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BID MANAGER – LONDON Client A medium sized, long established and professional company based in South London specialising in high spec construction. The Role & Responsibilities: Write / design bids and proposals for tenders Coordinate with site teams and bid teams to ensure accuracy Edit proposals and related documents for completeness and compliance with editorial standards and bid formatting /composition Gather information to use in bids process Maintain a system to gather and review key learning's from the bid submission process Ensure that all client and funder facing material is current, reflecting any changes determined by senior staff Create & Maintain a database Strong administrative skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as email and experience undertaking web based research. Accessing, uploading, archiving and downloading documents. Knowledge of sourcing supplies, obtaining quotes and negotiating prices. Ability to input and present data Admin duties and answering phone calls if required Day to day administration An excellent written and verbal command of the English language. ASAP interview and start for the ideal candidate. For a confidential discussion about this position then please contact Skye Recruitment on (phone number removed)

Salary - £32,000-£38,000 dependent on experience plus Veolia benefits. Location - Working across the South London contracts of Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton Hours - 40 hours per week, standard hours are 08:30-17:00, Monday to Friday Please submit a 1 page cover letter (please write this in your own words not AI as this forms part of the initial assessment of your writing style) and a 2 page CV if you are interested in this role. The team do occasionally work from home, but as this role is engagement focused it is best suited to someone who is based locally and keen to work within Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton, and at our depots in the borough. When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life What we can offer you; 25 days of annual leave Access to our company pension scheme Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential Stream - Employee financial wellbeing support: early access to your earned pay, savings, budgeting, financial coaching & rewards. What you'll be doing: In the Social Value Officer position you will work closely with the Local ECO Managers and ECO Officers to develop and deliver social value projects. This will include career workshops, work experience, apprenticeship and employment programmes to support local students, residents and vulnerable groups to find meaningful careers. You will also research and coordinate volunteer activities for residents, and support the delivery of our national community funds and local spend initiatives. We are looking for an energetic all rounder with exemplary people and communication skills, and proven expertise in measuring and reporting data. Manage and report on the social value function of the contracts and lead on the design and delivery of specific projects to achieve contractual commitments. Work as part of the Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) team, supporting national and local behaviour change campaigns to support staff wellbeing, improve recycling rates and build more resilient local communities. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and community partners, coordinating stakeholder teams to deliver project work. Identify contract good news stories and feed to the regional External Engagement team. Maintain a network across the UK ECO team to identify opportunities for innovation. and process improvement and lead on the implementation locally where relevant. Keep abreast of industry developments.What are we looking for? Essential: Experience in project development and management, contributing to and executing strategic plans to achieve objectives Excellent data management and reporting Experience working with agencies and external organisations to deliver partnership projects Experience delivering community engagement and behaviour change activities Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills Budget management Desirable: Experience delivering and reporting on social value initiatives using Thrive or TOMs framework Experience of supporting vulnerable groups Understanding of PR, social media, social advertising and digital communications Understanding or experience working with local authorities Experience of visual and textual content production across multiple formats A full clean UK driving licence What's next? Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come. We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career. We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles. We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive

Package: 72,900 - 81,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits Role ID: SF20018Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Commercial Portfolio Lead for the Commercial division of QinetiQ at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.The RoleAs a Commercial Portfolio Lead, you will become an integral member of a dynamic Commercial function, providing commercial leadership and oversight in relation to areas of the Maritime & Land Business that transcend the business unitsDay-to-day, you will oversee multi-disciplined Integrated Delivery Teams as required in accordance with the established business strategy and shall design and implement local commercial strategy. This commercial strategy should include reference to people, processes and tools, for each line of business in the portfolio. Your responsibilities will include:Design and implement a commercial engagement strategy for the portfolio which interacts with the portfolio and business strategy (on a 3-5yr planning horizon)You will lead on key / strategic relationships inside and outside the businessAccountable for commercial governance on proposals and contracts which may be non-standard, of medium to high complexityA leader in negotiation strategy and planning, capable of influencing up to executive committee levelEssential experience of the Commercial Portfolio Lead: A minimum of 5 years practical experience in a Commercial management/leadership roleIdeally from the Defence, Aerospace or Marine industriesEssential qualifications for the Commercial Portfolio Lead:Degree educatedWCC Member status or higher ORMCIPS qualifiedWe value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough facility with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.FarnboroughAt our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.Why Join QinetiQ?As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Our BenefitsMatched contribution pension scheme, with life assuranceGenerous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional daysOptions to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental InsuranceEmployee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much moreWe are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition SchemeVolunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local communityOur Recruitment Process:We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)#LI-DD1

Overview As Engineering Manager (AI) within Advanced Analytics (DA3) in the Chief Data & AI Office at Allianz Partners, you will manage our AI engineering teams: engineers who build agent-based AI services and conversational/voice AI systems that integrate with our digital insurance products. The remit covers two delivery surfaces: agent-based AI services consumed by domain teams via API (and conforming to Core Backend client libraries / API conventions where applicable), and voice/conversational AI experiences for customer-facing and operational use cases. You will own people management, performance, hiring, resourcing, and delivery leadership. Technical decisions stay with the senior engineers and technical leads in each team. Your role is to build the people structure, capacity, and ways of working that let those engineers ship applied AI into production. You'll partner with peer Engineering Managers on cross-team dependencies, with the AI Governance Review forum on AI compliance and ethics review, and with the Head of AI Platform & Engineering (HoP&E) as CAB chair on AI service change windows. Key Responsibilities • Manage and grow the AI teams: hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and 1:1s for ML/AI engineers, computational linguists, conversational AI engineers, and AI specialists embedded with delivery teams., • Capacity-balance engineers across the agent and voice surfaces in response to demand from domain teams; coordinate with senior leadership on team sizing and skill mix., • Coordinate the embedded-AI-specialist model with the backend Engineering Manager: agree how specialists join domain delivery, how their performance is reviewed, and how their work is balanced between embedded delivery and central capability building., • Coach and develop the technical leads in both teams: support them as authorities on prompt engineering, agent design, NLU/NLP, and voice flow design while keeping standards consistent., • Work with the AI Governance Review forum (the dedicated AI-ethics body in the hub operating model) on AI compliance reviews: model choices, data handling, bias review, and compliance attestations., • Coordinate change windows for AI service rollouts through the HoP&E-chaired CAB; feed the change calendar to the Run & Change service layer., • Help balance the agent and voice roadmaps: ensure investment is staged correctly across each surface and the hybrid use cases that span both., • Coordinate with backend leadership on how AI services are consumed in production., • Coordinate with frontend leadership on AI-driven UX patterns., • Work with delivery leads on ceremonies, cross-team planning, and continuous improvement of delivery flow., • Run hiring loops: design interview rubrics for ML/AI engineers, computational linguists, conversational AI engineers, and embedded AI specialists aligned with the team's applied-AI delivery model. Required Experience And Skills • 8+ years engineering experience with at least 3 years in a people-management role leading applied AI, ML, or conversational AI delivery teams., • Track record managing 6 to 15 engineers across at least two distinct teams or specialisations (e.g., ML engineering and conversational/voice AI)., • Strong technical literacy in the AI stack, enough to mentor and challenge but not to override technical leads:, • LLM-based agent systems: prompt engineering, agent design patterns, evaluation, retrieval augmentation., • Voice and conversational AI platforms: NLU/NLP system design, speech pipeline integration, dialogue management., • Production deployment of AI services on Kubernetes: API design, observability, latency and cost control., • Embedded-specialist delivery models: placing specialists into product teams without losing central capability ownership., • Experience running structured hiring at scale for AI roles: rubric-based interviews, calibration, and onboarding programmes., • Experience with formal performance management cycles, career frameworks, and compensation calibration., • Comfortable working with formal AI governance and ethics review processes; familiarity with AI compliance requirements in regulated industries., • Demonstrated ability to coordinate across organisational boundaries: peer Engineering Managers, governance, backend and frontend delivery teams, and external vendors. Ways of Working • Leads through coaching, not directing: defers technical authority to senior engineers and technical leads., • Comfortable in agile, iterative delivery environments with a clear bias for unblocking the team over centralising decisions., • Pragmatic about applied AI: focused on shipping AI capabilities into production for measurable business outcomes, not on research for its own sake., • Clear communicator across global, cross-functional stakeholders; able to translate AI capability and reliability into business impact for non-technical audiences., • Pragmatic adopter of AI-assisted developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) and supports the team in integrating them into daily delivery. Nice to Have • Experience leading distributed AI delivery teams., • Background in voice or conversational AI at production scale (IVR replacement, contact-centre automation, voice-first product experiences)., • Experience operating an embedded-specialist model alongside a central capability team., • Experience with AI governance frameworks: model cards, bias audits, regulatory attestations., • Insurance or financial services domain familiarity (claims, policy, payments)., • Experience in regulated industries (insurance, finance, healthcare) where compliance, audit, and access control are part of standard delivery practice. Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. Join us. Let's care for tomorrow. Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘s company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, Allianz expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group. #J-18808-Ljbffr

The role of Microsoft Modern Work & AI Consultant is to be a senior technical and consultative resource within ITRM, specialising in Microsoft 365, Azure, Copilot, and AI-driven solutions. This role involves owning delivery workstreams, collaborating with internal teams, and working closely with customers to understand business challenges and translate these into practical, scalable solutions aligned to ITRM’s Modern Work and AI offerings. As a Modern Work & AI Consultant, your responsibilities extend beyond implementation. You will act as a trusted advisor to customers, lead engagements across Microsoft 365 and AI technologies, and contribute to presales, solution design, and service development. You will report to the Director of AI & Cyber Security and act as a second-in-command within this function, supporting both delivery and strategic direction. As a Microsoft Modern Work & AI Consultant, your responsibilities will extend well beyond those of a typical consultant. You will not only deliver project-based work to enhance and optimise the customer's IT environment, but also take ownership of entire workstreams, ensuring end-to-end delivery with full technical oversight. Drawing on significant experience within a fast-paced IT team, you will provide expert support across a broad range of technical solutions, mentor and guide less experienced colleagues, and act as a trusted advisor to customers by translating complex business requirements into effective technical strategies. Understanding business processes and how that affects efficient system use, as well as the opportunities of transformational technologies such as AI, Automation and data intelligence, will be key to the role's focus. You will play a key role in customer engagements, contributing to the creation of statements of work, low-level designs, and comprehensive technical documentation, whilst ensuring a seamless transition of projects into business-as-usual operations. Your commercial awareness will enable you to assess the impact of scope changes and communicate implications effectively to both customers and internal stakeholders. This is a demanding technical position, which calls for excellent customer service skills, the ability to articulate solutions clearly and confidently to end users and possess a detailed technical knowledge across a broad range of technologies. The successful candidate will form part of the Technical Services team, leading projects, providing feedback on current processes, driving continuous improvement within the team and ultimately helping management to deliver services as consistently and efficiently as possible. In addition to this, as a Senior Technical consultant, you will also play a key role in our AI solutions and services to customers, including the definition of the service and the implementation of defined services. • Grasping business challenges and transforming them into solutions for customers, • Offering expert technical support, showcasing expertise in troubleshooting and resolving intricate issues, • Applying strong commercial insight to develop cost models and communicate value effectively to clients, • Delivering project implementation services for ITRM's clients, • Serving as a technical lead to assist the Project Manager or Account Manager during customer meetings, • Work with customers to understand business requirements and translate these into technical solutions, • Deliver project-based work focused on Microsoft 365, Copilot, and AI workloads, • Produce high-quality low-level designs, implementation documentation, and handover materials, • Ensure the successful transition of solutions into business-as-usual operations, • Design and implement Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform and Microsoft-led AI use cases across Microsoft 365 workloads, • Support AI adoption strategies, governance models, and security controls, • Contribute to the development of internal AI frameworks and tooling, • Mentor junior consultants and support team development, • Assist in defining technical standards and delivery frameworks, • Participate in customer workshops and discovery sessions, • Contribute to Statements of Work and proposals, • Work with sales teams on solution design and scoping, • Improve processes and service offerings, • Maintain documentation and share knowledge internally, • Identify technologies that enhance and improve our services or those of our customers, • Demonstrates substantial experience with Microsoft 365, including proficiency across key components of the platform., • Has expertise in managing and supporting Exchange Online, ensuring reliable email communication within organisations., • Possesses in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Teams, facilitating collaborative workspaces and effective communication., • Experienced in SharePoint Online, enabling document management and team collaboration., • Skilled in Intune and Endpoint Management, maintaining device security and compliance., • Proficient in Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), ensuring secure identity and access management., • Has hands-on experience with PowerApps and PowerAutomate, automating workflows and enhancing productivity., • Demonstrates practical experience using Microsoft Copilot to streamline tasks and improve efficiency., • Has a working understanding of Microsoft Foundry, supporting innovation within the Microsoft ecosystem., • Exhibits strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, essential for resolving complex technical issues., • Has a proven track record of delivering consultancy services in customer-facing roles, demonstrating professionalism and expertise., • Displays a strong understanding of technical compliance frameworks, including ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, NIS2, and DORA., • Maintains a security-focused mindset and keeps abreast of current market trends and developments in the field., • Demonstrates knowledge of scripting technologies and platforms for automating tasks and system management., • Displays strong commercial acumen and is able to present business value to all levels within an organisation, from C-level executives to end users., • Capable of managing projects from initiation to completion, working alongside a project manager and handling full documentation, RAID logs, and budget management., • Able to perform research and development on systems in preparation for implementation or third line support., • A strong desire and focus on continued improvements to the department and personally., • A desire to learn and self-improve alongside industry advancements with certifications, • A desire to be part of an overall team and achieve team goals, • To continually strive to improve overall business effectiveness, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Confident mentor of other members of the engineering team., • Natural aptitude for troubleshooting and problem solving, • Proven ability to work under pressure and with other people, • Strong time management and self-motivation skills, • Keeping up to date with current industry trends and emerging technologies and best practices, • Must be able to demonstrate a ‘customer first’ approach to customer engagement, • Access to own vehicle required This job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required. You will also be expected to undertake duties which may not be listed on this job description, as directed by your line manager, which will be deemed as reasonable within the scope of the role. This role will report to the Director of AI and Cybersecurity. • Annual salary depending upon experience., • Paid overtime or time off in lieu, • Contributory pension scheme (after 3 months service and successful completion of probationary period) #J-18808-Ljbffr