Interim Head of IT

Are you an experienced IT leader who combines strategic thinking with hands-on delivery and wants to use your expertise to support a cause that truly matters? Join our ICT team and play a vital role behind the scenes - enabling our colleagues to deliver outstanding, compassionate care every day. As Interim Head of IT, you will lead our digital, information governance and ICT services for an initial six-month period.

You will be responsible for maintaining business-critical systems, strengthening cyber security, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation, and progressing key digital improvement initiatives.

• Providing strategic leadership on technology, cyber security, data governance and digital transformation.
• Ensuring stable and effective ICT operations and service delivery.
• Leading digital infrastructure, cloud services, networks and system improvements.
• Acting as the organisation's Information Governance Lead.
• Ensuring compliance with UK GDPR, Data Protection legislation and NHS Data Security & Protection Toolkit requirements.
• Leading and developing the ICT team.
• Improving reporting, data governance and organisational use of information.
• Strengthening business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements.
• Producing recommendations and future plans to support long-term digital success. Significant experience in a senior ICT leadership, interim management or transformation role
• Proven success leading organisational change, digital transformation or service improvement programmes
• Strong experience managing cyber security, information governance and data protection compliance
• Experience operating within a regulated environment such as healthcare, charity or public sector organisations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience leading teams, managing budgets and influencing senior leaders

• All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.