We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive IT Platform (Infrastructure and Data Centre) Manager to oversee and manage our critical infrastructure and data center operations. In this key leadership role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our IT infrastructure, supporting the organisations mission-critical operations.

As the Team Manager, Platforms, you will lead a team of technical experts to design, implement, and maintain the physical and virtual infrastructure that powers our business. Your role will involve managing data center facilities, optimizing server and storage environments, and ensuring system access for all users.

You will play a pivotal role in disaster recovery planning, capacity management, and the integration of new technologies to enhance our infrastructure. Additionally, you will ensure that our data centers meet the highest standards of security, compliance, and efficiency, while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data center management, platform infrastructure, and cloud services. You should possess strong leadership and project management skills, with a proven ability to deliver robust infrastructure solutions that align with business objectives.

Join our dynamic team and contribute to the future of our IT operations, where your expertise will be instrumental in supporting our growth and innovation.

Main duties of the job

Your primary responsibility will be to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of platform and infrastructure solutions across NHS sites. This includes overseeing the deployment of servers, storage systems, virtualisation platforms, and cloud services, ensuring alignment with NHS standards and industry best practices.

In addition to strategic planning, you will provide leadership and direction to a team of platform and infrastructure specialists. You will mentor team members, foster a culture of excellence, and promote professional development to enhance the capabilities and effectiveness of the team.

As Team Manager, Platforms, you will also be responsible for managing resources, budgets, and performance metrics to ensure the efficient and effective operation of platform and infrastructure services. Your leadership, strategic vision, and technical expertise will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of high-quality healthcare services to patients and communities within the NCA.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant master's degree or equivalent, or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Relevant high level subject matter qualification (e.g. MCSE) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Relevant Leadership Qualification or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience. (e.g. ILM/CMI/Degree)
• Project Management Qualification (Prince2, SCRUM, etc)
• ITIL Qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Professional, managerial and leadership qualification or equivalent experience at senior management level.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in team management, work scheduling, performance reviews and strategic improvement.
• Significant experience of supporting and implementing enterprise grade solutions (e.g. Cisco, Citrix, VMWare, Microsoft, Azure).
• Knowledge of budgetary management.
• Ability to author clear concise reports, letters, minutes, and documents using a good standard of English.
• Record of performance management and delivery of projects, targets, policy implementation, change management.
• Experience and knowledge of the technical and business requirements, specification, procurement and implementation of enterprise IT solutions.
• Good knowledge of data protection GDPR/DSPT and other relevant legislation standards.
• Able to identify and resolve complex issues and problems across a broad range of IT solutions to an advanced level.
• Able to evaluate and define use of new IT solutions through research and development and build of test configurations.
• Significant experience of delivering, supporting and troubleshooting complex multi-vendor technical infrastructures.
• Knowledge of common alternative subject matter systems such as Unix, Linux, OS X.

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of NHS /experience working within a healthcare setting.
• Experience in contributing to large, strategic technical transformation projects in a complex IT environment.
• Demonstrable and practical experience at a senior level, in public or private sector, of delivering transformational change to business technologies and processes, to deliver cost savings and service improvements for customers.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to coach and mentor staff to develop their technical skills and experience, performing to their full potential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations.
• Flexible approach to work
• Advanced communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex matters and demanding situations.
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to varying groups of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work to critical deadlines and to effectively prioritise workload.
• Able to identify, plan and implement ongoing service improvements.
• Able to apply judgement, creativity, and flexibility to solve complex problems and generate new ideas.
• Able to systematically analyse information and cut through complexity to bring clear, relevant, and intelligible recommendations.
• Advanced and accurate keyboard skills
• Enthusiasm and drive to motivate staff at all levels.
• Able to deliver to challenging deadlines and to support others in achieving deadlines.
• Ability to travel within the requirements of the post, including transporting appropriate equipment when required.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal Hospital / Royal Oldham Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD

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