Head of Infrastructure Services

 
Force Headquarters, Camden, London
C001
Full Time
Fixed Term
12 - Months
£49,383
£3,033.56
10% £4,938.30
Up to £8,689.39

A Head of Infrastructure Services is required for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract role paying up to £65,644.94 (inc of allowances) with British Transport Police (BTP) based in Camden, London.

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

 

As Head of Infrastructure Services you will be designing, influencing, enabling and delivering the overall Vision & Digital Strategy of the Technology department. This role supports services and delivery to the requirements Digital Policing and transformation required in the short, medium and long term. The purpose of this role is to provide strategic leadership and management for Infrastructure Services that sets vision and direction for Infrastructure Services through identifying infrastructure service requirements to support business platform capability.

 

As Head of Infrastructure Services you will:

  • Be responsible for infrastructure related expenditure including network equipment, server and operating software products, capital and revenue, in excess of £1million per annum.
  • Effectively line manage 20 direct reports in three specialist groups.
  • Provide continual service improvement plans to ensure the IT infrastructure supports business needs.
  • Manage the performance of systems and services in terms of their contribution to business performance, their financial costs and sustainability.

 

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

 

The successful Head of Infrastructure Services will be required to evidence the following skills & qualifications:

  • Educated to degree level in a specific IT or engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
  • Accredited to ITIL Foundation Level or higher
  • Extensive experience of leading and developing a multi-disciplinary technical support team in a demanding environment
  • Proven experience in managing complex IT budgets, both revenue and capital
  • Ability to lead and develop multi-disciplinary technical teams
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In return for your experience, we can offer you:

  • Salary: up to £65,644.94 (Salary £49,383, £2,634 London Allowance, £4.938.30 On-call Allowance and up to £8,689.39 SFIA Supplement)
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Final salary pension scheme
  • Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work as well as many high street and online retail discounts

 

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

 

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (12 months) for current substantive posting.

This opportunity is closed to applications.