At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the digital transformation and innovate strategies for a major women's organisation.
- Company: Join the largest and most influential UK-based women’s organisation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, enhanced family leave, and a focus on wellbeing.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by transforming digital services and improving member experiences.
- Qualifications: Degree level education and proven digital strategy leadership experience required.
The predicted salary is between 58000 - 58000 £ per year.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes – the largest and most influential UK-based women’s organisation – is looking for a Head of IT and Digital Services to transform and take ownership of their digital strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing the NFWI's digital strategy across all platforms, including the website, My WI, MCS and Prospects.
- Overseeing all digital service delivery.
- Managing all digital vendor relationships, contracts, and budgets.
- Ensuring data protection compliance and overseeing information security and cybersecurity.
- Leading digital transformation initiatives and driving innovation.
- Overseeing and delivering training and workshops.
- Providing technical expertise and collaborating with other teams.
- Identifying opportunities for digital innovation that improve member experiences and operational efficiency.
- Managing the digital services budget, including forecasting and cost control.
- Ensuring the website CMS is effectively managed with appropriate content governance.
Skills and Experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
- Proven track record of developing and implementing digital strategies within a digital/IT leadership role.
- Strong understanding of current digital trends and technologies as well as data protection legislation.
- Direct line management experience, including performance management and team development.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop a small team.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrable experience managing IT/digital budgets and achieving value for money.
- Experience managing websites, CMS platforms and integrated digital systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
A fully auto-enrolled contributory personal pension scheme with maximum employer contributions set at 8%. Company enhanced maternity, adoption and partner/paternity pay subject to qualification. Family leave policies, including parental leave, flexible working, compassionate leave, carer's leave and dependants' leave. A commitment to staff health and wellbeing, with policies focusing on areas such as mental health and menopause. A commitment to training and development.
Salary: £58,000 per annum + excellent benefits.
Contract and Hours: Permanent, full-time, 35 hours per week.
Location: Hybrid working, with one day per week at the London office.
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology, Training, and Management
Industries: Technology, Information and Media, IT System Training and Support, and Staffing and Recruiting
Hiring: Head of IT and Digital Services employer: Point 13 Jobs
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