Job Purpose

As the Interim Head of IT Systems at Amnesty International Secretariat, you will be responsible for overseeing the planning and management of our Business Systems. You will play a pivotal role in aligning our IT Strategies, Business Systems, and Business Intelligence ensuring that our Technology Solutions are efficient, secure, and scalable.

You will own the smooth transition of Business Platforms into the production environments, leading and managing virtual project team members through project deployments and ongoing operations.

About you

We are recruiting a talented candidate, who can align IT initiatives with the organisation’s overall business goals and can produce a step-change in specific areas of functional maturity.

The successful candidate will have outstanding problem-solving skills in identifying and addressing complex IT challenges. The candidate must be fluent in English through written and verbally.

Main Responsibilities

• Work closely with colleagues and the business, helping to shape the functional and non-functional requirements to ensure that Amnesty gains the highest value from the platforms they have invested in.
• Transition delivery: partners with the project manager, business analyst, data engineers, test leads, reporting resources and third parties, and guides virtual project teams to deliver a smooth transition into operation.
• Budgeting: manages the budget for D365, including ownership for annual licencing, managed services, ongoing support and staff working with the platform.
• Providing vision, direction and leadership to the support and technical platform teams and stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of applications.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated success in managing and releasing platform enhancements that meet and exceed business objectives.
• Involvement in designing and overseeing the implementation and ongoing support of Integrations with D365, iHCM solutions and other Business Systems.
• Has working knowledge of M365 platform and technologies.
• Able to simplify the detailed technical and process information to.
• Experience and development of Jira, including Confluence Knowledge Base.

Please see attached job description on our website for more information on responsibilities, skills and experience required.

What We Offer:

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

• 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days)
• Hybrid working environment – The standard working week at Amnesty International is 35 hours
• Pension Contribution Scheme – with an employer contribution of 8% of your gross annual salary, in addition Amnesty International will match individual contributions of up to 3%. Making a total employer contribution of 11%
• Life Assurance
• Annual salary review
• Opportunity to join our cycle-to-work scheme
• Interest-free season ticket loans for travel to work
• Contribution towards the cost of eye tests and glasses
• Access to Linkedin Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme

WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL DO NEXT

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click ‘Apply for this Role’ below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let’s get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy BEFORE the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities, therefore we recommend you apply now if you are interested.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

Amnesty International believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable. Together, we’re committed to being an anti-racist organisation with a diverse workforce that can better tackle the global human rights challenges that face our world today. We know that different voices, ideas, perspectives, experiences and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of people around the world.

We are committed to building and sustaining an anti-racist, culturally diverse and inclusive organisation, where all employees feel valued, have a sense of belonging and an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential. We therefore strongly welcome applications from suitably qualified people regardless of their background; including underrepresented groups, LGBTQI+ individuals and those who may have or are living with a disability.

To see our full statement please visit this link: Racial equality, equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion policy – Amnesty International

Amnesty International is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with the team by [email protected]