Goetec

Location: Other
Salary: £41,526 to £48,114 per annum pro rata
Grade: Grade 8
Post Type: Part Time
Hours per Week: 21
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Monday 29 March 2021
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Sunday 25 April 2021 (unless otherwise stated)
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: CSF-133-20-R

We are seeking an experienced manager to join us as our GOETEC Partnership Manager. The GOETEC Consortium is a collaboration between the IT and Information Services (IS) professional teams at the University of Kent, University of Greenwich, Canterbury Christ Church University and the East Kent Colleges Group (EKC Group), together with Kent County Council Strategic Partnerships.

We are looking for an inclusive, creative and pro-active leader who is highly organised, an excellent communicator and able to work effectively in a complex environment. You will provide strategic and operational expertise to progress GOETEC’s aims. You will have a track record of successfully leading diverse professional support teams, with strong budget management and influencing skills. This role has previously been formally based at the Canterbury campus of the University of Kent, however this role would suit a home based person able to travel and work from the range of GOETEC member sites.

You will take leadership and direction from the GOETEC Board with general line management from the University of Kent’s Head of Business Development & Partnerships (HBDP) within Information Services.

You will ensure the wide area networking infrastructure that is managed by Kent Public Service Network (KPSN) and any private circuits that are commissioned are overseen, service level agreements monitored, members supported and relevant supplier organisations monitored. Secondly, to develop the partnership and collaborative opportunities through the relationships that exist as a result of the consortium existing.

As GOETEC Partnership Manager you will:
• Promote a thriving, skilled and effective IT/IS professional services community across the universities and colleges in Kent.
• Advocate for professional services IT/IS in tertiary education to the wider public, private sector and commercial communities in Kent.
• Represent tertiary education IT/IS professional services, both in the region and nationally, specifically including Jisc (UK), UCISA, Kent Public Service Network (KPSN), Kent Connects and other such partnerships.
• Contribute to wider developments such as KPSN and other regional strategies.

To succeed in this role you will:
• Have a first degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Have a successful track record of responsible roles, ideally in IT or a related discipline, plus experience of partnership working.
• Have significant experience of managing, bidding for and reporting on budgets over a number of planning cycles.

Part time 21 hours - FTE / 0.6 Grade 8: £41,526 - £48,114 per annum pro rata
This role is advertised as a part time position, however, through future developments, there may be an opportunity to expand the role. This will be discussed further at interview.

Benefits
Our staff have access to a huge variety of learning resources for personal and career development. Full-time staff have 30 days annual leave entitlement, 8 public and other holidays, as well as 5 additional days which are taken between Christmas and New Year when the universities are closed. As a part time role, annual leave entitlement is pro-rata. A full list of benefits and further information can be found via the Additional Information Link below.

For further information please see: GOETEC Consortium
Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply. For further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number: CSF-133-20-R