ICT Project Lead

About the role

This is a great opportunity to join the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) at a time of transformation and innovation both in the Agency and across the wider local government sector. The LGMA is a dynamic, collaborative agency at the heart of local government that drives innovation, supports communities and shapes the future of public services across Ireland.

The ICT Project Lead Grade 7 Temporary will work as part of the Housing Delivery Coordination Office which monitors the pipelines of delivery of targets across social and affordable housing, along with the Energy Retrofit programme. They will be tasked with coordinating, advising and implementing the ICT and data requirements of the office and the housing delivery elements of the Delivery Homes Building Communities housing plan.

The role will seek to maximise the use of efficient real time data capture and analytics associated with the delivery of sustainable housing solutions aimed at achieving the targets set out in the Delivery Homes Building Communities Housing Plan. The post holder will have responsibility for the implementation of best practice in ICT project management for the delivery and operation of ICT infrastructure, systems and protocols. This includes programme tracking, real time data capture, risk assessment and management of communication with various stakeholders related to the Delivery Homes Building Communities Housing Plan and any other programmes related to the delivery of social and affordable housing.

The successful candidate will be part of the Housing Delivery Coordination Office team and will report directly to the Project Manager Grade 8. They will work closely with colleagues in the Central Data Unit, the Applications Development and Support team and Networks Operations teams within the LGMA. They will also work with local authorities, external service providers, external agencies and other stakeholders to deliver the actions set out in the work programme.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The primary objective of this role includes taking ownership of and contributing to a range of data and ICT projects that support the work of the Housing Delivery Coordination Office. The role focuses on the collection, coordination and analysis of strategically important housing delivery data through both manual and automated processes to support monitoring of social and affordable housing targets, energy retrofit programmes and related initiatives. It involves applying appropriate analytical techniques, developing clear and innovative visualisations to track progress and performance and supporting the dissemination, governance and integrity of housing data across stakeholders. The role also contributes to the ongoing development of systems, processes and data strategies that enable evidence based decision making and effective delivery of national housing priorities with a real and measurable impact on housing supply outcomes.

Within this overall remit, specific duties of the post will include:

Work directly with colleagues in the Housing Delivery Coordination Office and local authority and government sector stakeholders to assess, identify and collect agreed sectoral data requirements within a well defined timeframe

Design, build and maintain automated data pipelines, batch and real time, from disparate data sources into a central repository, incorporating data validation, cleansing and wrangling as appropriate

Design and implement highly intuitive reports and interactive dashboards using business intelligence and data visualisation tools and software development languages as appropriate, and build high end visualisations to meet sectoral output requirements

Contribute to the development and presentation of training material to assist different target audiences in using those visualisations to make informed business decisions

Contribute to the design and implementation of solution health monitoring processes including solution performance and optimisation, error detection and handling, log standardisation and others

Provide technical support for the business applications within the Housing Delivery Coordination Office

Promote and utilise best practice in project management methodologies, governance, standards and protocols

Demonstrate a good understanding of software development lifecycle and change management

Be highly organised and experienced in administration and managing multiple elements of project delivery within agreed timeframes

Provide support to relevant stakeholders

Undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibilities as may be required from time to time

The above is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive. It will be subject to periodic review with the post holder.

Essential Requirements

Character

Candidates shall be of good character

Health

Candidates shall be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service

Education, training, experience

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms, have:

A primary or bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or Engineering, or equivalent professional training

Four or more years of professional experience in performing data analysis or software engineering with a data component

And

Demonstrate the competencies as set out in the LGMA Competency Framework

Relevant ICT hands on experience should include but is not limited to:

Software and applications development projects covering web development, data management, business analysis, business intelligence and delivery of systems

Web development skills and experience based around the Microsoft stack such as .NET, C sharp, SQL Server, JavaScript, JQuery, DevOps, Angular and Git

Microsoft SQL Server database design, development and administration

Systems architecture

Expertise and experience in the use of data management tools and data collection and data pipeline development techniques

Experience in the use of business intelligence and visualisation tools for large data sets such as Tableau, Power BI and Looker

Desirable Skills and Qualifications

Expertise and experience in the application of statistical analysis techniques such as descriptive, exploratory, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive using complex datasets

Expertise and experience in software development and deployment such as Python, R, PHP and JavaScript and software engineering processes

Principal Conditions of Service

General

The appointment is for a temporary ICT Project Lead Grade 7 in the Local Government Management Agency and is subject to general terms and conditions in operation relating to appointments in the Agency

€60,611 to €78,795 per year