Head of IT Services

Salary: £56,099 – £61,586 per annum
(plus a skills supplement for the right candidate)

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 8 October 2024

Interview date: Thursday 17 October 2024

Working Together to Transform Lives

Bradford College is a leading provider of further and higher education with a long history of serving the learners, communities, and businesses of Bradford and the surrounding areas. We support almost 5,000 young people, 1,500 apprentices, over 1,000 degree and postgraduate learners and almost 10,000 adults every year and we are in the top 5 large providers for Apprenticeships in the country.

As part of our ambitious strategy to transform the lives of learners, we are seeking a highly effective and knowledgeable Head of IT Services. The successful candidate will support the development of the IT strategy and its implementation. You will lead the IT Services team to deliver a customer-focused, responsive, and helpful corporate service, ensuring compliance with IT-related policies and the delivery of IT services.

We have appointed FE Associates to support us with this important appointment. Prior to submitting an application, interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our recruitment partner, by emailing Amanda.Hart@fea.co.uk, to discuss the role before the closing date.

Dear potential applicant,

Head of IT Services

Thank you for taking an interest in this very important role. On behalf of the Governors and Executive Team, we would like to encourage you to consider the opportunity to become the next Head of IT Services at Bradford College. If you feel that you would be a good fit, then we would be very pleased to receive an application from you.

After a turbulent period, where the College found itself subject to FE Commissioner intervention with a financial notice to improve and an Ofsted judgement of ‘Requires Improvement’, the College is now well on the road to recovery. We are no longer in FE Commissioner intervention, our financial notice to improve has been lifted and we have been judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

We are extremely focused and have a one-college approach supporting our vision of Working Together to Transform Lives. We are doing this through the delivery of our strategic objectives:

• To become a truly inclusive college.
• To deliver an outstanding student experience.
• To deliver a curriculum that meets the needs of students, employers and our community.
• To become an employer of choice.
• Maintain a sustainable college.
• To grow the college's income through student recruitment.
• To empower education through digital transformation.

And through our values, which are the principles that guide the way we do things at Bradford College:

• Respectful – supportive, empathetic, mindful
• Inclusive – belonging, valued, understanding
• Trust – credible, accountable, honest
• Inspirational & Aspirational – passionate, ambition, belief, confident.

It is essential that any successful applicant supports our vision and is aligned to our values. Bradford College is firmly rooted in the community and has been for more than 185 years. Bradford is culturally diverse and boasts one of the youngest student populations in the country meaning we are forecasting a period of steady growth in years to come. Today we are one of the biggest FE colleges in the country. We are also one of the largest providers of HE outside of the university sector with a student body of over 10,000.

We boast fantastic facilities, industry-experienced staff and a vast range of career-focused courses designed to provide our students with a set of skills, understandings and personal attributes to be successful in their chosen career.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the leadership and management of all aspects of IT Services across Bradford College. They will be the interface with our key stakeholders on all matters relating to IT services and will be able to continue to foster confidence in the College.

We are looking for someone with significant experience of working in an IT environment, with detailed knowledge of current Cyber Security threats and mitigations and significant technical skills across a variety of different infrastructure, network and security technologies. The successful applicant requires high motivation and drive, excellent organisation and great interpersonal skills. They will have the support of a highly committed and passionate Corporation and an enthusiastic and skilled executive team who are equally committed to working together to transform lives.

This is an important appointment and to help us to find the right person, we have retained the support of FE Associates. Prior to submitting an application, interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our lead consultant, by emailing Amanda.Hart@fea.co.uk, to discuss the role before the closing date.

Thank you for considering Bradford College.

John Williams                         Chris Webb
Chair of Corporation          Chief Executive Officer

If you have the very special qualities and the passion to make a real a difference to the future of our students and business, then we would like to hear from you.

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We have appointed FE Associates to help us find the right person.  Prior to submitting an application, interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our FE Associates lead consultant, by emailing Amanda.Hart@fea.co.uk to discuss the role before the closing date.

Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 8 October 2024

Interview date: Thursday 17 October 2024

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