IT Consultant

The General DentalCouncil (GDC) is recruiting for a IT Consultant tojoin our team on a full-time, fixed term. This role isHybrid? minimum 2 days in the office, 3 days working fromhome. In return you will receive a competitive salary of £52,715 - £62,017per annum.

About us:

Our primary purpose is to protectpatient safety and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achievethis, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dentalteam, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise,and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Our work matters and so do ourpeople. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces andvalues diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams withteam members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.Equality and diversity are not just words, they are what makes our teams strongand able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a senseof belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute andto share what is important to them.

About the role of ITConsultant:

The General Dental Council isundergoing an exciting period of business transformation with a raft of majororganisational change projects and is recruiting an IT Consultant on afixed term contract to support the IT Director with the development of core ITprocesses across IT Operations, IT Infrastructure, Software Development andSolutions Architecture.

The IT Consultant is responsiblefor both the tactical and strategic development and improvements to the IT functionand to support the Enterprise Operations Manager to help manage the ITdepartment, day to day Service delivery and capacity planning to ensure the ITdepartment meets the current and future requirements of the GDC.

Responsibilities as ourIT Consultant will include:

• Identify and implementimprovements to IT Service Desk, IT Operations, IT Infrastructure and SoftwareDevelopment.
• Support the Enterprise OperationsManager to actively manage relationships with suppliers/vendors
• Review, Develop and implement ITpolicies and architectural and design standards/principles with respect to ITService Desk, IT Operations, IT infrastructure, Software Development andSolutions Architecture
• Provide full-service deliveryresponsibility; undertake technical planning to ensure sufficient systemcapacity, that renewal plans to replace obsolete or at-risk technologies aretimely.

About you:

• Proven previous workingexperience as an IT Manager or Head of IT
• Senior stakeholder management andleadership skills to communicate required improvements at all levels bothinternally and externally
• Excellent knowledge of technicalmanagement, information analysis and of computer hardware/software systemsincluding but not limited to ITIL concepts.
• Previous experience analysing ITfunction effectiveness and aligning to business operations.
• Hands-on experience with computernetworks, network administration and network installation.
• The ability to manage IT servicedesk and networking functions to optimize efficiency and outcomes.

Benefits:

To reward you for your hard workand commitment, we offer a flexible hybrid working environment in our modernBirmingham City centre offices as well as an attractive benefits package thatincludes:

• Pension contributions up to10%
• 25 days? annual leave (plus bankholidays)
• Life assurance and incomeprotection

If you feel that you are the rightcandidate for our IT Consultant, then please click'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note that wereserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice,and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

The GDC is committed toequality and diversity. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention,and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic,cultural, and social backgrounds.