As IT Solutions Architect you will be responsible for delivering IT solutions on schedule and within budget, to agreed quality standards. This role has overall responsibility for delivering a portfolio of IT solutions in strategic areas such as, but not limited to, `student experience’, `research, knowledge transfer and external collaboration’, and `business improvement’. You will be working in an ITIL aligned organisation. As part of Information Services, you will be joining a team that plays a key part in our wider IT department and within the University.

IT Services at Oxford Brookes University is a modern, service-oriented environment that is constantly embracing change. You will be joining the team at an exciting time and will be contributing to the `cloud-first¿ strategy to transform university life through the use of digital technologies and services, as well as delivering excellent customer service. In return you will have development opportunities both professionally and personally as you become an important member of the wider team.

As IT Solutions Architect, you will be:

• Defining project scope, goals and deliverables that support business needs in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Establishing effective relationships across the university and with external stakeholders to ensure that IT projects are delivered successfully.
• Instigating a customer oriented, commitment based culture, with clear measurement and improvements to customer satisfaction, and flexibility to respond to challenging university demands.
• Establishing and coordinating appropriate project teams (including external suppliers) through providing project leadership, vision and direction.
• Undertaking detailed project planning (defining project deliverables, success criteria, dependencies, critical path, milestones, change control), ensuring cost effective long term support, maintenance and licensing costs for IT projects.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining standards, policies, procedures and best practices for project execution and management.

As IT Solutions Architect, you will have:

• A university degree or equivalent preferably in Computer Science or Business Administration.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Proven experience of preparing business cases, project initiation documents, planning and successfully delivering IT projects including risk management, issue resolution, contingencies and formalised project progress reporting.
• A solid understanding of the full IT development lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation, delivery and post-implementation support.
• Experience in working with senior management and stakeholders to scope projects, manage customer expectations and support business process change.

Benefits of working for Oxford Brookes University:
Oxford Brookes is a great place to work and we really look after our staff. For details about the generous benefits that Oxford Brookes offers staff, please see the All About Brookes document below.

CV and Personal Statement:
As part of the application process all applicants are required to complete our online application form by clicking on the “Apply For Job” button below. All parts of the application form should be completed and in the section of the form called “Supporting Documents”, applicants must upload their CV and a Personal Statement. To complete the Personal Statement part of the application, applicants must download the Personal Statement document which is part of the advert below and complete the form, providing examples and explaining how they meet each item detailed on the document. The Personal Statement must then be uploaded to the application form along with the CV

International applicants from outside the EU will need to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK.

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