Server and Network Manager: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Server and Network Manager will be responsible for managing a team of Network and Server specialists, including task prioritisation, resource allocation, and performance coaching.

This role is instrumental in ensuring the continuity of service and availability of clinical and business administration systems. The post holder will be part of the core hub that manages real-time communications with customers on the current status of IT and Clinical Systems and Operations, liaising directly with other services as required.

 

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for planning and organising their own workload while also overseeing and prioritising the team’s activities, ensuring that tasks are managed effectively in line with service demands and operational goals. This involves assessing incoming support requests, incidents and projects based on urgency and impact, allocating resources accordingly, and ensuring that critical issues are addressed promptly. The postholder will be expected to balance planned activities with reactive support needs, coordinate with other digital service teams to manage dependencies, and adjust priorities dynamically in response to service disruptions or emerging operational demands. This requires strong judgement, communication, and organisational skills to maintain service continuity and meet performance targets.

The Server and Network Manager will lead and manage a programme of continual service improvement, including identifying areas for enhancement within the IT Operations service, engaging with stakeholders and end users to gather feedback and insights, implementing industry best practices and innovative solutions, monitoring performance metrics and service level agreements to assess effectiveness, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement within the team through training, knowledge sharing, and regular review cycles.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Microsoft or Vendor Virtualisation Qualification
  • Advanced IT technical Skills – including the ability to build and configure complex Server infrastructure systems and troubleshoot complex IT issues

Desirable

  • ITIL v4 and Prince 2

Experience

Essential

  • Significant and relevant experience in a similar role, together with strong knowledge of working with project management tools, recording delivery of IT projects or system implementation to the required standards, on time and within budget

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the NHS and awareness of NHS Information Governance principles

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of strong technical experience of working with physical and virtual server infrastructures within a high performing and resilient focused organisation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 25 September 2025

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