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Location: Gloucester Reporting to: Operations Director / Manager The Role\n We are looking for an experienced Planning & Purchasing Supervisor to oversee material requirements planning, purchasing and inventory control within a manufacturing environment. \n This hands-on role requires a strong planning and buying background, with practical experience using ERP/MRP systems to ensure materials and consumable... \n \n ZIPC1_UKTJ

Head of Capital Projects Location: Gloucestershire, with attendance across GHFT sites and hybrid working Remuneration: £79,504 - £91,609 per annum Closing Date: 7 October 2026 (12 noon) Lead the delivery of a significant healthcare capital portfolio across Gloucestershire Seymour John Public Services is delighted to be partnering with Gloucestershire Managed Services Limited to recruit an exceptional Head of Capital Projects at a pivotal stage in the development of its Capital Delivery function. This is a significant senior leadership opportunity for an experienced capital projects leader to take strategic and operational responsibility for the planning, prioritisation, governance, assurance and delivery of a capital investment portfolio valued at approximately £37 million per annum. The Organisation GMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides a broad range of estates, facilities, infrastructure and support services that enable frontline healthcare services to operate safely, efficiently and effectively. The Opportunity The Head of Capital Projects will provide visible leadership to a multidisciplinary Capital Delivery function, working closely with the Associate Director Capital Projects, PMO & Compliance Manager, senior GMS colleagues and stakeholders across Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. • lead the planning, development, prioritisation and delivery of the annual capital programme, • provide strategic oversight of portfolio performance, risk, interdependencies and delivery confidence, • oversee major construction, engineering, infrastructure, refurbishment and healthcare development projects, • lead and develop a multidisciplinary Capital Delivery team of approximately 15 staff through 2 direct reports, • strengthen programme governance, assurance, reporting, commercial management and value for money, • support business case development, investment planning and the successful delivery of the Trust estate strategy The person This role requires candidates with direct experience of large, complex capital, estates, infrastructure or healthcare construction programmes. It is not intended for generalist project managers who cannot evidence experience operating within substantial capital and estates environments. Applicants should be able to demonstrate: • Degree or equivalent professional qualification in construction, engineering, building surveying, architecture, project management, estates management or related discipline, with relevant professional membership and project/programme qualification such as APM PMQ or PRINCE2 Practitioner., • Clear experience in senior capital programme leadership, multidisciplinary team management, healthcare estates delivery, programme governance and commercial control., • Experience working in a complex, regulated, stakeholder-rich environment., • Strong communication, influencing, reporting and stakeholder management skills., • A commitment to governance, assurance, value for money, safety and continuous improvement. Recruitment Process • Application review of CV and supporting cover letter, • Structured screening and longlisting by Seymour John, • Longlist presentation and selection event with GMS, • Final formal interviews with GMS Confidential enquiries For an informal and confidential discussion, please contact John Lavictoire, Executive Search (NHS & Healthcare), Seymour John Public Services. Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities served by GMS. Applications are welcomed from individuals from diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 204890 Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Head of Direct Underwriting to join our Gloucester office. Reporting directly to the Director of Church, this senior leadership position is responsible for defining and delivering the underwriting strategy across four key portfolios within the Direct business, the cornerstone account of Ecclesiastical Insurance. You will drive underwriting quality, profitable growth and financial performance while ensuring strong customer outcomes. As a key figurehead both internally and externally, you will build relationships with major customers and stakeholders, while representing the Direct business across strategic underwriting initiatives, transformation programmes and projects at a UK-wide level. With accountability for portfolio performance, including GWP, new business, retention, rate and profitability, you will shape pricing and underwriting strategies at both portfolio and key account level, translating strategic direction into effective day-to-day delivery. This is an influential leadership opportunity for an experienced technical underwriting professional with strong commercial acumen. You will lead a team of Technical Underwriters and provide oversight of broader underwriting capability, champion technical excellence, develop high-performing teams, strengthen succession pipelines and build the capability needed to deliver sustainable, profitable growth. Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. • Act as the senior underwriting figure head within the market and Key customers, obtaining key insight across the market to respond to both customer needs and competitor threats., • Successfully manage portfolio to achieve financial objectives and other Key Performance Indicators, including GWP, New Business, Retention, Rate Movement and Profitability, • Develop and manage pricing strategies at portfolio and key account level, balancing retention, profitability and customer (conduct), • A lead contributor to business planning process with appropriate and effective challenge, • Set, lead and manage the UW standards within the Business Unit & proactively engage with the UK Underwriting Risk Appetite, • Utilise individual authority framework to the benefit of the business unit and UKGI, ensuring effective cascade of authority with appropriate oversight and governance., • Influence P&C Underwriting to ensure specific challenges of the Direct account are understood and that UW strategy is aligned to both key customer and business outcomes, with effective challenge on the strategy where this supports customer needs and the business plan, • Drive the quality framework, ensure all quality and audit metrics are fulfilled and adhered to (or challenged if not appropriate), with evidence of implementable action, • Design and lead the competency framework, to increase competency and ensure UW succession, including the design and delivery of technical training material where relevant, • Act as the highest level referral point for the team and cascade technical expertise, • Actively enhance technical expertise, considering key customer challenges in relation to new and emerging risks – thinking proactively about challenges that our customers face like Climate Change and adherence to 2030 Net Zero target., • Drive continuous improvement & challenge to risk management framework, working closely with the risk management area to maximise value of the impact of their engagement across both key underwriting and risk management outcomes., • Actively engage with the Claims area, seeking learning from claims data and individual incidents to improve performance in the future., • Development, mentoring and coaching of staff, • Instilling high performance of team members across all levels, • Collaborate across functions and build teams building positive working relationships, • Act as a market representative for UW matters within the Business Unit, • Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalation any risks to the business, • Resolve complaints and breaches in line with company policy and deliver learnings, • Proven track record in a senior underwriting role., • Strong portfolio management experience., • Proven confident and influential communicator at all levels., • Experience of coaching for the enhanced performance of others., • Ability to build and manage co-operative and productive relationships internally and externally within the market., • Proven ability to apply critical thinking to situations outside of normal UW guidelines and to frame appropriate solutions., • ACII qualified., • A competitive salary - let's discuss it, • Hybrid working, • Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution, • Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 10% and 40%, • 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme, • An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance, • £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice, • Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Full study support to gain professional qualifications, • Access to virtual GP, • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. • Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26 #J-18808-Ljbffr

We are recruiting for a Design Manager to join our team on a major public sector project in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. As Design Manager, you will be responsible for delivering design management on projects from pre-bid to handover working with the senior project team, supported by senior members of the Design Management Team. • Deliver Design Management on projects using relevant experience and judgement, • Integrate and work alongside senior project team; e.g. Project Director, Commercial Director, Construction Director etc., • Represent the business with clients, consultants and supply chain partners, • Manage complex projects in a variety of different sectors, client types and procurement contexts, • Bid for new work collaboratively with project teams, quickly establish external relationships and secure work through reports and presentations, • Manage consultant design through pre-construction period with the integration of specialist designers, • Manage process of design review and approval through documentation, documents management systems and inspections, • Manage third party interfaces such as Planning and Building Control (RBCA)., • Report to the Head of Design Management / Lead Design Manager / Senior Design Manager (as appropriate) at regular intervals and key milestones on delivery of projects, • Manage design through internal project governance with support from seniors e.g.:, • Bid and conversion commitment reviews, • Monthly Project in Conversion / Project in Delivery Reviews, • Internal and external audits, • Appropriate CSCS card for the role, • Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role (Batchelors Degree in suitable subject e.g. Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management etc.)., • Ability to Plan, Manage and Monitor Design in line with the duties of the Building Act Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD, • Strong written and verbal communication skills both technical and non-technical to client, supply chain, peers and stakeholders, • Able to use robust judgement in weighing up multiple, complex, sources of information and clearly communicate direction, • Able to direct and negotiate with consultants at a senior level e.g. business owners with support from senior Design Management Team, • Able to present technical and procedural material to audiences, • Competent IT skills and experience in relevant types of programmes; Microsoft Office, PDF Editing, Presentation software e.g. Adobe InDesign, BIM Model software e.g. Autodesk Construction Cloud., • Thorough knowledge of the design and construction process, • Knowledge of relevant legislation, construction laws, the regulatory framework, industry standards and technical guides, • Thorough knowledge of Construction Design Management 2015 Regulations and the roles of CDM Principal Designer and CDM Principal Contractor, • Through knowledge of the Building Safety Act and roles of BR Principal Designer and BR Principal Contractor, • Detailed knowledge of the RIBA Work Stages and their deliverables, • Thorough knowledge of design and construction technical details, • Detailed knowledge of standard forms of construction contracts e.g. JCT Design and Build, Construction Management, Management Contracting and NEC, • Detailed understanding of Professional Services Agreements, • Knowledge of Sustainability including the delivery of relevant accreditations, • Knowledge of Digital project integration delivery including, digital design (BIM), common data environments and project delivery programmes., • Commercial awareness including contract conditions, deliverables, liability and responsibility, • Understanding of construction methodologies and their influencing factors, e.g. safety, fabrication, assembly, logistics, availability., • Experience in managing consultants and design teams, • Experience in being a key client interface, • Experience in working through the RIBA Work Stages, • Experience in leading and championing safety initiatives, • Delivering sustainable outcomes including accreditations, • Reviewing and Administering Consultant Appointments with support from seniors, • Experience in the use of project control mechanisms., • Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision and prioritise safety in every aspect of the role, • Ability to establish and maintain relationships with clients, consultants, supply chain and external partners, • Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player., • Collaboration with all levels of design managers across the business to share best practices, lessons learnt and offer cross project support., • Uphold and demonstrate the company values, • Car allowance, • Up to 10% employer pension contribution, • Private medical health benefit, • Life assurance, • 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days, • 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave, • Health and wellbeing support and initiatives, • 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services, • Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide, • Industry leading parental leave Please note that due to the nature of this role, national security vetting procedures apply, and a full UK security check will be carried out for the successful candidate. Further details about national security vetting can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) or Vetting explained - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) • Car allowance, • Up to 10% employer pension contribution, • Private medical health benefit, • Life assurance, • 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days, • 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave, • Health and wellbeing support and initiatives, • 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services, • Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide, • Industry leading parental leave We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method. We build careers, develop skills, and invest in people. Imagine what more you can do here. Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled. • We are Bovis #J-18808-Ljbffr

Our client, Ansible Motion, is an established automotive technology company based in Snetterton, with a global client base. They are looking to recruit a Lead Engineer – Structures to lead and develop the team, providing people and technical leadership to ensure the effective delivery of Structures activities and engineering projects. The role sets team direction and priorities, coordinates workload and resources, and ensures the team has the capability and support needed to meet business and project requirements. It promotes a positive, collaborative and high-performing environment, supporting the performance, engagement and professional development of team members. Alongside these responsibilities, the Lead Engineer maintains hands‑on involvement in Structures and leads assigned technical activities supporting the development and optimisation of Ansible Motion simulators, delivering solutions that meet customer, safety, performance and quality requirements. • Lead the structural analysis of simulator subsystems, including cabins, access systems and motion stages., • Lead assigned structural analysis projects and technical workstreams from concept through to delivery, ensuring designs meet agreed requirements, quality standards and project timelines., • Develop suitable load cases, working with other groups within Ansible Motion, to use in the analysis of the simulator, • Analyse, optimise and advise on the strength, stiffness and mass of mechanical and CFRP components within the simulator, whilst ensuring components are fit for purpose, • Formally report on the results of analysis runs and review and sign off reports from the wider team, • Join and contribute to design reviews, advising on component and material optimisation, • Develop and maintain suitable methodology, internal documentation and processes within the STRC team, • Work and manage external suppliers of CAE tools, whilst developing the team’s technical skills and abilities to bring this work in house where possible, • Advise Mechanical Design on the development of testing procedures and provide technical guidance to support effective validation and commissioning activities., • Review the results of design testing, validation and commissioning activities to ensure designs meet requirements., • Support the investigation and resolution of design issues identified during build, testing and operation using CAE tools., • Lead and develop the STRC team, providing clear direction, priorities and support to deliver team objectives., • Coordinate team workload and resources, taking account of capability, project requirements and business priorities., • Set and monitor team objectives, addressing delivery, performance or capability issues where required., • Manage individual and team performance, recognising achievement and addressing concerns appropriately., • Foster a positive, collaborative and high-performing team environment, promoting accountability and continuous improvement., • Support the development and progression of team members, using the strengths and expertise of the team’s engineers and others to encourage coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing and wider engineering capability., • Work closely with the Mechanical Design and Project Delivery team to align team priorities, resource allocation and technical activities, ensuring effective delivery across STRC., • Provide technical direction and support to engineers, encouraging effective problem-solving and the sharing of knowledge across the team., • Ensure clear ownership of technical activities and decisions, balancing hands‑on engineering requirements with team management and delivery responsibilities., • Work closely with the Chief Designer and Technical Director on team capability, resource requirements and the ongoing development of the STRC function., • Collaborate with other departments across Ansible Motion and with external suppliers to resolve technical issues and support effective project delivery., • Support the Chief Designer and Technical Director with technical activities, design reviews and continuous improvement initiatives as required., • Plan and prioritise engineering activities in line with project requirements, team capacity and business objectives., • Monitor delivery against agreed timescales and quality standards, identifying risks and taking appropriate action to address issues., • Identify opportunities to improve design processes, team effectiveness and engineering practices., • Undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the role., • Skills, Knowledge & Expertise, • Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent practical experience., • Substantial structural analysis experience, including problem-solving and project delivery., • Proficiency in SolidWorks FEA tools, • Experience leading or managing an engineering team, including workload planning, setting priorities and monitoring performance., • Experience managing individual performance, developing team capability and supporting the professional growth of engineers., • Experience coordinating engineering activities and resources to meet project requirements and delivery timescales., • Strong communication, organisational, analytical and decision-making skills., • Proficiency in Microsoft Office., • Experience with other CAE tools, for example the Ansys suite of products, • Experience managing competing project priorities and resource constraints in a technical environment., • Knowledge of manufacturing processes, such as machining, welding, fabrication or carbon fibre layup., • Experience in testing, commissioning and continuous improvement of engineering processes., • Experience working with senior technical specialists to resolve complex engineering challenges and maintain design standards., • Experience with managing contract engineer recourse, • Company bonus scheme., • 25 days holiday + bank holidays., • Free on-site parking., • Pension., • Life Assurance., • Study support and professional development opportunities., • Friendly and collaborative team culture. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Reference: DSQJ921958 Legal Director or Partner The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role. • Planning, • Gloucestershire, • HybridReady to shape landmark developments while enjoying life in one of England's most beautiful regions? This is a rare opportunity to join a highly regarded firm advising landowners and developers on complex, high-value planning matters.You'll deliver strategic, early stage advice to maximise land value, navigating a fast-moving and increasingly complex planning landscape. From applications to appeals, you'll be a trusted adviser on projects that truly matter.The role:Lead on strategic planning advice from site appraisal through to determination and appealAdvise on s.106 agreements, highways arrangements and development frameworksHandle contentious work including judicial review and compulsory purchase mattersCollaborate with land agents, consultants and valuers on major schemesThis role offers genuine autonomy, a collegiate culture, and the chance to build something meaningful-without sacrificing quality of life.For more information on this role or other opportunities within South West or South Wales in general, please do get in touch with Daniel St Quintin at Chadwick Nott.(e) (m) *At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline. xrnqpay Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.

Infrastructure Project Engineer (Azure / Microsoft 365) Gloucester HQ | Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office | £55,000 | Permanent A growing group business is looking for an experienced Microsoft infrastructure engineer who wants to move into project delivery. Reporting to the IT Director, you'll take IT projects from start to finish: scoping them, building them yourself and handing them over. The group grows partly through acquisition, so bringing newly acquired businesses onto its Microsoft 365 and Azure environment is a regular part of the job, alongside a wider programme of infrastructure, cloud and business systems projects. The IT team is lean. There's no project office and no bench of engineers to hand work to; you'll do the technical work yourself and own the delivery around it. It's a genuine route into project management without leaving the technology behind. You'll also be the person who makes sure everyone knows where each project stands. Who this suits: A 3rd line, infrastructure or cloud engineer with strong Azure and M365 skills who has already been leading projects or workstreams and wants that to be the main job An MSP project or implementation engineer who has delivered migrations and onboarding for clients and wants to do it in-house What you'll be doing: Delivering Azure and Microsoft 365 projects hands-on: design, configuration, testing and deployment Migrating and integrating acquired businesses onto group systems (tenants, identities, devices, data) Gathering requirements from the business and turning them into plans with clear milestones Writing test plans and running testing with users Acting as the main point of contact for stakeholders and keeping project progress visible Holding suppliers and colleagues to what they've committed to Working with third parties on scoping, quotes and delivery Tracking project costs and reporting progress to the IT Director Working within ITIL change processes Handing projects over to support with full documentation and training What you'll need: 3rd line level experience across Microsoft 365 and Azure (for example Entra ID, Exchange Online, Intune, Teams/SharePoint, Azure infrastructure and networking) Experience leading technical projects or workstreams, even if “project manager” hasn't been your job title Evidence of requirements gathering, documentation, planning and keeping stakeholders updated Migrations, rollouts or infrastructure upgrades delivered from start to finish Experience working within change management Clear communication with non-technical users and senior people The confidence to chase and challenge people you don't manage Useful but not essential: Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104, MS-102, AZ-900 or MS-900 Tenant-to-tenant migrations or integrating acquired businesses PRINCE2 Foundation, Agile or other project training Exposure to project budgets or cost tracking If you're an engineer who is already doing the project work and wants it to be the job, we'd like to hear from you. Apply with your CV and we'll be in touch. Asset Resourcing is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. TPBN1_UKTJ

This job is with St. James's Place, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. The role of Group Products ("the Division") is to develop and coordinate the suite of products and services available to clients of St. James's Place. It ensures they are fairly priced, support business growth, and deliver good client outcomes. The Divisional Director for Third-Party Products and Services guides the team responsible for these areas. They focus on strategy, development, and governance of St. James's Place's non-investment* third-party offerings. The role makes sure these offerings deliver strong client outcomes, assist Partner advice propositions, meet regulatory criteria, and help meet the Group's strategic objectives. Product Management & Development Set and guide the strategic direction for the non-investment panel of third-party products and services that advisers may distribute. Ensure it aligns with Group strategy, client needs, and regulatory requirements. Conduct regular tender assessments of products, services, and providers on the non-investment panel, making recommendations regarding their improvement, addition to, or removal from the panel. Monitor industry, regulatory and competitor developments, finding opportunities to improve the non-investment panel. Serve as the Consumer Duty Outcome Owner for the 'Chooses Products and Services' outcome within SJPWM. Provide oversight and challenge to make sure all products and services distributed by SJPWM deliver good client outcomes and fair value. Coordinate governance, due diligence, maintenance, and development of various non-investment third-party products and services distributed by each entity. Make sure they align with target market needs, produce good client results, offer fair value, benefit both Partners and SJP commercially, and adhere to relevant regulatory requirements. Work closely with AME or equivalent experience proposition leads to ensure alignment of proposition strategy, governance standards and client outcomes across markets. Act as an advocate for the panel, building understanding and confidence in panel solutions to support Partner adoption and delivery of complete advice outcomes. Lead engagement with providers to deliver thought leadership, training, and educational events to advisers that promote the delivery of complete advice outcomes. Work collaboratively with collaborators across SJP to provide specialist product expertise, mentorship, and support, including to the St. James's Place Protection Planning Service. Where required, support SJP responses to key regulatory consultations. Represent SJP externally with providers, industry bodies and market participants, serving as a senior ambassador for the Group's third-party proposition. Provide support for developments and projects affecting the third-party panel of products and services as needed. • Extensive experience in developing and implementing propositional strategies across regulated financial services markets., • Strong understanding of regulatory and legislative rules governing products and services distribution., • Strong understanding of the governance processes, and risk mitigation requirements of the business in dealing with third parties., • Strong technical and commercial understanding of a broad range of retail financial products and services, particularly protection, retirement, estate planning and comprehensive advice solutions., • Bring strategic leadership experience gained in a complex financial services, products, or regulated environment. Translate business objectives into clear team priorities and measurable outcomes., • Demonstrate a strong track record of leading leaders and scaling high-performing teams through effective talent development, succession planning and organisational building., • Act as a trusted senior leader, influencing executive collaborators and contributing to broader business strategy while championing the interests of customers, colleagues and commercial objectives.-

Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager looking for a role where you re more than just a number on a project team? This is an opportunity to join a well-established, family-owned main contractor with a strong reputation across the South West. Based in Gloucester, the business has built its success on delivering quality projects, developing long-term client relationships and consistently doing what it says it will do. With a close-knit team of around 30 people, this is a business where senior people have a genuine voice. Reporting directly to the Commercial Director, you ll take ownership of a portfolio of projects and have real influence over their commercial performance. The company delivers projects predominantly across the residential, healthcare and student accommodation sectors, with typical project values ranging from £1m to £11m. Most projects are delivered on a design & build basis, with the business also providing a full turnkey service from land acquisition and planning through to construction and handover. It also holds places on established public sector frameworks, providing a strong and secure forward order book. As Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager, you ll report directly to the Commercial Director and take commercial responsibility for a number of live projects, from pre-contract through to final account. This isn't a role where you'll simply manage spreadsheets from the sidelines. You'll be hands-on across procurement, cost management, contract administration, client relationships and commercial strategy, with the autonomy to make decisions and protect the company's position. You'll also have the opportunity to help shape the next generation of the commercial team, supporting and mentoring junior colleagues as the business continues to grow. You’ll be an experienced Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager who is comfortable taking ownership and making commercial decisions. Ideally, you’ll bring: • A degree in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline, • Main contractor experience, ideally within residential, care or healthcare, • Strong experience working on design & build projects and JCT contracts, • A proven track record managing subcontract packages, valuations, variations and final accounts, • Strong commercial negotiation skills, • The confidence to deal directly with clients and senior stakeholders, • A practical, hands-on approach and the ability to work autonomously, • The personality to thrive within a smaller, family-run contractor where your contribution will be noticed, • MRICS status would be advantageous, but isn't essential, • A full UK driving licence, • £60,000 £80,000 basic salary, depending on experience, • Car allowance or company car, • Pension and holiday package, • A direct reporting line to the Commercial Director, • Genuine autonomy and influence over your projects, • The opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of commercially interesting schemes, • A stable, family-owned contractor with a strong forward pipeline, • The chance to join a business where good people are trusted, valued and given room to progress If you're looking for a senior commercial position where you can take ownership, influence decisions and play a genuine part in the continued growth of an established contractor, this could be a great next move. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 204890 Ecclesiastical Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group are looking for a Head of Direct Underwriting to join our Gloucester office. Reporting directly to the Director of Church, this senior leadership position is responsible for defining and delivering the underwriting strategy across four key portfolios within the Direct business, the cornerstone account of Ecclesiastical Insurance. You will drive underwriting quality, profitable growth and financial performance while ensuring strong customer outcomes. As a key figurehead both internally and externally, you will build relationships with major customers and stakeholders, while representing the Direct business across strategic underwriting initiatives, transformation programmes and projects at a UK-wide level. With accountability for portfolio performance, including GWP, new business, retention, rate and profitability, you will shape pricing and underwriting strategies at both portfolio and key account level, translating strategic direction into effective day-to-day delivery. This is an influential leadership opportunity for an experienced technical underwriting professional with strong commercial acumen. You will lead a team of Technical Underwriters and provide oversight of broader underwriting capability, champion technical excellence, develop high-performing teams, strengthen succession pipelines and build the capability needed to deliver sustainable, profitable growth. Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that's committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. Customer & Financial Act as the senior underwriting figure head within the market and Key customers, obtaining key insight across the market to respond to both customer needs and competitor threats. Successfully manage portfolio to achieve financial objectives and other Key Performance Indicators, including GWP, New Business, Retention, Rate Movement and Profitability Develop and manage pricing strategies at portfolio and key account level, balancing retention, profitability and customer (conduct) A lead contributor to business planning process with appropriate and effective challenge Underwriting Set, lead and manage the UW standards within the Business Unit & proactively engage with the UK Underwriting Risk Appetite Utilise individual authority framework to the benefit of the business unit and UKGI, ensuring effective cascade of authority with appropriate oversight and governance. Influence P&C Underwriting to ensure specific challenges of the Direct account are understood and that UW strategy is aligned to both key customer and business outcomes, with effective challenge on the strategy where this supports customer needs and the #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 205478 Ecclesiastical Insurance, part of Benefact Group are looking for a Head of Channel and Performance Marketing to join our Gloucester office. As the Head of Channel & Performance Marketing you'll be accountable for setting the direction for UKGI's channel, go-to-market and commercial performance marketing activity, ensuring marketing investment and capability are focused on delivering measurable customer, broker and business outcomes. You’ll lead the Channel & Performance Marketing function, bringing together digital channels and technology, social media, and go-to-market delivery. It ensures activity is audience and insight-led, effectively targeted and continually optimised through data and performance measurement. You’ll also maximise partnership activities, including offering external Marketing consultancy to provide incremental value to our highest value brokers and customers. Working closely with the Marketing Director and wider Marketing leadership team, the role ensures business priorities are translated into effective marketing activity, resources are focused where they can have greatest impact and UKGI continues to develop its channel and performance marketing capability. "Our marketing function is expanding rapidly, giving us a genuine opportunity to redefine how we drive growth across every channel. As Head of Channel & Performance Marketing, you won’t just set new standards for campaigns – you’ll develop the strategic direction, influence the business at the highest level and lead our GTM teas to deliver commercial impact whilst growing and protecting our brand. We need a inspirational, resilient, high energised leader who thrives in fast moving environments and can steer a team through transformational change and instil a high performance culture". Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. Define and lead UKGI's channel and performance marketing strategy and plans, translating Marketing and business priorities into clear direction across digital, social, go-to-market and broker engagement activity. Lead UKGI's go-to-market capability, ensuring effective planning, prioritisation and execution across business portfolios and appropriate integration with wider Marketing activity. Lead digital channel and technology capability, ensuring externally facing websites, search, marketing technology and associated digital services evolve in line with audience needs, business priorities and changing market practice. Drive the use of tools and functionality to improve engagement, automation, nurture and MI. Provide direction for UKGI's social media capability, ensuring social supports brand, audience and business objectives and is integrated effectively with wider channel activity. Lead broker engagement and external marketing consultancy capability, ensuring Marketing expertise supports distribution priorities and strengthens the effectiveness of broker schemes, broker partners, and key customers. Embed performance-led marketing, establishing appropriate KPIs and reporting and using data, audience insight and test-and-learn approaches to improve effectiveness and inform investment decisions. Act as Marketing's principal commercial interface for business-led Marketing demand, ensuring requirements are translated into clear briefs, appropriately prioritised and coordinated across the wider Marketing function. Lead and develop the Channel & Performance Marketing team (c11 FTE), setting priorities and expectations, developing professional capability and enabling specialists to operate effectively within clear areas of ownership. Manage relevant budgets, agencies & suppliers, prioritising investment and resources, demonstrating effectiveness and value. Work collaboratively across Marketing and the wider business, particularly with Brand & Content and Product & Customer Communications, ensuring joined-up planning and effective use of channels and marketing capability. Work effectively with Group Services, including Research & Insight and Digital Infrastructure, ensuring UKGI requirements are understood, prioritised and translated into effective delivery. Ensure appropriate governance and compliance, including relevant regulatory, data, digital and channel requirements, with effective controls and escalation. Support the Marketing Director in delivering the wider Marketing strategy, transformation agenda and development of UKGI's Marketing capability. Proven track record in a senior channel, performance, digital or integrated marketing leadership role. Strong commercial marketing capability with experience translating business objectives into effective marketing strategies & plans. Broad knowledge of digital marketing and channels, go-to-market approaches and performance marketing. Strong understanding of data-driven marketing, customer/audience insight, KPIs, ROI/ROMI and test-and-learn approaches. Experience leading multidisciplinary marketing teams and developing specialist capability. Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements for financial promotions, with ability to challenge and push unnecessary barriers to enhance commercial potential Strong understanding of how technology, data and channels combine to improve marketing and customer outcomes. Accomplished stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to advise and constructively challenge senior stakeholders. Strong commercial judgement and experience managing budgets, agencies, suppliers and investment decisions. Ability to lead effectively across organisational boundaries and through influence as well as direct accountability. Financial services or insurance experience, including B2B/broker and direct marketing. Relevant professional marketing or digital qualification. Experience of CRM, marketing automation and account-based marketing. A curiosity and drive to encourage a commercial mindset within the team Experience working across B2B and direct/customer audiences. A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 10% and 40% 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26 #J-18808-Ljbffr

• Strategic Leadership and Alignment: Proven ability to work with the Director of Digital Operations / CTO to translate the Trust's overarching Digital Strategy into actionable, short- and medium-term Infrastructure and Service Delivery roadmaps, ensuring alignment with Trust and CIC goals., • Infrastructure Governance and Assurance: Strong capability to advise on the strategic design and technical evolution of core Digital Infrastructure, assuring the Director/Board that solutions are resilient, future-proof, secure, and cost-effective for 24/7 clinical operations., • Critical Risk and Resilience: Extensive experience in leading and governing Critical Incident Management (CIM) processes and possessing a strong understanding of digital risk management and governance frameworks., • Service Transformation and Benefits Realisation: Demonstrated track record of leading service-led change, particularly in driving IT Service Management maturity and linking continuous service improvement outcomes (e.g., increased efficiency, improved user experience) to strategic objectives., • Financial and Commercial Acumen: Proven ability to manage significant Digital Budgets (Revenue and Capital), develop compelling business cases for infrastructure investment, and deliver Cost Improvement Plans (CIPs) through effective supplier management., • Collaborative Stakeholder Management: Excellent skill in building strong, collaborative relationships with a significant number of strategic stakeholders (clinical, operational, and external partners) to ensure productive partnerships and shared ownership of digital stability., • People and Workforce Development: Experience in workforce planning and developing the capabilities of multi-disciplinary teams across technical infrastructure and service desk functions, ensuring long-term succession pathways. The post holder will provide professional, strategic, and operational leadership across the Digital Operations & Infrastructure portfolio, ensuring service continuity, driving technical capability, and leading cultural excellence. • Direct the strategic and operational functions for Digital Infrastructure (Server, Network, Data Centre), Service Desk (1st/2nd line support), Telephony (Fixed and Mobile), IT Admin, and the Small Works / Projects pipeline., • Ensure the availability, security, and resilience of all core infrastructure platforms that underpin critical clinical and corporate systems (EPR, PACS, etc.)., • Provide visible senior leadership in Critical Incident Management (CIM), commanding the response to major service outages to minimise clinical impact., • Act as the strategic link between the overarching Digital Strategy and the operational delivery teams, ensuring all tactical workstreams and investments support the Trusts long-term goals., • Leadership and Culture - Provide visible, compassionate, and collaborative leadership to all multi-disciplinary teams within the portfolio, fostering a high-performance culture that reflects the Trust values: Caring, Inclusive, Compassionate, Accountable., • Act as a visible and inspiring leader, driving a service-led culture committed to first-time resolution and excellent user experience across all service desk and infrastructure teams., • Champion a culture of openness, learning, and continuous improvement, ensuring staff feel empowered to contribute to service evolution., • Strategy, Planning, Quality & Assurance - Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for both Service Delivery and Infrastructure renewal, ensuring technical investment aligns with operational capacity and long-term resilience requirements., • Define, monitor, and report on critical Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs), using performance data to drive service quality and maturity., • Lead the architectural review of infrastructure platforms, ensuring they are scalable, highly available, and capable of supporting the Trust's evolving clinical informatics needs., • Innovation, Research and Development - Champion the adoption of modern, innovative tooling and methodologies (e.g., automation, proactive monitoring, Cloud adoption principles) to drive operational efficiency and stability across the infrastructure estate., • Lead service transformation initiatives, focusing on leveraging technology to enhance the staff digital experience and increase the efficiency of clinical and corporate workflows., • Maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of leading-edge digital technology and services relevant to NHS operations and resilience., • Communications and Working Relationships - Maintain strategic relationships with a significant number of stakeholders across clinical, operational, and corporate divisions, translating complex technical information into clear business terms for effective decision-making., • Manage strategic relationships with third-party suppliers, ensuring high-quality delivery against contractual obligations and actively contributing to contract negotiation and performance reviews., • Deputise for the Director of Digital Operations (CTO) as required, representing the Digital Operations function at senior clinical and executive forums., • Planning & Organisational Skills - Lead the long-term planning for infrastructure lifecycle management (servers, network, hardware), ensuring appropriate resource allocation and capital investment planning., • Design and implement governance processes for the intake, prioritisation, and resource allocation for minor IT works and small projects, balancing delivery with essential business-as-usual activities., • Ensure robust operational planning exists for all services, including physical asset management, software licensing, and inventory control., • Governance - Accountable for establishing and enforcing the Critical Incident Management (CIM) framework and ensuring timely Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)., • Lead the development, review, and assurance of all ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Request, and Access Management) to maintain a robust and compliant service management framework., • Accountable for infrastructure-level technical assurance and ensuring rigorous compliance with NHS standards, including the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) and mandatory testing of Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans., • Training and Capability Building - Support the development of digital training strategies that support workforce capability and safe, confident, use of Trust technology., • Drive user adoption of self-service tools and knowledge bases, contributing to the wider Trust goals for digital literacy and competence., • Ensure technical staff receive appropriate and continuous professional development (CPD) to maintain expert knowledge across the evolving infrastructure and service delivery domains., • Workforce - Lead the development and implementation of a long-term workforce plan for the Digital Operations and Infrastructure teams, focusing on critical skills identification and succession planning., • Be responsible for the line management, development, recruitment, and performance management of senior staff and team leaders within the portfolio., • Ensure appropriate operational leadership and management capability exists at all levels within the function to achieve strategic objectives., • Other Responsibilities - To take part in regular performance appraisal., • Other Responsibilities - Undertake any training required to maintain competency including mandatory training, e.g. Manual Handling., • Other Responsibilities - Contribute to and work within a safe working environment., • Other Responsibilities - Comply with Trust Infection Control Policies and minimise the risk of healthcare associated infections., • Other Responsibilities - Abide by any relevant code of professional conduct and/or practice applicable to you., • Other Responsibilities - Expected to be onsite regularly., • Other Responsibilities - A member of the Digital Gold on call rota #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 205478 Ecclesiastical Insurance, part of Benefact Group are looking for a Head of Channel and Performance Marketing to join our Gloucester office. As the Head of Channel & Performance Marketing you'll be accountable for setting the direction for UKGI's channel, go-to-market and commercial performance marketing activity, ensuring marketing investment and capability are focused on delivering measurable customer, broker and business outcomes. You’ll lead the Channel & Performance Marketing function, bringing together digital channels and technology, social media, and go-to-market delivery. It ensures activity is audience and insight-led, effectively targeted and continually optimised through data and performance measurement. You’ll also maximise partnership activities, including offering external Marketing consultancy to provide incremental value to our highest value brokers and customers. Working closely with the Marketing Director and wider Marketing leadership team, the role ensures business priorities are translated into effective marketing activity, resources are focused where they can have greatest impact and UKGI continues to develop its channel and performance marketing capability. "Our marketing function is expanding rapidly, giving us a genuine opportunity to redefine how we drive growth across every channel. As Head of Channel & Performance Marketing, you won’t just set new standards for campaigns – you’ll develop the strategic direction, influence the business at the highest level and lead our GTM teas to deliver commercial impact whilst growing and protecting our brand. We need a inspirational, resilient, high energised leader who thrives in fast moving environments and can steer a team through transformational change and instil a high performance culture". Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. Define and lead UKGI's channel and performance marketing strategy and plans, translating Marketing and business priorities into clear direction across digital, social, go-to-market and broker engagement activity. Lead UKGI's go-to-market capability, ensuring effective planning, prioritisation and execution across business portfolios and appropriate integration with wider Marketing activity. Lead digital channel and technology capability, ensuring externally facing websites, search, marketing technology and associated digital services evolve in line with audience needs, business priorities and changing market practice. Drive the use of tools and functionality to improve engagement, automation, nurture and MI. Provide direction for UKGI's social media capability, ensuring social supports brand, audience and business objectives and is integrated effectively with wider channel activity. Lead broker engagement and external marketing consultancy capability, ensuring Marketing expertise supports distribution priorities and strengthens the effectiveness of broker schemes, broker partners, and key customers. Embed performance-led marketing, establishing appropriate KPIs and reporting and using data, audience insight and test-and-learn approaches to improve effectiveness and inform investment decisions. Act as Marketing's principal commercial interface for business-led Marketing demand, ensuring requirements are translated into clear briefs, appropriately prioritised and coordinated across the wider Marketing function. Lead and develop the Channel & Performance Marketing team (c11 FTE), setting priorities and expectations, developing professional capability and enabling specialists to operate effectively within clear areas of ownership. Manage relevant budgets, agencies & suppliers, prioritising investment and resources, demonstrating effectiveness and value. Work collaboratively across Marketing and the wider business, particularly with Brand & Content and Product & Customer Communications, ensuring joined-up planning and effective use of channels and marketing capability. Work effectively with Group Services, including Research & Insight and Digital Infrastructure, ensuring UKGI requirements are understood, prioritised and translated into effective delivery. Ensure appropriate governance and compliance, including relevant regulatory, data, digital and channel requirements, with effective controls and escalation. Support the Marketing Director in delivering the wider Marketing strategy, transformation agenda and development of UKGI's Marketing capability. Proven track record in a senior channel, performance, digital or integrated marketing leadership role. Strong commercial marketing capability with experience translating business objectives into effective marketing strategies & plans. Broad knowledge of digital marketing and channels, go-to-market approaches and performance marketing. Strong understanding of data-driven marketing, customer/audience insight, KPIs, ROI/ROMI and test-and-learn approaches. Experience leading multidisciplinary marketing teams and developing specialist capability. Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements for financial promotions, with ability to challenge and push unnecessary barriers to enhance commercial potential Strong understanding of how technology, data and channels combine to improve marketing and customer outcomes. Accomplished stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to advise and constructively challenge senior stakeholders. Strong commercial judgement and experience managing budgets, agencies, suppliers and investment decisions. Ability to lead effectively across organisational boundaries and through influence as well as direct accountability. Financial services or insurance experience, including B2B/broker and direct marketing. Relevant professional marketing or digital qualification. Experience of CRM, marketing automation and account-based marketing. A curiosity and drive to encourage a commercial mindset within the team Experience working across B2B and direct/customer audiences. A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 10% and 40% 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26 #J-18808-Ljbffr

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Gloucester Job Ref: 205478 Ecclesiastical Insurance, part of Benefact Group are looking for a Head of Channel and Performance Marketing to join our Gloucester office. As the Head of Channel & Performance Marketing you'll be accountable for setting the direction for UKGI's channel, go-to-market and commercial performance marketing activity, ensuring marketing investment and capability are focused on delivering measurable customer, broker and business outcomes. You’ll lead the Channel & Performance Marketing function, bringing together digital channels and technology, social media, and go-to-market delivery. It ensures activity is audience and insight-led, effectively targeted and continually optimised through data and performance measurement. You’ll also maximise partnership activities, including offering external Marketing consultancy to provide incremental value to our highest value brokers and customers. Working closely with the Marketing Director and wider Marketing leadership team, the role ensures business priorities are translated into effective marketing activity, resources are focused where they can have greatest impact and UKGI continues to develop its channel and performance marketing capability. "Our marketing function is expanding rapidly, giving us a genuine opportunity to redefine how we drive growth across every channel. As Head of Channel & Performance Marketing, you won’t just set new standards for campaigns – you’ll develop the strategic direction, influence the business at the highest level and lead our GTM teas to deliver commercial impact whilst growing and protecting our brand. We need a inspirational, resilient, high energised leader who thrives in fast moving environments and can steer a team through transformational change and instil a high performance culture". Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes. Define and lead UKGI's channel and performance marketing strategy and plans, translating Marketing and business priorities into clear direction across digital, social, go-to-market and broker engagement activity. Lead UKGI's go-to-market capability, ensuring effective planning, prioritisation and execution across business portfolios and appropriate integration with wider Marketing activity. Lead digital channel and technology capability, ensuring externally facing websites, search, marketing technology and associated digital services evolve in line with audience needs, business priorities and changing market practice. Drive the use of tools and functionality to improve engagement, automation, nurture and MI. Provide direction for UKGI's social media capability, ensuring social supports brand, audience and business objectives and is integrated effectively with wider channel activity. Lead broker engagement and external marketing consultancy capability, ensuring Marketing expertise supports distribution priorities and strengthens the effectiveness of broker schemes, broker partners, and key customers. Embed performance-led marketing, establishing appropriate KPIs and reporting and using data, audience insight and test-and-learn approaches to improve effectiveness and inform investment decisions. Act as Marketing's principal commercial interface for business-led Marketing demand, ensuring requirements are translated into clear briefs, appropriately prioritised and coordinated across the wider Marketing function. Lead and develop the Channel & Performance Marketing team (c11 FTE), setting priorities and expectations, developing professional capability and enabling specialists to operate effectively within clear areas of ownership. Manage relevant budgets, agencies & suppliers, prioritising investment and resources, demonstrating effectiveness and value. Work collaboratively across Marketing and the wider business, particularly with Brand & Content and Product & Customer Communications, ensuring joined-up planning and effective use of channels and marketing capability. Work effectively with Group Services, including Research & Insight and Digital Infrastructure, ensuring UKGI requirements are understood, prioritised and translated into effective delivery. Ensure appropriate governance and compliance, including relevant regulatory, data, digital and channel requirements, with effective controls and escalation. Support the Marketing Director in delivering the wider Marketing strategy, transformation agenda and development of UKGI's Marketing capability. Proven track record in a senior channel, performance, digital or integrated marketing leadership role. Strong commercial marketing capability with experience translating business objectives into effective marketing strategies & plans. Broad knowledge of digital marketing and channels, go-to-market approaches and performance marketing. Strong understanding of data-driven marketing, customer/audience insight, KPIs, ROI/ROMI and test-and-learn approaches. Experience leading multidisciplinary marketing teams and developing specialist capability. Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements for financial promotions, with ability to challenge and push unnecessary barriers to enhance commercial potential Strong understanding of how technology, data and channels combine to improve marketing and customer outcomes. Accomplished stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to advise and constructively challenge senior stakeholders. Strong commercial judgement and experience managing budgets, agencies, suppliers and investment decisions. Ability to lead effectively across organisational boundaries and through influence as well as direct accountability. Financial services or insurance experience, including B2B/broker and direct marketing. Relevant professional marketing or digital qualification. Experience of CRM, marketing automation and account-based marketing. A curiosity and drive to encourage a commercial mindset within the team Experience working across B2B and direct/customer audiences. A competitive salary - let's discuss it Hybrid working Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 10% and 40% 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year Employee Assistance Programme Full study support to gain professional qualifications Access to virtual GP Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Ecclesiastical Insurance offer insurance with award-winning service across a broad range of specialisms, including faith, charity, heritage, education, art and private client, real estate and schemes, across Ireland, Canada and the UK. As a business, we’ve been trusted to protect some of the UK’s best-loved and most iconic buildings for over a century, and we’re not standing still. We’re a forward thinking, energetic organisation entering new markets, with an ambition to double our size, because when we grow, we give back more. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26 #J-18808-Ljbffr

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