Head of IT Operations - London, United Kingdom - The Institution of Structural Engineers

The Institution of Structural Engineers

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The IStructE is a charity and the world's largest professional body for structural engineers. We have a global membership who have designed many of the world's iconic structures.

Creating safer structures for the benefit of the public is at the heart of our remit, as well as working to promote environmental sustainability with structural engineers and the Institution at the heart of the impact construction has on natural resources and climate change.

We are passionate about inclusion and work hard to help those with talent, irrespective of background, to find and develop a route into the profession.

Many of our members work to support the world's most vulnerable communities, especially those living in places prone to natural hazards such as earthquakes and extreme flooding.

If working as part of a staff team of about 70 people and alongside many of our members to address these issues appeals to you, then explore our current vacancies below.

What we can offer you

The world of work is constantly changing.

We pride ourselves on the flexibility we can provide and offer a wide variety of benefits to enhance your work life balance and wellbeing:

Work/life balance

Our flexible working system enables some freedom from the rigid 95 work pattern, with core hours of 104, and where additional hours worked may be accrued and taken as flexileave
Fulltime roles are 35 hours a week
We operate a hybrid working environment for most roles
Generous holiday allowance; 25 days rising with service, plus bank holidays
A bright spacious office in Farringdon, close to many accessible transport links

Financial benefits

A competitive salary
Life insurance of 4x death in service benefit
Competitive pension scheme; we contribute up to 9% of salary depending on your level of contribution
Access to occupational pension advice via our broker
Interest free season ticket loan
Income protection insurance: you may be eligible for this support if you become unwell for a long period of time
Professional membership subscription to an appropriate body of your choice
Generous familyfriendly polices such as enhanced maternity/paternity leave and carers leave

Health and wellbeing provision

Health cash plan offering financial support with medical treatment i.e. dental, physio, etc.
Private medical insurance
Eye care: eye test, lenses and frames contribution
Generous welfare package including employee assistance helplines and facetoface confidential counselling service

Learning and development opportunities

A commitment to supporting your continuous professional development
Access to a wide variety of learning and development opportunities; elearning, workshops, engaging and interactive courses and apprenticeships at all levels.

To thrive with us, bring:

An openminded and flexible approach. Enhance our diverse and inclusive team.
A creative attitude to work. Help us strengthen and improve in a workplace where you are encouraged to innovate and share new ideas.
Enthusiasm and commitment. Provide our members with the best service possible to maintain our worldwide respected status.
A friendly and communicative approach to working. Work alongside staff who know each other well and strive to work collaboratively.
The ambition to take on new challenges and grow with us. We always look to the future to embrace change, so we continue to evolve.

Take the next step to a fulfilling and rewarding future.

If you require more information contact our HR team.

Can you lead our IT team and drive the operational IT strategic roadmap to grow the technical capabilities to support the organisation's goals and priorities?

The Head of IT Operations is a new position and will be responsible for the strategy and ongoing operation of the in-house IT Ops team and be part of our Digital Transformation Team and work.

You will play an integral part in leading and driving next-level maturity to enable ongoing efficiency and future scaling of IT operations.

This includes oversight of the following functions:

enterprise architecture (including redundancy and disaster recovery), systems administration, hardware and software asset management, database and cloud management, audio/video technology, technical product management for core business systems, and end user computing.

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