Post 2264 Head of Projects & Change IT Department Full Time Temporary, Fixed-Term National Blood Centre, Dublin 8 The IBTS is currently recruiting a full-time, temporary Head of Projects & Change based in the IT Department, National Blood Centre.
In line with its Corporate and IT strategies, the IBTS is undertaking an ambitious programme of modernisation and transformation with the key objective of being a digitally enabled and integrated service.
This transformation programme is balanced with the requirements to maintain a stable, secure operation, based on world-class IT systems.
This programme of work requires an experienced manager to support the delivery of constituent projects and contribute to the transformation of the IBTS.
The Projects & Change Manager will head up the Project Management Office, leading a team of dedicated Project Managers who are delivering this change, and will also support project managers across other parts of the organisation to ensure successful delivery.
Essential Criteria: Qualifications: A degree in IT or a technology related discipline.
Project Management certification A minimum of 10 years project management experience, of which three must be in a similar senior role.
Experience: Strong track record of driving the successful delivery of IT and business transformation programmes.
Excellent stakeholder analysis and change management skills.
Strong influencing skills particularly at senior management levels.
Strong leadership skills, generating commitment and passion aligned with organisational values.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
Ability to work effectively in a team with technical and non-technical staff.
Evidence of a strong commitment to Continuous Professional Development Experience of a broad range of technologies and projects, including Infrastructure, applications development, Systems Integration and business-led projects.
Experience working with Public Cloud, data analytics and AI technologies.
Desirable Criteria: Experience of delivering projects using Operational Technologies.
Experience of security standards and legislation, such as ISO27001, NIST, and NIS-D/NIS2.
ITIL and/or LEAN certifications.
Experience working in a GxP environment.
Experience in a regulated environment.
Experience working in the Public Sector.
Experience of Public Sector Procurement.
The salary scale attached to the post is the Management/Finance Officer scale €84,065 to €103,023 (incl.
LSI) pro rata per annum.
Entry point onto the salary scale is dependent upon relevant experience.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12.00 hrs (Irish Time) on 23rd February 2025.
Intending applicant should note that reviewing/short listing of applicants will be in accordance with the recruitment and selection criteria stated above.
Satisfactory evidence of being able to fulfil the essential criteria of the job as stated above is essential and must be clearly demonstrated in the application.
If the essential criterion has not been clearly demonstrated in the application the applicant will not be called for interview.
Applications from existing (permanent and temporary) IBTS staff working temporary contracts will be considered in the context of overall workforce requirements of the Organisation.
We thank you for your interest in a career with the IBTS, however, if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you have not been successful at this time.
We do hope, however, that this will not discourage you from applying for future opportunities with the IBTS.
IBTS reserve the right to close the application process early if there has been a sufficient level of qualified applications received before the closing date.
Citizen Requirements Eligible candidates must be: a) A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA) EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway b) A citizen of United Kingdom (UK) c) A citizen of Switzerland in regards to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the movement of people d) A non-EEA citizen who has a stamp 4 visa e) A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015, or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa or f) A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependant child who is a citizen of and resident in an EEA member state if the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa.
To qualify candidates must meet one of the citizenship criteria above and produce formal supporting evidence of same, by the date of any job offer.
The IBTS is an equal opportunities employer.
We have a great range of benefits that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you: Competitive holiday allowance Public Sector pension scheme We support and encourage a very strong work/life balance ethic and provide a generous annual leave allowance in addition to a range of attractive policies.
Ourpublic service salary scalesare competitive, transparent and incremental Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes, investing and encouraging lifelong learning for all our staff.
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We strongly support a culture of continuous learning and provide staff with a range of formal and informal learning opportunities.
Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent and confidential counselling and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The service includes confidential telephone and face-to-face counselling, parent and career coaching and an online wellbeing portal.