Head of Digital & Data

Are you looking for a new IT role and are wanting to make a difference to the local community? Have you proven experience in successfully developing and delivering a digital strategy? Then we’d love to hear from you!

St Leonard’s Hospice is recruiting a fixed term Head of Digital & Data to lead on the organisation’s digital, data and technology strategy, ensuring the innovative, secure and effective use of data and technology. This is an exciting time to join the team as we celebrate our 40th anniversary and embark on our ambitious programme of digital transformation so that we can continue to remain vibrant and resilient for years to come and help more people across York and North Yorkshire.

Reporting into the Director of Finance and Corporate Services, your main priorities as Head of Digital and Data will be to:

• Support and enable the digital and data ambitions of the organisation through managing an effective digital transformation programme
• Deliver robust IT operations and infrastructure to meet operational needs
• Establish a culture of datadriven decision making through business intelligence frameworks
• Safeguard the organisation against digital threats whilst maintaining compliance with information governance standards
• Lead and inspire the Digital and Data Team to achieve excellence through high performance, collaboration and innovation
  
  

In order to succeed in this role, you will need to have:

• Experience in managing IT operations and managed service providers
• Led or managed digital transformations that focus on delivering outcomes and benefits
• An understanding of the charity and clinical setting in which St Leonard’s operates
• An expertise in developing and delivering a digital, data and technology strategy
• A strong understanding of IT and data governance
• Exceptional project management skills, delivering complex initiatives on time and within budget
• Effective leadership skills with a track record of managing and developing highperforming teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders
  
  

What’s in it for you:

• An opportunity to make a difference
• Generous annual leave entitlement of up to 41 days
• Attractive pension schemes
• Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices
• Free onsite car parking
• A supportive and friendly working environment
  
  

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday for a fixed period of 2 years.

We will consider flexible working arrangements such as some working from home and compressed hours however, the successful candidate must live within a reasonable distance to the main Hospice site in York.

We do not have sponsorship status and therefore all our offers are made conditional upon our candidates submitting evidence of their right to work in the UK in conjunction with our other pre-employment checks.

No recruitment agencies please.