- Pay Rate:
Up to £500 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
- Hours per Week:
37
Anticipated 6 months
- Glasgow
Interim Cloud Service Manager -Hybrid Working – PSR1JP00068240
Pay Rate: Up to £500 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
Location: Based in Glasgow and required at the office 40% of the time (twice a week) with travels to London (2-3 per month) - covered by travel expense
Contract Length: Anticipated 6 months
Existing security clearance is not a prerequisite but will always help.
JOB INFO:
A Service Manager is needed on a contract basis for approximately 6 months to join a small, focused team made up of programme, functional and technical specialists delivering a major corporate services programme.
The Programme is accountable to Senior leaders, and has been set up to deliver the Shared Services Strategy. The strategy aims to exploit Cloud technology and deliver value for money. The Programme is part of a wider portfolio made up of multiple departments that are introducing new corporate systems and services.
This Service Manager role is urgently required to provide much needed support to a new Transformation lead, both in transformation space and also with the management of a BAU service.
Existing security clearance is not a prerequisite but will always help
What you’ll do:
- Manage and provide strategic oversight of the SSCL ERP service for the Office, co-ordinating activity in HR, Finance and commercial service management.
- Resolving strategic service problems, driving analysis and resolution of complex issues, enlisting support and escalating where appropriate.
- Create and present regular performance reports to Senior Management and formal governance boards, providing a single view of service performance.
- Attend regular supplier led boards as the CO representative.
- Conduct periodic quality appraisals of service delivery
- Working alongside contract managers; managing service mechanisms, such as service level agreements (SLAs) and KPIs to deliver to agreed performance targets in a cost effective and timely manner across all relevant functions.
- Project management of additional tactical service improvements. Working with supplier and business areas to ensure delivery.
- Develop and maintain a strategic supplier relationship in readiness for Service transition.
- Work with the Service Transformation Lead in transition and exit planning and input into wider matrix programme activities.
- Develop and maintain business relationships to define new and improved ways of working, inputting into design and implementation of new service model
- Review and assurance of Matrix Programme plans and activities
- Representing the Office in working groups and board to ensure service transformation for shared services meets CO requirements.
Who you are:
- Experience of Oracle E Business suite
- Working knowledge of Central government and shared services
- Contract management knowledge and experience
- Experience of service management (preferably : Business processing/ outsourced services)
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail and comfortable with data analysis
- Problem-solving skills
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