Vacancy Description:
IT Director
£60k
Fareham
23 days holiday + statutory
Free Parking
Subsidised Gym Membership
Company Events
Expanding insurance and finance company looking for an IT Director to manage a team of 8.
You must have project management experience, good at man-management, can identify priorities, put controls in place, check backs etc.
ROLE-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Networking
•Plans and implements additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure company-wide in coordination with corporate leadership.
•Oversees the implementation of network security at the corporate level.
•Anticipates future network needs, identifies proactive solutions to satisfy needs.
Telephony
•Oversees the planning and management of the company’s telephone system and manages company-wide upgrade efforts.
Training & Lab Maintenance
•N/A.
Internal Systems
•N/A.
Help Desk Administration
•Oversees the management of corporate help desk activities and resolves escalated issues if necessary.
Asset Management
•Helps establish and build relationships with vendors in conjunction with corporate leadership.
•Oversees all IT-related purchasing and budget usage; works with Accounting to develop budgets.
•Holds responsibility for capacity planning and scheduling vendor negotiations related to IT.
CAREER PATH CORE COMPETENCIES
Communication
•Ensures department is well informed, at all times, of changes and news worthy events within the company.
•Effectively communicates relevant IT-related information to superiors.
•Handles difficult personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, HR advice, and respect for the individual.
•Promotes the company through speaking engagements at industry conferences and involvement in local business organizations.
Management
•Exercises staff oversight to ensure new operations plans, policies, procedures, and transition/migration plans are consistent with the overall company goals and objectives.
•Holds responsibility for IT staffing and budgeting projections on a company-wide basis.
PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES
Leadership
•Achieves excellence in all areas of business.
•Champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas.
Teamwork
•Reinforces team approach throughout practice both on client projects and internal initiatives.
•Supports and solicits input from team members at all levels within the organization.
•Ensures regular team and practice events take place away from the office.
Client Management
•Communicates effectively with internal clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions and strategies.
•Continually defines ways to increase internal client satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
•Maintains lasting internal client relationships
•Ensures practice delivers superior solutions to internal clients.
•Provides senior level resolution to internal client issues.
ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Innovator Development
•Participates in all programs and enforces all policies relating to performance evaluations and career development planning.
•Reviews management evaluations for consistency.
•Impresses upon management the importance of the career planning and performance evaluation programs.
•Creates an environment where Innovators can successfully achieve professional career path goals.
•Manages the development of project managers and senior managers.
•Assigns tasks to practice management that give managers an opportunity to grow.
Internal Operations
•Reviews status reports of Project Managers and Senior Managers and addresses issues as appropriate.
•Lends expertise to internal teams and task forces.
•Enforces standard company policies and procedures.