Personnel Specification

In developing the criteria for the personnel specification, you should be precise and concise in your
wording. It is not appropriate to have a very long list of essential criteria. As a rule of thumb there should
be no more than two-three essential criteria in each of the sections of the personnel specification.

Educational and Essential Educated to degree or postgraduate level (or equivalent or higher) in
Professional Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline
Qualifications
Or
Equivalent relevant experience and a professional qualification.

Desirabl Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. British Computer

e Society.

ITIL Foundation or similar quality assurance certification.

Previous Experience/ Essential Experience of managing large database systems in Oracle, SQL Server
Training and MySQL technologies.

Knowledge of the administration, installation and optimization of either

SQL Server 2015 (or higher) or Oracle 11G (or higher) and a good
working knowledge of either T/SQL or PL/SQL.

Knowledge of enterprise applications such as student record systems,

HR/Payroll or Finance systems.
Desirabl Experience of MySQL and SQL Server management.
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Experience of systems management in a Higher Education environment.

Extensive experience of supporting complex systems development and a

thorough understanding of their business-related processes and
procedures
Job Related Essential Evidence of successful leadership, management and mentoring of a team
Achievements of technical or computing specialists.

Evidence of preparing tender specifications and of undertaking

evaluations for large software / hardware systems.

Evidence of a user-focused approach to service design and delivery.

Desirabl Experience of managing multiple concurrent projects within a team
e environment;

Experience of planning, costs estimation and resource management;

Experience of existing and emerging information technologies pertinent

to Higher Education;
 Inter-Personal Skills Essential Excellent written and oral communication skills.

A collaborative approach with respect to user support and service

delivery.

Ability to negotiate, build and manage relationships internally and

externally, demonstrating diplomacy and tact when required.
Desirabl Ability to plan and organise own and team workloads to ensure that
e deadlines are met within resource constraints, consistently meets
objectives and success criteria.
Essential Develops a positive vision that inspires others to act.
Other
Ensures decisions are made in a timely manner with appropriate
consultation and according to agreed policies and strategies.

Communicates key organisational messages to staff and colleagues

internally and externally ensuring understanding.
Desirabl Ability to adapt communication style to varying team environments.
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Works with staff (internal and external) in a collegiate manner.

Enhances collaboration with others to find mutual benefits.

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

The University is legally required to confirm that all new appointees are eligible to work in the UK. If you are offered
an appointment and prior to taking up the post offered at Ulster you must confirm your eligibility to work within the
UK (for non EEA nationals this may involve Tier 1 or Tier 2 of the Points Based System).

The UKBA Resident Labour Market Test has not been applied to this vacancy and therefore only applicants with
unrestricted entitlement to live and work in the UK can apply (i.e. applicants who do not require a certificate of
sponsorship).

You must also attend a ‘New Start’ session and produce relevant original documents in order to confirm your
identity and entitlement to work in the UK prior to taking up an offered post.

It is our policy not to accept CVs as an alternative to completing the University’s application form. The application
form can be completed on-line at www.ulster.ac.uk or alternatively you can apply in hard copy.