SFIA Skills: Information systems coordination (ISCO)

Maintains an awareness of the global needs of the whole enterprise, and promotes the vision of the benefits that a common approach to IT will bring to the business as a whole amongst senior executives.

Establishes, maintains and communicates the organisation’s strategy for managing information, and the policies, standards, procedures and methods necessary to implement the strategy.

Represents IT issues, on behalf of the entire organisation, with the highest management and external bodies, e.g. negotiating volume discounts with suppliers.

Coordinates the promotion, development, acquisition and implementation of information systems in a very large organisation, critically dependent on IT, where IT is fully devolved to separate units, or in a collaborative enterprise of separate organisations, by means such as arranging technical fora, common working groups, exchange of information, close liaison with those responsible for IT management and strategy.

Maintains detailed awareness of, takes fully into account as necessary, and promotes throughout the organisation, any relevant statutory, internal, or external regulations, standards, and codes of good practice, e.g. those relating to security, cyber security quality, data protection, audit etc. Is a major contributor to the definition of such regulations, standards and codes.

Encourages the autonomous bodies and units within the enterprise to acquire or develop information systems that benefit the needs of the whole organisation. Liaises with senior management to ensure that corporate needs are included in specifications and developments.