Position: Infrastructure Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week)
Contract: 12 months Fixed term contract
Location: Office-based in London N4 with flexibility
Salary: Starting from £35,825 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 2, Professional & Technical
You’ll start at an entry point salary of £35,825 per annum, increasing to £38,065 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £40,304 after a further 6 months.
About the Employer
This charity makes sure that people living with MS are at the centre of everything they do. And it’s this commitment that unites them across the UK.
Their strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told them is important to them. It gives the organisation a clear and determined focus.
Their work is based on the hopes and aspirations of the MS community. Together they campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
This organisation’s people are their greatest asset and the key to their success. They offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you’ll be able to make a difference.
About this job
This year, this charity has embarked on a bold, strategic initiative to enhance its data capabilities.
They are aiming to improve their data use, integration and analytics to increase engagement, maximise impact and drive forward their strategic goals. With a key focus on: effective and efficient operations; collaboration; and continuous improvement in their Technology, Strategy and Business Intelligence teams.
To achieve this ambition, they have developed a new technology infrastructure which they are calling “Sage”. They are implementing new technology infrastructure this year (such as their new CRM system and suite of data tools – Microsoft Dynamics).
They will be taking a structured and phased approach to transitioning and embedding the new team structures, infrastructure and ways of working as part of Phase 2 of this Project.
The IT Infrastructure team cover the following areas:
- Fully responsible for managing the technology stacks
- Ensuring the underlying systems and data are secure and highly protected from malicious actors
- Ensuring the systems are available
- Managing 3rd party suppliers who assist us in supporting, developing and securing the systems
- Manage the technical and security risk registers and, with a risk based approach, mitigate risks to the best of our ability
- Embed principles of best value and money saving into all technology decisions
This organisation has made a significant investment in their Microsoft suite and have transitioned services to Azure. They are also building a cloud infrastructure to support the Organisation’s mission critical data use improvement project.
The Infrastructure Systems Manager plays a crucial role in the development, support and maintenance of these systems, implementing the tools and technology this charity needs as well as driving the reduction of IT costs where possible.
This role is responsible for:
- Maintenance of technical infrastructure based on Microsoft technologies
- Automated process creation to ensure systems are monitored and managed
- Migration of remaining on premise systems to Microsoft cloud based solutions
- Maintenance of legacy systems and processes where necessary
- Ensuring systems are highly accessible and available
- Advice to the Organisation on best practice on technology
For this role they are looking for:
- Broad expert technical knowledge of IT Infrastructure based on both cloud and on premise Microsoft technologies
- Knowledge of Dynamics CRM 365 and associated technology
- Knowledge of Azure services, PowerApps, DataVerse
- Knowledge of sound backup and security protocols
- Experience of managing external stakeholders and 3rd party suppliers
- Service Management experience
- IT provision expertise
- Knowledge of MS Intune
Please note this role is a 12 months fixed term contract.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on Friday 27th February 2026
How to apply:
Please click ‘Apply’ and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.
Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.
Equal Opportunities
This employer particularly welcomes applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Disability Confident Employer
Our client is a Disability Confident Employer and they are committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You will be able to ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both their recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, you will be able to contact the employer to discuss this. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about their employee benefits:
This employer has a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and them)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- in the event of miscarriage or still birth
- to support fertility treatments
- for antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how this organisation internally operates (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for the charity’s activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal working hours
Safeguarding
This employer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses their services and they come into contact with.
This is regardless of: Gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy, gender reassignment.
They recognise their particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
They have measures in place to protect everyone they come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with this organisation. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if they offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. They currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
