Strategic management jobs in United Kingdom

We believe in giving you more time to do the things you love outside of work Job Title: Head of School Location: Baston House School, Bromley, Kent, BR2 7AB Hours: 40 hours per week | Monday–Friday | Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum (depending on experience, not pro rata) Contract: Permanent | Term Time Only Start: September 2026 UK applicants only – no sponsorship available About the Role As Head of School, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring the school delivers outstanding education, exceptional safeguarding standards and life-changing outcomes for every pupil. Working closely with the wider Options Autism and Outcomes First Group teams, you'll be responsible for creating an ambitious vision for the school, developing an exceptional staff team and ensuring the highest standards across all aspects of school life. You'll lead a school where therapeutic approaches, high-quality teaching and personalised learning combine to help pupils reach their full potential and prepare them for fulfilling futures. What you will be doing • Provide inspirational leadership that promotes a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement., • Drive exceptional educational outcomes through an engaging, ambitious and inclusive curriculum., • Ensure outstanding teaching, learning and assessment across the school., • Lead on safeguarding, health and safety and pupil wellbeing, creating a safe and nurturing environment., • Build strong partnerships with pupils, families, Local Authorities and external professionals., • Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing staff team through coaching, performance management and professional development., • Oversee school improvement planning, self-evaluation and quality assurance., • Ensure compliance with all DfE, Ofsted and Independent School Standards., • Monitor school performance, attendance, behaviour and pupil progress, implementing effective improvement strategies where needed., • Support the commercial success and sustainable growth of the school through effective resource and budget management., • Champion a positive school culture where every member of the community feels valued, supported and empowered to succeed. What you will bring • Degree and QTS required., • Significant senior leadership experience within education., • A proven track record of improving educational outcomes and leading successful school improvement., • Strong knowledge of safeguarding, SEND, school leadership and statutory education requirements., • Experience preparing for and leading successful Ofsted inspections., • Exceptional people leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, inspire and develop teams., • Strong financial and operational management experience., • A commitment to delivering outstanding education and transforming the lives of children and young people. About Us Baston House School is an independent day specialist school in Bromley, Kent, supporting children and young people aged 5–19 with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and associated needs. The school provides a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where pupils are fully included in all aspects of school life. Our focus is on developing academic skills, social understanding, emotional wellbeing, and independence, enabling each pupil to achieve positive outcomes and prepare for their next steps. By fostering a strong sense of community and personalised learning, Baston House ensures every pupil is valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. For over 19 years, Options Autism has provided specialist care and education for children, young people, and adults with autism, complex needs, and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are pioneering innovative, evidence-based approaches that deliver meaningful, measurable outcomes for everyone in our care. We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running. Why Join Us? We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS. • Life Assurance, • Pension scheme with options to increase contributions, • “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks, • Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:, • Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits, • Hundreds of UK and international discounts, • Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme, • Critical illness cover, • Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales. #1

Company Description At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers®, we serve only the most craveable chicken finger meals – it’s our One Love! Known for our great Crew and cool Culture, we follow a Work Hard. Have Fun. philosophy. Raising Cane’s is the fastest-growing chicken concept around and is on track to be a Top 10 Restaurant Brand in the United States. Each Crewmember is important to our rapid growth and enduring success. Now is your chance to join the Team and Raise The Bar! Job Description Your Role at Raising Cane’s: The Restaurant Leader is responsible for strategic direction for their restaurant and must maintain operations standards and drive results through people development, sales and profit growth. This role is tasked with teaching, modeling and upholding Raising Cane’s culture standards for all crewmembers, customers and partners. The physical work environment includes working in a fast-paced kitchen environment (which requires extended periods of physical exertion, such as walking, standing, lifting and bending) and interacting with customers. It also includes both inside and outside work in varied temperatures, working with and around food products, common allergens, industrial equipment, commercial cleaning products that require the use of personal protective equipment and physical activities necessary to complete the responsibilities of the job. Your Impact and Responsibilities: • Purpose of the position:, • Ensures overall financial success of the restaurant and is responsible for forecasting and budgeting, • Ensures overall restaurant compliance to company standards, policies and laws, • Hires and terminates management-level crewmembers including status change and payroll process, • Creates crewmember work and training schedules, • Develops management-level crewmembers including performance management, • Acts as manager on duty, opens and closes the restaurant, manages cash handling, • Monitors profit and loss statements, develops and executes strategy in all areas of financial and operational performance, • General to the role:, • Enforces Raising Cane’s policies and standards, • Uses required tools, forms and logs to support shift execution, document results and take corrective action when needed, • Deploys crewmembers during a shift and provides exemplary customer service, • Utilizes reward and recognition program for the crewmembers in the restaurant, • Authorizes employee functions requiring manager approval (e.g. discounts, timeclock overrides, etc.), • Ensures cleanliness of the restaurant and ensures the facility is in good working order, • Achieves and maintains training restaurant status, • Achieves “meets expectations” or better metrics in all crewmember and operations performance metrics, • Completes other duties as assigned Qualifications Requirements for Success: • Detail-oriented, organized and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing, • Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills, • Able to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively, • Able to recognize problems, set goals, create plans and convert plans into action to solve problems, • Able to measure performance, subjectively and objectively with a high level of emotional intelligence, • Proficient in a variety of technology systems including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) and ability to learn and adapt to new systems quickly, • Able to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings and weekends and travel as needed for work-related functions and training, • Able to manage all public dealings in a professional manner, consistent with Raising Cane’s policies and acts as a brand ambassador inside and outside the restaurant, • 5+ years of restaurant or retail management experience, • New restaurant opening and local restaurant marketing experience preferred, • GCSEs or equivalent required, some tertiary education preferred, • Possess a valid UK driver’s license Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. _ Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time and you must hold valid Right to Work in the UK when applying

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. Amazon Web Services has an immediate opening for a highly motivated Project Controls Manager for critical infrastructure projects in operational data centers. Candidates should have a proven track record of planning and monitoring project performance to ensure scope, schedule, cost, and resource objectives are achieved. This role provides data-driven insight, forecasting, and governance to support effective decision-making across complex capital projects in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have excellent analytical abilities and strong attention to details to identify risks and ask the right technical questions to ensure appropriate trade-offs are made when negotiating resources, determining priorities, and escalating successfully. They must possess solid business acumen to understand and support the strategic direction of organizational goals. Strong written and oral communication skills are required to lead effective meetings with key stakeholders to drive business and technical discussions toward results. They will be fully competent in a variety of project management tools, methodologies, and techniques for all phases of the project lifecycle and exhibit demonstrated proficiency in core project management disciplines including initiation, planning, budgeting, resourcing, risk management, reporting on key metrics, quality control, and closeout. As a Project Controls Manager, you must have deep subject matter expertise in project management, cost and schedule planning, and end-to-end understanding of critical infrastructure systems to facilitate technical trade-offs between short-term team needs and long-term business needs. You will be expected to take ownership and influence positive change, deploying and leveraging analytical data to drive quality, productivity, and cost improvements. Responsibilities include providing strategic insight across stakeholder teams during monthly business reviews and producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status to business and finance partners. If you are a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, enjoy new challenges in an ever-changing environment, are vocally self-critical, and are naturally curious, this job is for you. Key job responsibilities • Develop high-level operational plans, in partnership with stakeholder teams, that specify scope delivery, schedule, resource, and budget requirements. Operational plans extend a minimum 12-18 months to provide financial and headcount investment lookahead., • Standardize the process, tooling, data, and reporting requirements for measuring key portfolio performance indices to ensure portfolio success., • Standardize program planning data, including scope definition, cost and labor estimates, and schedule estimates, for existing and new programs to enhance portfolio planning., • Design and implement enhanced cost and labor estimating mechanisms that incorporate actual performance data into estimate iterations via automated feedback loops., • Create and manage goals in safety, quality, team productivity, vendor performance, and cost control., • Producing accurate and timely reporting on portfolio status for business and finance partners., • Planning and hosting value stream mapping events with key stakeholders to measure work throughput, identify inefficiencies, determine root causes, and develop solutions to optimize processes to support program success., • Gathering feedback from internal customers and stakeholders to drive portfolio and program improvements., • Applying change, risk, and resource management to adapt as organizational demands change., • Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the team with organizational goals. About the team Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship and Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. #DCCD_AMER • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, • Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production, • Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems, • Experience with power management and power monitoring systems, • Knowledge of critical data center equipment, • Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures, • Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA, • Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure, • Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure, • Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (_) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit _ for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Amazon Cabling Infrastructure & Technology is a growing and innovative global team that design and implements ICT infrastructure to support Amazon’s portfolio of corporate offices. Operational excellence is at the forefront of our approach, raising the bar across all aspects of the project delivery process to provide our customers with a seamless IT delivery experience. For the EMEA region we are looking for an exceptional individual with a successful track record and progressive career history in the area of low voltage structured cabling, as a Design Engineer/Project Manager. This role will be office based with 20% travel throughout EMEA. The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with our design consultants and internal customers to standardize our structured cabling and server room designs to accelerate delivery and lower cost across our portfolio of building launches. This role requires an experienced professional with a background in structured cabling and has experience of generating designs as well as providing effective oversight. The Design Engineer/Project Manager is expected to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and external vendors to drive best practices and establish tools, and standards consistent with large corporate deployments. The candidate will be required to have more than a cabling background. It is expected they will also have a strong IT background with knowledge of other facets of an IT network, such as networking, WiFi, AV, Security, PDU, UPS and Smart Building technologies. Your experience will help us to drive continuous improvement and development for our infrastructure. As a member of this global team, you will engage with key stakeholders and vendors across various disciplines to ensure the ICT infrastructure is compliant with Amazon & Industry standards and ready for commencement of building occupation. You are the right person for this job if you have a solid end user focus and a passion for producing high-quality deliverables. You must be a self-starter and a critical thinker to deliver results with a curiosity and drive for learning. You must demonstrate the ability to efficiently plan and prioritize deliverables and resources across multiple projects and working groups. This position requires you to manage stakeholder expectations, budgets, schedules and scope. You must exhibit bias for action, and not rely on others to show you the path forward. You are the right person for this position if you take ownership and challenge the status quo. This is an opportunity to leverage and grow your existing experience in an innovative and highly collaborative environment where the results of your efforts will directly impact Amazon and its customers. Key job responsibilities Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams to select Design Consultants & Low Voltage Contractors Identify and implement design opportunities to lower the cost to serve Review Request for Pricing and renegotiation of bids Implement a vendor agnostic approach to design & implementation by setting the tolerances Update budget tracking tools Refine the current infrastructure design material in line with best practice Implement design best practice and standards to deliver construction ready designs Coordinate supply chain forecasts Flexibility to work with stakeholders in different time zones Review Design Consultant weekly progress reports and host update meetings. Identify risks on critical path and provide resolution Support Vendor Manager with QBR by providing operational metrics Main POC for all internal customers for escalations, questions or recommendations of all aspects of the structured cabling and containment pathways Travel 20% to time to meet with stakeholders, vendors and visit project locations Training of LVCs and Design Consultants on Amazon specifications and standards Attending progress/room ready meetings in person or online and collaborate with QAQC team Participate in the infrastructure life-cycle planning and design to align cabling roadmaps Timely and concise communication (both written/verbally) with key stakeholders Develop, track, and report project metrics as necessary A day in the life As a Design Engineer/Project Manager, you'll standardize structured cabling infrastructure while collaborating across disciplines. Your days include reviewing consultant design proposals, identifying cost optimizations, and coordinating with stakeholders across time zones. You'll work with vendors and design teams to ensure infrastructure meets Amazon and industry standards. You'll mentor consultants and contractors on Amazon specifications, host cross-functional progress meetings, and update tracking tools to keep leadership informed on budget, schedule, and risk. Throughout, you'll balance strategic planning with hands-on problem-solving, ensuring projects deliver high-quality results on time and within budget. • Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems, • Experience in project management, • Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service, • Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time, • Experience communicating with customers, technical, regulatory, business teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and technical designs, • BICSI Certification or internationally recognized equivalent 5+ Years’ experience in delivery and coordinating corporate office fit outs from design concept through to deployment/construction and close out., • 5+ years Information and Communications Technology (ICT) design experience, • 5+ years of working experience with Audio Visual, WiFi, fiber optic components, copper cabling, and interconnect products, technologies, and standards, • Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains, • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification, • Registered Communications Distribution Designer Certificate (RCDD), • Certified Network Infrastructure Technician (CNIT), • Certified Network Infrastructure Design Professional (CNIDP), • Certified Telecommunications Project Management (CTPM), • Experience of Revit, Auto-CAD, Bluebeam or other Computer Aided Design Tools. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (_) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit _ for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our HR team is all about making Sky a great place to work that’s both fair and inclusive for our people. We do OUR best to help everyone be at THEIR best. From hiring fantastic people to offering great benefits, from supporting learning and careers to making sure everyone gets paid on time – it all makes a difference. We want our people to have everything they need to design awesome products, create amazing TV, deliver the best customer service and much, much, more. We are a COE Global Mobility & Immigration team supporting assignments and international working in diverse businesses across a number of global locations. We work closely with our stakeholders & our partners across Comcast NBCUniversal and Sky on international working compliance and end to end governance What you’ll do – • Partner with Global Mobility operations to manage the full assignment lifecycle, ensuring smooth delivery of services., • Lead risk and compliance across Global Mobility and Immigration, providing clear, pragmatic guidance on complex cases., • Collaborate with Reward on salary reviews and equity solutions for cross-border moves., • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Sky, offering risk-based recommendations to support compliant decision-making., • Own end-to-end immigration casework, enhancing compliance processes, reporting, and governance frameworks., • Manage external vendors and lead key initiatives (e.g. STBV technology implementation) to drive efficiency, cost control, and continuous improvement. Essential Criteria – • Proven experience managing end-to-end Global Mobility and immigration casework within a complex, multinational environment., • Strong UK immigration expertise, including sponsor licence compliance and key visa routes, with working knowledge of EU and US immigration., • Demonstrated experience overseeing international working and short-term business travel compliance frameworks., • Broad understanding of Global Mobility disciplines (tax, payroll, reward, employment law, immigration) to handle complex cases effectively., • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders using clear, risk-based recommendations., • Highly organised with strong attention to detail, able to manage competing priorities and sensitive data in a fast-paced environment. Desirable skills and experience - • Experience delivering technology or system implementations (e.g. mobility or travel tools), including integration and stakeholder engagement., • Track record of driving process optimisation and governance enhancements within Global Mobility frameworks., • Experience managing external vendors and multi-supplier environments, with focus on performance, cost control, and continuous improvement., • Exposure to strategic initiatives such as talent deployment, policy development, or transformation projects in a global organisation How you’ll work We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week. Your office base Osterley Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles. Who we are We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society. We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join us and work within our Enterprise Procurement team. As a Procurement Manager, you will support the strategic sourcing and commercial management of Technology Infrastructure spend categories across Sky, Comcast and NBCUniversal. The role will involve interaction with stakeholders across Technology, Finance and Legal, working across multiple geographies including the UK, Italy and the US. We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embeded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future. What you’ll do Lead strategic sourcing, supplier management and category activities across Infrastructure Hardware (Servers & Storage), End User Computing, Security Hardware/ Software & Hardware Support Services. Develop and execute Procurement category strategies that support business and technology objectives. Lead commercial negotiations, sourcing events, contract renewals and supplier selection exercises. Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring Procurement is aligned to technology roadmaps and business priorities. Analyse spend, contracts and market data to identify commercial opportunities, cost optimisation initiatives and risk mitigation actions. Prepare commercial recommendations, business cases, presentations and negotiation strategies for senior stakeholders. Deliver meaningful contribution towards the team and department savings targets. Work collaboratively with the wider Infrastructure Procurement team globally, including peers responsible for Cloud, AI and Data Centre categories. Manage strategic relationships with Sky’s Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners, acting as the primary Procurement lead for reseller governance and performance management. Evaluate, update and provide recommendations on the long-term VAR Strategy for Sky UK & Italy Establish, track and report supplier KPIs, ensuring suppliers deliver against agreed service, operational and commercial objectives. Schedule and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), driving accountability, innovation and continuous improvement from key suppliers. Make recommendations on the most effective purchasing routes for various Technology commodities, balancing cost, supply risk, speed and business requirements. Lead the renegotiation of reseller agreements, Master Services Agreements (MSAs). Track, monitor and optimise supplier rebates, incentives and funding programmes to maximise value for Sky. Communicate the progress & benefits of the Value-Added Reseller relationships to the Procurement leadership team. What you’ll bring Essential criteria: Proven procurement experience across IT Hardware, Infrastructure or Technology categories. Proven Procurement experience specifically including the development of category plans and the data analysis to feed into these plans. Procurement processes, knowledge and experience of running sourcing activities including RFPs and large-scale renewals. Good understanding of Sky, our platforms and products, and the wider competitive context within which the Sky business operates. Experience of working in a manager or analyst role and within a procurement team. Experience in a global / pan-European function, managing varying demands and needs within a single project. Being a great teammate. Benefits and perks There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster: Free Sky TV, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution Private healthcare with mental health support Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect Sharesave and Tech schemes A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences How you’ll work We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week. Your office base Osterley Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles. Who we are We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society. We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer. To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement at any time once we have received a sufficient number of applications

If you're an experienced Asset Manager with a passion for data-led investment planning, stock condition and strategic asset management within social housing, this is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact while helping improve homes and outcomes for residents. As Strategic Asset Manager, you

Company Description At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers®, we serve only the most craveable chicken finger meals – it’s our One Love! Known for our great Crew and cool Culture, we follow a Work Hard. Have Fun. philosophy. Raising Cane’s is the fastest-growing chicken concept around and is on track to be a Top 10 Restaurant Brand in the United States. Each Crewmember is important to our rapid growth and enduring success. Now is your chance to join the Team and Raise The Bar! Job Description Your Role at Raising Cane’s: The Restaurant Leader is responsible for strategic direction for their restaurant and must maintain operations standards and drive results through people development, sales and profit growth. This role is tasked with teaching, modeling and upholding Raising Cane’s culture standards for all crewmembers, customers and partners. The physical work environment includes working in a fast-paced kitchen environment (which requires extended periods of physical exertion, such as walking, standing, lifting and bending) and interacting with customers. It also includes both inside and outside work in varied temperatures, working with and around food products, common allergens, industrial equipment, commercial cleaning products that require the use of personal protective equipment and physical activities necessary to complete the responsibilities of the job. Your Impact and Responsibilities: • Purpose of the position:, • Ensures overall financial success of the restaurant and is responsible for forecasting and budgeting, • Ensures overall restaurant compliance to company standards, policies and laws, • Hires and terminates management-level crewmembers including status change and payroll process, • Creates crewmember work and training schedules, • Develops management-level crewmembers including performance management, • Acts as manager on duty, opens and closes the restaurant, manages cash handling, • Monitors profit and loss statements, develops and executes strategy in all areas of financial and operational performance, • General to the role:, • Enforces Raising Cane’s policies and standards, • Uses required tools, forms and logs to support shift execution, document results and take corrective action when needed, • Deploys crewmembers during a shift and provides exemplary customer service, • Utilizes reward and recognition program for the crewmembers in the restaurant, • Authorizes employee functions requiring manager approval (e.g. discounts, timeclock overrides, etc.), • Ensures cleanliness of the restaurant and ensures the facility is in good working order, • Achieves and maintains training restaurant status, • Achieves “meets expectations” or better metrics in all crewmember and operations performance metrics, • Completes other duties as assigned Qualifications Requirements for Success: • Detail-oriented, organized and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing, • Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills, • Able to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively, • Able to recognize problems, set goals, create plans and convert plans into action to solve problems, • Able to measure performance, subjectively and objectively with a high level of emotional intelligence, • Proficient in a variety of technology systems including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) and ability to learn and adapt to new systems quickly, • Able to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings and weekends and travel as needed for work-related functions and training, • Able to manage all public dealings in a professional manner, consistent with Raising Cane’s policies and acts as a brand ambassador inside and outside the restaurant, • 5+ years of restaurant or retail management experience, • New restaurant opening and local restaurant marketing experience preferred, • GCSEs or equivalent required, some tertiary education preferred, • Possess a valid UK driver’s license Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. _ Note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship at this time and you must hold valid Right to Work in the UK when applying

Exclusive Vacancy - Senior Underwriter - Casualty TreatyReinsurerCity of LondonI am currently partnered exclusively with a leading reinsurer who are seeking a Senior Underwriter to join their growing Casualty Treaty team.This role will be Underwriting Casualty Treaty business on an international basis, inline with appetite, using pricing tools and collaborating with the wider team.My client is seeking an Underwriting professional with strong expertise in technical Casualty Treaty Underwriting, strong broker contacts and the drive to build a profitable reinsurance portfolio.Key ResponsibilitiesUnderwrite casualty treaty reinsurance business within established authority levels, underwriting appetite, and risk management frameworks.Contribute to portfolio management, business planning, and strategic initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable and profitable growth.Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers, clients, and market counterparts through regular engagement and business development activity.Analyse market conditions, industry trends, and emerging risks to identify opportunities and support informed underwriting decisions.Partner with actuarial and analytical teams to evaluate exposures, assess risk quality, and support pricing decisions.Assist with the ongoing development, enhancement, and effective application of pricing tools and underwriting methodologies.Ensure underwriting files, decision-making processes, referrals, and supporting documentation are maintained accurately and in line with governance requirements.Produce and contribute to portfolio performance reviews, including analysis of business written, opportunities not pursued, and changing market dynamics.Support portfolio optimisation initiatives, including reinsurance purchasing assessments and other risk management activities.Monitor casualty accumulations and exposure trends, helping to maintain effective controls, reporting, and oversight processes.Collaborate with actuarial and risk teams to develop aggregation scenarios, stress tests, and portfolio monitoring tools.Provide guidance and technical support to junior colleagues, helping to develop underwriting capability across the team.Participate in research, market analysis, and knowledge-sharing initiatives that enhance team performance and technical expertise.Escalate material underwriting, portfolio, operational, or market-related issues to senior stakeholders as required.Contribute to a collaborative team culture, supporting continuous improvement and best practice across underwriting activities.TPBN1_UKTJ

Senior / Associate Quantity SurveyorLocation : Hybrid - Based from our London offices, SE1 2AUSalary : The role will command a highly competitive salary and remuneration package as well as a broad benefits package focused on personal development, wellbeing and community.Contract : Full time, permanent. 37.5 hour working week; Monday to Friday.We are Monaghans Ltd, we provide what is truly the best-in-class multi-disciplinary building consultancy services, delivering quality professional expertise and advice to clients throughout the UK and internationally.We have offices in London, Sheffield, Manchester, and Leeds and our core services are cost management, project management, programme management, building surveying and health and safety consultancy to multiple construction sectors, no two days are the same with us.We are seeking a proactive and highly capable Senior / Associate Quantity Surveyor to join our established Manchester team.This is a key position for an experienced consultant with strong residential expertise, ideally including High Risk Residential (HRRB) projects.You will take a leading role on a major city centre residential development with a contract value in the nine figures, working closely with the Regional Director to deliver high-quality cost management and client-facing services.Alongside this flagship project, you will also support a varied client portfolio across the Retail, Commercial, Residential and Leisure sectors.This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a growing office with a strong reputation, expanding client base and a diverse project pipeline.In addition to this, as our Quantity Surveyor you will:Lead Cost Management and Quantity Surveying services on a large-scale High Risk Residential projectSupport delivery on additional client accounts across multiple sectorsProvide strong client-facing service, managing project and commercial expectationsDeliver both pre- and post-contract services, including cost planning, budgeting, procurement and contract administrationManage risk profiling and advising clients on key project decisionsLead interactions with internal teams, design teams, and contractorsSupport and developing junior staff, contributing to capability building within the officeIn order to be successful in this role you must have:Degree qualified (BSc Quantity Surveying or equivalent)Minimum 7 years' experience in a similar consultancy QS roleStrong background in both pre- and post-contract deliveryProven experience in the Residential sector (HRRB experience preferred)Strong communication skills, both written and verbalExperience delivering projects under varying procurement routesComprehensive understanding of contracts and excellent Contract Administration capabilityStrong skills in cost planning, budgeting, procurement, tendering and risk profilingAbility to lead multidisciplinary teams and supervise junior staffConfidence managing client relationships, providing strategic advice and navigating project riskStrong IT skills, including full proficiency in Microsoft OfficeMonaghans are committed to the continuous professional development of all our staff and we provide a range of professional training programmes and support for staff at all levels including those requiring support to obtain relevant academic or professional qualifications.This job advert is not eligible for sponsorship.If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, click on APPLY today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.No agencies please.TPBN1_UKTJ

Senior Creative Services Manager \n £75,000 - Hybrid - four days in the office and one day working from home \n \n The Opportunity: \n We are partnering with a well-established UK clothing brand to recruit a Senior Creative Services Manager. \n This newly created leadership role combines two existing positions and offers the opportunity to shape the brand's creative direction, develop ways of working and lead a talented multidisciplinary team. \n With no Creative Director above the role, it offers significant autonomy and operates at a level similar to a Head of Creative. \n \n The Role: \n You will lead the creative services function, managing three direct reports, all managers across PR, Content, Retail Marketing and Production. \n You will also provide direction to a wider team of dotted-line reports across creative, content, marketing and production. \n Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will ensure the brand's creative output is consistent, engaging and commercially effective across all customer touchpoints. \n You will be needed for the creative vision and direction on photoshoots too; a hands on and strategic mix. \n \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Lead and develop the creative services function.\n, • Manage three senior direct reports and oversee the wider team.\n, • Shape and communicate the brand's creative vision.\n, • Ensure creative work is consistent with brand guidelines.\n, • Improve team structures, processes and ways of working.\n, • Oversee the delivery of campaigns and creative projects.\n, • Balance creative ambition with commercial objectives.\n, • Build a collaborative, accountable and high-performing culture.\n, • Coach and develop managers and their teams.\n, • Manage priorities, deadlines and budgets effectively.\n\n \n About You: \n You will be an experienced creative leader with a strong background in brand, creative services or integrated marketing. \n You will bring: \n\n • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing managers.\n, • Strong knowledge of brand, content, PR, retail marketing and production.\n, • The ability to set a clear creative vision and inspire others.\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.\n, • A commercially focused and collaborative approach.\n, • The confidence to work with significant autonomy.\n, • An approachable, energetic and low-ego leadership style.\n\n Experience within fashion, retail, lifestyle or another consumer-facing brand would be advantageous. \n \n The Culture: \n The business has an energetic, sociable and non-corporate culture. The team is close-knit, collaborative and committed to producing excellent work. \n They work hard when deadlines require it but also value the social side of the team, including live events, regular activities and drinks together. \n This position would suit someone who enjoys being visible, engaged and hands-on with their team. \n \n Why Apply? \n\n • Significant creative freedom and influence.\n, • The opportunity to shape a key business function.\n, • Leadership of a talented and established team.\n, • A collaborative and sociable working environment.\n, • Salary of circa £75,000, with some flexibility.\n, • Hybrid working\n, • Fantastic company benefits\n\n \n To apply, please submit your CV and relevant portfolio or examples of your work. All applications and initial conversations will be treated confidentially. \n BH36813

F, P & A LEAD \n\n • Rendall & Rittner • Competitive • Hybrid - London (Vauxhall)\n\n ROLE OVERVIEW \n You will play a pivotal role in shaping financial insight and decision-making across Rendall & Rittner, part of the Odevo Group. Sitting within our central finance team, you will turn data into narratives that inform strategy, improve performance and support leaders across operations, client services and technology. \n Working in a hybrid pattern from our Head Office at 13B St George Wharf, London, SW8 2LE, you will collaborate closely with finance and non-finance stakeholders. You will build robust models, deliver clear reporting and provide challenge and guidance that helps us invest wisely and serve our residents and clients brilliantly. \n ROLE EXPECTATIONS \n You will spend your days building, refining and maintaining forecasts, budgets and dashboards, translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations. You will partner with budget owners to track performance, understand variances and drive actions, while continuously improving processes and tools for speed, accuracy and impact. \n WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE \n\n • Forecasts and budgets are accurate, timely and clearly communicated, with assumptions transparent and agreed.\n, • Variance analysis goes beyond the numbers, highlighting drivers, risks and opportunities with actionable recommendations.\n, • Commercial insight supports better pricing, investment and resource decisions, improving margins and cash flow.\n, • Stakeholders trust your reporting, value your challenge and see you as a proactive, solutions-focused partner.\n, • FP&A processes are streamlined and automated where possible, reducing cycle times and manual effort.\n, • Models, data sources and definitions are well-documented, controlled and easy for others to understand.\n\n HOW YOU'LL SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME \n\n • Building and maintaining rolling forecasts, annual budgets and long-range plans across key revenue and cost lines.\n, • Producing monthly management reporting packs with clear commentary on performance, KPIs and trends.\n, • Performing driver-based variance analysis, scenario modelling and sensitivity testing to guide decisions.\n, • Partnering with budget owners to track initiatives, challenge assumptions and agree corrective actions.\n, • Developing and enhancing financial models, dashboards and data pipelines to improve accuracy and speed.\n, • Supporting ad hoc analysis for bids, investments, pricing and strategic projects within the Odevo Group.\n\n WHO THIS ROLE IS FOR \n\n • You combine strong analytical skills with the ability to simplify complexity and tell a clear story.\n, • You are commercially curious, always asking why, and focused on turning insight into action.\n, • You build positive relationships, communicate confidently and collaborate across finance and operations.\n, • You are detail-obsessed but pragmatic, balancing precision with pace and priorities.\n, • You take ownership, spot opportunities to improve processes and enjoy working in a growth environment.\n\n EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS \n\n • Experience in FP&A, commercial finance or management reporting within a multi-entity or services business.\n, • Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and familiarity with BI tools and data visualisation.\n, • Comfort working with large datasets, building driver-based models and standardising reporting.\n, • Exposure to budgeting, month-end performance reviews and stakeholder-facing analysis.\n, • Knowledge of property or real estate services is advantageous but not essential.\n\n WHAT WE OFFER \n\n • Competitive salary, aligned to experience\n, • Discretionary bonus\n, • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays\n, • Private medical insurance, life assurance and enhanced family leave\n, • Fully funded training and professional development\n, • Paid sabbaticals as a loyalty reward\n, • Pension scheme and employee assistance programme\n, • Discounts across travel, retail, fitness and entertainment\n\n ABOUT RENDALL & RITTNER \n Rendall & Rittner is one of the UK's most established and highly accredited residential leasehold property management companies, managing over 90,000 homes nationwide. Founded in 1990 on the belief that property management should be more professional, transparent and customer-focused, those principles still drive how we operate today as a founding partner of Odevo. \n We are people-led and technology-enabled, investing heavily in our teams, systems and continuous improvement. Our standards are recognised through Investors in People Platinum, regulation by RICS and the FCA, and multiple industry awards, including Property Manager of the Year and Managing Agent of the Year. \n HOW WE HIRE \n\n • Initial conversation with our talent team\n, • Interview focused on your FP&A toolkit, commercial acumen, modelling and data storytelling, including a practical exercise\n\n We aim to complete the process within two to three weeks and communicate clearly throughout. \n INTERESTED? \n Apply with your CV. \n All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documentary evidence of eligibility will be required.

Change Manager Contract: 6 MonthsSector: Public SectorLocation: Hybrid in London The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Change Manager to lead and deliver change management and communications activity for a complex transformation programme within a Public Sector organisation. This role will play a critical part in ensuring successful adoption of change across a dynamic environment, including large-scale organisational transformation and merger activity. The successful candidate will be a hands-on change professional who can bring structure to ambiguity, develop practical solutions, and drive delivery through proactive stakeholder engagement and effective communications.Key Responsibilities\n\n • Lead the development and execution of comprehensive change management and communications strategies.\n, • Create and implement change plans, stakeholder engagement plans, communication plans, and adoption activities.\n, • Work across multiple programme workstreams to ensure a cohesive and aligned approach to change delivery.\n, • Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and provide trusted advice on organisational change impacts.\n, • Assess change readiness, identify risks and challenges, and develop mitigation plans.\n, • Drive engagement activities that support understanding, buy-in, and adoption across the organisation.\n, • Develop practical solutions in fast-moving and often ambiguous environments.\n, • Monitor and adapt change approaches as programme requirements evolve.\n, • Manage communications sensitively within a challenging organisational landscape, including restructuring, merger activity, and workforce impacts.\n, • Take ownership of delivery and ensure change activities are executed effectively and on schedule.\nEssential Experience\n\n, • Significant experience leading complex Change Management and Communications programmes within the Public Sector.\n, • Proven track record of delivering organisational change within large-scale transformation programmes.\n, • Demonstrable experience operating successfully in environments with high levels of ambiguity and evolving requirements.\n, • Experience developing and implementing end-to-end change and communications strategies.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership teams.\n, • Experience supporting organisational restructuring, mergers, integration programmes, or workforce transformation initiatives.\n, • Ability to evidence personal ownership and leadership of change programmes from inception through to delivery.\nKey Skills & Attributes\n\n, • Hands-on approach with a strong delivery mindset.\n, • Self-starter who takes initiative and drives outcomes.\n, • Strong leadership and influencing skills.\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.\n, • Able to balance strategic thinking with practical execution.\n, • Highly adaptable and comfortable working in complex environments.\n, • Resilient, proactive, and commercially aware.\n, • Strong planning, organisation, and problem-solving skills.\nIdeal Candidate The ideal candidate will be a proven Change Manager who has personally led complex transformation initiatives within the Public Sector. They will be comfortable working in uncertain environments, capable of building practical and effective change strategies, and willing to take full ownership of delivery rather than simply coordinating activity through others. Experience managing change during organisational mergers, restructures, or periods of significant workforce impact will be highly advantageous.

\n Programme Manager – 12 Month FTC \n \n About the Role \n We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of a complex, high-profile UK Government programme. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for the end-to-end management of a multi-project programme, ensuring seamless coordination across internal teams, external partners, suppliers, government stakeholders, and an international headquarters in Germany. \n \n Working within a matrix organisation, you will integrate multiple projects, vendors, and functional teams into a single, coherent delivery roadmap. You will be the central point of accountability for programme performance, translating strategic objectives into executable plans while ensuring delivery across organisational, geographic, and cultural boundaries. \n \n This role combines programme leadership with hands-on UK project management responsibilities, requiring close engagement with UK Government organisations, key delivery partners, and local suppliers, while maintaining strong alignment with the EU headquarters. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the end-to-end delivery of a complex, multi-project programme, ensuring successful outcomes against scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.\n, • Develop and maintain an integrated programme roadmap, coordinating multiple workstreams, dependencies, and stakeholders.\n, • Act as the primary point of accountability for programme governance, financial performance, risk management, and stakeholder satisfaction.\n, • Build and maintain strong relationships with UK Government customers, strategic partners, suppliers, and internal leadership teams.\n, • Manage programme governance, reporting, decision-making, and change control in accordance with contractual and organisational requirements.\n, • Navigate UK Government approval and change management processes to support timely programme delivery.\n, • Identify, manage, and mitigate programme risks, issues, and dependencies.\n, • Coordinate cross-functional teams operating within a matrix environment to ensure alignment and effective delivery.\n, • Provide regular programme reporting and executive-level updates to senior stakeholders in both the UK and Germany.\n, • Drive continuous improvement, ensuring lessons learned are captured and applied across the programme.\n\n \n What we Need: \n An experienced Programme Manager with a proven track record of delivering large, complex programmes involving multiple stakeholders and suppliers. You are comfortable operating in a fast-paced matrix environment and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. \n \n Essential Experience & Skills \n\n • Significant experience delivering complex, multi-project programmes.\n, • Demonstrable experience managing programmes within or alongside UK Government organisations.\n, • Strong programme governance, financial management, and risk management expertise.\n, • Experience coordinating multiple suppliers and delivery partners.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.\n, • Strong understanding of programme and project management methodologies.\n, • Experience leading cross-functional teams within a matrix organisation.\n, • Outstanding planning, organisational, and problem-solving skills.\n, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\n \n Desirable \n\n • Experience working with international or multinational organisations.\n, • Previous collaboration with European entities.\n, • Programme management qualifications such as MSP, PRINCE2, or PMP.\n, • Experience within defence, public sector, security, or other highly regulated environments.\n\n

Cobalt are working with a dynamic residential and commercial property consultancy in London, who are looking to appoint a Project Management Director. This is a high-impact leadership role where you will drive the company's growth, foster collaboration across departments, and influence their presence in the market. \n As Project Management Director, you will provide leadership across the Technical team, while overseeing the successful delivery of commercial fit-out and refurbishment projects. \n \n Key responsibilities: \n\n • Providing strategic oversight across multiple commercial fit-out and refurbishment projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget and to a high standard.\n, • Acting as a trusted adviser to senior client stakeholders, building long-term relationships and influencing strategic property decisions.\n, • Leading, developing and supporting project managers while strengthening capability across the wider team.\n, • Advising clients during the early stages of workplace and property strategies to shape successful project delivery.\n, • Supporting business development initiatives through market insight, commercial awareness and strong client relationships.\n, • Reviewing fee structures and commercial models to enhance project performance.\n, • Representing the business externally to strengthen its profile within the market.\n, • Driving continuous improvement by embedding technology and more efficient ways of working across the Project Management function\n, • Delivering the Technical team's strategy in line with wider business objectives.\n, • Leading revenue growth through effective pipeline management and commercial performance.\n, • Driving improvements to processes, reporting and the adoption of systems, including CRM platforms (Hubspot)\n, • Building collaboration across teams to deliver the best outcomes for clients and the business.\n, • Mentoring senior project managers and surveyors, setting high standards for project delivery and technical quality.\n, • Creating a culture that supports collaboration, professional development and continuous learning.\n\n \n The skills required \n\n • Experience delivering commercial office fit-out and refurbishment projects.\n, • Strong knowledge of Design & Build procurement and traditional procurement routes.\n, • Strong leadership experience with the ability to develop and support a project team.\n, • Commercial awareness and confidence in building long-term client relationships.\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • A collaborative approach with the ability to balance strategic leadership and project delivery.\n, • A relevant PM qualification would be highly advantageous.\n\n \n Benefits \n\n • Competitive salary + commission\n, • Hybrid working\n, • Team trip abroad\n, • Private healthcare\n, • 6% pension\n\n \n If you're considering your next move, we'd be pleased to discuss this opportunity in confidence. Apply now, as interviews are expected to commence shortly. \n \n Due to the volume of applications received, if you don't hear back from us within 2 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. \n \n If you require any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process for any reason whatsoever, please let us know.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a leading London-based university within its Planning and Business Partnering team. This role plays a key part in delivering financial performance and supporting strategic decision-making across academic Schools. \n You will act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, providing high-quality financial insight, driving performance, and supporting the development of a collaborative and forward-thinking financial culture. This is a highly visible role, contributing to planning, budgeting, forecasting and long-term strategic initiatives. \n Role Information: \n\n • Job title: Finance Business Partner\n, • Department: Finance\n, • Salary: £50,000 - £55,000\n, • Location: London (Hybrid working available)\n\n Key Responsibilities: \n Financial Business Partnering & Performance \n\n • Partner with Schools to deliver financial performance in line with the University’s financial plan.\n, • Build strong relationships with senior leaders, influencing outcomes and promoting financial accountability.\n\n Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting \n\n • Lead on budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities at School level.\n, • Support the production of year-end results and ensure accurate financial reporting.\n, • Provide training and support to budget holders to strengthen financial management capability.\n\n Analysis & Reporting \n\n • Deliver high-quality financial information and insights to senior management and stakeholders.\n, • Produce analysis on areas such as student numbers, staff costs, programme profitability and project performance.\n, • Support business case development through investment appraisal and financial modelling.\n\n Continuous Improvement & Change \n\n • Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting.\n, • Lead on service improvement initiatives and support change management activities.\n, • Drive a culture of continuous improvement, transparency and innovation within Finance.\n\n Candidate Profile: \n\n • Strong experience in financial business partnering, management accounting or similar\n, • Experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis within a complex organisation\n, • Ability to influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders\n, • Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and value for money principles\n, • Excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills\n, • Experience of managing competing priorities and working to tight deadlines\n\n This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out. \n Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

Head of Curriculum – Maths - 1 year contractSouthwark College\n Recruitment managed by The Supply Register in partnership with NCG Lead Excellence. Inspire Achievement. Shape the Future of Maths Education.\n The Supply Register is delighted to be working in partnership with NCG to recruit an exceptional Head of Curriculum – Maths on behalf of Southwark College. \n This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced curriculum leader to drive excellence across a high-profile Maths department, leading a dedicated team and shaping the educational journey of hundreds of learners each year. \n Based at Southwark College's vibrant central London campus, you will play a key strategic role in delivering outstanding teaching, learning and assessment, ensuring students develop the skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress successfully into further study, employment and apprenticeships. About the Role\n As Head of Curriculum – Maths, you will provide inspirational leadership and strategic direction for the College's Maths provision, overseeing GCSE Maths and Functional Skills programmes for both 16–18 study programme learners and adult students. \n Leading a team of highly committed teachers and support staff, you will be responsible for curriculum planning, quality improvement, performance management, budget oversight and driving learner achievement. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the College to ensure Maths remains at the heart of student success. \n This is a fantastic opportunity to influence curriculum design, champion innovation in teaching and learning, and contribute to the wider strategic ambitions of Southwark College and NCG. Key Responsibilities\n You will: \n\n • Lead and develop an ambitious, high-performing Maths department that delivers exceptional learner outcomes.\n, • Drive continuous improvement in teaching, learning and assessment, ensuring students achieve their full potential.\n, • Develop and implement a curriculum that is responsive to local, regional and national priorities and skills needs.\n, • Use performance data and quality metrics to monitor progress, identify opportunities and deliver measurable improvements.\n, • Manage curriculum planning, timetabling, staffing and resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery.\n, • Foster a culture of high expectations, accountability and professional development across the department.\n, • Build strong relationships with employers, schools, community organisations and external stakeholders to enhance curriculum relevance and student opportunities.\n, • Support student recruitment, retention, achievement and progression through innovative and learner-focused approaches.\n, • Contribute as a key member of the College management team, helping to drive the wider strategic objectives of Southwark College and NCG.\nAbout You\n We're looking for a dynamic and experienced leader who can inspire teams and deliver results. \n You will bring: \n\n • A degree in Mathematics or a relevant professional qualification, alongside significant sector experience.\n, • A successful track record of leading curriculum teams and improving learner outcomes.\n, • Strong knowledge of Further Education quality frameworks, curriculum planning and performance management.\n, • Experience of leading and developing staff to achieve excellence in teaching and learning.\n, • A passion for raising aspirations and ensuring learners achieve outstanding outcomes.\n, • Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • The ability to analyse data, drive improvement and manage resources effectively.\n, • A commitment to innovation, inclusion and continuous improvement.\nWhy Join Southwark College?\n Part of NCG, one of the UK's leading college groups, Southwark College is committed to transforming lives through education. We are proud of our inclusive culture, ambitious vision and unwavering focus on learner success. \n Joining Southwark College means becoming part of a collaborative and forward-thinking organisation where colleagues are supported to innovate, develop professionally and make a genuine impact on the communities we serve. \n Located in the heart of London, directly opposite Southwark Underground Station and within walking distance of Waterloo, the College offers an accessible and inspiring place to work and lead. Safeguarding\n Southwark College and NCG are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful applicants will be required to undergo appropriate pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check. Apply Now\n The Supply Register is managing this recruitment on behalf of Southwark College. \n If you are an ambitious curriculum leader with the vision, passion and expertise to lead Maths provision to the next level, we would love to hear from you.

Senior Analyst \n London - hybrid 3x per week in office \n Up to £70,000 \n \n This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Senior Analyst to join a growing business at an exciting stage of its journey. Working within a central analytics function, you'll partner with teams across the organisation, influence strategic decisions, and help shape how data is leveraged to drive business performance. The role offers broad exposure, strong stakeholder engagement, and the chance to make a visible impact. \n \n The Company \n They are an established and growing consumer-focused business operating in a highly data-driven environment. Having invested significantly in growth, technology, and customer experience, they are continuing to expand their analytics capabilities. Their collaborative culture encourages ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement, making it an excellent environment for someone who enjoys solving complex business challenges through data. \n \n The Role \n As a Senior Analyst, you will work across multiple business functions, acting as an internal analytics consultant and helping stakeholders make better, data-led decisions. \n \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Delivering reporting, analysis, and actionable insights to support business performance.\n, • Partnering with teams across areas such as marketing, customer operations, and commercial functions.\n, • Interrogating large and complex datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.\n, • Translating business challenges into analytical solutions and strategic recommendations.\n, • Gathering stakeholder requirements and turning them into scalable reporting and insight frameworks.\n, • Supporting experimentation, performance measurement, and A/B testing initiatives.\n, • Improving data quality, processes, and reporting structures.\n, • Contributing to projects focused on analytics innovation, automation, and AI-enabled decision-making.\n, • Working closely with technical teams to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.\n, • Helping shape the future direction of analytics and insight within the organisation.\n\n Your Skills & Experience \n\n • Strong commercial experience in analytics, reporting, or business intelligence.\n, • Advanced SQL skills with current hands-on experience querying large datasets.\n, • Advanced Excel skills and a strong understanding of data manipulation and analysis.\n, • Experience working with complex, messy, or incomplete datasets and turning them into actionable insights.\n, • Ability to gather requirements, manage stakeholders, and communicate findings clearly.\n, • Strong problem-solving skills with a naturally inquisitive approach to data.\n, • Experience creating management information, performance reporting, and business recommendations.\n, • Exposure to Snowflake or similar modern cloud data platforms would be advantageous.\n, • Experience working within a fast-paced environment where analytics supports multiple business functions.\n, • STEM-based academic background or strong quantitative capability would be beneficial.\n\n What They Offer \n\n • \n Opportunity to work across multiple business functions and influence strategic decisions. \n • Exposure to innovative analytics and AI-focused projects.\n, • Clear scope to develop ownership and build expertise across different areas of the business.\n, • Collaborative environment with strong stakeholder exposure and career development opportunities.\n\n How to Apply \n If you're an analytically driven professional who enjoys solving business problems, uncovering insights, and working closely with stakeholders, apply now to learn more about this Senior Analyst opportunity.

\n We are seeking an ambitious and innovative Student Experience Manager to lead the development and delivery of initiatives that enhance student engagement, satisfaction, employability, and overall experience. \n \n Client Details \n \n Our client is a leading London-based organisation within the education sector, recognised for its commitment to delivering an outstanding student experience and fostering an inclusive, supportive, and engaging environment. \n \n Description \n Key Responisbilities: \n \n\n • Lead the development and delivery of student experience initiatives and projects.\n, • Manage and implement engagement, wellbeing, and student success activities.\n, • Analyse student data and feedback to identify trends and improvement opportunities.\n, • Develop action plans to enhance student satisfaction and engagement.\n, • Build strong relationships with academic and professional services stakeholders.\n, • Collaborate with student representatives and relevant committees.\n, • Manage student experience programmes, events, and campaigns.\n\n \n Profile \n Person Specification: \n\n • \n Significant experience in student experience, student engagement, or related roles. \n • Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.\n, • Excellent communication and presentation skills.\n, • Ability to analyse data and make evidence-based recommendations.\n, • Experience managing competing priorities within a fast-paced environment.\n, • Experience within higher education or a similar sector.\n, • Previous line management experience.\n, • Knowledge of student surveys, engagement frameworks, and enhancement activities.\n\n Job Offer \n\n • \n Hybrid and flexible working opportunities. \n • Opportunity to shape and influence the student experience strategy.\n, • Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic decision-making.\n, • Inclusive, collaborative, and supportive working environment.\n

AI Director - London - £115,000 \n About the Opportunity \n A leading global consulting organisation is looking for an experienced an Applied AI Director to drive the growth and delivery of AI-led transformation programmes. \n This is a senior leadership role combining business development, client advisory, solution shaping and programme delivery. You will work with C-suite stakeholders to identify opportunities, develop AI-driven offerings and lead multidisciplinary teams delivering secure, scalable and commercially valuable AI solutions. \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Lead sales origination and business development activities across strategic accounts.\n, • Shape and close consulting opportunities from initial client engagement through to proposal and contract award.\n, • Design and bring to market innovative AI and Generative AI solutions that address industry-specific challenges.\n, • Engage senior executives, translating AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes, cost efficiencies and revenue opportunities.\n, • Direct the delivery of complex AI programmes, providing oversight of solution architecture, engineering approaches and implementation strategies.\n, • Ensure secure, responsible and compliant deployment of AI technologies, including governance, risk management and ethical AI considerations.\n, • Build, mentor and lead high-performing consulting teams while maintaining strong commercial performance and delivery quality.\n\n Required Experience: \n\n • Strong commercial understanding of the modern AI ecosystem, including:\n\n\n, • Generative AI\n, • Large Language Models (LLMs)\n, • Prompt Engineering\n, • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)\n, • Vector Databases\n, • MLOps\n\n\n, • Experience leading the implementation of enterprise-scale AI solutions and being accountable for delivery outcomes.\n, • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP and associated AI services.\n, • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to senior business and technology stakeholders.\n\n Personal Attributes: \n\n • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Commercially minded with a proven ability to build trusted client relationships.\n, • Excellent presentation, communication and documentation skills.\n, • Collaborative and adaptable approach within fast-paced consulting environments.\n\n What's on Offer: \n\n • Opportunity to shape AI strategy\n, • Leadership role within a rapidly growing AI practice.\n, • Access to cutting-edge AI programmes and enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.\n, • Ongoing professional development and career progression.\n, • Flexible hybrid working model based in London.\n\n

Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo) \n \n\n • Location: Hackney - East London\n, • Salary: Leadership Scale (Competitive, dependent on experience)\n, • Start Date: September 2026\n\n \n Reeson Education is supporting a highly successful and oversubscribed secondary school in the appointment of an exceptional Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo). \n \n This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced SEND leader to join a strong Senior Leadership Team and play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of inclusion across the school. \n \n The school has built a reputation for high standards, excellent student outcomes and a culture of ambition, belonging and opportunity for all. The successful candidate will lead an established Inclusion team and drive outstanding provision for students with additional needs, ensuring that every learner is able to achieve their full potential. \n \n As Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo), you will: \n \n\n • Lead the strategic development of SEND and Inclusion across the school\n, • Be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team\n, • Manage and develop the Inclusion department and support staff team\n, • Oversee SEND provision, EHCP processes and statutory compliance\n, • Work closely with teachers, parents, external agencies and senior leaders\n, • Promote high-quality inclusive teaching and learning across the curriculum\n, • Monitor and improve outcomes, attendance, behaviour and wellbeing for SEND students\n, • Contribute to whole-school improvement planning and leadership\n\n \n The Ideal Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion for this school, will be an inspirational leader who can demonstrate: \n \n\n • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)\n, • Successful leadership experience within SEND and Inclusion\n, • Excellent knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice\n, • Experience of leading and managing staff\n, • Strong understanding of inclusive practice and whole-school improvement\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills\n, • A commitment to raising achievement and removing barriers to learning\n, • National SENCo Award or willingness to complete the qualification\n\n \n This school will offer anAssistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion \n\n • A senior leadership position with genuine influence across the school\n, • A highly supportive and collaborative leadership team\n, • Motivated students who are eager to learn and succeed\n, • A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and professional development\n, • Opportunities to shape strategic SEND provision and whole-school practice\n, • A positive and inclusive school culture with high aspirations for all\n\n \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced SENCo looking to broaden their impact at senior leadership level, or for an existing senior leader with responsibility for Inclusion seeking a new challenge within a successful and ambitious school. \n \n Applications are being reviewed immediately. \n \n\n • To be considered for this Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion position, please send your CV as soon as possible.\n, • For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact me. \n\n \n Reeson Education: \n Reeson Education is England's Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence. \n We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike. \n Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. \n At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of England. \n Please note, where a salary or daily rate range is stated, the higher rate applies to candidates who meet the enhanced experience, training or qualification requirements specified within the advert.

IT Sales Account Manager (IT Services – MSP) – London, Hybrid - £45k - £50k + OTE + excellent benefits \n Are you a high-performing tech relationship builder ready to own a thriving portfolio? A rapidly growing, well-established London MSP is looking for a dynamic Account Manager. This isn't just about maintaining accounts—it's about driving high-impact commercial success, building rock-solid partnerships, and unlocking major expansion potential! \n Key Responsibilities include: \n\n • Portfolio Health: Track satisfaction signals and proactively resolve risks to maintain a 95%+ retention rate.\n, • Account Profitability: Manage scope creep and align client pricing with delivery costs.\n, • Contract Compliance: Manage accurate documentation, client records, and timely renewals.\n, • Client Growth: Conduct QBRs, identify whitespace, and lead consultative upsell/cross-sell sales processes.\n, • Operational Excellence: Improve relationship practices and log accurate data within the CRM.\n\n The ideal candidate will have: \n\n • 3+ years in B2B tech/MSP Account Management or Service Delivery.\n, • Commercially Astute: Understands unit economics, gross profit margins, and ROI articulation.\n, • Client-Facing: Confident running strategic business reviews with stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Consultative: Strong discovery skills, focused on solving problems rather than just pitching.\n, • Disciplined: Highly organised, data-driven, resilient, and accountable to performance metrics.\n\n Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days minimum in office) \n Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 17:30 \n \n Keywords – account manager, AM, relationship management, client, client growth, accounts, portfolio management, upsell/cross-sell sales, service delivery, ROI, MSP, IT Support, IT Services, Hybrid, London, Central London

Head of Quality - Interim (August - December)Lewisham College\n Recruitment managed by The Supply Register in partnership with NCG \n Lead Quality. Inspire Excellence. Shape the Future of Further Education. \n The Supply Register is proud to be working in partnership with NCG to recruit an exceptional Head of Quality on behalf of Lewisham College. \n This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced quality leader to play a pivotal role in driving educational excellence across one of London's leading further education colleges. Reporting directly to the Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for quality assurance, quality improvement and staff development, ensuring learners receive an outstanding educational experience. \n If you are passionate about improving teaching, learning and assessment, thrive on using data to drive improvement, and have the vision to lead transformational change, we'd love to hear from you. About the Role\n As Head of Quality, you will lead the College's quality strategy, embedding a culture of continuous improvement across all curriculum areas. Working collaboratively with senior leaders, curriculum managers and teaching teams, you will ensure quality systems are robust, impactful and fully aligned with the College's ambition to achieve outstanding outcomes. \n This is a highly influential leadership position where your expertise will directly shape learner success, staff development and organisational performance. Key Responsibilities\n You will: \n\n • Provide strategic leadership for quality assurance, quality improvement and compliance across the College.\n, • Drive continuous improvement in teaching, learning and assessment, with a focus on inclusion, SEND, English and Maths, and learner progress.\n, • Lead the College's quality assurance framework, self-assessment processes and quality improvement planning.\n, • Prepare the College for Ofsted inspections and external quality reviews, acting as nominee or assistant nominee where appropriate.\n, • Use performance data and KPIs to identify trends, challenge performance and deliver measurable improvements.\n, • Lead stakeholder voice initiatives, ensuring learner feedback informs decision making and enhances the student experience.\n, • Develop and manage quality policies, systems and procedures that support excellence across all provision, including subcontracted delivery.\n, • Lead, motivate and develop a high-performing Quality Team, promoting innovation, collaboration and professional growth.\n, • Manage quality and staff development budgets effectively to maximise organisational impact.\nAbout You\n We're looking for an experienced and inspirational leader who brings: \n\n • Significant experience leading quality improvement within Further Education or Higher Education.\n, • A strong track record of raising standards and delivering measurable improvements in teaching, learning and learner outcomes.\n, • Excellent knowledge of Ofsted, FE quality frameworks and self-assessment processes.\n, • Experience of leading curriculum quality, performance management and organisational change.\n, • Outstanding analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insight into action.\n, • Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • A collaborative approach combined with the confidence to challenge, influence and drive improvement.\n, • A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, with a recognised teaching qualification. A postgraduate qualification is desirable.\nWhy Join Lewisham College?\n Lewisham College, part of the NCG Group, is committed to transforming lives through education. You'll join a passionate leadership team with a shared ambition to deliver exceptional learning experiences and create opportunities for every student to succeed. \n This is your chance to make a lasting impact within a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. Safeguarding\n Lewisham College and NCG are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All successful applicants will be subject to the appropriate pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Apply Today\n The Supply Register is managing this recruitment on behalf of Lewisham College. \n If you're ready to lead quality, influence strategic improvement and help shape the future of further education, we'd love to hear from you.

Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo) \n \n\n • Location: Hackney - East London\n, • Salary: Leadership Scale (Competitive, dependent on experience)\n, • Start Date: January 2027\n\n \n Reeson Education is supporting a highly successful and oversubscribed secondary school in the appointment of an exceptional Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo). \n \n This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced SEND leader to join a strong Senior Leadership Team and play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of inclusion across the school. \n \n The school has built a reputation for high standards, excellent student outcomes and a culture of ambition, belonging and opportunity for all. The successful candidate will lead an established Inclusion team and drive outstanding provision for students with additional needs, ensuring that every learner is able to achieve their full potential. \n \n As Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion (SENCo), you will: \n \n\n • Lead the strategic development of SEND and Inclusion across the school\n, • Be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team\n, • Manage and develop the Inclusion department and support staff team\n, • Oversee SEND provision, EHCP processes and statutory compliance\n, • Work closely with teachers, parents, external agencies and senior leaders\n, • Promote high-quality inclusive teaching and learning across the curriculum\n, • Monitor and improve outcomes, attendance, behaviour and wellbeing for SEND students\n, • Contribute to whole-school improvement planning and leadership\n\n \n The Ideal Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion for this school, will be an inspirational leader who can demonstrate: \n \n\n • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)\n, • Successful leadership experience within SEND and Inclusion\n, • Excellent knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice\n, • Experience of leading and managing staff\n, • Strong understanding of inclusive practice and whole-school improvement\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills\n, • A commitment to raising achievement and removing barriers to learning\n, • National SENCo Award or willingness to complete the qualification\n\n \n This school will offer anAssistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion \n\n • A senior leadership position with genuine influence across the school\n, • A highly supportive and collaborative leadership team\n, • Motivated students who are eager to learn and succeed\n, • A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and professional development\n, • Opportunities to shape strategic SEND provision and whole-school practice\n, • A positive and inclusive school culture with high aspirations for all\n\n \n This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced SENCo looking to broaden their impact at senior leadership level, or for an existing senior leader with responsibility for Inclusion seeking a new challenge within a successful and ambitious school. \n \n Applications are being reviewed immediately. \n \n\n • To be considered for this Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion position, please send your CV as soon as possible.\n, • For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact me. \n\n \n Reeson Education: \n Reeson Education is England's Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence. \n We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike. \n Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. \n At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of England. \n Please note, where a salary or daily rate range is stated, the higher rate applies to candidates who meet the enhanced experience, training or qualification requirements specified within the advert.

\n The successful candidate will combine strong commercial acumen with excellent relationship management skills to build sustainable partnerships across the higher education ecosystem. This position offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and will play a critical role in driving the organisation's international and domestic partnership strategy. \n \n Client Details \n \n Our client is a progressive and internationally focused higher education provider committed to widening access to education through innovative partnership models. Operating within a dynamic and growth-oriented environment, the organisation works collaboratively with academic institutions, corporate partners, and international stakeholders to deliver outstanding educational opportunities and student outcomes. \n \n Description \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Develop and implement partnership strategies that align with organisational growth objectives.\n, • Identify, evaluate, and secure new partnership opportunities across higher education, corporate, public sector, and international markets.\n, • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders and decision-makers.\n, • Lead partnership negotiations and support the execution of contractual agreements.\n, • Manage a portfolio of existing partners, ensuring strong engagement and performance outcomes.\n, • Monitor partnership performance against agreed KPIs and growth targets.\n, • Produce business cases, market analysis, and partnership proposals to support strategic decision making.\n, • Collaborate with internal teams including recruitment, marketing, academic, and operational functions to ensure successful partnership delivery.\n, • Represent the organisation at industry events, networking forums, and partner meetings.\n, • Provide regular reporting and insights to senior leadership regarding partnership activity, risks, opportunities, and market developments.\n, • Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance partnership effectiveness and stakeholder experience.\n\n Profile \n Person Specification: \n \n\n • Significant experience in partnership development, business development, account management, or stakeholder engagement.\n, • Experience working within higher education, education services, international education, or a related sector.\n, • Demonstrable track record of securing and growing strategic partnerships.\n, • \n Strong commercial awareness and ability to identify growth opportunities. \n • Outstanding communication and presentation skills.\n, • Strong relationship-building and networking capabilities.\n, • Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.\n, • Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret market and performance data.\n\n \n Job Offer \n \n\n • Opportunity to join a growing and ambitious higher education organisation.\n, • Significant exposure to executive-level leadership and strategic initiatives.\n, • Ability to influence organisational growth and partnership strategy.\n, • Collaborative and supportive working environment.\n, • Professional development and career progression opportunities.\n, • Opportunity to build an extensive international network across the education sector.\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package.\n, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements where applicable.\n\n

Are you an experienced education leader ready to drive excellence and shape the future of alternative education? Our client has an exciting Education Delivery Manager opportunity! \n \n Location: London - Hybrid \n Salary: £55,000 to £65,000 per annum \n Job Type: Permanent, Full-time \n \n About Us: \n \n Our client is a leading education services provider delivering high-quality, personalised educational programmes to children and young people who require alternative or additional educational support. Working closely with local authorities and other commissioning partners, the organisation is recognised for its commitment to safeguarding, educational excellence and positive learner outcomes. As the organisation continues to grow, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced education leader to shape and oversee the delivery of high-quality education services. \n \n Education Delivery Manager - The Role: \n \n The Education Delivery Manager is the senior educational leader responsible for maintaining exceptional standards in education delivery. This role combines strategic oversight with operational leadership, ensuring quality assurance, safeguarding excellence and continuous service improvement across the organisation. You will lead and develop the education team, provide expert guidance on complex educational and safeguarding matters, and work collaboratively with senior leaders to ensure services continue to meet the highest professional and regulatory standards. \n \n Education Delivery Manager - Key Responsibilities: \n \n • Lead the education delivery function, ensuring consistently high standards of quality, safeguarding, compliance and learner outcomes \n • Provide strategic oversight across education delivery, monitoring performance, operational effectiveness and continuous service improvement \n • Develop and lead a high-performing education team, building a culture of accountability, professional development and excellence \n • Build strong relationships with commissioners, local authorities and external partners \n • Contribute to organisational planning and service development by using educational expertise and performance insights to drive improvements \n \n Education Delivery Manager - You: \n \n • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with current or recent Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) experience \n • Significant leadership experience within education, SEND, alternative provision or specialist education \n • Strong understanding of safeguarding, education quality assurance, compliance and stakeholder management, including working with local authorities or commissioners \n • Commercially aware with excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills \n \n Benefits: \n \n • Competitive salary \n • Hybrid working arrangement offering flexibility \n • Opportunity to play a key leadership role within a growing and purpose-driven organisation \n • Ongoing professional development and leadership training \n \n To submit your CV for this exciting Education Delivery Manager opportunity, click Apply today!

The Role \n As a Enterprise Business Development Director, you will be responsible for the development of new logo customers in industry verticals. You will be required to identify, nurture, close and execute growth opportunities across Claranet’s full portfolio of products and services, acting as the primary point of contact for customers through all growth related conversations and activities. You will be accountable for ensuring excellent customer experience across the end to end lead to order process, coordinating inputs from other teams as required, with the overall objective of growing Claranet’s enterprise customer base. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Drive revenue growth across new logo customers aligned to strategic industry verticals\n, • Leverage multiple channels for opportunity identification\n, • Operate with a CX first mindset, putting customer outcomes at the heart of how you operate\n, • Identify new business opportunities across Claranet UK’s full portfolio of products and services leveraging support from relevant Sales Specialists on qualified opportunities where necessary\n, • Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant industry verticals and market trends and use that to form a Go to Market plan, demonstrating path to achieve quota\n, • Utilise market trends and customer needs analysis to identify new business opportunities across a range of channels such as direct relationships, internal referrals, Alliances and marketing campaigns\n\n Skills and Attributes \n\n • You will be widely recognised as an authority by others in the organisation and external peers for the knowledge and experience you demonstrate\n, • Demonstrable experience developing strategies to drive growth opportunities in new logo customers\n, • Strong relationship management skills, with proven success delivering excellent customer experience\n, • Knowledge of relevant industries and market trends, with the ability to stay up-to-date on the latest developments\n, • Flexible and creative to take considered risks\n, • Inquisitive and persistent, able to hunt out new business opportunity\n, • Learn and adapt quickly to changing situations\n, • Self-motivated and able to work under pressure\n, • Manages conflict and challenges in an open and constructive manner\n\n Benefits \n At Claranet, we go the extra mile with our people—because we believe in building a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Our flexible benefits package includes: \n\n • Pension Scheme: Employer-matched contributions to help you plan for the future.\n, • Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: Access to private medical care for your peace of mind and wellbeing.\n, • Discounted Gym Memberships: Prioritise your fitness with exclusive rates at leading gyms.\n, • Personalised Wellbeing Support: App-based resources and services available 24/7\n, • Enhanced Annual Leave: 25 days of holiday, increasing to 27 days with service, plus bank holidays and a day off for your birthday.\n, • Continuous Learning & Development: Ongoing opportunities to grow your skills and advance your career.\n\n What makes us unique is Team Claranet, our internal community that supports causes close to our employees’ hearts. We offer paid charity leave, support local charities across our offices, and host annual fundraising events, all backed by a dedicated committee. \n We’re proud founding members of TC4RE (Technology Community for Racial Equality) working collectively to build a more diverse and inclusive tech industry. \n About Claranet \n Founded at the beginning of the dot com bubble in 1996, our CEO Charles Nasser had a light bulb moment to develop a truly customer-focused IT business. Since then, Claranet has grown from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the UK to being one of the leading business modernisation experts, who deliver solutions across 11+ countries. \n Equal Opportunities Statement \n Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Claranet is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process. \n Ready to take the next step in your career with Claranet? Click ‘apply’ – we can’t wait to meet you! \n To view full job description please visit our careers page

EduExec Recruitment is working with a welcoming, community-focused school in North West London to recruit a School Business Manager who will sit within the senior leadership team. This is a school that sees the role as central to how it operates and is looking for someone who wants that level of involvement rather than a purely administrative brief. \n Reporting to the Headteacher, the successful candidate will take ownership of the school's operations across finance, HR, premises and administration, with real scope to shape how things are done rather than simply maintain what's already in place. The role carries both the day-to-day demands you'd expect and will have a key input to medium and long-term planning. The role will encompass: \n\n • Leading on budget setting, financial monitoring and reporting, with a direct line into strategic decision-making\n, • Overseeing HR administration, safer recruitment and staffing arrangements, with autonomy to manage the detail\n, • Health and safety compliance and premises management, working closely with site and catering colleagues\n, • Acting as the school's lead on data protection and statutory policy compliance\n, • Managing a small office team, with the space to develop them and shape how the function runs\n, • Advising governors and senior leaders directly on financial and organisational matters\n\n The selected candidate will have solid experience in school business management and genuine depth across finance, HR and compliance, who wants more than a caretaking role. Confidence operating at senior level matters, as does a willingness to be hands-on when needed and to manage competing priorities without losing sight of the bigger picture. Discretion, integrity and the ability to build trust quickly across a school community are essential. \n The role is 52 week position, with flexibility to reduce to a term time plus a select number of holiday working weeks, for the right candidate. \n EduExec Recruitment Ltd is committed to equal opportunities and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. We operate in full accordance with UK employment legislation. EduExec Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary staff.

Your new companyHays are pleased to have partnered with the London Borough of Ealing to recruit a Career Grade Senior Planning Officer to join the team.The London Borough of Ealing celebrated ranking Platinum by the Planning Magazine for the decision-making service, putting them in the top 12 Authorities across the country in 2024. The council's platinum rating means it performed on average between 33-35% above the national quality threshold, meaning it was rated as the top London borough and placing it amongst the top performers in the country. The Planning team is a very stable department with the entire service being permanently employed by the Council, meaning the team acts well together to deliver a quality level of service to applicants.Here at Ealing, we pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment. Join a team renowned for high performance and innovative practices and contribute to a vibrant borough rich in culture and opportunity. This is an exciting time to join the council, with our Local Plan at Regulation 19 stage, and you will play a key role in ensuring its successful delivery.Ealing has also set some ambitious housing targets over the years, committing to delivering 4,000 genuinely affordable homes between 2024 and 2026, while our housing and homelessness strategy aims to deliver 28,000 homes over the next 15 years. A high-functioning, delivery focused planning department is central to delivering on these commitments. \n Your new roleWe are currently recruiting for a Career Grade Planning Officer to join the Development Management team, working on a mixed case load of projects including minors and some major strategic projects. You will be tasked with managing a diverse caseload of planning applications for complex householders, single dwellings, and some small commercial schemes. You will also assess planning merits, interpret development plans, and prepare clear, well-written reports recommending approval or refusal, provide expert planning advice, handle planning applications, and contribute to planning policy and transport strategies. You will help shape the London Borough of Ealing's future through innovative and community-focused planning, advising stakeholders on proposals and processes, handle appeals, draft high-standard decision notices, and provide expert guidance. Ideally, you will continue to be part of a team that values growth, collaboration, and excellence to deliver high-quality, client-focused outcomes for stakeholders. \n What you'll need to succeedYou will be qualified with a degree accredited by the RTPI or RICS in Town and Country Planning or equivalent. You will need to have experience in Development Management, including assessing planning applications across both residential and commercial areas. You must be confident writing appeal statements and providing practical advice on development proposals, being able to explain complex planning issues to a range of stakeholders. You will need to demonstrate a passion for creating sustainable and vibrant spaces that benefit the wider community. \n What you'll get in returnThe service offers flexible hybrid working with one core day in the office and flexible working around that. The salary banding has recently been benchmarked and now ranges from £40000 to £45000 plus public sector pension and holiday days. The Principals and Team Leaders in the service were all promoted internally, so career progression is high on the agenda within the Borough, and they pride themselves on developing staff. \n What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Ben Styles on . If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Business Intelligence Data EngineerLocation: Dartford (Hybrid)Salary: Up to £55,000 + BenefitsType: Full-Time, Permanent We are looking for a Business Intelligence Data Engineer to join a growing in-house IT team, where you will play a key role in developing and maintaining a modern BI platform that supports business-critical decision making. This is an excellent opportunity to work across the full BI lifecycle, from designing data pipelines and creating insightful dashboards through to collaborating with stakeholders and driving continuous improvements across the organisation.The Role As the Business Intelligence Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the organisation's Business Intelligence infrastructure. You will work closely with business stakeholders to deliver meaningful reporting, ensure data integrity and support strategic projects across multiple business functions.Key Responsibilities\n\n • Design, develop and maintain ETL processes and data pipelines.\n, • Build and optimise data models for reporting and analytics.\n, • Develop dashboards and reports using Power BI.\n, • Work with stakeholders to define KPIs and reporting requirements.\n, • Ensure the accuracy, integrity and availability of business data.\n, • Monitor BI systems and scheduled ETL processes.\n, • Troubleshoot technical issues and provide BI application support.\n, • Analyse root causes of system failures and implement improvements.\n, • Produce reports using Power BI and Excel.\n, • Manage BI-related projects from requirements gathering through to delivery.\n, • Create and maintain technical documentation.\n, • Deliver user training and provide ongoing support where required.\n, • Liaise with third-party suppliers on development and support activities.\n, • Support testing, change management and system enhancements.\nAbout You We are looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.Essential Skills & Experience\n\n, • Strong experience designing and supporting Business Intelligence solutions.\n, • Advanced SQL skills with experience in data querying and transformation.\n, • Experience with Power BI, including dashboard and report development.\n, • Knowledge of DAX and Python.\n, • Experience building and maintaining ETL processes.\n, • Strong understanding of data modelling and data governance.\n, • Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (or similar ERP platforms).\n, • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.\n, • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n, • Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.\n, • Strong documentation and project delivery skills.\nDesirable Experience\n\n, • Supporting Finance, Sales, Purchasing or Warehouse systems.\n, • Working across multiple company databases.\n, • Experience with customised ERP environments.\n, • Knowledge of software project delivery methodologies.\n, • Experience supporting business application change and continuous improvement.\n If you are an experienced BI Data Engineer looking to make a real impact by delivering high-quality data solutions that drive business performance, please apply with your CV today!

Technology Innovation Consultant | £65,000 | London HybridLondon/Hybrid£65,000 + excellent packageOverviewAn excellent opportunity has arisen with a leading global financial institution. We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Technology Innovation Consultant to join the Office of the COO within the Technology function.The successful candidate will support Technology leadership in delivering business-critical programmes, improving operational efficiencies, and enhancing communication and engagement across the wider business. This role combines business management, stakeholder engagement, innovation, and project delivery responsibilities within a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.Role & Responsibilities\n\n • Support the Technology COO in managing day-to-day Technology operations and strategic initiatives\n, • Coordinate operational and transformation projects across Technology teams.\n, • Act as a liaison between Technology and business stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment.\n, • Produce executive reporting, MI packs, dashboards, and presentations for leadership.\n, • Support communication and rollout of AI, innovation, and technology initiatives.\n, • Drive operational efficiencies, cost-saving initiatives, and continuous improvement activities.\n, • Support technology innovation, engagement, and departmental change programmes.\n, • Lead culture, diversity, and employee engagement initiatives across Technology.\n, • Partner with HR and senior stakeholders on graduate, women in technology, and engagement programmes.\nSkills & ExperienceEssential\n\n, • Previous experience as a Business Analyst, Business Manager, or similar role within a large organisation, ideally within Technology or Financial Services.\n, • Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels of the organisation.\n, • Experience preparing executive-level reporting, presentations, and management information.\n, • Ability to simplify and communicate complex information clearly using structured storytelling techniques.\n, • Strong understanding of technology operations and business support functions.\nDesirable\n\n, • Experience within banking, financial services, or other regulated environments.\n, • Exposure to AI, innovation, or digital transformation initiatives.\n, • Experience supporting culture, engagement, or diversity programmes.\n, • Understanding of governance, operational management, or COO functions within Technology organisations.\nTechnology Innovation Consultant | £65,000 | London Hybrid

Senior CRM & Loyalty Manager \n London - hybrid, 2x per week in office) \n Up to £75,000 + benefits \n \n This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of customer engagement for a well-established consumer brand undergoing significant investment in CRM, loyalty, and digital transformation. You'll take ownership of a high-profile loyalty programme, lead a talented team, and play a key role in driving customer retention, personalisation, and commercial performance. \n \n The Company \n They are a leading omnichannel retail business with a strong customer focus and a recognised presence across the UK and Ireland. With substantial investment in digital capabilities, customer experience, and CRM technology, they are committed to delivering more personalised and engaging experiences for their customers. Collaboration is at the heart of their culture, with CRM working closely alongside Analytics, Technology, Ecommerce, and Marketing teams to drive innovation and growth. \n \n The Role \n As the Senior CRM & Loyalty Manager, you will lead the CRM and loyalty function, owning strategy, execution, and continuous improvement across the customer lifecycle. \n \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Owning and developing the loyalty programme strategy and roadmap.\n, • Shaping CRM and customer engagement strategy alongside senior leadership.\n, • Leading lifecycle marketing programmes and automated customer journeys.\n, • Delivering CRM campaigns across email, web, mobile, and in-store channels.\n, • Driving customer retention, engagement, and personalisation initiatives.\n, • Managing CRM technology projects from requirements gathering through testing and deployment.\n, • Partnering with Analytics and Technology teams to enhance platforms, processes, and customer insight.\n, • Providing reporting, forecasting, performance analysis, and commercial recommendations.\n, • Presenting findings and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.\n, • Leading, mentoring, and developing a small CRM team.\n\n Your Skills & Experience \n\n • Strong commercial CRM experience within retail, ecommerce, or customer-centric environments.\n, • Proven ownership of loyalty programmes and customer engagement strategies.\n, • Expertise in customer lifecycle marketing, campaign management, and automation.\n, • Experience working with Salesforce CRM platforms, ideally including Salesforce Marketing Cloud and loyalty solutions.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at multiple levels.\n, • A data-driven approach with the ability to turn customer insight into business impact.\n, • Experience partnering closely with Technology and IT teams on CRM projects and platform enhancements.\n, • Confident communicating complex ideas and presenting recommendations to senior audiences.\n, • Previous people management or team leadership experience.\n\n What They Offer \n\n • Salary up to £75,000.\n, • Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office.\n, • Generous staff discount.\n, • Strong opportunities for career development and progression within a growing team.\n, • The chance to lead a key function during an exciting period of CRM and loyalty transformation.\n\n How to Apply \n If you're an experienced CRM and loyalty professional looking for an opportunity to drive strategy, lead a team, and make a measurable commercial impact, apply today to learn more about this Senior CRM & Loyalty Manager opportunity.

\n • Location: Leatherhead, Surrey\n, • Salary: £40,000 per annum\n, • Contract: Full-time, Permanent\n\n About the Role \n We are seeking an experienced and proactive Head of IT, Facilities & Fleet Management to lead the organisation's IT services, facilities operations, fleet management, and supplier contracts. This varied role combines strategic oversight with hands-on operational management, ensuring services remain secure, compliant, efficient, and cost-effective. \n Key Responsibilities \n IT & Cyber Security \n\n • Manage the organisation's Managed Service Provider (MSP), including service reviews, SLA monitoring, and escalations.\n, • Oversee Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.\n, • Maintain IT assets, user access controls, backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity arrangements.\n, • Ensure effective cyber security, patch management, mobile device management, and website security.\n, • Lead IT projects and support digital transformation initiatives.\n\n Facilities Management \n\n • Oversee the effective operation of offices and properties.\n, • Manage property contracts, lease renewals, office moves, insurance, security, and health & safety compliance.\n, • Maintain professional office standards and a safe working environment.\n\n Fleet Management \n\n • Manage the company vehicle fleet, including procurement, returns, fuel contracts, insurance claims, GPS tracking, and P11D processes.\n, • Ensure fleet policy compliance and manage the Fleet Administrator.\n, • Research and recommend suitable vehicle and fleet solutions.\n\n Contracts, Budgets & Projects \n\n • Manage supplier relationships, contract renewals, and the contract register.\n, • Negotiate contracts and authorise invoices.\n, • Support budget preparation and management.\n, • Provide project management support for key organisational initiatives.\n, • Maintain accurate records and drive operational best practice across all locations.\n\n About You \n You will have: \n\n • Experience managing MSPs and outsourced IT services.\n, • Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, cyber security, business continuity, and cloud technologies.\n, • Experience in facilities, property, fleet, contract, and supplier management.\n, • Budget management and project delivery experience.\n, • Previous people management experience.\n, • Excellent organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong commercial awareness.\n\n What We Offer \n\n • Salary of £40,000 per annum\n, • Permanent, full-time position based in Leatherhead\n, • A varied leadership role with broad responsibility\n, • Professional development opportunities\n, • Supportive and collaborative working environment\n\n If you have a strong operational background across IT, facilities, fleet, and supplier management, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a Card Payments Specialist to manage the strategic direction, operational performance, security, and ongoing development of the organization's payment ecosystem across two retail brands and approximately 800 locations. The role owns the end-to-end payment card infrastructure, including payment terminals, switching services, payment applications, loyalty integrations, mobile payment solutions, and associated vendor relationships.The successful candidate will act as the organization's subject matter expert for payment technologies and fintech solutions, ensuring secure, resilient, compliant, and commercially effective payment services while leading a small technical team and delivering key business initiatives. Payment Processing Expertise, Fintech Knowledge, Technical Architecture, Vendor Management PCI DSS & P2PE Compliance, Mobile Application Management, Loyalty Platform Management, Commercial Awareness \n Key ResponsibilitiesPayment Platform Ownership Own the end-to-end payment card processing environment across two brands and approximately 800 locations. Ensure high availability, resilience, performance, and security of payment services. Maintain responsibility for payment acceptance technologies including:Payment terminals, Payment switching hosts, Payment gateways, Acquiring integrations, Loyalty integrations, Mobile payment applications Manage strategic relationships with third-party suppliers responsible for Network services, Payment terminal provision and maintenance, Payment switching services, Service desk and support functions Define, monitor, and govern service level agreements (SLAs), KPIs, and contractual obligations. Lead supplier performance reviews and service improvement initiatives. Manage escalations and ensure timely resolution of critical incidents.Technical Leadership and Support Provide third-line technical support and expert-level troubleshooting for payment and loyalty systems. Act as the senior escalation point for complex incidents and service issues. Maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, and support models. Ensure compliance with industry standards, including PCI DSS and P2PE requirements.Team LeadershipProject and Change Management Lead the delivery of payment-related projects and strategic initiatives. Coordinate internal stakeholders, suppliers, and business teams to deliver successful outcomes. Manage project plans, risks, budgets, dependencies, and implementation activities. Support the introduction of new payment methods, technologies, and customer experiences.Requirements Definition and Solution Design Translate business requirements into detailed technical and functional specifications. Work closely with business, technology, security, and supplier teams to define solution architectures. Evaluate and recommend technology solutions that align with business strategy. Ensure solutions meet operational, security, compliance, and scalability requirements.Mobile and Loyalty Platform Management Own and manage two customer-facing mobile applications from a payment and technology perspective. Manage technical requirements and integrations for two loyalty platforms. Ensure seamless interaction between payment, loyalty, and customer engagement solutions. Drive enhancements to improve customer experience and business value.Security and Compliance Lead the implementation and ongoing management of Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) across the estate. Ensure compliance with PCI DSS and other applicable payment industry standards. Support security audits, assessments, and remediation activities. Maintain awareness of emerging threats and regulatory developments. Serve as the organization's subject matter expert for payment processing, card schemes, acquiring, terminal technologies, fintech solutions, and payment innovation. \n Required Experience Significant experience managing enterprise-scale payment processing environments. Strong understanding of card payment ecosystems, including: Acquirers, Payment gateways, Card schemes, Switching platforms and POS and payment terminal technologies Experience managing third-party service providers and technology vendors. Proven leadership experience managing technical teams. Demonstrated success delivering technology and business change projects. Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions. Experience managing mobile applications and customer-facing digital platforms. Strong incident management and problem-solving capabilities.* Experience operating within PCI DSS-regulated environments. \n Desirable ExperienceP2PE implementation experience. Knowledge of loyalty platforms and customer engagement technologies.Experience in large-scale retail, hospitality, fuel retail, or multi-site environments. Exposure to cloud-based payment platforms and API integrations. Project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, Scrum). ITIL certification.PCI Professional (PCIP) or related payment industry qualifications.Payment Systems Manager, Payment Operations Manager, Head of Payments, Payments Technology Manager, POS & Payments Manager, Retail Technology Manager, Senior Product Manager - Payments, Payment Solutions Consultant, Payment Operations Lead, Payment Implementation Manager, Acquiring Manager, Senior Payments Specialist

Your new company An executive non-departmental public body and independent regulator that promotes transparency and integrity in business. Your new roleOur client is a respected, highly regulated organisation seeking an experienced Head of Estates, Security & Resilience to provide strategic leadership across cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities resilience and operational risk management. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an individual who can balance strategic thinking with operational delivery while protecting critical business services, assets, people and infrastructure.Key Priorities \n\n • Lead the remediation and improvement of the London office HVAC system.\n, • Complete office occupancy and facilities agreement renewals for the Birmingham location.\n, • Review and strengthen Fire Marshal and First Aider arrangements.\n, • Refresh and modernise the Business Continuity Strategy.\n, • Deliver workplace improvement projects, including office redesign and installation of soundproof working pods.\n, • Review and improve self-service booking processes for catering, meeting rooms and venues.\n\n Broader Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the organisation's Security, Resilience and Facilities Management agenda.\n, • Drive business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience planning.\n, • Manage enterprise risk, compliance and governance frameworks.\n, • Oversee facilities management, contractor performance and statutory compliance.\n, • Provide executive-level reporting and stakeholder engagement.\n, • Lead response activities during major incidents and operational disruptions.\n\n What you'll need to succeed \n\n • Senior leadership experience across resilience, security, facilities or corporate services.\n, • Strong knowledge of business continuity and operational resilience.\n, • Experience managing estates and facilities within a complex environment.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with Executive and Board-level audiences.\n, • Ability to deliver change quickly in an interim capacity.\n\n What you'll get in returnThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected organisation and make a visible impact across workplace services, resilience and operational performance from day one. What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

User Researcher (Digital) Utilities Predominantly remote / very rare travel may be required 6 months £600 per day \n In short: We are seeking a User Researcher to support discovery, design, validation and delivery across Strategic Infrastructure digital initiatives. \n In full: \n Strategic Infrastructure is at the heart of a major transition, helping deliver some of the UK's largest and most complex capital programmes. These programmes depend on effective digital tools, reliable data, joined-up workflows, and systems that can be understood and used confidently by the people delivering critical infrastructure. \n You will help ensure that future digital products and enterprise systems are shaped around real user needs, operational realities, and the complexity of capital delivery environments. \n In this role, you will work closely with Product Owners, Product Managers, Business Analysts, UX Designers, delivery teams, subject matter experts and end users to understand how people currently work, where operational friction exists, and what future digital tools need to support. \n You will plan and conduct research with users across complex business areas, helping teams understand user behaviours, needs, pain points, decision points, workarounds and system dependencies. Your work will help translate business processes and requirements into evidence-based product decisions, user stories, design recommendations and supplier evaluation criteria. \n You will support projects across areas such as Land, Planning, Environment and Assurance, ESG, work management, portfolio delivery, and other enterprise digital products supporting Strategic Infrastructure. \n This role is especially suited to someone who is comfortable working in complex organisational environments, where user journeys cross multiple teams, systems, governance points, approvals, handoffs and data flows. \n You will help ensure that digital solutions are not only technically capable, but also clear, usable, traceable and adoptable by real users in real delivery contexts. \n Key requirements: \n Communication skills are key to this role \n Whether speaking to end users, facilitating workshops or presenting research findings to stakeholders, your ability to listen carefully, ask the right questions and communicate clearly is essential. \n Requirements: \n\n • Proven experience as a User/UX Researcher.\n, • Experience working on complex digital products, services or enterprise systems.\n, • Strong qualitative research skills, including interviews, workshops and usability testing.\n, • Ability to understand workflows, user roles, pain points, handoffs and system interactions.\n, • Experience working in agile or multidisciplinary product teams.\n, • Ability to translate research findings into user needs, insights and clear recommendations.\n, • Experience producing clear research deliverables, including journey maps, task inventories, personas, work profiles and actionable insight summaries.\n, • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Confidence working with operational users, technical teams and senior stakeholders.\n, • Experience identifying usability, workflow, adoption and comprehension risks.\n, • Experience working in large, complex organisations or regulated environments.\n, • Design skills are welcome but not essential.\n\n Desirable: \n\n • Experience in utilities, infrastructure, construction, engineering, energy, transport or public sector environments.\n, • Experience researching enterprise systems such as work management, asset management, planning, environmental, assurance, reporting or project delivery platforms.\n, • Familiarity with Double Diamond, Service Design or Systems Thinking.\n, • Experience supporting RFPs, supplier evaluation or product selection activities.\n, • Ability to create concept designs, wireframes or low-fidelity prototypes is desirable but not essential.\n\n Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer. \n We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention. \n

We are supporting an established national contractor (£600M T/O) with an expanding London business in their search for an experienced Senior Project Manager (PD) to join their London team. The business delivers complex, high-value projects with a focus on both; Healthcare (hospitals & clinics) and complex Commercial refurb (cut & carve), with Project values ranging from £20M - £150M.Reporting to the Operations Director, you will take full responsibility for the successful delivery of projects, overseeing all site-based activities to ensure they are delivered safely, on programme, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.You will: \n\n • Provide strategic leadership across projects and operational teams\n, • Ensure full compliance with HSE, quality, environmental, and legislative standards\n, • Drive programme, cost, and commercial performance, including budget ownership and CVR oversight\n, • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners\n, • Lead, motivate, and resource project teams to achieve high performance and morale\n, • Monitor project risk, contractual compliance, and commercial protection measures\n, • Support business development, bid leadership, and negotiated work winning\n, • Contribute to strategic planning, stakeholder reporting, and operational reviews\n, • Strengthen and develop the subcontractor supply chain and continuous improvement initiatives\n\n You will have: \n\n • Proven experience in a senior leadership role and stable career progression with a main contractor\n, • Strong track record delivering projects across healthcare and/or Commercial refurb (structural).\n, • Detailed knowledge of Design & Build, JCT and NEC contracts\n, • Excellent commercial awareness and financial management capability\n, • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and lead high-performing teams\n, • Strong communication, presentation, and client-facing skills\n, • Strategic mindset with the ability to drive project planning and delivery outcomes\n\n What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

IT Procurement Manager \n Wembley, 5 days on-site \n £70-75,000 per annum + Benefits \n The Opportunity \n We are seeking an experienced IT Procurement Manager to lead the procurement of IT hardware, software and technology services within a large, fast-paced organisation. \n This is a strategic role with a strong operational focus, offering the opportunity to shape procurement practices, influence technology sourcing decisions, and deliver significant commercial value. You will take ownership of the IT procurement strategy, build strong supplier partnerships, and drive cost-saving initiatives across a diverse technology portfolio. \n If you have a proven background in IT procurement, strong commercial acumen, and a passion for delivering measurable business outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead end-to-end procurement activities for IT hardware, including sourcing, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contract management and vendor performance oversight.\n, • Develop and execute annual procurement plans across hardware, software and IT services.\n, • Design, implement and continuously improve procurement processes to enhance efficiency, compliance and commercial value.\n, • Identify and deliver cost-saving opportunities through strategic sourcing, supplier consolidation and contract optimisation.\n, • Manage supplier selection processes, ensuring procurement decisions align with organisational policies and technology strategies.\n, • Conduct market analysis, benchmarking exercises and supplier reviews to support informed sourcing decisions.\n, • Negotiate commercial agreements and contract terms to maximise value and minimise risk.\n, • Ensure robust governance, due diligence and approval processes are followed throughout the procurement lifecycle.\n, • Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and support technology initiatives.\n, • Provide procurement expertise, market insight and commercial guidance to support strategic decision-making.\n, • Manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring service delivery, contractual compliance and value realisation.\n\n

Head of IT Service & Operations \n An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of IT Service & Operations to join a highly regulated organisation in a key technology leadership role. \n You'll be responsible for the performance, governance and resilience of IT services across the UK business. Working within a global technology model, you'll lead Service & Operations, ensuring technology services are secure, efficient and aligned with business objectives. \n This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to influence technology strategy, lead operational excellence and drive continuous improvement across the IT function. \n The Role \n\n • IT Service Integration and Management (SIAM)\n, • Service performance, governance and continual improvement\n, • Major Incident and Problem Management\n, • Vendor and supplier management\n, • IT risk, controls and regulatory compliance\n, • Business Continuity and Operational Resilience\n, • IT policy and Information Security governance\n, • Leadership and development of the IT Service & Operations team\n\n Working closely with senior business leaders and global technology teams, you'll ensure IT services remain resilient, customer-focused and fit for the future. \n About You \n You'll be an accomplished IT leader with significant experience in IT Service Management within a regulated environment. \n You'll bring \n\n • Strong experience of SIAM and multi-supplier environments\n, • Expertise in IT governance, risk and operational controls\n, • Experience managing audit, compliance and service performance\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills\n, • A collaborative leadership style with a track record of developing high-performing teams\n, • The ability to balance strategic oversight with operational delivery\n\n This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative leadership team and play a key role in shaping the future of IT service delivery within a complex and evolving organisation. \n Benefits \n Car allowance, discretionary bonus and generous pension contribution scheme. \n \n Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted. \n Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation \n We take our obligations to protect your personal data very seriously. Any information provided to us will be processed as detailed in our Privacy Notice, a copy of which can be found on our website

Site Reliability Engineer - SRE Consultant \n Akkodis are currently working in partnership with a leading service provider to recruit an experienced Site Reliability Engineer with experience in ensuring reliability, scalability and efficiency of client platforms. \n \n Please note this is a fully remote role with travel to client sites required on occasion and you must be eligible to gain security clearance (do not need to hold currently). \n \n The Role \n As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you will lead site reliability engineering initiatives with a strong emphasis on observability, ensuring high performance and reliability of applications & infrastructure. Provide strategic insights to shape the overall SRE strategy while collaborating on the design and implementation of scalable and reliable solutions. Establish effective monitoring, alerting and incident response strategies to maintain system availability and promote continuous improvement by collaborating with team members to deliver observability best practices and SRE methodologies. \n The Responsibilities \n\n • Define and implement Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) to measure and maintain system and application performance, ensuring services meet agreed reliability targets.\n, • Instrument applications to collect key metrics, logs, and traces that enable proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.\n, • Create dashboards and configure alerts to provide real-time visibility into system health, enabling teams to quickly detect and resolve issues.\n, • Assess and enhance Kubernetes capabilities, improving DevOps efficiency through innovation, agility and cost optimisation.\n, • Take a holistic approach to modernising the developer experience, focusing on organisational culture, DevOps practices, processes, automation and tooling.\n, • Architect scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure to ensure the seamless deployment and optimisation of containerised applications.\n, • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement automation strategies that reduce operational complexity and drive continuous improvement.\n\n \n The Requirements \n\n • Strong understanding of the SRE mindset and principles, including the creation and management of Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets ensuring reliability and performance.\n, • Experience in implementing observability, instrumenting applications to provide insights into system performance. Hands-on experience with tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry for monitoring, tracing, and real-time alerting is highly sought after.\n, • An understanding of microservices and container orchestration with the ability to optimise containerised applications for reliability and scalability.\n, • Experience enabling continuous delivery pipelines, with a focus on ensuring system reliability, quality, and performance through automated deployment, scaling, and observability tools.\n, • Understanding of build and deployment of pipelines and experience in collaborating with developers to improve observability and monitoring practices.\n, • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.\n, • Comfortability interacting and engaging with clients, although a consulting background is not a prerequisite.\n, • An enthusiasm and excitement at the prospect of working with a wide range of technology stacks and cloud providers across the wide range of clients and industries we support.\n\n \n If you are looking for an exciting new challenge to join a leading consultancy please apply now. \n Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law. \n Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers. \n By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Modis International Ltd and/ or Modis Europe Ltd. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement which explains how we will use your information is available on the Modis website. \n

VP Risk & Control, Technology Central London International Bank c. 120k base + bonus + good package Hybrid (3 days a week on-site) close to Moorgate tube As a long-established partner and recipient of a supplier award for our delivery into this international banking group, Deerfoot is assisting with a Senior VP Level opportunity where you can shape risk, governance and control across a major technology function. This is a unique role for a high-calibre practitioner who can bridge the gap between deep technical infrastructure environments and executive board reporting, with a clear trajectory to Director level within 12 to 24 months. \n This role requires a 50/50 balance between strategic evolution and hands-on execution. Acting as a trusted partner and a robust governance function, you will ensure technical risks are accurately identified and remediated while translating complex data into decision-ready insights for executive leadership. \n What you'll be doing \n\n • \n Driving 50/50 strategy and delivery, working line-by-line with infrastructure Product Owners to challenge, identify, and mitigate risks while building practical end-of-life roadmaps. \n • \n Governing the Digital Engineering Risk & Control framework, ensuring alignment with wider Technology risk appetite, operational resilience, BCP, and EMEA strategies. \n • \n Producing high-quality board packs and executive summaries, translating detailed technical risks into concise, high-level reporting for MD-level leadership and risk committees. \n • \n Partnering with Product, Platform, Cyber Security, IT Risk and Internal Audit teams to assess risks arising from new product implementations and change activities. \n • \n Managing audits, assurance activity, loss events and control checks across the infrastructure estate, ensuring product teams are held to account. \n • \n Operating initially as a senior individual contributor with the mandate, capability, and vision to introduce line management and scale the team as the function matures. \n\n What you'll need \n\n • \n Substantial experience managing risk within IT infrastructure environments (covering the infrastructure stack, networks, and storage) within financial services or a similarly large, regulated estate. \n • \n The technical credibility and confidence to challenge, ensuring you understand the environment well enough to robustly challenge technical teams and product owners. \n • \n Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate smoothly between technical floor-level details and executive-level presentations. \n • \n Hands-on experience with delivery and execution in a lean team environment; this is a role for a doer who can drive solutions, not a purely advisory consultant. \n • \n Familiarity with technology risk frameworks, controls, and compliance requirements relevant to a major banking infrastructure environment. \n • \n Strong line management capability, with the desire to take on people management responsibilities as the team expands. \n\n Qualifications \n\n • \n Desirable: CRISC, CISA, CISM, ITIL, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a transition from a technical infrastructure background into risk and control. \n\n Why this role stands out \n This is a pivotal role with massive internal visibility, offering a direct path to a Director position within 12 to 24 months as the department continues its upward growth trajectory. If you are a senior risk professional who misses being close to the detail and wants the autonomy to evolve a function from the ground up, this role offers the perfect balance of strategic influence and tangible delivery. \n Candidates who have held the following roles may be interested in this vacancy: VP Technology Risk & Control, Technology Risk Director, VP IT Infrastructure Risk, Head of Technology Risk & Control, VP Technology Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Head of IT Infrastructure Governance, Director of IT Infrastructure Risk & Governance, Associate Director - Technology Risk & Control, Head of Technology Controls & Assurance, Senior Technology Risk Manager, Senior IT Risk & Governance Lead, Director - Technology Risk Management, IT Risk Manager \n \n \n Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Quality Improvement Partner\n Independent Specialist Schools | Remote with National Travel \n Salary: Up to £65,000 + £4,500 car allowance + shares + discretionary bonusHours: Full-time (40 hours/week) Make a real difference in education\n Are you passionate about driving meaningful change in education and improving outcomes for young people? \n We're looking for a Quality Improvement Partner to join a forward-thinking education services group, supporting a portfolio of independent specialist schools. This is a high-impact, strategic role where you'll work closely with school leaders to raise standards, ensure compliance, and deliver exceptional education provision. What you'll be doing\n\n • Partner with Headteachers and senior leaders to drive school improvement and performance\n, • Lead on quality assurance, compliance, and inspection readiness\n, • Use data, KPIs, and performance metrics to identify improvements and shape strategy\n, • Ensure schools meet Independent School Standards and regulatory requirements\n, • Support governance processes and contribute to strategic leadership discussions\n, • Provide expert guidance on safeguarding, risk, and best practice\n, • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (HR, L&D, Quality) to deliver improvements\n, • Lead and manage service-level agreements (SLAs) across multiple sites\nWhat we're looking for\n\n, • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with a postgraduate qualification in education\n, • Proven experience in a senior leadership role within education\n, • Strong track record of leading successful inspections and driving improvement\n, • Deep knowledge of education standards, compliance, and safeguarding\n, • Experience managing multi-site or complex education environments\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills\n, • Ability to work independently and manage priorities across different locations (From Scotland all the way down to Cornwall)\n, • Full UK driving licence (national travel required)\nWhat's in it for you\n\n, • Competitive salary + bonus + car allowance + shares\n, • Opportunity to shape and influence education quality on a national scale\n, • Career development within a growing organisation\n, • Supportive and collaborative leadership environment\n, • Meaningful work improving outcomes for children and young people\nWhy join us?\n This is more than a role-it's a chance to have a lasting impact on the lives of young people, particularly those in specialist education settings who need it most. \n

Robert Half Technology are assisting a rapidly growing financial services organisation to recruit a Interim Solution Architect on a contract basis. Hybrid working - London based \n We combine deep domain expertise with innovative, bespoke delivery to help clients solve complex risk, data, AI, and technology challenges. As a Solutions Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the design, engineering direction, and delivery quality of both client and internal solutions - ensuring robustness, scalability, auditability, and alignment with organisational standards of excellence. \n You'll work closely with the Business and IT & Security teams to assess new ideas for tools, accelerators, and reusable components with strong architectural thinking. This role blends advisory work, hands-on solution design, and the opportunity to influence the next generation of technical and AI-enabled offerings. \n Role \n Architecture and Solution Design \n\n • The Solution Architect will translate business requirements into high-quality solution architectures and design specifications.\n, • Develop logical and physical architecture diagrams, integration patterns, data flows, and component models.\n, • Ensure all designs follow enterprise architecture principles, technology roadmaps, and security standards.\n, • Evaluate build vs. buy options and lead technical assessments of software, platforms, and cloud services.\n, • Support project mobilisation, helping teams establish tooling, cloud environments, engineering standards, and delivery patterns.\n\n Collaboration \n\n • Contribute to product roadmaps, emphasising scalability, reusability, and alignment with long-term organisational strategy.\n, • Support delivery teams to ensure architectural patterns are implemented consistently and efficiently.\n\n Technical Leadership \n\n • Provide architectural guidance to delivery and IT Security teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.\n, • Review technical designs, code, and configurations to ensure alignment with approved architecture.\n, • Identify and mitigate technical risks early in the project lifecycle.\n, • Drive architectural governance, ensuring traceability, documentation accuracy, and compliance.\n, • Ensure solutions meet compliance standards (e.g. ISO 27001).\n\n AI & Data Awareness \n\n • Ensure solution designs support AI/ML-enabled capabilities where relevant (e.g. data lineage, governance, feature management, and model integration patterns).\n, • Collaborate with wider technical teams to define integration approaches for predictive analytics, generative AI services, or model-driven systems.\n, • Recognise and address architectural implications of model lifecycle management (versioning, replicability, and auditability).\n\n Client & Stakeholder Engagement \n\n • Support pre-sales activities by contributing architectural expertise to early discovery, proposals, and RFP responses.\n\n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Proven experience designing solutions across application, data, integration, and infrastructure domains.\n, • Strong understanding of cloud architectures (preferably Azure) and modern delivery practices (API-led, microservices, CI/CD, DevOps).\n, • Expert-level knowledge of the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and supporting tools.\n, • Ability to produce clear and structured documentation, including HLDs/LLDs, sequence diagrams, data flows, and security models.\n, • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.\n, • Experience with enterprise security principles, identity management, and governance frameworks.\n, • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving.\n\n Desirable \n\n • Experience designing architectures involving Snowflake, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, or similar modern data platforms.\n, • Relevant cloud certifications (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect Expert).\n, • Experience working within regulated industries (finance or other data-sensitive environments).\n, • Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman).\n, • Background in software engineering, data architecture, or infrastructure engineering.\n, • Exposure to designing internal accelerators, frameworks, or reusable components.\n, • Awareness of AI/ML architecture patterns, generative AI integration considerations, or data lineage and monitoring concepts.\n\n Company \n\n • Rapidly growing financial services organisation with offices in London\n, • Hybrid working\n\n Salary & Benefits \n The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training. \n Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. 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Project Manager – Up to £46,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits (Civil Service Pension) + Hybrid (Stratford, London)We're looking for a skilled and commercially-minded Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of strategic initiatives, driving projects from concept through to implementation and benefits realisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to manage high-profile programmes, work with senior stakeholders, and influence meaningful organisational change on an international scale.You'll play a key role in ensuring projects deliver measurable business value whilst balancing scope, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder expectations.What You'll Be Doing\n\n • Leading the end-to-end delivery of complex projects and programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.\n, • Developing and maintaining realistic, data-driven project plans that adapt to changing priorities, risks, and dependencies.\n, • Managing multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, both internally and through third-party suppliers and partners.\n, • Driving project governance, reporting, RAID management, and benefits realisation throughout the project lifecycle.\n, • Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and ensuring alignment on project outcomes.\n, • Managing budgets, resources, procurement activities, contracts, and supplier relationships to achieve value for money.\n, • Identifying and mitigating project risks while ensuring compliance with organisational and regulatory requirements.\n, • Facilitating project reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities to strengthen delivery capability.\n, • Communicating project progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels.\n, • Creating an environment where teams are empowered to collaborate effectively and deliver high-quality outcomes.\nWhat We're Looking For\n\n, • Significant experience delivering large, complex projects and programmes within multinational organisations.\n, • Proven ability to manage multi-million-pound budgets, resources, timelines, and competing priorities.\n, • Experience working within matrix environments and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders and executive-level audiences.\n, • Demonstrable experience managing third-party suppliers, contracts, and external delivery partners.\n, • Strong governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance experience.\n, • Experience using project planning and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, Microsoft Project, Planner, and related platforms.\n, • Excellent communication, presentation, and reporting skills.\n, • Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery execution.\nDesirable Experience\n\n, • Delivery of digital, online, technology, or transformation programmes.\n, • Experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts and supplier agreements.\n, • Experience delivering learning, education, assessment, or customer-focused programmes.\n, • Experience operating within highly regulated or governance-focused environments.\n, • Exposure to Agile, Hybrid, and traditional project delivery methodologies.\nQualifications\n\n, • Degree or equivalent professional experience.\n, • Project Management certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent.\nProject Manager – Up to £46,000 + Bonus + Exceptional Benefits (Civil Service Pension) + Hybrid (Stratford, London)

Strategic Technical Programme Manager (S/4HANA) \n Join a leading global consultancy that partners with some of the world's most recognisable organisations to deliver complex transformation programmes that create real business value. \n This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a major retail ERP transformation, ensuring a successful delivery from planning through to go-live. \n Role Overview \n\n • Location: Central London/Hybrid (2 days per week)\n, • Contract Length: 6 months initially with scope for extension\n, • Day Rate: £600- £700 per day Inside IR35\n, • Industry: Consulting / Retail / Digital Transformation\n\n What You’ll Be Doing \n\n • Lead the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale S/4HANA transformation programme across multiple work streams.\n, • Establish programme governance, reporting frameworks and effective ways of working.\n, • Coordinate technical and business teams to keep delivery aligned, integrated and on track.\n, • Manage programme dependencies, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues.\n, • Oversee business readiness activities, ensuring stakeholders are prepared for change at every level.\n, • Own cutover planning and execution, driving a smooth and successful go-live.\n, • Provide clear, transparent programme updates to senior stakeholders and executive leadership.\n, • Champion quality standards and ensure delivery remains aligned to strategic objectives.\n, • Drive organisational change and adoption throughout the transformation journey.\n\n Main Skills Needed \n\n • Proven experience leading SAP S/4 HANA Implementations within an enterprise organisation is essential.\n, • Excellent programme management expertise, including governance, risk management and delivery frameworks.\n, • Experience managing multiple technical and business workstreams within complex environments.\n, • Outstanding stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.\n, • Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how technology programmes deliver business value.\n, • Excellent analytical, planning and problem-solving abilities.\n, • Confident leader who can build alignment and drive outcomes without direct authority.\n\n What’s in It for You \n\n • Opportunity to lead a high-profile transformation programme within a major retail environment.\n, • Work alongside experienced transformation professionals on a business-critical ERP implementation.\n, • Hybrid working with a balance of onsite collaboration and flexibility.\n, • Fast-paced, impactful contract where you'll play a key role in programme success.\n, • Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making throughout the engagement.\n, • Be part of a consultancy recognised for delivering practical, lasting business transformation.\n\n This is a highly time sensitive role, therefore, the application deadline is Thursday 9th at 11am. \n We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. \n By applying you are confirming you are happy to be added to the Addition Solutions mailing list regarding future suitable positions. You can opt out of this at any time simply by contacting one of our consultants.

Job title: Service Designer - Financial WellbeingLocation: London - 2 days per week onsiteContract: 6 Months - potentially for extensionRate : £600/DayHours: 35 hours, full time \n About this opportunity \n We're looking for a visionary Service Designer to collaborate in creating seamless digital experiences for our customers, building advocacy and advancing the practice of Service Design across the Group. \n You'll love your craft and enjoy sharing your knowledge with others. Whether that's advocating for Service Design with product teams, defining new ways of working together more effectively or helping evolve the craft. \n Our Financial Wellbeing team craft human-centred end-to-end experiences for all customers in financial difficulty. Using behavioural insights and behavioural design, we place empathy and the human experience at the heart of all we do. Across human and digital channels, we support our customers in their moments of need. With our work with aim to transform moments of worry into moments of hope to help them back on their feet. \n This non-aspirational experience context often differs from other parts of financial services and the ideal candidate will have desired experience with health, mental health, behavioural design or similar. \n If you want to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable customers, why not apply? Find out more about what we're looking for. \n Requirements: \n\n • Strong Service Design experience within complex organisations.\n, • Customer Journey Mapping and Service Blueprinting expertise.\n, • Human-Centred Design and Design Thinking methodologies.\n, • Experience working across the full service design lifecycle.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and facilitation skills.\n, • Experience using Figma or similar design tools.\n, • Strong communication and collaboration skills.\n, • Strong visual design skills to translate ideas into tangible artefacts - from concepts to prototypes (experience with generative AI tools is a plus).\n, • Strategic innovation capability - combining creative vision with analytical thinking to identify and shape opportunities.\n, • Be highly motivated, proactive, and have a driven approach to achieving individual and collective goals coupled with the ability to help cultivate an environment that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.\n, • You'll have strong relationship building skills and an innovative approach to problem solving and will be credible when dealing with senior audiences; with the confidence to provide a healthy challenge where appropriate.\n, • You'll also possess calmness and resilience when under pressure, and the ability to proactively identify new or potential risks and respond to emerging priorities.\n, • Strong communication skills; effective in communicating ideas, issues, and implications to senior, technical and non - technical audiences and will have experience in research and design thinking methods.\n, • Experience with trend research, signal observation and strategic foresight methodologies.\n, • Experience in applying strategic foresight techniques, innovation frameworks and 'design thinking' methods\n\n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead end-to-end service design activities across customer journeys.\n, • Create and maintain customer journey maps and service blueprints.\n, • Design customer-centric experiences that improve financial wellbeing outcomes.\n, • Facilitate workshops and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.\n, • Work closely with researchers to translate insights into service improvements.\n, • Engage and influence a broad range of stakeholders.\n, • Identify pain points, opportunities and service improvements across the customer lifecycle.\n, • Apply behavioural design thinking and human-centred design principles.\n, • Work effectively and confidently as part of agile teams to help uncover priorities, visualise outcomes, and define scope.\n, • Shape critical initiatives ensuring we're led by colleague, customer and market insight when creating or enhancing our propositions and services.\n, • Attend workshops and discussions with stakeholders, making sure the business context, needs and risks are properly understood, and that key decisions are well informed.\n, • Communicate with colleagues and customers to manage expectations and incorporate multiple perspectives when defining solutions.\n, • Support the research and document current and future state services.\n, • Make good design decisions, bring the user perspective to the forefront and challenge the validity of constraints.\n, • Collaborate closely with other designers, product owners, and engineers.\n, • Be an active member of the design community to share knowledge, create ideas, and embed principles of design across a range of product, service, and customer journeys.\n\n \n Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? 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As Senior Data Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming Lumina’s consumer, market and behavioural datasets into actionable commercial intelligence for both internal stakeholders and external clients. \n Working closely within the data team and collaborating with insight teams and customer success managers, you will develop advanced analytical solutions, forecasting methodologies and predictive models that enhance Lumina’s data products and consultancy offering. By exploring opportunities within complex datasets, you’ll uncover emerging trends and deliver meaningful recommendations that support strategic decision-making. \n Your impact will be felt through your curiosity and instinct for asking why, helping to build trust in how data is interpreted and bring greater clarity to how people decide, buy and consume across the food and drink landscape. What You’ll Be Doing\n\n • Developing advanced analytical solutions that generate actionable insights from Lumina's proprietary datasets\n, • Translating complex analytical findings into compelling narratives, recommendations and presentations through effective storytelling\n, • Designing and implementing forecasting and predictive models that support client decision-making and product development\n, • Partnering with Insight, Research and Commercial teams to answer high-value business questions\n, • Building scalable analytical workflows and automation using Python and SQL\n, • Maintaining and enhancing client-facing dashboards, ensuring analytical findings are communicated effectively\n, • Evaluating and implementing new analytical methodologies, technologies and approaches\n, • Contributing to the development of new data products and data strategy\n\n What You’ll Need\n\n • A naturally curious mindset, with a genuine interest in exploring data and asking why\n, • Stakeholder management and communication skills, including explaining analysis clearly to different audiences\n, • SQL and data manipulation skills \n, • Python programming capability for analytics, automation and modelling \n, • Experience analysing large-scale survey, consumer or behavioural datasets \n, • Statistical analysis and forecasting techniques \n, • Data modelling and analytical framework development \n, • Ability to identify trends, drivers and commercial opportunities from data \n, • Experience translating complex analysis into clear business recommendations \n, • Experience creating dashboards and data visualisations that effectively communicate insights \n, • Understanding of predictive analytics, machine learning and AI applications (desirable)\n, • Experience using AI-enabled tools and workflows to enhance analytics, automation and insight generation (e.g. Copilot, Codex, Claude) (desirable)\nBenefits & Initiatives\n\n, • Generous annual leave –25 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time employees\n, • Long service holiday reward – Receive an extra day's annual leave for each year of service after six years, up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays for full-time colleagues \n, • Christmas office closure – Enjoy additional paid leave between Christmas Day and New Year's Day to cover discretionary office closure days \n, • Holiday purchase scheme – Buy up to three additional days' annual leave each year and spread the cost over up to six months\n, • MeDay – Take an additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, a cultural or religious event, or another occasion that is meaningful to you\n, • Volunteering day – One paid day each year to support a charity, community group or cause close to your heart\n, • Hybrid and agile working – Flexible ways of working to help you balance work and life commitments (role dependent)\n, • Enhanced pension contributions – Benefit from employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum\n, • Life assurance – Providing financial protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones\n, • Group Income Protection – Financial support if you're unable to work due to long-term illness or injury\n, • Family-friendly policies – Enhanced pay entitlements to support you and your family during important life events\n, • Health and wellbeing support, including: \n \n, • Healthcare cash plan\n, • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)\n, • Virtual GP service\n, • Health and wellbeing resources and tools\n \n, • Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Supported by employee-led networks, with a culture where everyone feels welcome and valued. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer\n, • Cycle to Work scheme – Save money and support a healthier commute \n, • Electric Car scheme – Access an affordable and sustainable way to drive an electric vehicle \n

\n Working closely with the Director and senior leadership team, the post-holder will oversee business operations, finance, governance, people management and strategic planning, enabling researchers and professional services colleagues to achieve ambitious objectives. This is a highly visible position requiring a commercially minded and collaborative leader who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery. \n \n Client Details \n \n Our client is a prestigious, internationally recognised social science research centre based within a leading UK university. \n\n With a reputation for academic excellence and global reach, the organisation is entering an exciting phase of growth and development and is seeking an exceptional operational leader to support its continued success.\n\n \n Description \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • Lead the operational management of the research centre, ensuring efficient and effective business processes.\n, • Develop and implement operational strategies aligned with the centre's long-term objectives.\n, • Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and resource allocation.\n, • Ensure compliance with university policies, funding requirements and relevant regulatory frameworks.\n, • Manage governance processes, reporting cycles and committee activities.\n, • Lead and develop professional services staff, fostering a high-performance and inclusive culture.\n, • Support grant management and research funding activities in collaboration with academic colleagues.\n, • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across systems, processes and working practices.\n, • Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including funding bodies, partners and collaborators.\n, • Identify operational risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.\n, • Support strategic projects, organisational change initiatives and business planning activities.\n\n Profile \n Person Specification: \n\n • Significant experience in a senior operational, business management or professional services leadership role.\n, • Experience of managing budgets, financial planning and resource management.\n, • Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop multidisciplinary teams.\n, • Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.\n, • Experience of governance, compliance and risk management processes.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.\n, • \n Experience within higher education, research institutes or grant-funded environments. \n\n Job Offer \n\n • Opportunity to contribute to research with significant societal impact.\n, • Influential leadership role within a high-profile and respected organisation.\n, • Collaborative and intellectually stimulating working environment.\n, • Exposure to internationally recognised academics and research networks.\n, • Broad remit with genuine opportunity to shape strategy and operations.\n, • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.\n