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Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build reliable, secure and scalable digital services that support economic growth across the UK. Find out more about the daily tasks, overall responsibilities, and required experience for this opportunity by scrolling down now. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior SRE Squad Lead with experience leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 depending on location (London £67,547 to £83,778) and technical skills assessed at interview. Shape Reliable Digital Services at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST): Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has a clear mission: to grow the economy by helping businesses invest, innovate, export and grow across the UK. BIST's Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates the tools and services that enable this mission. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead, you will play a key role in leading engineers while remaining hands-on in the design, delivery and continuous improvement of reliable, secure and scalable platform services that underpin critical digital products and services. As a Senior SRE Squad Lead you will: Lead and support a team of Site Reliability Engineers, setting clear direction while fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture. Build strong working relationships with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet business and user needs. Provide technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices, guiding teams to adopt approaches that support reliability, sustainability and continuous improvement. Coach, mentor and support engineers across DDaT, contributing to a supportive and diverse engineering community. Design, build and maintain reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Enable teams to develop effective observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics and alerting that support proactive service management. Work with teams to define and embed Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets in a pragmatic and user-focused way. Support the development and continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Oversee live service reliability, supporting teams through incident and problem management while encouraging a learning-focused, blameless culture. Ensure security, resilience and compliance considerations are understood and embedded into engineering practices. Essential skills for the Senior SRE Squad Lead include: Experience leading, supporting and developing engineers, including line management or strong mentoring experience. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders. Experience of working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, applying modern DevOps and SRE practices. Experience designing and delivering infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working, typically 2-3 days per week in the office. Full-time, part-time and flexible working options. A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising to 30 days with service. Three paid volunteering days every year. Learning and development tailored to your role. Access to professional qualifications, certifications and technical training. An inclusive culture that encourages learning, collaboration and continuous improvement. Employee benefits including cycle-to-work and wider Civil Service benefits Why Join BIST? This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering in a modern cloud environment. You'll work alongside experienced SRE and DevOps professionals, helping shape platform strategy, improve service reliability and support the delivery of critical digital services across government. The team is actively investing in observability, service-level management, platform automation, developer experience and cloud engineering. You'll join a culture that values collaboration, continuous learning and the freedom to explore new ideas, while making a tangible impact on services used across the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer withdrawn. xrnqpay If you're an experienced Site Reliability Engineering leader who wants to remain close to technology while helping engineers thrive and delivering services that matter, apply today via Inspire People.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work on international affairs or operational policy? If so, we’d love to hear from you ! About the Team This post sits in the Economic Crime and Sanctions (ECAS) Group, which is comprised of 2 teams, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and Sanctions, Illicit Finance and Security (SIFS): The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) OFSI sits within HM Treasury, has been operational since March 2016 and in its first six years quickly established itself as a world-leader in financial sanctions, a key area of financial, foreign and national security policy. It remains front and centre of an unprecedented financial sanctions response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. HM Treasury implements financial sanctions in the UK, and OFSI fulfils this role on its behalf. It leads on the implementation of UN and UK financial sanctions and domestic terrorist asset freezing, providing a high-quality service to the private and charitable sectors, and guidance to help them follow the law. It works closely with law enforcement, intelligence agencies and strategic policy colleagues across Whitehall and beyond to help ensure that financial sanctions are accurately understood, implemented and enforced. OFSI has important partner relationships in the regulated financial services sector, the primary implementers of financial sanctions, and is an integral part of the sanctions community worldwide. Robust enforcement of financial sanctions helps to maintain the integrity of and confidence in the UK financial sector, a priority for the Prime Minister and the Chancellor. We have strong powers, including to impose monetary penalties, and is in the front line in the fight against this serious crime. About the Job As an Engagement Officer, you will help support OFSI's engagement with industry and contribute to work that sits at the heart of the UK's financial sanctions regime. Working across a busy and collaborative team, you will coordinate stakeholder enquiries, support events and engagement activity, prepare briefing materials, and help ensure the team delivers a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders. In this role, you will: · Manage the general OFSI and OFSI Engagement mailboxes, triaging enquiries, coordinating responses and ensuring industry stakeholders receive a timely, professional and high-quality service. · Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and external industry stakeholders, acting as a reliable point of contact and collaborating across OFSI and HM Treasury to support shared objectives. · Support the delivery of OFSI's engagement programme, helping to arrange webinars, roundtables, events and external engagement activity, including managing invitations, logistics and attendee communications. · Support effective engagement delivery through accurate record keeping, drafting communications and briefing materials, maintaining stakeholder databases and trackers, and assisting with statutory obligations such as Frozen Asset Reporting, Freedom of Information requests and Parliamentary Questions to ensure timely and accurate responses. About You This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is organised, proactive and enjoys building relationships, while developing valuable experience in a fast-paced and high-profile area of government. Some of the Benefits our people love! • Generous Annual Leave – 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday., • Outstanding Pension Scheme – Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28%, • Parental Leave Packages – Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options., • Flexible & Hybrid Working – Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow)., • Advance Schemes & Discounts – Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes. For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link. If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form.

We are looking for a compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to provide high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with mental health needs. You will work closely with service users, families, and multidisciplinary teams to support recovery and wellbeing. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Company: Match Options Ltd Hours: Full-time Location: DL2 1TS Working pattern: On‑site Job type: Temporary Posting date: 18 Sept 2026 Closing date: 18 Oct 2026 About the Role We are looking for a compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to provide high-quality, person‑centred care to individuals with mental health needs. You will work closely with service users, families, and multidisciplinary teams to support recovery and wellbeing. £37,500 to £44,275 per year Medacs Healthcare Bradford, West Yorkshire Remote Permanent Full time £37,500 to £44,275 per year Medacs Healthcare Bradford, West Yorkshire Remote Permanent Full time £37,000 to £43,000 per year Health Partners Group Ltd Remote Permanent Full time About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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