Head of Office of the CIO

at  UK Power Networks

Reference Number - 79149
This Head of Office of the CIO will report to the Chief Information Officer and will work within the Information Systems directorate based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.
You will attract a salary which will depending on your experience and a bonus of 15%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote
Close Date: 07/07/2024
We also provide the following additional benefits
Annual Leave
Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPEREINCE

Experience delivering business and technology projects that resulted in real business impact/value.
Experience of managing a portfolio of Business and IT Projects and Programmes, utilising both traditional waterfall and more contemporary agile methodologies.
Experience of driving strategic technology investment with the ability to bring in new thinking and ideas and to build relationships with external technology partners.
Robust negotiation and commercial skills, defining and implementing performance management frameworks.
Broad technology thought-leadership and market knowledge covering both traditional core systems of record and digital technologies.
Strong analytical and mathematical skills to understand and assess costs, contracts and create a strategy to achieve our goals.
Track record in defining and implementing performance management frameworks.
Excellent organisational, analytical and facilitation skills and a strong drive to deliver quality results to specific deadlines.
Accustomed to working across multiple partners (Projects, Business and IT), at all levels of the organisation.
Ability to create strong relationships and trust with peers, vendors and customers.
Exemplary written, verbal and communication skills.
Heavily results and outcome oriented, with the energy and determination to succeed.
Ability to work well under pressure.
Adaptable to changing demands in a fast-paced environment.
Proven people leadership skills with possession of highly cultivated people skills - coaching, teaching and mentoring ability.
Promote continuous improvement, learning and development, and foster an environment where people love to come to work.
Self-starter – able to define, formulate and develop the role across all aspects.
Ability to manage the expectations and requirements of different stakeholder groups to achieve conclusive outcomes.
A diplomatic and adaptable team working style; works collaboratively with colleagues.
Health & Safety Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.
Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
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Information Systems (IS) contributes in ensuring UK Power Networks remains the best performing UK network operator. However, the electricity industry is now going through a period of unprecedented change, driven by the need to develop smart networks that react to changes such as the proliferation of local and central generation sources, and the demands that will quickly emerge from a move to electric vehicles. The innovative exploitation of technology and data will ensure a competitive advantage within this changing market, and hence IS needs to adapt to support technology-enabled business change across customer, enterprise and smart power systems.
IS has made progress over recent years in ensuring a high-quality IT service able to respond to changing needs, consistently being scored 9/10 for its internal customer service performance by employees. UKPN is now looking for a dynamic and experienced Head of Office of the CIO to provide the strong leadership needed during this next important period of change, combing strategy, commercial and programme delivery skills to support the business to deliver its vision and facilitate the transition to Net Zero.