Team Manager; Infrastructure & Systems

Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 08 February 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC10 £ 55,263.09 - £60,462.77

Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week

Location: Fife House, Glenrothes

If you would like further information for the Infrastructure and Systems Team Manager area of responsibility, please email

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the

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Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked upload resumé. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

How you have modelled and promoted organisational values and professional commitment in your current and previous roles.

(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your principles inform your practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others.)

How have you demonstrated your knowledge, skills and understanding when leading or contributing to change?

(Consider the following: how you have developed and promoted an informed and critical stance which focusses on improvements in practice, policy or procedure; how you have promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels.)

How have you supported colleagues in achieving and sustaining a positive environment for all?

(Consider the following: how you have inspired and motivated others to have high expectations; how you have encouraged and facilitated participation in planning and wider decision making.)

Ways in which you have you built and developed approaches to increase and promote positive partnerships.

(Consider the following: how you have contributed to change at operational and strategic level.)

Ways in which you have used evaluation to determine and make changes at operational or strategic level.

(Consider the following: how you have used evaluation to improve policy, procedures or practice; how you have ensured a wide variety of stakeholders are involved in decision-making processes and how you have made best use of resources to support the development of policy, procedure, people and teams.)

Job Details

The Team Manager is one of three Team Managers within the Directorate Operations Team. The team goal is Delivering Opportunities for young people to Thrive. Each Team Manager holds a strategic, and operational lead on the defined areas of responsibility: managing, developing, implementing, and monitoring the range of services, supporting the Primary, Nursery, Special, Secondary, Central Support sectors and teams within the Education Directorate.

The Team Manager for this post will lead on Systems and Infrastructure
. The Team Manager will:

• manage specialist officers responsible for the delivery of Systems and Infrastructure, Estates and School Management, Early Years Administration and Systems and Office Management within the Education Directorate
• lead on a geographical area, with direct line management of a number of Primary Business Managers
• plan, anticipate and identify customer, directorate and corporate performance improvement requirements and priorities
• ensure appropriate data and information procedures and audit control are implemented
• manage and lead on the operational aspects of statutory consultations, in partnership with the Quality Improvement Officer School Estate Development and Change
• manage pupil roll projections for all education settings, linking to both building capacity and the management of school buildings and developer contributions from planning applications
• lead on the implementation and development of new systems, such as SEEMIS Early Years
• lead on local and national elections, and the use of Education settings, and…