IT Business Partner

Remote
Permanent role, offering a salary of up to £45,780, plus either a company car or car allowance of £4,500.

Over the years Mears has continued to build upon its broad range of in house developed systems, the success of this has been built on the foundation of a brilliant and highly skilled development and test team.

Mears are a growing and transforming organisation and as such we are seeking to invest in a passionate and delivery focused IT Business Partner who will deliver IT changes within the business to ensure continuity and benefit return.

Whilst you do not need to be qualified in IT, you will show a genuine interest in IT, be technically savvy and be able to accurately articulate technical matters confidently in an understandable manner, communicating seamlessly.

About the role:

Using your impeccable client relationship skills, you will engage with clients, ensuring that customer requirements and requests are correctly interpreted so that our IT solutions are accurately delivered. As a client facing role, you will confidently own the delivery of a range of and complex IT change projects through -

• Understanding the client needs and translating these to ensure solutions are correctly delivered within scoped projects.
• Coordinate the IT activities in an operational change project from inception through to completion.
• Account manage clients during these periods of change ensuring a seamless transition.
• Deliver work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
• Understanding the company's business and IT strategy ensuring that all change projects contribute to and align with these strategies & goals.
• Support the capturing of requirements and functionality for new development projects.
• Support the UAT process within the business, during the rolling out of new functionality.
• Ensuring the accurate handover of all works to a business as usual process including work and process documentation.

This is a great role which would suit someone who has worked in similar role or someone who has experience in a project, change management or operational role. You will be keen to take responsibility for delivering business technology change.

Role Criteria:

• Project management delivery and the project life cycle
• Strong and confident communication skills with a focus on being professional with both internal and external stakeholders
• You will be a self starter and able to use initiative
• Analytical and logical approach to problem solving
• Impeccable presentation skills
• Highly organised, motivated, results driven, self-managed and able to prioritise your own workload
• Central Government contract experience or background is not essential but desirable.
• You will also be calm-natured, engaging and maintain a positive can do attitude

Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in homecare and deliver a high standard of Care Services providing personal care to over 20,000 people a year, enabling older and disabled people to continue living in their own homes.

Benefits we can offer you:

• Friendly and flexible working environment
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
• Access to employee support and wellbeing services
• Mears offer a company pension, life insurance and share scheme
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Use and access to the latest technology.

If you feel you have skills and experience needed, please apply below via the link. If you have any further questions please contact Jess on Jessica.lewis@mearsgroup.co.uk or, quoting the job reference number for further information. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment. We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.