Senior Systems Administrator, Cork University Business School (CUBS)

Permanent Whole-time Post

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced administrator to the role of the Senior Systems Administrator.  Reporting to the CUBS Technical Operations Manager, with a dotted line to the Head of IT services or nominee, the Senior Systems Administrator will play a leading role in the CUBS Technical Operations Team to deliver and support our mission critical services within Cork University Business School. The successful candidate will define and drive the roadmap of a suite of services while ensuring that excellent customer service to our students and staff is always at the heart of our projects and operations.

The Senior Systems Administrator will take ownership and responsibility for specific aspects of the services, they will lead, enhance, and adapt them as technology and/or user requirements evolve, they will communicate service development and progress to the wider IT team and to stakeholders.

Specifically, the Senior Systems Administrator will be critical to maintaining the Schools IT infrastructure. The role is an on-site role, responsible for installation and maintenance of device endpoints, software and supporting classes, student labs and project work and general supervision of all IT activities across the School, working as part of an embedded collaborative arrangement that is in place between UCC’s IT Services & CUBS ensuring appropriate usage of IT facilitates and adherence with UCC policy and procedures.  This role will support the significant and highly specialised IT requirements for delivery of software development environments associated with key programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level within the department of Business Information Systems

Please note that Garda vetting and/or an international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

For an information package including full details of the post, selection criteria and application process see https://ore.ucc.ie/.   The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Ms Trish O’Shaughnessy, School Manager of Cork University Business School , email: [email protected] 

Further information on the Department is available here;

University College Cork is committed to being a fully inclusive global university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are core values under our Strategic Plan. UCC holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award  in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of age, care-giving status, disability, ethnicity, gender and/or gender identity or expression status, nationality, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/creed, and/or sexual orientation. We are committed to supporting all staff through flexible working schemes, family-friendly policies, training and development, and staff networks. We value the enrichment that comes from a diverse community and seek to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human rights of each individual in line with equality legislation. We encourage applicants to consult our Dignity and Respect Policy and learn more about our EDI related initiatives .

Appointment may be made on the Admin III (Grade 6) Salary Scale: €55,250 - €65,965 (Scale B) / €52,606 - €62,771 (Scale A)   

Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.

University College Cork is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage you to reach out to us directly should you require assistance or reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process.

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Tuesday, 13th June 2023.

No late applications will be accepted.

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Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector