Job Description

Salary range: £49,827- £52,866p.a. inc.
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Brent Civic Centre  

Excellence in Managing A Highly Performing Database Administration Team

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.

The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

Brent ICT Solutions is seeking to appoint an experienced Database Administrator Team Leader to manage and lead the delivery and development of its highly available critical line of business application and database services across Brent, the LGA, Lewisham and Southwark.

The post holder will have several years’ experience working within a complex IT environment, on premise and Azure cloud, equipped with a variety of skills to assess and resolve key business challenges. This post will complement, and manage the existing SQL and Oracle database administrators within the Applications Hosting Support Team.

Reporting to Head of ICT Solutions, the role will entail working closely with senior stakeholders, Transformation colleagues, Shared Technologies Services and partner organisations to deliver quality professional services.  This is an exciting opportunity for the candidate to develop a centre of excellence.

The post holder will help implement our IT and Digital Transformation strategy, whilst managing and maintaining a large portfolio of enterprise level applications. One key element of the job is developing the team’s skills around supporting the council’s Data Lake and meeting the growing data management demands.

The post holder will also work closely with the Application Support Team Leader to provide effective advice, compliance and oversight of managed applications across the Council.

The Person

The successful candidate will demonstrate the able to lead and motivate a high performance team.  The ideal candidate will show commitment to delivering excellent services, resolving complex technical issues in a timely manner, flexible in their approach, and have an ability to see the bigger picture. You will possess outstanding people management skills and be able to plan and prioritise effectively.

This role brings a varied range of challenges, so the Database Team Leader needs to be resourceful, resilient, focussed, able to assimilate information quickly and adapt to the changing technological landscape.

The successful candidate will have good interpersonal and communication skills, able to clearly articulate ideas, proposals, options and resolutions to colleagues and stakeholders.

We welcome an application from anyone meeting the above criteria.

Closing Date:  04 February 2022 at 23:00

More information

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Job Description