Interim Head of IT

Interim Head of IT

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice | City of Edinburgh, SCT, GB

Posted 8 days ago

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Description

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.


What you will do



  • 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


Additional role requirements



  • 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.


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