Brief Description of job role and department The council's vision is to transform the customer experience across both boroughs, improving outcomes, reducing costs and increasing revenue opportunities.
This role is responsible for the leadership and development of the council's websites to ensure they deliver an enhanced customer experience, are fully accessible and become leading national examples of best practice aligning with both councils aspirations to be digital councils.

Specific accountabilities
? To deliver the web strategy through user centred design to optimise digital channels for the delivery of improved outcomes for the citizen and to reduce costs in line with the vision of both boroughs to be leading digital councils.
? To ensure the operational functionality of the websites. Using data to continuously improve the websites.
? reviewing content to make sure it's accurate, relevant, accessible and written in line with the council's content guidance.
? make sure your service will meet user needs
? make sure your service is accessible to everyone, including people who have a disability meeting the legislation applicable to Government websites.
? To manage the commercial relationships and contracts for corporate websites and all relevant sub sites and services ensuring excellent performance, accessibility and value for money.
? Based across both Council locations, in proportions dependent upon business need and prepared to travel to both and to use technology to collaborate across sites

Budgetary accountabilities
? Website contracts and the management of new web development projects, services and contracts across both boroughs.

Representative accountabilities
? Apply professional judgement to interpret and apply policies and procedures to meet specific local or service needs.
? Provide day to day management and professional supervision to staff to ensure operational plans and activities are delivered effectively.
? Identify opportunities for the continual improvement of operations in service area in order to deliver cost effective services that meet agreed quality standards.
? Lead small projects and implement changes and improvements within agreed cost, time and quality standards.
? Where relevant manage service level budgets and resources in order to support the delivery of intended outcomes and demonstrate value for money.

Person specification (knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours required in the role) Essential Knowledge and Experience
? Experience at manager level in a local authority or similar public body within Web.
? Extensive experience of website management and digital transformation including accessibility, usability, navigation, search engine optimisation and analytic.
? Extensive knowledge of related technology including content management systems, digital platforms and related systems.
? Extensive commercial experience of managing web contracts and suppliers to deliver positive outcomes.
Desirable Knowledge and Experience
? Experience of Jardu and Firm step
? Experience of Agile and Scrum
Capabilities and Behaviours
? An outstanding communicator able to engage confidently with customers, colleagues, councillors and partners using a tailored and targeted approach to achieve collaboration and buy in.
? Able to handle data and information to gain crucial insights to grow and diversify the customer contact business
? An excellent relationship builder able to influence and persuade, breaking down barriers to progress, able to think and act creatively and with a focus on delivery
? Evidencing a track record of achieving results and with a commercially astute mindset
? Open and adaptive approach to leadership, taking personal responsibility for achieving success for the Councils
? Ensure all health and safety standards are adhered to for the relevant work area
? Apply diversity and equal opportunities policies in the workplace
? Support and promote Sutton's PRIDE values (People-focused, Responsible, Innovative, Diverse, Enterprising)
? Support and promote Kingston's innovative, open and smart values

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy

Brief Description of job role and department The council's vision is to transform the customer experience across both boroughs, improving outcomes, reducing costs and increasing revenue opportunities.
This role is responsible for the leadership and development of the council's websites to ensure they deliver an enhanced customer experience, are fully accessible and become leading national examples of best practice aligning with both councils aspirations to be digital councils.

Specific accountabilities
? To deliver the web strategy through user centred design to optimise digital channels for the delivery of improved outcomes for the citizen and to reduce costs in line with the vision of both boroughs to be leading digital councils.
? To ensure the operational functionality of the websites. Using data to continuously improve the websites.
? reviewing content to make sure it's accurate, relevant, accessible and written in line with the council's content guidance.
? make sure your service will meet user needs
? make sure your service is accessible to everyone, including people who have a disability meeting the legislation applicable to Government websites.
? To manage the commercial relationships and contracts for corporate websites and all relevant sub sites and services ensuring excellent performance, accessibility and value for money.
? Based across both Council locations, in proportions dependent upon business need and prepared to travel to both and to use technology to collaborate across sites

Budgetary accountabilities
? Website contracts and the management of new web development projects, services and contracts across both boroughs.

Representative accountabilities
? Apply professional judgement to interpret and apply policies and procedures to meet specific local or service needs.
? Provide day to day management and professional supervision to staff to ensure operational plans and activities are delivered effectively.
? Identify opportunities for the continual improvement of operations in service area in order to deliver cost effective services that meet agreed quality standards.
? Lead small projects and implement changes and improvements within agreed cost, time and quality standards.
? Where relevant manage service level budgets and resources in order to support the delivery of intended outcomes and demonstrate value for money.

Person specification (knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours required in the role) Essential Knowledge and Experience
? Experience at manager level in a local authority or similar public body within Web.
? Extensive experience of website management and digital transformation including accessibility, usability, navigation, search engine optimisation and analytic.
? Extensive knowledge of related technology including content management systems, digital platforms and related systems.
? Extensive commercial experience of managing web contracts and suppliers to deliver positive outcomes.
Desirable Knowledge and Experience
? Experience of Jardu and Firm step
? Experience of Agile and Scrum
Capabilities and Behaviours
? An outstanding communicator able to engage confidently with customers, colleagues, councillors and partners using a tailored and targeted approach to achieve collaboration and buy in.
? Able to handle data and information to gain crucial insights to grow and diversify the customer contact business
? An excellent relationship builder able to influence and persuade, breaking down barriers to progress, able to think and act creatively and with a focus on delivery
? Evidencing a track record of achieving results and with a commercially astute mindset
? Open and adaptive approach to leadership, taking personal responsibility for achieving success for the Councils
? Ensure all health and safety standards are adhered to for the relevant work area
? Apply diversity and equal opportunities policies in the workplace
? Support and promote Sutton's PRIDE values (People-focused, Responsible, Innovative, Diverse, Enterprising)
? Support and promote Kingston's innovative, open and smart values

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser https://candidate-privacy

Head of Strategy & Architecture - Healthcare

We are working with a private healthcare provided who are looking to recruit a Head of Strategy & Architecture. The role will be to lead the formal Strategy & Architecture function, managing a team of architects (business intelligence, data, and application & solution) in a direct capacity (solid-line reporting relationship).

The Head of Strategy & Architecture will be responsible for shaping the future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes through the choice of programs, projects and initiatives the organization chooses to invest in. You will need to be capable of practically applying existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Conversely, you must be able to understand, monetize and operationalize new technologies.

The Head of Strategy & Architecture will lead the Strategy & Architecture function and its efforts to develop, maintain and govern the applications & solutions architecture across the business. The role will be responsible for defining the Strategy & Architecture process and architecture review and advisory process, and for leading the integration into the business. The function will lead, prioritize and develop the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicate business architectural direction.

• Lead the creation or evolution of the Strategy & Architecture function
• Promote the business value of the Strategy & Architecture function and its process, and the results of the Strategy & Architecture function to business and IT leaders/executives.
• Lead the development of an implementation plan for the architecture based on business strategy and requirements.
• Seek opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact enterprises' economic architecture and metrics.

Ideally you will come from a Private Healthcare and or NHS background so understand the complexity of hospital and clinical systems.

Head of Strategy & Architecture - Healthcare

We are working with a private healthcare provided who are looking to recruit a Head of Strategy & Architecture. The role will be to lead the formal Strategy & Architecture function, managing a team of architects (business intelligence, data, and application & solution) in a direct capacity (solid-line reporting relationship).

The Head of Strategy & Architecture will be responsible for shaping the future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive the organization's targeted business outcomes through the choice of programs, projects and initiatives the organization chooses to invest in. You will need to be capable of practically applying existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models. Conversely, you must be able to understand, monetize and operationalize new technologies.

The Head of Strategy & Architecture will lead the Strategy & Architecture function and its efforts to develop, maintain and govern the applications & solutions architecture across the business. The role will be responsible for defining the Strategy & Architecture process and architecture review and advisory process, and for leading the integration into the business. The function will lead, prioritize and develop the overall enterprise architecture approach for the organization, and communicate business architectural direction.

• Lead the creation or evolution of the Strategy & Architecture function
• Promote the business value of the Strategy & Architecture function and its process, and the results of the Strategy & Architecture function to business and IT leaders/executives.
• Lead the development of an implementation plan for the architecture based on business strategy and requirements.
• Seek opportunities to highlight how digital business initiatives will potentially impact enterprises' economic architecture and metrics.

Ideally you will come from a Private Healthcare and or NHS background so understand the complexity of hospital and clinical systems.

Infrastructure Director - Cloud

An extremely exciting opportunity to join one of the world's leading media organisations. Working as the Director of Infrastructure you will work closely with executive staff within Technology and key decision makers in other departments in order to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective compute and storage solutions for all aspects of the business. You will be responsible for the IT platforms across EMEA and as such will take on the task of defining, maintaining and overseeing that the strategy of the business is deployed within the specified domain.

This Infrastructure Director will join a team and organisation that is inclusive, encouraging and passionate about what they do. If you are looking to take a position that allows you to really make a difference then please get in touch.

Role responsibilities:

• Becomes the EMEA lead for the IT domains of Platforms
• Defines, maintains and oversees strategy for the specified domain
• Defines, develops, documents and maintains standards, best practices, and deployment frameworks
• Promotes the use of the defined IT standards within business units to both technical and non-technical customers.
• Engages with project teams to develop and agree technical infrastructure solutions for project deployments
• Provides IT Domain thought leadership and guidance to other members of the Technology teams
• Lead major infrastructure initiatives and projects regarding cloud/datacenter landscape
• Manage technical project review meetings. Ensure project technical designs meet the organisations operational requirements and are in compliance with infrastructure and security standards

Skills required:

• Proven ability to deliver key objectives within schedule and budget
• Strong working knowledge and certification of at least one public cloud provider AWS, Azure and Google
• Strong Infrastructure background
• Able to produce high-quality documentation, designs, presentations and plans, strategic roadmaps
• Solid understanding/knowledge of implementation and architectural dependencies in globally distributed, redundant, HA and DR enabled configurations, backup/recovery technology
• Solid working knowledge of hardware (SAN's and Servers, FC Switches, iSCSI, backup appliances and at least two or more vendors (HP, Dell, IBM, Cisco etc)
• Strong knowledge of deploying and migrating solutions to cloud, VMWare 5.5+, Windows Server, MS SQL, IIS, Linux in clustered, HA, single/multi-tenanted and globally distributed deployments, RDBMS, PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, etc
• Experience of designing solutions and services, multi-tenanted web applications of scale, exposure to enterprise automation technologies and practices
• Experience managing infrastructure in hosted and cloud environments, especially transition to cloud
• Familiarity with the software development life cycle
• Work experience with information and application security concepts, mechanisms, and tools
• Large-scale distributed systems architecture

Benefits include:

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Infrastructure Director - Cloud

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. 

Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation

We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously.  Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website http://proactive.it/privacy-notice/

Infrastructure Director - Cloud

An extremely exciting opportunity to join one of the world's leading media organisations. Working as the Director of Infrastructure you will work closely with executive staff within Technology and key decision makers in other departments in order to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective compute and storage solutions for all aspects of the business. You will be responsible for the IT platforms across EMEA and as such will take on the task of defining, maintaining and overseeing that the strategy of the business is deployed within the specified domain.

This Infrastructure Director will join a team and organisation that is inclusive, encouraging and passionate about what they do. If you are looking to take a position that allows you to really make a difference then please get in touch.

Role responsibilities:

• Becomes the EMEA lead for the IT domains of Platforms
• Defines, maintains and oversees strategy for the specified domain
• Defines, develops, documents and maintains standards, best practices, and deployment frameworks
• Promotes the use of the defined IT standards within business units to both technical and non-technical customers.
• Engages with project teams to develop and agree technical infrastructure solutions for project deployments
• Provides IT Domain thought leadership and guidance to other members of the Technology teams
• Lead major infrastructure initiatives and projects regarding cloud/datacenter landscape
• Manage technical project review meetings. Ensure project technical designs meet the organisations operational requirements and are in compliance with infrastructure and security standards

Skills required:

• Proven ability to deliver key objectives within schedule and budget
• Strong working knowledge and certification of at least one public cloud provider AWS, Azure and Google
• Strong Infrastructure background
• Able to produce high-quality documentation, designs, presentations and plans, strategic roadmaps
• Solid understanding/knowledge of implementation and architectural dependencies in globally distributed, redundant, HA and DR enabled configurations, backup/recovery technology
• Solid working knowledge of hardware (SAN's and Servers, FC Switches, iSCSI, backup appliances and at least two or more vendors (HP, Dell, IBM, Cisco etc)
• Strong knowledge of deploying and migrating solutions to cloud, VMWare 5.5+, Windows Server, MS SQL, IIS, Linux in clustered, HA, single/multi-tenanted and globally distributed deployments, RDBMS, PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, etc
• Experience of designing solutions and services, multi-tenanted web applications of scale, exposure to enterprise automation technologies and practices
• Experience managing infrastructure in hosted and cloud environments, especially transition to cloud
• Familiarity with the software development life cycle
• Work experience with information and application security concepts, mechanisms, and tools
• Large-scale distributed systems architecture

Benefits include:

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Infrastructure Director - Cloud

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. 

Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation

We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously.  Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website http://proactive.it/privacy-notice/

UI Team Lead - React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript

Working for a cutting edge start up who are giving financial institutions the next generation of analytics in the FICC market.

• Salary up to £110k DOE
• Easily commutable Central London location
• React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript
• To apply please call Tom on or email

Sourced by: @TechCareers_LDN - your 24/7 twitter feed of latest IT vacancies across London.

WHO ARE WE?
We are a data analytics company who will allow financial institutions to combine all FICC trading data into a single real time and powerful viewpoint. This enables all functions in the office to see what is going on at any level, macro to atomic, and also in real time for the first time!

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• Building and maintaining a large single page web application.
• New functionality will be written in React/Redux/TypeScript.
• Leading a current team of 4, coordinating with stakeholders, while balancing hands-on technical projects

WE NEED YOU TO HAVE…

• Team lead experience a must
• 5 years minimum experience with front end technologies
• Strong JavaScript, React
• Typescript, HTML, CSS, OOP , MVC principles

NICE TO HAVE

• Building and maintaining a large single page web application.
• New functionality will be written in React/Redux/TypeScript.
• Leading a current team of 4, coordinating with stakeholders, while balancing hands-on technical projects

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Expand technical skillset and experience (see list of technologies used above)
• Get exposure to complete software development lifecycle using an agile delivery model.
• Gain an understanding of what's required to build and scale a successful start-up.
• Build tools for use by the world's largest investment banks.
• Grow existing financial product knowledge and gain understanding of complex financial analytics.
• Gain an understanding of machine learning and AI algorithms.
• Learn how to manage customer relationships.
• Equity, remote and flexi working plus more benefits!

TO BE CONSIDERED…
Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to . For further information please call me on . I can make myself available outside of the normal business working hours to suit you. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to follow me on Twitter @SearchableTom or connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Thomas Stevens, Searchability in Google! I look forward to hearing from you.

UI Team Lead - React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript

UI Team Lead - React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript

Working for a cutting edge start up who are giving financial institutions the next generation of analytics in the FICC market.

• Salary up to £110k DOE
• Easily commutable Central London location
• React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript
• To apply please call Tom on or email

Sourced by: @TechCareers_LDN - your 24/7 twitter feed of latest IT vacancies across London.

WHO ARE WE?
We are a data analytics company who will allow financial institutions to combine all FICC trading data into a single real time and powerful viewpoint. This enables all functions in the office to see what is going on at any level, macro to atomic, and also in real time for the first time!

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• Building and maintaining a large single page web application.
• New functionality will be written in React/Redux/TypeScript.
• Leading a current team of 4, coordinating with stakeholders, while balancing hands-on technical projects

WE NEED YOU TO HAVE…

• Team lead experience a must
• 5 years minimum experience with front end technologies
• Strong JavaScript, React
• Typescript, HTML, CSS, OOP , MVC principles

NICE TO HAVE

• Building and maintaining a large single page web application.
• New functionality will be written in React/Redux/TypeScript.
• Leading a current team of 4, coordinating with stakeholders, while balancing hands-on technical projects

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Expand technical skillset and experience (see list of technologies used above)
• Get exposure to complete software development lifecycle using an agile delivery model.
• Gain an understanding of what's required to build and scale a successful start-up.
• Build tools for use by the world's largest investment banks.
• Grow existing financial product knowledge and gain understanding of complex financial analytics.
• Gain an understanding of machine learning and AI algorithms.
• Learn how to manage customer relationships.
• Equity, remote and flexi working plus more benefits!

TO BE CONSIDERED…
Please either apply by clicking online or emailing me directly to . For further information please call me on . I can make myself available outside of the normal business working hours to suit you. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also feel free to follow me on Twitter @SearchableTom or connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Thomas Stevens, Searchability in Google! I look forward to hearing from you.

UI Team Lead - React / Redux / Typescript / Leadership / JavaScript