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The role If you’re an experienced, inspiring and commercially astute Associate Planning Director who thrives on shaping strategy, building client relationships and leading teams, we’d love to hear from you. Denholm are delighted to be working with a leading and highly-regarded creative agency who provide world-class expertise and output for ambitious brands and household names alike. Right now, they are seeking an Associate Planning Director to join their Newcastle-based team. This award-winning agency have built their reputation on helping clients build powerful brands through engaging brand stories, that are as unique as they are memorable. As Associate Planning Director, you’ll not only lead on strategic thinking for key accounts but also help steer the overall planning function, supporting the Planning Director in shaping agency strategy and raising the agency’s profile. What you’ll be doing Reporting into the Planning Director, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the planning function, overseeing strategy for your key accounts while coaching, inspiring and developing the wider planning team. Other responsibilities include: • Overseeing strategic relationships with your clients, becoming a trusted advisor at senior level., • Leading the development of brand, creative and comms strategies, proactively identifying opportunities for brand growth., • Approving and shaping strategic outputs from the team, inspiring colleagues and clients on all strategic matters., • Coaching junior colleagues in research techniques, qualitative and quantitative methods, and the translation of data into insight., • Championing inspirational, insight-driven briefs and leading creative reviews to help work reach its full potential., • Acting as a sounding board for creative colleagues and providing coaching on nurturing effective creative work., • Bringing a strong and informed perspective on established and emerging media channels, building productive relationships with media partners., • Being the go-to holder of knowledge for your key accounts, sharing sector insight, advertising/brand expertise and thought leadership with the agency and clients., • Publishing thought leadership at least 6 times a year, speaking at events and raising the agency’s profile in the wider marketing community., • Driving the agency’s effectiveness culture internally and with clients, approving effectiveness programmes and ensuring best practice is embedded across the team., • Playing a leading role in new business — from leading pitches and writing proposals through to identifying opportunities and growing networks. Who we’re looking for • A proven strategic leader with extensive agency experience, ideally at Senior Planner or Planning Director level, ready to step up and take ownership of the planning function., • An inspiring communicator, able to set the standard for verbal and written communication across the team, and confident presenting to senior clients, Boards and C-Suites., • Commercially minded, with a track record of contributing to agency growth through new business and by strengthening client partnerships., • A natural coach and mentor, with the ability to nurture talent, manage with empathy and compassion, and motivate the planning team., • Knowledgeable and curious, always ahead of emerging trends in advertising, media, culture and consumer behaviour., • Credible with agency leaders and senior clients, earning trust through clarity, confidence and strategic insight. In return for all of your hard work, you'll be rewarded with a generous package of health and wellbeing, work/life balance and development benefits, a winning team culture and highly competitive salary. If that sounds like your ideal next move, apply today!

Business Analyst Location: Hybrid working - Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (Expectation is to be in the office for 2 days per week Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week Salary: £45,000 - £55,000pa depending on experience Ready to maximise your potential? C&C Group supplies software solutions and services to almost every energy and water company throughout Great Britain, along with select pharmaceutical companies. We are at the dawn of an exciting new era with Smart Grids, as well as Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS), which is one of the biggest changes to the electricity industry to date. This means we are on the lookout for exceptional talent to join our team, as we expand our reach as well as our goals. Technology is the essence of what we do, but our people make us who we are. What will I be doing? As a Business Analyst at C&C Group, you will play a crucial role in connecting industry and customer needs with our portfolio. By leveraging your expanding knowledge of the industry, and our suite of products and services, you will support and contribute to the expansion of our portfolio. You will apply your skills in evaluating processes, defining requirements, and providing data-backed recommendations to executives and stakeholders, whilst ensuring the expectations of our customers are met. You will ensure business and customer requirements are translated into solutions that deliver measurable value and align with C&C Group’s strategic goals. You will be expected to bridge the gap between customers’ and industry requirements, business processes, and our products. Your colleagues will help you build your knowledge of the utilities sector and our products from the outset; however, you will be expected to add to this quickly so that you can have informed meaningful conversations with stakeholders. You will be required to thoroughly understand and document the customers’ requirements, and to prepare clear, concise, and unambiguous software specifications ensuring the customers’ and product owners needs are met, and where appropriate, improved upon. You will act as the pivot between the customer, product managers, software developers, testers, and other internal stakeholders, ensuring that all parties clearly understand what is to be delivered. While Project Managers hold overall responsibility for delivery, you will work closely alongside them, providing clarifications and insight as required to keep delivery aligned with business and customer needs. What will my day look like? Requirements Gathering & Documentation • Work with stakeholders to elicit, analyse, define, capture and communicate requirements to create a shared understanding amongst business and technical stakeholders which will lead to the implementation of an effective solution., • Produce clear, concise, unambiguous, realistic, consistent, detailed, and complete software specifications. Translate industry and business requirements into detailed specifications., • Work with product owners to analyse industry and customer driven change proposals to determine the impacts on a range of products and services. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication • Build impactful relationships with external and internal stakeholders by being approachable, knowledgeable, and acting as an ambassador of C&C Group., • Provide expertise in relation to business and industry processes to ensure our customers’ obligations are effectively met by the software solution, and within any industry-prescribed timetable., • Prepare and deliver presentations to various parties, both internally and externally. Solution Support & Collaboration • Provide advice on aspects of system design where there may be change. Interpret the business requirement and ensure any change is consistent and will be understood by the customer., • Aim to have a broader view than our developers and work together to bridge any knowledge gaps., • Represent the customer/business to the wider team to help prioritise requirements and solutions., • Collaborate with the project teams on various aspects of the project/specifications and design functions., • Occasionally assist with testing scenarios where in-depth input / knowledge into specific aspects of a system or its functions is needed., • Communicate effectively and build relationships at all levels throughout the company. Practice Development • Working with colleagues to input into the development of the Business Analysis Practice and that of QA, promoting best practice and developing new processes and templates in line with industry standards. More about you: Must have: • Demonstrable experience of capturing and documenting customer requirements, creating detailed, clear, unambiguous, and complete software specifications., • Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly Visio, Excel, Word and PowerPoint., • Experience of using Microsoft Azure DevOps to capture requirements., • Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria in Agile environments., • Excellent listening skills with the ability to take real interest and understand the customers’ requirements or issues., • Excellent written and verbal communication skills., • Ability to create and deliver clear and concise presentations., • Demonstrable experience of working across multiple projects at the same time., • Excellent analytical skills with an interest in data and systems., • Strong attention to detail and accuracy in documentation., • A desire to improve business procedures and products., • Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage at all levels of the organisation, balance multiple stakeholder priorities, and resolve conflicts effectively. Highly preferable: • Specific knowledge of the electricity, gas or water industries would be extremely valuable., • Experience in digital transformation – legacy systems to modern architecture patterns (e.g. microservices), • Experience of the software development lifecycle especially in an Agile environment. Nice to have: • Experience of using design and prototyping tools (e.g., Balsamiq, Figma, Lucidchart)., • Data modelling experience and knowledge (logical, physical data models). Preferred Qualifications: • Degree (or equivalent practical experience) in Business Analysis, Information Technology, or a related discipline., • BCS Diploma in Business Analysis or IIBA CCBA or CBAP certified., • Experience or formal training in Agile/Scrum frameworks (Scrum Master or SAFe Agilist desirable but not essential), • Knowledge of data analysis and modelling techniques (e.g. UML, BPMN, ERD, SQL, Power BI) Benefits and Rewards include: • Comprehensive private healthcare for you, including optical and dental, as well as extra cancer care cover and access to mental health support, • 25-28 days holiday, plus public holidays of course, • Payroll Giving Scheme – We will match donations made to your chosen charity!, • A generous monthly team social budget, • Fruit, snacks, and drinks when working in our offices, • Electric Vehicle Scheme, • Ride to Work Scheme, • Extra days annual leave for your wedding/civil partnership, • Free on-site car parking How do I join the C&C Group Team? If this advert sparks excitement as well as matches your aspirations and skills, then apply today! If this isn’t the right role for you but you would love to work for C&C Group, then please get in touch. We are always looking for smart, innovative, and motivated talent.

The Angelou Centre Trustees (voluntary) Newcastle Upon Tyne The Angelou Centre is a Black-led feminist organisation based in Newcastle, dedicated to supporting Black, minoritised, and migrant women and children. For over three decades, we have provided specialist refuge, counselling, employability, and advocacy services, while working locally and nationally to challenge racism, gender-based violence, and structural inequalities. Over the past year, we expanded our refuge provision, enhanced our specialist support to children & young people and continued to deliver frontline services that have transformed lives. Alongside this, our research and advocacy projects such as Stories of Colour and our national policy work continue to amplify the voices of women too often silenced, shaping more inclusive responses across the UK. This is an exciting yet challenging time for our organisation. Demand for our services is growing while the wider voluntary sector faces unprecedented pressures. As a trustee, you will play a vital role in helping us navigate this landscape, bringing your expertise, strategic insight, and commitment to feminist and anti-racist values to strengthen our governance and support our mission. We are seeking trustees from a range of professional backgrounds, including • Finance/Treasury, • Housing/Refuge/Safe Accommodation, • Strategic Communications, • Training & Employability, • Counselling, • Human Resources, • Children and young people’s services Whatever your area of expertise, your contribution will help ensure that the Angelou Centre remains a strong, sustainable, and values-driven organisation that continues to deliver life-changing impact. Please note these posts are: • Subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure, • Subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. It will be necessary for a disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and barring Service for details of any previous criminal convictions., • Open to women* only (*exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1 The Angelou Centre is aware that Black and racialised women are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and requirement. So, if you are excited by these roles, but your past experience doesn’t quite match every requirement we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the person we are looking for. We hope you will consider joining us at this pivotal moment. Together, we can build on the resilience and achievements of the women we work alongside, and shape a more just and inclusive future. Please apply via email with a full CV and Covering letter to our retained consultancy Castle Peak Group. A full candidate pack can be downloaded here:

The role If you’re an energetic, creative and passionate Mid/Senior Agency Planner or Brand Strategist who loves what they do and is looking for their next challenge, we want to hear from you! Denholm are delighted to be working with a leading and highly-regarded creative agency who provide world-class expertise and output for ambitious brands and household names alike. Right now, they are seeking an experienced Mid/Senior level agency Planner or Brand Strategist to join their Newcastle-based team. This award-winning agency have built their reputation on helping clients build powerful brands through engaging brand stories, that are as unique as they are memorable. They have a great reputation for fantastic work and team culture, with this role in particular being key to their creative success. What you’ll be doing Reporting into the Head of Planning, as the agency's new Planner/Brand Strategist you’ll take a leading role in planning on clients’ ambitious brand, advertising, comms and digital projects while also measuring the effectiveness of the work itself. Other responsibilities include: • Using a range of research and strategy approaches to provide qualitative/quantitative data and insights — from desk research and large-scale projects through to running workshops and focus groups with clients in the room., • Immersing yourself in your clients' sectors, categories and brand worlds, bringing back patterns, themes and inspiration that drive strategy forwards., • Developing bold, insight-driven work across brand positioning and identity through to marketing, comms, advertising and digital experiences., • Coaching junior planners in qualitative/quantitative techniques, frameworks and exercises, and helping shape their outputs., • Signing off on creative briefs, leading briefings, and being a trusted sounding board for creative teams., • Confidently discussing brand, creative and comms strategy with senior clients and colleagues, and proactively suggesting what needs to be on their future agenda., • Keeping up to date on the latest media trends, platforms and channels, and bringing an informed view into comms planning., • Driving the agency’s effectiveness culture: designing and delivering evaluations, embedding best practice with client teams, and publishing/feeding into thought leadership., • Playing a key role in new business — from proposals and costings through to strategy, creative development and pitching. Who we’re looking for • A razor-sharp communicator — clarity, incision and inspiration in both written and spoken word, comfortable presenting at Board / C-Suite level., • Ideally a minimum 5 years’ agency experience in a mid-weight or senior planning role, ideally in an integrated or advertising agency, but client-side consumer insight experience will also be considered., • An inspiring and energising colleague who can help lead and motivate junior members of the team, coaching and training as needed., • Credible with senior clients, earning trust as an advisor and building long-term relationships., • Commercially astute, with experience contributing to pitches, identifying opportunities and supporting agency growth., • Someone who can juggle multiple projects and always hit deadlines, while maintaining empathy, consideration and a collaborative team spirit. In return for all of your hard work, you'll be rewarded with a generous package of health and wellbeing, work/life balance and development benefits, a winning team culture and highly competitive salary. If that sounds like your ideal next move, apply today!

DAP Project Manager Position Overview As a DAP Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple client-facing projects across a diverse portfolio of accounts. You will engage with clients from the initial scoping phase through to post-implementation support, ensuring successful outcomes, maximum value, and strong user adoption. This role requires a confident, proactive leader who can manage complex projects under tight deadlines, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Core Client-Facing Project Management • Lead the management of multiple concurrent projects across various client accounts., • Support project scoping during Pre-Sales and Discovery phases, ensuring clients fully understand the solution’s capabilities., • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures to ensure accountability for milestones and deliverables., • Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks., • Collaborate closely with internal teams through all stages — design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support., • Act as the champion of client business needs, driving discussions on innovative solutions and new use cases., • Partner with technical specialists to design scalable solutions, produce value packs, and deliver business insights and recommendations., • Prepare compelling business cases, value reports, and success stories to support account growth and upsell opportunities. Operational Excellence & Governance • Promote and embed best practice across the organisation by contributing to documented operational procedures and continuous improvement initiatives., • Stay current with relevant industry developments, product updates, and technology trends., • Serve as a gatekeeper for strong project governance and act as the first point of escalation for operational challenges., • Produce comprehensive weekly status reports and communication plans for executive sponsors and project teams., • Assist the Senior Project Manager with team capacity planning, risk assessment, and opportunity identification. Collaboration Across Partner Alliances • Lead onboarding efforts for new and existing customers, ensuring alignment of business objectives with technical configuration and solution design., • Partner with strategic alliances and external vendors to deliver successful outcomes jointly to customers. About You You are a driven, adaptable, and customer-focused professional who thrives in a dynamic environment. You balance long-term vision with short-term agility, and you value continuous improvement in everything you do. You are: • Results-driven and deadline-focused, • A confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills, • A fast, flexible learner who embraces change, • Collaborative, friendly, and professional in all interactions Essential Experience • 5+ years in Project Management, Professional Services, or Management Consulting, ideally within learning technologies or enterprise software., • Proven ability to deliver small, medium, and large-scale projects successfully., • Demonstrated skill in managing multiple commitments and priorities simultaneously., • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills., • Excellent written and verbal communication, with confidence in engaging technical, business, and C-level stakeholders., • High organisational competence and the ability to guide customers through complex technical processes., • Passion for technology, with the ability to learn new platforms quickly. Desirable Experience • 1+ years’ hands-on experience with Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) solutions., • Proven track record in enterprise software application implementation, preferably SaaS ERP/CRM or SAP platforms., • Relevant Project Management or Change Management certifications., • Experience in change management and/or business analysis., • Working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, process flow optimisation, and organisational change management.

Experience in content research, journalism, media, or similar role. We are looking for a creative, tenacious, and well-connected Content Researcher to source eye-catching, real-life stories featuring female protagonists aged 18–28, based in the United States. If you’ve got a nose for the bizarre

Proven experience as a Product Owner (or similar role) in a SaaS, technology, or digital product environment. As a Product Owner, you’ll be the voice of the customer within the product team. Translate product strategy and customer needs into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.

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