Department: Customer Support Service - ICT
Closing Date: Friday 21st March 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ICT Projects and Liaison Manager to join the ICT Management Team. This is a permanent full time post working 35 hours per week based in Helensburgh or Lochgilphead.
The ICT Projects and Liaison Manager is integral to the ICT Management Team and leads an accomplished team of Project Leaders, Client Liaison Officers and Applications Support staff.
You will support the ICT and Digital Manager to deliver high quality ICT services to the Council, by identifying opportunities for service improvement and efficiencies through corporate or cross-cutting IT solutions, by establishing and managing an ongoing programme of projects to develop and implement these.
You will help develop the team’s strategic objectives and service plans by working with internal and external colleagues and taking personal responsibility for planning how these are delivered to service users. You will manage statutory compliance with PCIDSS, assist the ICT and Digital Manager to administer and manage the ICT Capital and Revenue budgets, and ensure best practice in regard to the projects, liaison, and application environments.
You should be a self-motivated ICT professional, a Prince2 Practitioner, with experience of projects, liaison, application trends, strategy and implementation and possess excellent communication and presentation skills. You must be highly organised, self motivated and equally able to work under your own initiative or collaboratively with others. You must be an effective communicator both in writing and verbally with the ability to motivate others and be persuasive and confident in a mix of team and formal forum situations. Please refer to the Job Description and include all necessary information.
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland's most stunning areas. As its award winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
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Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Applicants should note that:-
The post-holder will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Argyll and Bute and beyond to meet the operational requirements of the Service.
To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is
Gerry Wilson, ICT and Digital Manager
gerry.wilson@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Tel:
Reference: ARB15706 / 011611
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Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy.