About the Role
This is a key role in support of our projects and programmes, focusing on the planning and management of resources allocated to change initiatives, as well as the release of services into the production environment. Following a recent restructure, you will be joining a re-shaped portfolio team, which includes business and systems analysts alongside project, programme and portfolio managers. This role is being offered on a full time, fixed term basis for 12 months. This is a great opportunity to introduce a new resource management approach to the department, and we hope to grow the resource and release management role in future.

What you’ll do
Take the lead on capacity planning and resource management for the IT portfolio
Proactively work with colleagues across the department to plan for effort and skill availability for projects and programmes
Align staff against organisational strategies and priorities, and manage any conflicts
Manage the forward calendar of change, and improve the release management process

What you’ll bring
Experience of resource management in a PPM environment and release management in an IT environment
Proven people management skills and the integrity to work with both commercial and personal information
Ability to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences
Ability to co-ordinate release of services across multiple workstreams
The University of Southampton is a research driven institution, home to some of the world’s leading minds, expanding our knowledge and passing it on to future generations. iSolutions is the University’s IT support service whose 230+ staff support the delivery of the University’s research and education activities as well as the usual business operations. We would love you to join us and help change the world for the better. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages

Application Procedure
You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Dan Ward (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 7749 or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk Please quote reference 1295920JF on all correspondence.