Application Support Manager

Are you ready to lead the technology that helps transform young lives? As our Application Support Manager, you ll play a crucial role in ensuring the systems we rely on every day are effective, efficient, and empowering. You ll be at the heart of our mission enabling our teams to do what they do best: support young people into work, education, or training.

In this role, you ll lead and develop a skilled Application Support team, providing oversight of our business-critical platforms. You ll define team objectives aligned with wider organisational goals, oversee incidents and service requests, manage system upgrades and enhancements, and collaborate with colleagues across development, architecture, and third-party suppliers to drive continuous improvement. Your ability to manage multiple priorities, lead with empathy, and drive system performance will be key to our success.

We re looking for someone with strong leadership experience in application support, who brings a deep understanding of IT service management principles like ITIL. Your problem-solving skills, clear communication, and ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors will be vital. Familiarity with CRM, ERP, or HRIS systems, as well as tools like ServiceNow, will help you hit the ground running. Experience within the charity sector is a bonus, but we re more interested in your potential, your purpose, and your desire to make a difference.

The young people we support rely on our teams, and those teams rely on technology that works. Your leadership will ensure they have the tools they need, when they need them, so they can focus on helping young people reach their potential.

If you re looking for more than just a job and if you want your tech skills to create real social change, we want to hear from you. Even if you don t tick every box, your drive and purpose could make you the perfect fit.