Total 3 Manager level Information Technology job vacancies in Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7QB

What skills and experience we're looking for

Benfield School is looking to recruit to the role of Head of Design Technology. We've recently taken the opportunity to separate Art and Textiles from Design Technology to create a new department which will support vocational and academic qualifications. This creates an amazing chance to shape the role and make your mark. The department has the use of a food technology room, a workshop and additional classroom teaching spaces.

Your work will include developing and implementing methods of assessment, whilst ensuring the delivery of a curriculum that's engaging and meets the needs of all learners.

We are looking for someone who can inspire and influence and;

• Can evidence designing and teaching effective lessons that are personalised to learner needs.
• Has experience of contributing to the design, delivery and evaluation of a department's curriculum.
• Can work well as a team with other staff, communicating to a variety of audiences.

What the school offers its staff

Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-16 school and it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.

Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
• Membership of the Teachers' Pension Schemewhich the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK andIrelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058.

Further details about the role

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Wednesday 20th November 2024.

NEAT Academy Trust are committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.

Commitment to safeguarding

As this vacancy involves working with children and young people, you must declare relevant criminal convictions when you apply for the job. A criminal record will not automatically stop you from getting the job but we will consider the nature of the offence when assessing how suitable you are for the job and discuss this with you at interview. If this job is in regulated activity we will also check if you are barred from working with children. If you are barred from working with children it is an offence for you to apply for a job.

Soft Landing Manager (Technical Services)

Location: Kingston-upon-Thames

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 & a range of excellent employee benefits

Hybrid – Monday-Friday

Sodexo has a great opportunity for a Soft Landing Manager to join our established team working with our clients based in Kingston-upon-Thames.

Joining our team at their large site, you will provide coordination & mobilisation of FM services and delivery of Hard FM engineering project works and manage commercial risks associated with costs and the agreed form of contract, set out any identifiable risks, share with management team and allocate appropriate Risk owners.

The Soft Landing Manager will support segments in a professional manner, aiding decision making, cost management and governance, review project requests, analyse information and support with end to end cost management duties, including feasibility estimates, value engineering & cost control and support with contract administration duties, including interim valuations, variation/change control procedures, final account preparation and issuing of all required certificates under the contract.

You will prepare the tender and contract documents such as asset management & possible future projects, negotiate with contractors and clients around project costs; verifying actual costs vs set our budgets, liaise with clients, end users, accounts, operations & senior team colleagues to ensure works meet all legal & compliance standards to deliver on the key stages of the BSRIA Soft Landing process.

Soft Landings requires the team to be fully aware of the project’s success criteria. It also requires the facilities manager and the end users’ representative to be much more closely involved in the project, especially in the decisions which affect operation and management of the delivered building.

Soft Landings is a mindset; delivering better buildings by setting requirements at the start of the project, and then maintaining the focus on those throughout the project from inception to completion and beyond. Soft Landings should not be seen as yet another burden for delivery teams to deal with, on top of all their other duties. Instead, it should be seen as complementary to existing processes, highlighting existing activities which can be used to ensure that the client’s success criteria are kept in focus and achieved

About You

Experience and knowledge requirement for this role:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in construction / Hard maintenance environment
• Ability to keep focus on day-to-day performance whilst simultaneously pursuing longer-term opportunities
• Customer services experience and the ability to communicate at all levels
• Project Cost Control, from feasibility through to final account
• Project risk, cost, compliance issues reported and mitigated
• Experienced in managing budgets and project finance
• Present and provide professional service at all times
• Effective organisation, co-ordination and planning
• Maintain good client relations internal and external
• Governance and adhered to processes in place
• Supply chain management experience
• Influencing people and negotiation
• Experience in administering
• IT skills using Microsoft Office applications
• Attention to detail

Qualifications required:

• Degree level or equivalent in FM (Technical bias preferred)

What we offer

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you.

In addition, we offer:

• Up to 10% Annual Bonus
• Eligible for Flex benefits (including Private Medical)
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Wide range of Employee benefits
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company
• Employees can opt to increase their employer contribution up to a maximum of 6% with an equal employee match
• Life Assurance Coverage of 1x annual salary

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. We operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities.

We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We are a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Apply today!

General Managing the full project life cycle from project initiation to closure, with a significant focus on change management and safety/service improvement. Completing and continually updating a comprehensive project plan that provides live updates of project status and highlights/escalates/mitigates key risks and issues. Identifying and forging relationships with the key regional and national stakeholders in developing and subsequently delivering the support offered. Leading and/or participating in regional and national networks and groups to support cross organisational learning and sharing. Monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc reporting to various stakeholders to comply with the programmes governance arrangements. Ensuring that all aspects of the Programme meet and support our local stakeholders' needs whilst also delivering our national commission. Working to achieve agreed objectives. Promoting the values of Health Innovation NENC Communicating effectively within and between teams, being involved in and participating in meetings as requested; and Contributing to supporting the development and implementation of the new Innovation pathway/OMNIA system to ensure that relevant project data is captured and evidenced. Communication and Relationships Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information to ensure that the appropriate agreement or co-operation required to deliver projects is achieved. This information is used to develop project plans and associated documentation and for planning and monitoring. Working with the national team, clinicians, health care professionals, patient safety teams; colleagues in social care, the independent sector, primary and secondary care, and patient forums to ensure anticipated benefits of the safety improvement programme are fully realised. Persuading Project Boards, Project Teams, and staff of the importance of complex projects; negotiates with and motivates staff on project delivery, including linking in with other initiatives. Presenting complex, sensitive, or contentious information to large groups using appropriate tools and techniques. These methods may include PowerPoint presentations or the production of documents or leaflets to effect communication to staff, patients and the public affected by the projects. Project Lead in support of contract negotiations. Developing and implementing project communication plans. Analytical and Judgemental Skills Dealing with complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options. Make judgements where there are conflicting views on the projects and where there is a need to make decisions on complex issues. Carrying out impact assessment on options in relation to budgets, staff and other resources, timetables, and quality of outcomes. Being responsible for individual project budget and tracking, depending on scope of individual project (usually within range of £5,000 - £1,000,000). Ensuring that all spending is agreed within project plans, monitored and variance outside of set tolerances reported to the Project Boards. Managing multiple projects and the appropriate multiple budgets as identified in the produced business cases. Appraising resources required to complete the project within the Cost, Time, Quality triangle and therefore the calculation of the project budget. Interpreting the impact of project changes in relation to agreed levels of tolerance on current project activities, resources (both staff and budgetary), quality and acceptability of outcomes and timescales. Planning and Organisational Skills Planning and organising a broad range of complex activities including formulations; adjust plans on an on-going basis. Agree these plans with the Project Boards considering strategic and operational project goals. Developing business cases to local and NHS standards. Planning - including task identification, duration, resource requirement and determination of critical path to determine project length. Additional work on contingency planning and risk and issue analysis. Stage planning in complex projects. Ensuring that plans are clearly and concisely presented in project documentation including project mandates, project initiation documents, highlight and checkpoint reports, Gantt charts and project related standard reports. Encompassing all aspects of the project, making adjustments if targets are not met. This must be reflected in assessments on budgets and other resources being reported accordingly and reflected in the project plan. Skilled in the use of Product Based Planning. Benefits realisation identification and planning and monitoring of delivery. Delivery of Lessons Learned Reports. Education Ensuring that the Programme Board and Team members are fully versed in the responsibilities of their roles and local corporate governance, that they are to undertake in relation to the project and its governance. Maintaining skills to professional standards, e.g. through training courses. Leadership Directing and motivating Programme Team members in the delivery of the project. Chairing Project Team meetings and facilitate discussion. Fully informing the Programme Boards on all aspects of project progress to support their decision-making. Present risks, issues and options for resolution. Information Resources Responsibility for maintaining one or more sets of project documentation to support project administration and local standards. Defining and delivering communications strategies. Responsible for project information systems to ensure the accurate documentation, reporting and audit of projects. Production of routine and ad hoc reports on project progress and issues. This job description is designed to identify key responsibilities of the post. It is not an exhaustive list of duties and will be subject to amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.