Senior Systems Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade H. Scale 29 - £39,862 to Scale 31 - £41,771

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

The Systems team requires an enthusiastic individual to support and develop a key IT system across the Authority, primarily the MHR iTrent system used by HR and Payroll Services.

You will need to balance day to day maintenance and administration of systems with system improvement and implementation projects.

You will have responsibility to manage and successfully deliver those projects.

You will need great attention to detail and the ability to problem solve in a systems environment, plus you will play a key part in user acceptance testing for new functionality.

About You

You will have the ability to analyse, manipulate and report complex data sets to help inform corporate decision making.

The ability to identify and develop improvements, work with services to understand their needs and translate these into operating systems and processes will be a vital role for the successful applicant.

The position will sit within the Systems team but will work closely with the wider organisation and external partners.

It would be beneficial to have the ability to work across systems and be able to learn new systems quickly.

You will possess excellent IT, communication and project management skills.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure Procedures.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

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For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Mike Gorton via mike.gorton@tameside.gov.uk