IT Service Officer - ANG06225

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 4 - Hybrid

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

The Network and Security Team within the Angus Council Digital Enablement and IT Service performs a critical role in the support and implementation of the Angus Digital Strategy and the day to day operational function of a wide range of IT systems.

The role of IT Service Officer – Security is to join a well-established team to enhance its IT network and cyber security support capability. The applicant will be expected to have an understanding of configuring and supporting devices and peripherals in a networked Microsoft environment and be able to demonstrate an awareness and understanding of current cyber security issues faced by corporate organisations.

You will be expected to be self-motivated, awareness of current and future technology developments, especially in both in the IT networking and cyber security areas, would be a definite advantage.

A track record in contributing to continuous improvement is essential as is working with and being a part of cross functional teams.

This job is temporary until no later than 28 July 2028.

Please note interviews will be held 22 July 2026.

Requirements

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

About Angus Council

Please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.