Head of Research and Teaching Computing Unit and Deputy Head of Computing

Full time (35 hours)

Fixed term until 31^st May 2028

One post

We are looking for a Head of Research and Teaching Computing Unit and Deputy Head of Computing.

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week) however; we are open to considering part-time when part of a job share arrangement, or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The opportunity:

We are looking for a highly experienced, competent and capable individual to lead the provision of dedicated computing services and support for Research and Teaching in the School of Informatics, as well as deputise for the Head of Computing in a number of key areas.

You will be responsible for service delivery, strategy and leadership of the computing services and support run by the Research and Teaching Computing Unit in the School of Informatics, managing a team delivering computing infrastructure and service support to a community of 450 staff and 2000 students across multiple buildings on the University central and Kings Buildings campuses. This includes highly specialist support and training for the Schoolʼs research facilities and teaching facilities, including our own local research and teaching environment.

You will be the Deputy Head of Computing for the School of Informatics, with delegated responsibility for managing spending, delivering computing projects and for contributing to key strategic decisions.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Essential:

• You have the relevant qualification for the post.
• You can evidence experience of supervising, coaching and coordinating colleagues.
• You can show that you understand how to manage and control budgets, resources and funding.
• You can evidence you have the confidence, and the vision to drive change.
• You have advanced programming skills in at least one modern programming language.
• You can motivate and persuade your colleagues at all levels.
• You can plan and prioritise a busy and demanding workload.
• You can think ahead strategically always keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
• You write clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.
• You can solve complex technical problems, often under pressure.
• You show a determination and drive for completing projects.
• You thrive in building productive relationships with colleagues at all levels.
• You can communicate clearly with colleagues across an organisation.
• You are committed to personal development and enjoy new challenges.

Desirable:

• You can demonstrate advanced programming skills in multiple areas and programming languages.
• You have experience of working in a DevOps environment.
• You have experience of software development in an academic context.
• You have an interest in Informatics or DevOps demonstrated by a personal specialism and expert technical understanding of one specific area.
• You can demonstrate a good knowledge of SQL and related technologies.
• You can demonstrate you know how to programme in Python.
• You have worked in areas such as cloud computing; web services; machine learning; GPU compute; database design.

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