Total 2 Manager level Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Blackburn, BB1 2FD

Department: Adults & Health

Terms and Conditions: Permanent, 37 hours per week

Shortlisting Date: 11th October 2024

Interview Date: 21st October 2024

Are you looking for a new opportunity in Local Authority Finance? This could be the one!

We are looking for a qualified, talented, motivated, experienced and enthusiastic accountant to join the Adults & Health Directorate and take responsibility for leading our Adult Care Finance and Performance teams. The post will have a dual reporting line to our Section 151 Officer and Strategic Director of Adults and Health ensuring that our services can operate within a business focused approach.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Local Authority finance professional with the right value base and preferably Adult Social Care experience, to join our senior leadership team and help take our services to the next level.

You will take responsibility for our finance teams and performance monitoring team developing the plans necessary to deliver excellent services to our residents. You will have the opportunity to really influence the direction of the services and support our staff to make the continuous improvements needed to enable our services to flourish.

The successful applicant will play a vital role in supporting the development of our social care and public health services, offering inspiring leadership to our teams and influencing the strategic direction of our services linked to regulatory and business plan requirements. We are on an improvement journey and have brought together a range of services including for example commissioning, finance and performance, which with your expertise, will support the Directorate to operate within budgets and evidence compliance with a range of regulated activities.

You will join a supportive team with a commitment to striving to be the best we can be and be committed to improving the lives of vulnerable people in the borough and the communities in which they live.

For a further discussion please contact either;

Mark Warren, Strategic Director Adults & Health Mark.Warren@blackburn.gov.uk
Katherine White, Deputy Director Adult Social Care, Katherine.White@blackburn.gov.uk or
Dean Langton, Strategic Director Finance & Resources Dean.Langton@blackburn.gov.uk

For further information and to apply: https://shorturl.at/ZhpME

Join us in our mission to drive technological transformation. We are a dynamic team committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions. Currently, we are in partnership with a Victorian agency dedicated to emergency services, embarking on an exciting journey of cloud migration and transformation. This role requires 1-2 days a week onsite presence in Blackburn North Vic and possibly more days whenever required. We are seeking a highly skilled and adaptable Technical Project Manager, specializing in cloud technologies, particularly Microsoft Azure, for a 6-month contract role. This position is pivotal in overseeing our cloud migration projects, transitioning from on-premises infrastructure to Azure and multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead public and private cloud platform build deliveries, with a focus on Public Cloud Enterprise Landing Zone delivery.
• Ensure alignment with Azure CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) and WAF (Web Application Firewall) in delivering cloud solutions.
• Drive standardization of shared and reusable public cloud services for enterprise usage.
• Experience in Colo Private Cloud Platform build delivery is desirable.
• Manage cloud migrations, including VM Ware and Oracle Databases, from on-premises to multi-cloud environments.
• Conduct workload migration analysis, wave planning, scheduling, and execution.
• Implement effective change management and hypercare post-migration.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition to cloud infrastructures.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Technical Project Manager in cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure.
• Solid background in public and private cloud platform delivery, preferably with Azure CAF and WAF aligned experience. Oracle Public Cloud delivery experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud migrations, particularly from on-premises to multi-cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of workload migration processes and change management.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multi-disciplinary teams.

• Adept at problem-solving and technical decision-making.

If you are a seasoned Cloud and IT Infrastructure Project Manager, looking to expand your career in shaping the future of cloud technology , we look forward to your application!