Director of Digital Services

Exec Appointments ,
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Job Type: Full-time

Overview

A short introduction to Aston University: Students from over 120 countries choose to study at Aston University - a safe and friendly campus enjoyed by a global, multicultural community. Aston is situated in Birmingham, one of the UK’s most diverse cities and home to an unrivalled cultural heritage, top sporting events, music, performing arts and outstanding world cuisine. Aston has set out its vision to invest significantly into the delivery of a “Destination Campus.” Aston’s future growth will embrace evolving trends such as online and remote learning, greater connectivity, the growth in international students and closer collaboration with commercial partners and the business community. Aston’s campus will therefore need to adapt and evolve in response to these trends and secure its future success. Technology is seen as a key enabler of this vision and the growth that Aston aspires to achieve. What the job entails: Job Title: Director of Digital Services Salary: Attractive six figure basic plus benefits Aston University have identified a step change in the delivery of Digital Services that will help drive and power the University’s wider strategy. As the Director of Digital Services a key aim will be to engage with the University user communities and develop customer centric solutions. While actively contributing to the leadership and management of the University there are some key areas that will fall under your direct responsibility: Delivering a range of customer focussed, cost effective IT services to students, external partners and staff. IT infrastructure (networks and storage). IT business applications and systems. Enabling the Digital Learning Environment, both physical and virtual. As the Director of Digital Services, you’ll be able to show the following areas of experience and capability: Leadership and management of Digital/IT Services teams (including budgets, HR matters, technology, vendors & suppliers and projects etc.) as well as advising on best-practice frameworks and leadership to other IT orientated functions. Improving the delivery of information services through the introduction and monitoring of service standards and pre-empting customer needs. Creating high performance, outward facing, customer-focussed teams, through great people management and instilling an ethos of accountability and innovation. Driving change in large, complex organisations with many stakeholders with disparate requirements. Senior management experience in a similar Information Services role within a ‘knowledge–intensive’ organisation. Contributing to the strategic leadership and management of an organisation. Developing strategic and operational plans and of effective delivery against these plans. Knowledge of current and future trends and emerging technologies, and a track record of implementing at pace. How you’ll like to operate: Working collaboratively with other stakeholders. In particular, proven ability to influence and gain strong credibility with stakeholders. Using influencing and persuasion skills to engage successfully with staff and customers to deliver challenging projects. Being flexible, self-motivated and having a creative approach to work. Thinking strategically combined with confident, rational and objective decision-making. A readiness to be decisive, knowing when to take calculated risks. A team player, engendering a culture of openness and sharing and bring energy and enthusiasm to the role. How to apply: The deadline for application for this role is midnight (00:00) on 21st April 2020. To learn more about Aston University and the Director of Digital Services role, please visit: www.mallorypartners.com/astonit To apply for this role, please send your CV with a note outlining your relevance to our retained recruitment partner, Mallory Partners quoting reference R200098. Longlisted candidates will be invited for interview with Mallory Partners, following which the Selection Panel will agree a shortlist. Selected candidates will be invited for formal interviews with the selection panel. If you would like to discuss the role, in the first instance please contact John Edwards on 07903 191 388. Protecting your personal data is of the upmost importance to Mallory Partners and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by us is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in. Mallory Partners is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, as defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for much of our data processing activity is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website: https://www.mallorypartners.com/privacy-policy/ . Further information about Aston University’s data protection policies and procedures can be found here: aston.ac.uk/data-protection

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