ICT Infrastructure and Development Manager

The ICT Infrastructure and Development Manager is a senior member of the IM&T management team, responsible for leading and developing the organisation's ICT Infrastructure and ICT Development functions. The role oversees the design, delivery, security, and continuous improvement of core digital services, ensuring that the Trust's technology environment is robust, scalable, and strategically aligned with organisational goals.
Operating from the Oakwood Building and reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer, the post holder plays a key role in shaping the Trust's digital capabilities and supporting high-quality service delivery across all departments.
This position provides leadership across technical teams and drives innovation in areas such as server and network architecture, cloud services, directory services, and development initiatives. The role requires the ability to balance operational oversight with strategic planning, ensuring that infrastructure and development activities meet performance, governance, and security requirements.
As part of the wider IM&T leadership group, the post holder contributes to decision-making, service improvement, and the ongoing enhancement of digital services that support staff, service users, and organisational priorities., 1. Design, maintain and develop the organisation's server, virtualisation, network and data centre infrastructure, ensuring security, resilience and high availability.
2. Manage core directory and identity services including Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, group policies, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams and VDI platforms.
3. Oversee data security, protection and recovery, including backups, monitoring, asset management, firewall administration and defence against cyber-security threats.
4. Lead the delivery, support and continuous improvement of end-user computing, software deployment, and enterprise management tools across desktops, laptops and servers.
5. Plan, prioritise and manage technical operations, including system maintenance, fault investigation, service performance monitoring and IM&T development workflows.
6. Develop and manage budgets, ensuring effective resource allocation across infrastructure and development programmes.
7. Provide expert technical advice to stakeholders, lead liaison with suppliers, support major projects, and communicate complex technical information clearly across the Trust.
8. Manage and support staff, ensuring skills development, effective performance, quality control of technical processes, and adherence to all IM&T standards and policies., All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH., We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.
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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
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