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Job Title
IT Business Partner
Closing Date
03-Jun-2024
Department
IT
Job Location
Bristol; London
Role
Business Services
Description
We have an exciting new opportunity
to join our IT Department as an IT Business Partner. The role
involves acting as an interface between the business and the IT
function, understanding the needs of the business, scoping new
developments and changes and seeing this through until completion.
This a permanent position based in
either our Bristol or London office offering hybrid working.
The role
The IT Business Partner will be the
focal point for IT needs within the business unit, ensuring the IT
project pipeline accurately reflects the priorities and needs of the business.
Other key responsibilities include:
Strategic Alignment: Understanding the business
strategy, objectives, and challenges of assigned business units or
departments, collaborating with business leaders to identify
opportunities where IT can add value and drive innovation to support
business goals
Relationship Management: Building strong working
relationships with key stakeholders across the business, attending
forums to represent IT and ensuring business requirements and IT
capabilities are aligned. Working closely with business stakeholders
to gather and prioritise IT requirements, ensuring that proposed
solutions align with business priorities and objectives
Solution Delivery: Collaborating with IT teams to
develop and implement technology solutions that meet business
requirements and deliver value to the organisation, ensuring that
projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with the expected
level of quality. Helping business stakeholders understand and adapt
to changes resulting from ITS initiatives, ensuring smooth
transitions and user adoption
Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Monitoring
the performance and effectiveness of ITS solutions and services in
meeting business objectives, providing regular reports and updates
to business stakeholders on the status of ITS initiatives, key
metrics, and achievements
Vendor Management: Managing relationships with
external vendors and service providers, ensuring that their products
and services align with the needs of the business, negotiating
contracts and service level agreements (SLAs) with vendors to ensure
cost-effective and high-quality solutions
Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities
for process improvement and optimization within both the business
and ITS functions, staying informed about industry trends and
emerging technologies to proactively identify opportunities for innovation
Risk Management and Compliance: Collaborating with
business and IT teams to identify and mitigate risks related to
technology implementations and operations, ensuring that IT
solutions comply with relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards
Business Relationship Governance: Establishing
governance structures and forums to facilitate ongoing communication
and collaboration between ITS and business stakeholders,
participating in steering committees or advisory boards to provide
input on ITS strategy and priorities
We are looking for:
Exceptional stakeholder and
relationship management skills, able to influence and drive
collaboration leading by example
Possessing excellent presentation
and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex
problems in a non-technical and simplified manner
Knowledge of ITIL, Prince2 and
Agile methodology and working practices preferable but not essential
Well organized with attention to
detail whilst self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative
Flexibility to travel within the UK
and internationally
Experience of working in a large
multi business unit corporate organization and centralised IT functions
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and
generous benefits
For more information or to apply
We would very much welcome your
application using the link provided. Should you have any questions
about the role, or would like to find out more about the firm,
please contact Dan Jones or Tim Jenkins at dan.jones@osborneclarke.com ortim.jenkins@osborneclarke.com
At Osborne Clarke we value difference
and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities,
disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic
orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you
can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest
groups and diversity networks - not to mention
our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.
Being an inclusive employer is important to
us and we are committed to ensuring every applicant's recruitment
experience is free from unnecessary barriers. We have made a number
of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and
Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like
Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer. We want you to be
able to show us your best during the recruitment process. If you
require any adjustments to be made during the
application, interview process or when working with us, please let
us know.
If you have a dis/ability+, to
include physical disability, hidden disability, long-term health
condition or neurodivergence and meet the requirements listed in
this job advert, we would be delighted to offer you a guaranteed
interview. We want you to be able to show us your best during the
recruitment process.
We support working families via a
range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate
flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of
our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business
Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer
free initiatives and flexible
benefits to all our people.
Although we include closing dates for
our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a
rolling basis.
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