About this role
Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements
- Significant experience in a senior ICT leadership, interim management or transformation role
- Proven success leading organisational change, digital transformation or service improvement programmes
- Strong experience managing cyber security, information governance and data protection compliance
- Experience operating within a regulated environment such as healthcare, charity or public sector organisations
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience leading teams, managing budgets and influencing senior leaders
- Right to work in the UK; we do not sponsor this role and cannot progress applications from candidates sponsored by another employer due to the minimal hours required
- Ability to undertake manual handling and/or heavy lifting
- Full, current, valid UK driving licence
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes and car insurance that includes business cover
- A basic DBS check will be undertaken during onboarding if successful
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership on technology, cyber security, data governance and digital transformation
- Ensure stable and effective ICT operations and service delivery
- Lead digital infrastructure, cloud services, networks and system improvements
- Act as the organisations Information Governance Lead
- Ensure compliance with UK GDPR, data protection legislation and NHS Data Security & Protection Toolkit requirements
- Lead and develop the ICT team
- Improve reporting, data governance and the organisations use of information
- Strengthen business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements
- Produce recommendations and future plans to support long-term digital success
Technologies
- Cloud
- ICT
- Support
- Security
- Embedded
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We are recruiting an Interim Head of IT to lead our digital, information governance and ICT services for an initial six-month period, supporting colleagues to deliver compassionate care. The role is based at Rennie House in Tring, with travel to our other base locations required. It is a full-time, fixed-term contract of 37.5 hours per week, paying £50,000–£60,000 per annum depending on experience. The closing date is Thursday 19 November 2026 at 12 noon, although we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
We anonymise applications until an interview has been confirmed to support fair and consistent selection. At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our values guide our recruitment and selection, and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Disabled applicants who satisfactorily meet the job specification will be invited to interview, and we can make adjustments during the recruitment process.
last updated 45 week of 2026