£60,000 to £70,000 per year, generous pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 17/04/2026
About this job
Head of IT Gloucester – Hybrid (2 days per week on site). This is a strategic role looking for a well‑rounded IT Manager with experience in IT operations (infrastructure, service desk, networking), software development and testing. You will be a key member of the leadership team and play an important role in the smooth running of the department and its operation.
The tech stack is Microsoft focused and requires experience working in hybrid and cloud environments.
Key responsibilities
Managing cross‑functional IT department operations
Infrastructure, service desk, and software
Managing team performance and continuous professional development of members
Vendor management, resource planning
Continuous improvement of the IT department as a whole
Infrastructure, network, cloud environment, business systems, and applications
Budgets, forecasting and reporting of performance analytics
Stakeholder communication
Information security, cyber security, governance, risk and compliance
Responsible for DR and backup strategy
Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and risks, communicate appropriately
Formulate and deliver the technology roadmap
Project management and delivery – oversee the SDLC and STLC
Required skills and experience
Cross‑functional senior strategic leadership
Hands‑on experience in virtualisation, network administration, infrastructure, server maintenance
Governance, risk and compliance, cyber security management
RAID logs, ITIL, ITSM, SDLC, STLC, agile methodology
Project management, performance reporting
Desirable
Experience working in regulated environments
Experience with ISO27001
This is an urgent role, please apply quoting reference AR102985 to be considered.
If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.
No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
We can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position.
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