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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Manager with a strong IT Infrastructure / Platform Management background. This is a 21 Month Fixed Term opportunity to cover a career break.
The IT Infrastructure Manager is in post to provide leadership, technical direction and guidance on all matters of Core Infrastructure, technical controls, procedures and standards in order to maintain a robust and resilient IT estate.
You will manage a team of 8-10 skilled technicians and a suite of tools to ensure that NHS Fife achieves and maintains the SLAs and KPIs of availability, capacity and performance demanded by a modern Health Board. You will also organise and manage the team’s contribution towards a constant flow of business change and the wider IT Delivery Programme.
The Infrastructure Team offers expert direction on all Core Infrastructure for NHS Fife; collaborating with the other technical teams, partner organisations and suppliers to ensure a reliable and cost effective service.
You will be a team player with excellent work ethic, communication and organisational skills. You will have the knowledge; skills and competencies typically gathered during the performance of a similar role or be a developing IT professional with demonstrable aptitude for this post. You will also have a very keen interest in IT infrastructure technologies and techniques and be willing to develop professional networking with colleagues nationally. The Core Infrastructure Manager is part of a team of 5 Section Managers within IT Operations.
You must be able to travel throughout Fife regularly and sometimes across Scotland as required.
A high level of English language competency and communication skills is necessary to perform this role safely and effectively. Participation in a 24/7 on-call rota is required along with providing any relevant out of hours support required by the organisation.
Applications on a secondment basis will be considered providing you have prior agreement from your current line manager.
For informal enquiries please email: fife-uhb.ehealthrecruitment@nhs.net.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.