Job Description

IT Systems Specialist (Change and Implementations) - Maternity cover

Location: Manchester

Salary: \xc2\xa337,967

The Vacancy

Hours: 35

Full time, fixed term for 12 months

Closing date: TBC

Interview date: TBC

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.

Our client is passionate about improving lives and helping neighbourhoods thrive. Every day they provide homes, invest in their communities, help communities to further their learning, manage their money, launch successful businesses and improve their employability.

They have an opportunity for an IT Systems Specialist to join their team!

The role of the IT Systems Specialist is to design, build and test IT solutions to meet business needs that are aligned to the agreed IT strategy and reference architecture, and work in conjunction with other IT colleagues and business teams to successfully transition into business and IT operations.

You\'ll contribute to multiple IT and business led projects, and manage and deliver technical work packages, assist the solutions and Architecture lead and IT Manager in developing and maintaining the IT reference architecture to support the delivery of the IT strategy.

What they are looking for:

• Experience of working in similar roles within other organisations with complex IT services, several hundred users and multiple business critical applications.
• In-depth knowledge of housing management and related applications - especially Aareon QL, Aareon 1st Touch and DRS
• Experience of a major technology implementation and an understanding of relational database schemas, application layers, integration, and application delivery methods.
• Formal qualification in IT such as CITP
• Experience of working in an ITSM structured environment
• ITIL 4 Foundation or above

About them

They own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. They have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for their customers and communities. Their role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That\'s not to say it\'s not one their key priorities, it\'s simply one of the many things they do to help their customers live happy and fulfilled lives. They put people at the heart of everything they do. They\'re constantly evolving as a business to ensure they\'re supporting their customers and communities. They focus on improving their communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring their customers have safe homes to live in.

They are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of their roles. They also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours, please give them a call and they can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.

They strive for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that they do. They positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

In accordance with the aims of their Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups they are operating \'the Rooney Rule\'. This means that they aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles. They will also interview at least one female candidate for all their roles within their trades and facilities teams where they experience an under representation.

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