Renewable Energy

Head of Corporate and IT Services

The Head of Corporate and IT Services is a new role which will be responsible for the management of the Offices, and IT functions and will play a crucial role in ensuring that they act as an enabler to the rest of the business, aligning activities with key business drivers. The role will also be responsible for the centralised management of our policies, key systems and processes. Innova prides itself on its people and promotes continuous learning and development.  This is an excellent opportunity to play a fundamental role in strengthening this critical department at the same time as building a career in a company that values its people.

This role requires a candidate with strong emotional intelligence and experience in developing managers across different functions (the team comprises 5 members, including 2 direct reports).  The Head of Corporate and IT Services will report into one of our joint CEOs and ensure the smooth functioning of the department, while also contributing to the overall success of the company.

This role is ideally Cheltenham based role, with some travel to our London office, however we would consider a London based candidate who could travel to Cheltenham on a weekly basis.  We operate a hybrid working model to allow greater flexibility to our employees.  It is anticipated that this role will require a minimum 2 days in the office.
 

About the role

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to the department.
• Develop and mentor junior managers, fostering their growth and professional development and ensuring that they, in turn, enable and empower their own teams.
• Establish the department as a business enabler through close relationships with other departments and ensuring that activities within the department are appropriately prioritised.
• Assume the role of Data Privacy Manager with overall responsibility for data protection and the GDPR framework and compliance across the business.
• Responsible for Health and Safety in the office environment (not sites), with a dotted line into our Director of Delivery for Health and Safety related activities, ensuring that responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and the Management of Health and Safety at work Regulations (1999) are fulfilled in a pragmatic and meaningful way.  This includes helping to manage the relationship with our external advisors and overseeing the Health and Service Co-ordinator in interpreting and implementing the guidance, consulting with senior management where appropriate.
• Manage data, document and contracts, including SharePoint.
• Design, implement and manage a framework process for policy sign off, publication and management.
• Ownership of central system implementation, upgrades and migrations, such as SharePoint, travel and desk booking etc.
• Ownership of ESG policy and approach
• Take a strategic approach to identify and implement innovative technology solutions that enhance operational efficiency and support business objectives.
• Ensure that the company’s IT infrastructure is secure, reliable, and aligned with industry best practices and cybersecurity standards and protect against potential threats.
• Responsible for travel management system, approach and policies.
• Responsible for business continuity planning coordination, strategy and communication.
• Oversee insurance management, provider selection and contract negotiation.
• Deliver improvement initiatives e.g. finding third party service providers.
• Manage department budget.
• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment and a high-performance culture.
• Work closely with the CEO to understand and align departmental activities with the Company’s business priorities.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators for the department to measure the effectiveness and impact of the Office, and IT functions.
• Regularly report on departmental performance and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Administer and maintain the Gifts and Hospitality register, which is overseen by the Compliance Manager.
• Ensure that quality and cost-effective judgement is applied in the ordering of all IT and office related equipment.
• Oversee the relationship management of our IT provider to ensure delivery in line with Service Level Agreements and provide challenge where required.
• Review all processes within the department to identify and implement improvements and efficiencies.
• Oversee all Corporate Services activities and projects to ensure that they are well managed, including contract negotiations (such as insurance), providing mentoring and advice where required.
• This list is not exhaustive and the ideal person for this role will bring a degree of flexibility and a can-do attitude to getting involved and thinking outside of the box.

About you

• Proven experience in a leadership role, preferably as a Head of offices Corporate or IT Services or a similar role.
• A degree in a related field (ideally IT) or equivalent.
• Commercial acumen
• Project management
• Experience in a scale-up is highly desirable with the ability to cope with ambiguity and change.
• GDPR experience and or Health and Safety would be advantageous, but training can be provided for the right person.
• Previous experience in business continuity planning.
• Strong emotional intelligence and the ability to develop and mentor junior managers.
• Solid understanding of IT, particularly IT security.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive and results-oriented mindset, with a strong desire to contribute towards company objectives.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

About Innova

Innova is a fast-growing renewable energy company committed to developing, building, and operating innovative renewable energy hubs.

Innova offers an integrated approach to renewable energy development. With services across the lifecycle of any project including planning advisory, project rights development, asset management and operation.

Our long-term mission is to create utility scale renewable energy projects using multi-technologies and to take large energy intensive users off-grid. We will do this by providing a range of innovative long-term renewable energy solutions, positively improving the environment, and benefitting the local community. Innova is the smart future of green energy.
 

Our Values

• Strategic: Our strategic approach enables us to take a long-term view to achieve our goals.
• Creative: Creating new solutions and new products for the industry.
• Collaborative: We can only create and deliver the best projects if all parts of the business work as one.
• Integrity: We do what we say, building partnerships based on trust.
• Environmentally responsible: Improving and sustaining the local environment and wildlife are at the heart of all our projects.
• Professional: Delivering a finished product to our clients.

Benefits

Working with Innova will provide you with the opportunity to help us make a significant contribution to UK net zero targets in a dynamic, flexible, and challenging working environment. The role offers the opportunity for career progression, with a business that is rapidly growing, together with the following benefits package:
 

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Pension scheme
• Private medical cover
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym membership
• Electric car scheme
• Training opportunities and relevant course sponsorship
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 2 volunteer days per annum
• Employee referral scheme

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender reassignment or disability status.