ICT Team Leader

Job Title: ICT Team Leader

Location: Felixstowe, Suffolk

Salary: £39,961 - £43,757 pa

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent (37 hours per week)

Interview date: w/c 14 January 2019

Closing Date: 2rd January 2019

The Council will be the largest district council in the country, providing high quality services to a quarter of a million people across east Suffolk. It's an exciting place to work and a great place to make a real difference to people's lives, delivering vital services to those who need them most.

The Council is at the frontline of food safety, animal and public health control not only for the UK but also for the European Union. They are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help them ensure their workplace values are at the heart of everything they do.

Council's Values:

• Professionalism - demonstrate a "can-do" attitude whilst acting with integrity and dignity
• Equality - people are different be considerate of their needs and points of view
• Respect - treating others as we want to be treated ourselves

• Teamwork ­- working together for the benefit of team Port Health

• Trust - develop confidence in team Port Health

The Role:

As ICT Team Leader, your role will be to manage, support and develop the Port Health ICT Team, ensuring the team have the appropriate technical skills and resources. You will plan and manage the SCPHA ICT work programme as well as develop and implement a Port Health ICT Programme which supports delivery of strategic objectives through technical improvements and service transformation.

To become part of their dedicated Port Health ICT Team, you will need to be professional in approach and have a track record in managing and leading technical teams, ideally in the development of applications and delivery of ICT operation services. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the technical ability to plan, deliver and document all aspects of ICT activities and developments. You will have experience of directing, managing and motivating a team to produce positive results.

The Candidate:

To support protection of public and animal health at the border by leading and developing the Port Health ICT Team and Service. Providing:

• Management, support and development to the team
• The provision and support of ICT systems and services to agreed standards of availability, performance and security
• The development and implementation of the Port Health ICT Programme which supports delivery of strategic objectives through technical improvements and service transformation
• Able to direct, manage and motivate a team to produce positive results - including prioritising team work levels, resolving staff welfare and conflict situations, and coaching and mentoring staff
• Able to monitor individual performance and ensure appropriate interventions are in place
• Able to foster an environment of team working to ensure service is delivered as required

Key Requirements:

• Degree level education, preferably in an IT related area
• Experience of working with ITIL / Project Management and object orientated programming language (ideally C#, Javascript, HTML)
• Commercial confidentiality aware
• Occasional requirement to travel to meetings within the Port of Felixstowe, other Council locations and other locations to meet the requirements of the position.

The Benefits:

In return, the Council can offer great opportunities for training and development. They want you to stay with them for the long-term, so they will give you all the support they can to build a great career with the organisation. There is also a superb benefits package including flexible working options and purpose built brand new office accommodation, as well as a generous leave entitlement, discount scheme, pension scheme and free car parking.

Please click on the APPLY button and CHECK YOUR EMAILS to access the detailed Job Description and complete your application in Council's careers page.

Candidates with experience of: IT Technician, IT Service Engineer, IT Engineer, IT System Supervisor, IT System Administrator, ICT Engineer, Programmer, Senior Programmer, Senior Developer, Software Engineer, Software Technician, Software Developer, System Developer, Lead Developer, Technical Developer, Java Developer, Java Engineer, JavaScript Engineer, JavaScript Developer, HTML5 Developer may also be considered for this role.