Job Description

About the role

Please note that this advert may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. Please include a cover letter with your application, outlining how you feel you meet the requirements of the role.

WithYou are recruiting for an experienced Technology leader, to join us in this newly created role, as a key member of our Finance and Resources directorate. We are looking for a collaborative and innovative individual, who will design and enable a future-fit technology function that supports business delivery and transformation. This is a full time, fixed term contract for 12 months, working predominantly from home.

WithYou is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity employing over 1,600 staff. With over 80 services across England and Scotland, we provide support and advice without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year.

At WithYou, we work with people on their own goals, whether that's staying safe and healthy, making small changes or stopping an unwanted habit altogether. We give people support in a way that's right for them either face to face in their local service, community or online. We use our expertise to improve the help available and raise awareness around drugs, alcohol and mental health so that more people can get support.

The postholder will be responsible for leading, shaping and delivering With You's future technology strategy, creating a blueprint for a scalable, future-proofed architecture and embedding robust, but pragmatic governance. You will design an enterprise architecture roadmap that is scalable, secure and adaptive to changing organisational needs, whilst ensuring technology decisions support service delivery, data-driven operations and long-term cost efficiency.

Other priorities include:

Reviewing all existing IT policies and processes

Embedding frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)

Lead platform rationalisation initiatives to reduce cost and complexity

Oversee the consolidation of our IT environment, supporting migration towards a unified operating ecosystem

Company Benefits

30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

2 days paid volunteer leave per year

Auto-enrollment into We Are With You's pension scheme

Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands

Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing

We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a 500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a 500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period

Essential Skills

The most important thing you can bring to this role is clear and inspirational direction, to grow this new role and provide highly technical advice and guidance to the wider organisation, across multiple sites. We are most interested in your drive and ability to create impact and are keen to learn more about how you will use your expertise to lead the way in IT transformation.

You should also have:

Relevant experience in a similar senior role where you have implemented IT strategies

Experience in tender negotiation and IT purchasing, as well as in supplier and contract management

Significant IT Service and Project Management experience

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to quickly establish credibility and/or make a positive impact

?A full job description and person specification is available on request.

Creating an Inclusive Environment

As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our goals of radically improving people's lives. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.


As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role.


WithYou is also a Disability Confident Employer, and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.


If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.