Head of Service Transition and Change - Southampton, United Kingdom - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
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Salary:
- £50,238
Job grade:
- Grade 7
Contract type: - Permanent
Business area: - MCA
- Information Technology
Type of role: - Digital
- Information Technology
- Knowledge and Information Management
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
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Location
- SouthamptonAbout the job
Job summary:
Do you have experience of Service Transition and Change and Config environments?
Are you highly driven and able to inspire others to deliver?
Would you like a varied role where you'll have the opportunity to build strong working relationships across the business?
If so, we'd love to hear from you
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government's maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
- Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas. _
Job description:
Working alongside senior colleagues, the Head of IT Service Transition and Change will have leadership responsibility for the Service Transition and Change and Config areas.
The role will require the individual to actively ensure complex solutions are successfully transitioned from Design to Operational usage, working closely with and coordinating activities across projects, with various stakeholders across the Agency and working with suppliers.
Leading the Service Transition, Change and Config teams within Service Operations autonomously, seeking and encouraging improvement throughout the service as well as guiding others inside and outside the team of expertise in the field of IT Service Transition and Change.
As the owner of the processes, you will ensure successful delivery of beneficial changes with minimum disruption to IT services.
This role will be based in the Southampton HQ.MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work.
Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.Responsibilities
Key accountabilities of the role include:
- Working closely with Senior IT colleagues to engage the IT Departments technical experts and other relevant stakeholders to work collaboratively on internal IT projects and deployments.
- Accountable for the Line Management of Service Transition and Change and Config teams.
- Drives and ensures a continual service improvement approach across Service Transition and Change and Config areas.
- Supervises all aspects of Release and Deployment of Change to ensure positive introduction of new services are expertly delivered into early life.
- Responsible for the design, implementation and adherence of all function policies, processes and procedures required to optimally transition from Design into Operations.
- Participates in and leads collaboration with Key Stakeholders across the organisation to ensure the needs of the Agency's internal customers and end users are satisfied.
Person specification:
We are looking for a pro-active and motivated leader with excellent people management skills and experience of working within Service Transition and Change and Config environments.
You are proficient at translating information from a range of sources to present recommendations with clarity and certainty to senior colleagues.
In addition, you thrive delivering in a fast-paced environment, encouraging others to perform to a high standard.
Qualifications:
- You must hold an ITIL qualification or equivalent qualification from an IT framework
Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
Technical skills:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- DDaT Framework
- Service Transition Manager
- Ownership and initiative (Skill level: Practitioner)
- DDaT Framework
- Service Transition Manager
The link to the DDaT Framework can be found here
- DDaT Framework
- Service Transition Manager
The link to the DDaT Framework can be found here
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