Behind the job ad

The job: ICT business improvement officer

The employer: The Longhurst Group“newly created”

This is a new post because we recently had a review of our IT services and created a new business improvement section for all our member companies. This will look at efficiency and wastage of IT throughout our organisation.

“Project-based work”

It’s the business improvement team’s responsibility to choose and implement all the IT projects we have coming through over the next few years. We are currently implementing a major new housing management system for two members of the group. We are like a go-between between member companies and the technical supplies.

“Qualified to A-level standard”

It’s really difficult to state the experience needed for this role because it’s really diverse. You need A-levels, but there are lots of different experiences that would help you. We are looking for somebody with project management experience and basic software skills, but housing experience or more detailed IT skills are not essential – we have training for that.

“The ability to build relations”

We need someone with good communication skills because you’ll be working closely with our member companies. We would like you to do some job shadowing with their different departments so you can see what the problems are and where the pressure points are. You need to be able to ask questions so we get all the information.

Deadline: 30 march 2005