digital Services, a role reporting directly to the CEO, who can demonstrate the following:

Excellent understanding of the major components supporting a complex shared IT service; infrastructure (including virtualisation), data warehouse, data integration, development support and user-facing services.

Understanding of commercial contracts, service level agreements and KPIs.

Extensive knowledge of IT security protocols, processes, policies and standards, information security.

A proven record of successfully managing and delivery of complex IT projects.

Excellent people management skills, with a proven ability to successfully lead and manage large groups of staff

Ability to drive the business forward while maintaining focus on standards and overall results.

Have a fresh thinking and a continuous improvement mindset.

Be a strong influencer driving up levels of customer service/care.

We believe in recruiting people who are passionate about delivering a world-class service and want to play an essential part in our ongoing success. Providing leadership, direction and ensuring standards remain high, you will bring a management style that motivates and brings out the best in those around you.

The Director of IT & Digital Services will be responsible for the IT Services function which provides infrastructure (including data centre, network security, active directory), data architecture (including data warehouse, document management, systems interface development), User support (specialist studio Information Technology technicians, desktop support, business systems support, audio visual and reprographics). In addition to delivering the joint IT function for UoE and Falmouth, the role holder will support Falmouth to develop and deliver their IT strategy.

This dedicated Information Technology leadership role, within FX Plus's senior executive team, recognises the importance of Information Technology and its critical impact on the success of the partnership's operations. The growth of world-class research, technology enhanced learning and 24/7 availability of systems mean ever more reliance upon Information Technology to deliver flexible and reliable solutions.

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The closing date for this position is Sunday 26 March 2017.

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