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All vacancies within IT Services
There are currently 3 vacancies within IT Services:
| Title | Closes | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader- Cloud and Storage Services- x2 roles available | Jan. 13, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 |
| Business Change Manager | Jan. 20, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 |
| Programme Manager (Education) | Jan. 27, 2025, noon | Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 |
Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader- Cloud and Storage Services- x2 roles available
Closes: Jan. 13, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228
<div> <p></p><div><strong>Join the University of Oxford's Cloud and Storage Services Team</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We have two exciting opportunities to join our IT Services Department as leaders in our Cloud and Storage Services team</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>The Roles</strong></div><br> <ol><br> <li><strong>Team Leader</strong> (Fixed-Term/Secondment until November 2026, with the possibility of extension). This role is available due to the current postholder being seconded.</li><br> <li><strong>Deputy Team Leader</strong> (Permanent).</li><br> </ol><br> <div>In your application, please specify whether you wish to be considered for one role or both.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About Us</strong></div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is a stimulating work environment, which enjoys an international reputation as a world-class centre of excellence. Our research plays a key role in tackling many global challenges, from reducing our carbon emissions to developing vaccines during a pandemic. IT Services is a key department, ensuring robust, reliable, and high-performing IT infrastructure that supports the University’s distinctive needs.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We are proud of our supportive and inclusive culture, valuing the contributions of all team members and fostering a sense of belonging.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What We Offer</strong></div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days of annual leave (including public holidays)</li><br> <li>A comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme</li><br> <li>Discounted bus travel and season ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Both roles offer <strong>hybrid working</strong>, allowing flexibility to support your work-life balance.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the Roles</strong></div><br> <div>Both roles provide leadership for the Cloud and Storage Services team within Infrastructure Services.</div><br> <ul><br> <li><strong>The Team Lead</strong> reports to the Head of Platform Services and provides strategic direction, ensuring the team delivers reliable, robust, and secure services.</li><br> <li><strong>The Deputy Team Lead</strong> reports to the Team Lead and shares responsibility for managing team members and services.</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The team manages key services, including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>The University Private Cloud service</li><br> <li>Secondary Storage (Scality)</li><br> <li>The HFS (Storage Protect) Backup service</li><br> <li>The CrashPlan backup service</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div>As cloud technology evolves, the team’s scope is expected to expand to include third-party infrastructure services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The postholders will play a leading role in the design, delivery, and management of systems critical to the University.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About You</strong></div><br> <div>You will bring:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>Proven expertise in leading technical teams, including recruitment, staff development, and performance management.</li><br> <li>Strong knowledge of IT service management processes and IT systems lifecycle management, from design to implementation and ongoing operations.</li><br> <li>Strategic thinking in IT service operations, with the ability to align infrastructure strategies with organisational needs and emerging technologies.</li><br> <li>Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex ideas clearly to diverse audiences and produce high-quality written documentation.</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application Process</strong></div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The <strong>closing date</strong> for applications is <strong>12:00 noon</strong> on <strong>Monday 13 January.</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Interviews</strong> will take place on the <strong>week commencing 20 January</strong> and will be face to face in central Oxford.</div> </div>Business Change Manager
Closes: Jan. 20, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228
<div> <p></p><div><strong>Business Change Manager- available on a 2-year Fixed Term Contract/Secondment Basis</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The University of Oxford is renowned globally as a world-class centre of excellence, offering a stimulating work environment. Our research addresses critical global challenges, from reducing carbon emissions to developing vaccines during pandemics.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We have an exciting opportunity to join our IT Services Department as a Business Change Manager with hybrid working available.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About IT Services</strong></div><br> <div>IT Services is crucial in ensuring the University has the reliable, high-performing IT facilities necessary to support teaching, learning, research, and administration. We value and recognize our contributions and those of others, fostering a culture of belonging and collaboration.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Role Overview</strong></div><br> <div>As a Business Change Manager, you will ensure that the impact of change initiatives across the collegiate University is understood by all stakeholders. You will support staff and students in adopting new ways of working by identifying, embedding, and sustaining changes to business processes, job roles, organisational structures, systems, and technology.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What We Offer</strong></div><br> <div>We care about our employees’ wellbeing, reflected in our comprehensive benefits, including:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days of annual leave</li><br> <li>A range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme</li><br> <li>Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to various social and sports clubs</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the role</strong></div><br> <div>Business Change Managers report to the Head of Business Change within the Programme and Projects Delivery Group (PPDG) of IT Services. PPDG delivers IT projects that bring significant business benefits through enhanced technology and improved processes.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Over time, the role holder may be assigned to a range of initiatives across our digital portfolios. However, in the first instance, it is envisioned that they will primarily focus on one or more initiatives in the Technology Portfolio, which includes modernising technologies and delivering wide-reaching initiatives like Identity, Data and Information Security programmes.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Effective business change management is crucial to building stakeholder engagement, ensuring coherent and positive change processes, and avoiding disruption.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About You</strong></div><br> <ul><br> <li><strong>Experience</strong>: Demonstrable experience as a Business Change Manager on complex projects with diverse stakeholders.</li><br> <li><strong>Skills</strong>: Ability to manage complex situations, maintain project focus, and apply change methodologies effectively.</li><br> <li><strong>Interpersonal Skills</strong>: Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in communications planning and delivery to support change initiatives.</li><br> <li><strong>Desirable</strong>: Experience in higher education or similar non-commercial organizations, with an understanding of university management structures, politics, and culture (preferred but not essential).</li><br> </ul><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Join us in making a significant impact on the University of Oxford’s future through effective business change management.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Application Process</strong></div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The <strong>closing date</strong> for applications is <strong>12:00 noon on Monday 20 January 2025.</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Interviews</strong> will take place on the <strong>week commencing 27 January</strong> and will take place <strong>in person in Central Oxford.</strong></div> </div>Programme Manager (Education)
Closes: Jan. 27, 2025, noon; salary: Standard Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228
<div> <p></p><div><strong>Programme Manager x2- Education IT Portfolio</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Fixed-term contracts</strong>: 1 role for 2 years, 1 role for 3 years- both with the possibility of extension</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>We are excited to offer <strong>two exciting opportunities</strong> for experienced Programme Managers to join the <strong>Education IT Portfolio</strong> within <strong>IT Services</strong> at the University of Oxford. These roles will play a pivotal part in delivering high-quality digital education solutions for stakeholders across the University.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The Education IT Portfolio oversees IT investment and delivery across the University’s educational landscape, including student administration, assessment, teaching and learning, and recruitment, admissions and outreach.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About the Role</strong></div><br> <div>As part of the Education Portfolio’s Senior Leadership Team, you will lead the delivery of a selection of existing projects and contribute to strategic planning for new initiatives aligned with key service areas of the Academic Administration Division (AAD).</div><br> <div>Your work will involve close collaboration with AAD leadership, including Directors, Service/Product Owners, and Operational Managers, to ensure successful planning and delivery of projects that enhance digital education solutions across the University.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>These roles offer hybrid working, with an expectation of 1–2 days per week in the office or as required by business needs.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>Key responsibilities include:</div><br> <ul><br> <li>Build and maintain strong working relationships with AAD leadership to effectively plan and deliver programmes and projects.</li><br> <li>Oversee and support a range of ongoing and proposed projects or continuous improvement initiatives within specific AAD service areas.</li><br> <li>Conduct pre-scoping discussions for new or upcoming work, creating compelling business cases to secure investment and influence stakeholders.</li><br> <li>Develop comprehensive plans to define clear strategies and identify the best delivery approaches (project-based, continuous improvement, or delivery team models).</li><br> <li>Support the development of strategic roadmaps across the AAD, helping to simplify systems, improve data management, and enhance the user experience.</li><br> <li>Provide leadership in portfolio operational management and contribute to broader AAD-wide strategic initiatives as required.</li><br> </ul><br> <div>The above responsibilities are indicative of current priorities but may evolve to meet emerging requirements.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>About IT Services</strong></div><br> <div>IT Services is a key department that ensures that the University has the core IT facilities it requires to support the distinctive needs of those engaged in teaching, learning, research and administration. We foster a <strong>collaborative and inclusive culture</strong>, valuing and recognising contributions to create an environment where everyone feels they belong.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>What We Offer</strong></div><br> <ul><br> <li>An excellent contributory pension scheme</li><br> <li>38 days annual leave</li><br> <li>Hybrid working</li><br> <li>A comprehensive range of childcare services</li><br> <li>Family leave schemes</li><br> <li>Cycle loan scheme</li><br> <li>Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans</li><br> <li>Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs</li><br> </ul><br> <div><strong>Application Process</strong></div><br> <div>You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and the details of two referees as part of your online application.</div><br> <div> </div><br> <div>The <strong>closing date</strong> for applications is <strong>12:00 noon on Monday 27 January 2025.</strong></div><br> <div> </div><br> <div><strong>Interviews</strong> will take place on the week commencing <strong>03 February 2025</strong> and <strong>will be face to face/online.  </strong></div> </div>