Database Administrator

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£50,574 – £53,607) – PO6 (£52,584 – £55,620)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR 
Hours per week: 36 per week 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 16th February 2025 at 23:59

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Haringey Council is seeking a Database Administrator to join our Digital and Change Business Unit within the Culture, Strategy, and Engagement Directorate. As a critical part of our team, you will ensure our database systems meet the highest standards and support the council’s goals. Your key responsibilities will include managing and maintaining database systems and applications to ensure high availability and performance, providing support and troubleshooting for database-related issues, implementing and monitoring database security measures to protect sensitive information, supporting the implementation of new database technologies and processes to improve service delivery, and collaborating with other team members and departments to identify and address user needs.

About the team

The Digital and Change Business Unit at Haringey Council is passionate about leveraging technology to enhance community services. Our diverse team thrives on collaboration and innovation, tackling challenges, driving improvements, and delivering exceptional IT support. We are Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative, and Community-focused, dedicated to making a positive impact on Haringey’s residents. As a Database Administrator, you will be in a supportive environment that encourages growth and learning, working with experienced professionals eager to share their knowledge. Together, we aim to create a workplace where innovation flourishes and deliver the best outcomes for our community.

About you

We are seeking strong communicators with a passion for IT and customer service. Ideal candidates will have experience in database administration or a related role, knowledge of database systems and applications, including troubleshooting and maintenance, excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team, and a proactive approach to learning and staying up-to-date with new technologies.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts. 

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk