Chief Technology Officer

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer
Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week
Job Status: Permanent
Location: Home based – with expectation of frequent travel to our Leeds Office as well as travel across the country
Salary: £96,063.24 per annum
Closing Date: 20th June 2024
Interview Date: w/c 1 July 2024
Skills for Care is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to join our Digital team. This is an exciting time for Skills for Care as we enter a period of significant technical change and transformation. This role will therefore be pivotal in driving forward that change through the delivery of our digital strategy, whilst also being responsible for directly managing multiple technology and digital teams.
What we do
Skills for Care is the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government, and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills, and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support, now and in the future.
We respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using data and evidence to drive forward widescale change. We provide best practice, tools, resources, and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture.
The role
You will take responsibility for delivering the existing five-year technical strategy. This is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 based range of solutions encompassing most of the technical environment and will require specific focus on leadership, architecture, process and an ability to work well with multiple business areas. You will work closely with commercial and strategy teams to ensure effective control, aligned to technical development and efficient governance.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience as a Chief Technology Officer or IT Director or similar leadership role, with strategic understanding, knowledge of technology trends, problem solving ability and significant exposure to budgets and business planning. You will also have leadership and organisational ability, aligned to highly effective communication skills, and an ability to build relationships through credibility, inside and outside the organisation.
The successful candidate will bring a values driven approach to integrity and professionalism. Be highly motivated with compassionate leadership and people management skills, along with experience of bringing teams together and motivating them, through times of change.
Why work for us
Skills for Care is a great place to work, and we offer the following benefits:
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Generous leave benefits, including 31 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Health Cash Plan
* Career Break Opportunities
* Shopping and Discounts hub
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
* Cycle to work scheme and travel loans
Our employees say they love the constant challenges of working for Skills for Care, developing resources that really make a difference to people working in our sector. We ensure our staff are supported, motivated and feel part of our organisation and provide them with opportunities to develop and grow.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Skills for Care is committed to a positive approach towards employing people with a disability and will seek to make reasonable adjustments to working arrangements wherever possible. If you require any adjustments or assistance to enable you to apply, please contact us at
If you are interested in this role, please visit the website for the full job description. A CV and covering letter (2 sides max) are required to apply for the position.
At Skills for Care, we are passionate about our workforce becoming more representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us in all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We recognize that sometimes an individual’s impairment can mean that some adjustments to our recruitment and selection process would be welcomed. Please contact our HR team to discuss any adjustments that you may need.
A DBS check is not required for these roles. Candidates will be asked to disclose any unspent criminal convictions as part of the recruitment process however this will not form part of the initial application stage