Digital Transformation Technical Workstream Lead - Internal only
Digital Transformation Technical Workstream Lead - Internal only
Internal vacancy
The RNLI actively promotes continuous development within the organisation and is only seeking applications from current RNLI employees and volunteers at this time. If this position is not filled internally it may be re-advertised openly. #LI-DNI
About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue. We are known as a lifeboat and lifeguard service, famous for heroic acts of courage, but we’re more than a rescue organisation. We influence, supervise and educate people too. Increasingly, we are helping people to stay safe on the water. To do this, our teams need a dedicated, professional, and talented team behind them, and that’s where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day.
We are recruiting a Transformation Technical Workstream Lead to support the technical workstreams across the RNLI’s digital transformation programme, so that our core application configuration and processes are best supporting our new cloud architecture, and ensuring a flow of good quality information into the hands of our users in the best way possible to support our mission of saving lives at sea
Your role
In this role you will:
- Work across the digital transformation and ITS Senior Leadership to define, structure and implement our approach to technical configuration, security, environments and release management.
- Support application and migration activity with deep application and data knowledge, co-ordinating SME input from within IT&S to support successful implementation.
- Work across the project workstreams, implementation partners and other stakeholders to ensure we have a realistic plan to deliver the required data capability.
- Ensure that where capabilities extend across projects, inconsistencies of approach are highlighted, and play a part in identifying a unified solution.
- Via SMEs, support implementation activity driven by project managers, acting as an escalation point for both ITS teams and project managers to evaluate issues and mitigations.
About you
To be considered as our new Transformation Technical Workstream Lead you will need:
- Experience in managing teams and complex technical deliverables
- Experience of prioritisation and backlog management
- Excellent communication, team building and negotiation skills
- Detailed knowledge of impacted RNLI applications and software
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps (or willingness to learn this is essential)
We are looking for someone who has both breadth and depth of knowledge when it comes to RNLI core systems (including AX2012) and Microsoft D365, and is brilliant at co-ordinating lots of threads into a coherent whole. You will be an applications generalist with really strong negotiating and co-ordination skills, as well as a learning mindset and wants to work in an organisation driven by the desire to ensure that no-one should lose their life to drowning. If this sounds like you – apply today!
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
