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Become part of a mission-driven team building secure, resilient platforms that safeguard the nation's financial system. The Bank of England, in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Lead Solution Architect - Data Analytics with strong enterprise and solution architecture experience, deep knowledge of cloud-based data platforms, and a track record of delivering complex data and analytics so... \n \n ZIPC1_UKTJ

An excellent opportunity for a Design / Development Engineer to join a well-established company! \n \n Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent. \n Salary: Competitive package dependent on experience, including Pension \n Location: Leeds LS13 \n \n About The Company: \n \n The company specialises in high performance, extreme environment piezoelectric devices, systems and materials, offering a range of sensors, actuators and transducer devices based on its novel piezoelectric materials, with applications in areas such as non-destructive testing/evaluation (NDT/E) condition monitoring and flow measurement in demanding environments. \n \n Piezoelectric materials are used in a vast and rapidly expanding range of actuators and sensors. They are the irreplaceable heart of systems such as medical ultrasound imaging, non-destructive testing (NDT), energy harvesting and SONAR comprising a $15bn annual market. Ionix has developed novel range of high temperature piezoelectric materials, which can operate in extreme environments in excess of 600 °C and with which opens the opportunity to a whole host of new high temperature and extreme environment sensing technologies. \n \n Purpose: \n \n They are looking for an innovative Design & Development Engineer who will be a key contributor to the Product Development team, responsible for creating and implementing new ultrasonic sensor solutions for extreme environments (high temperature, radiation, pressure etc.). \n The company spans materials science, mechanical and electrical engineering, physics and acoustics, and programming. As such, you will work closely colleagues of various disciplines to provide cutting edge solutions from pre-prototype stage through to full production. \n \n The role will be varied, mixing conventional CAD design, process R&D, prototyping, testing, materials science, and manufacturing engineering. Because of this, there is scope for a candidate who does not fit the traditional mechanical design engineer mould to contribute, and so applications from those who have other applicable skills to offer will be considered. \n \n You will serve as technical lead and project manager for projects of various complexities and lengths, as well as contribute collaboratively to the projects of others when required. As such, you should have an ability to work to deadlines, with a flexible approach to the varied tasks required of the role. \n \n Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. \n \n Responsibilities: \n \n\n • Design, prototype, assemble, and test sensors, by a range of acoustic, electrical, and mechanical means.\n, • Manage and contribute to projects to develop Ionix sensors & system products, including liaising with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure product or project requirements are met.\n, • Design and produce technical drawings of mechanical components and assemblies of devices using SolidWorks.\n, • Create thorough and accurate documentation where required for project management, experimental plans and records, quality, and intellectual property purposes.\n, • Present progress and feedback from development activities to technical and commercial colleagues.\n, • Provide technical advice and support the business development process, working with sales and technical colleagues to achieve the collective commercial goals of the business.\n\n \n The candidate: \n \n Essential skills and personal attributes: \n \n\n • A degree in Science or Engineering plus a minimum of 2 years industrial experience, or at least 4 years’ experience in research, product development, or mechanical design is strongly preferred.\n, • Demonstrable understanding and knowledge of CAD, preferably Solidworks, alongside knowledge of conventional manufacturing methods and techniques.\n, • A hands-on and analytical approach to development, capable of creating high quality documentation and reports and plans.\n, • Comfortable working cross functionally and developing into a subject matter expert.\n, • Confident producing and presenting technical specifications and presenting in formal design reviews and update meetings.\n\n \n Desirable skills and attributes (but not essential): \n \n\n • Experience with equipment design for deep subsea, extreme pressures, or extreme temperatures.\n, • Experience in processing of epoxy and polyurethane resins and composite materials.\n, • Experience in non-destructive testing (NDT/NDE), particularly ultrasonic testing would be beneficial.\n, • Experience in the design, modelling and construction of ultrasonic, piezoelectric or harsh environment sensors.\n, • Experience in design of components for use in explosive environments (ATEX).\n, • Experience of FEA analysis or simulation tools, particularly ultrasonics, ie., OnScale, COMSOL etc\n, • Experience with prototype manufacturing, including 3D printing, manual drilling & milling, and soldering.\n, • Experience of electronics, embedded software and/or digital signal processing.\n, • Experience working within an ISO 9001 accredited environment.\n, • Experience of working within an APQP framework\n\n \n Benefits: \n \n\n • Competitive salary, pension and performance bonuses.\n, • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including Cycle to Work Scheme, Holiday Buy-back and increasing leave on years of service.\n, • Half day every first Friday of the month.\n, • Acccess to Electric Car Scheme\n, • Opportunities for professional development and career growth.\n\n \n If you feel that you have the relative skills/attributes to fulfil this role then please apply now for immediate consideration. \n \n The employer fully supports Equality in Employment. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.

Financial Controller \n Leeds | Hybrid working \n £110,000 - £120,000 + a strong benefits package \n Robert Half is proud to be supporting a historic and well-established Leeds-based business in the search for an outstanding Financial Controller. \n This is a senior leadership opportunity for a technically strong finance professional who can combine deep accounting expertise with the ability to lead and develop a... \n \n ZIPC1_UKTJ

DescriptionWho We Are:We’re on a mission to close the world’s tech skills gap. We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers.Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.About you:You care deeply about producing high-quality work that delivers real valueYou’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems collaborativelyYou bring strong expertise in your craft, alongside a willingness to keep learningYou communicate clearly and build trust quickly with clients and teammatesYou’re pragmatic, adaptable and outcome-focusedYou enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others growYou value low-ego collaboration and enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teamsTo strengthen AND's position as a leader in the data industry, we are seeking a Data Principal (hands on Architect) to lead the local Data & AI Practice and expand our Data capability. This pivotal role supporting the local club leadership requires a balance of leading on client, leading the data practice proposition in the local market and building upon our existing data skills and capability from your experience. You will be working closely with ANDs global data practice team, your practice team and local leadership to drive growth and value for our clients deepening our client partnerships. Your Leadership & Influence:Data Leadership: You have a proven track record of managing and inspiring teams. You excel at navigating the complexities of enterprise-scale problem solving, turning challenges into opportunities for our clients.Stakeholder Artistry: You are a master of client-facing delivery. You can translate complex data concepts into business value, managing multi-vendor environments with a focus on long-term partnership.Designing for People and Purpose: Your expertise goes beyond just building scalable architectures; you design systems with a focus on delivering value. You ensure that your extensible and scalable solutions are implemented because they consistently meet the evolving needs of both the business and its users.Your strategic mindset:Quality Advocate: You take personal pride in the integrity of your work. Beyond just fixing bugs, you champion quality assurance and performance tuning as a mindset, ensuring the data programs we build for our clients are robust, reliable, and respected.Industry Stewardship: You are a lifelong learner who keeps a pulse on industry standards and best practices.Partnership Focus: You champion relationships with technology partners, whether established or new, working collaboratively to deliver for clients.Your Technical Fluency:You lead by example. While your primary focus is strategic, you maintain the technical depth required to guide teams through the full Data Product Lifecycle:Technology breadth: You bring a seasoned perspective to both modern and traditional ecosystems—with extensive experience building data solutions using Microsoft Azure and/or AWS native services, with development to production experience ideally in Databricks, but also Snowflake or Fabric, managing delivery with an Agile mindset. Data Product mentality: You understand how to build Data Products ensuring that every pipeline and dataset is discoverable, addressable, and secure by design.Data capabilities: You understand the full lifecycle of data from data discovery, storage, pipelines, ETL, streaming through to how data is managed including data quality, metadata management and how data is used for applications and core decision making through advanced analytics.AI: You have a deep expertise or experience of AI, specifically how to build AI solutions in modern data platforms (Databricks/Snowflake). In addition to Microsoft Azure, leveraging core technologies in the AI Foundry ecosystem, understanding different business challenges require varied solutions from SLM’s to intelligent Agentic automation from LLM foundational models, Human in the Loop and MLOps.Data Architecture Design: You understand and know when to use the following data architecture design patterns RAG (Retrieval-Augmented-Generation), Serverless, DWH models, Data Mesh and Data Products.Hands on mindset: You speak the language of data fluently, whether it's Python, R, or SQL and are ready to jump in to provide solutions where required.Why join AND Digital?We’re building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way.Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we’re organised into regional ‘Clubs’ of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole.Our Practice Areas act as a ‘second home’ for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy.Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset. We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves.By joining AND, we’ll provide:25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice).Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.Flexibenefit: 1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the 1000 can be taken as cash. Life Assurance.Income Protection.Eye test + first pair of glasses.Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave.Equal Opportunities StatementDiversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we’re committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We’re actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.AI StatementWe champion tech that helps people work smarter, but we want to get to know you! If you use AI to assist with your application or interview prep, please ensure all information submitted remains an accurate, truthful representation of your personal achievements and capabilities rather than generating false or misleading information. We may reject applications where AI is used inappropriately at any stage of the recruitment process.Job SummaryID: 19A9DD4CCEDepartment: DataType: full time

The UK water sector is entering a transformative period of investment, with AMP8 driving innovation in digital engineering, network resilience and sustainable water management. At Stantec, we're helping water companies meet these challenges by delivering industry-leading water network modelling solutions that improve performance, reduce leakage and support long-term investment planning.We're looking for a Senior Water Network Modeller to join our growing team in Leeds . This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in the technical delivery of water network modelling projects while working alongside recognised industry specialists on some of the UK's most significant water infrastructure programmes. With a strong pipeline of work, access to national and international expertise and a collaborative environment, you'll have the opportunity to further develop your technical skills while helping shape the future of water network modelling.ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Water Network Modeller , you'll lead the delivery of water network modelling projects across a wide range of clean water programmes, supporting clients from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed analysis and investment planning.Your responsibilities will include:Leading the technical delivery of water network modelling projects across multiple frameworks.Developing, calibrating and analysing hydraulic models using industry-standard software such as InfoWorks WS Pro, InfoWater Pro, Synergi Water or equivalent.Delivering studies relating to network optimisation, leakage reduction, pressure management and network resilience.Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, Project Managers and clients to develop practical and sustainable engineering solutions.Supporting project planning, technical reviews and the delivery of high-quality modelling outputs.Mentoring junior modellers and sharing technical knowledge across the wider team.Contributing to the continuous improvement of modelling processes and digital delivery.YOUR IMPACTYour work will help water companies make informed investment decisions that improve network resilience, reduce water loss and deliver reliable water supplies for communities across the UK. Through high-quality modelling and technical expertise, you'll support the development of smarter, more sustainable water networks that address future environmental and operational challenges.Beyond project delivery, you'll help strengthen our modelling capability by mentoring colleagues, promoting best practice and supporting the adoption of innovative digital tools. Your contribution will play an important role in delivering engineering excellence and maintaining Stantec's reputation as a trusted partner within the UK water sector.ABOUT YOUEssentialDegree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering or a related discipline.Experience delivering water network modelling projects within the UK water sector.Strong knowledge of industry-standard modelling software such as InfoWorks WS Pro, InfoWater Pro, Synergi Water or equivalent.Experience leading the technical delivery of modelling projects.Good understanding of network optimisation, leakage management and pressure management.Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.Experience mentoring or supporting the development of junior engineers or modellers.DesirableChartered Engineer status or working towards Chartership.Experience using GIS platforms such as ArcGIS.Experience with water balance studies, digital solutions or advanced data analytics.Experience working on UK regulated water company frameworks.WHY JOIN USWe put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups).Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it!Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.If you're ready to take the next step in your water network modelling career and help deliver smarter, more resilient water infrastructure for communities across the UK, we'd love to hear from you.About StantecThe Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK@stantec.comand we will talk to you about how we can support you.ReqID: 9211

DescriptionWe’re on a mission to close the world’s tech skills gap. We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster.Since 2014, we’ve worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology.That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers.Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world.About you:You care deeply about producing high-quality work that delivers real valueYou’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems collaborativelyYou bring strong expertise in your craft, alongside a willingness to keep learningYou communicate clearly and build trust quickly with clients and teammatesYou’re pragmatic, adaptable and outcome-focusedYou enjoy sharing knowledge and helping others growYou value low-ego collaboration and enjoy working as part of multidisciplinary teamsSolution Director - EngineeringAs a Solution Director, you are expected to develop and drive the growth of our client accounts. Using your combined deep and broad technical subject matter expertise, client engagement skills, and knowledge of our propositions and solutions, you will build trust and credibility with senior client stakeholders to identify opportunities where we can help them achieve their goals and business ambitions.What you'll bring to the table:As a Solution Director, you are expected to develop and drive the growth of our client accounts. Using your combined deep and broad technical subject matter expertise, client engagement skills, and knowledge of our propositions and solutions, you will build trust and credibility with senior client stakeholders to identify opportunities where we can help them achieve their goals and business ambitions.Exploring client problemsAct as a high-level trusted advisor for equivalent C-suite stakeholders in your area of expertise (CPO/CTO/CDO), providing expert guidance and influencing their thinking and ambitions.Build a deep understanding of the client’s core business, strategy, and ambitions, identifying where technology and modern engineering approaches can unlock value.Nurture relationships to build a network within the client, developing insight into their business, needs, and challenges.Advise and guide strategy and solutions thinkingProactively engage and spend time with clients to understand and explore their needs and pain points, exploring options, proposed solutions, and providing ongoing expert advice.Guide, advise, and influence on how technology—across cloud, AI, integration, and full stack engineering—can help address their challenges.Input and partake in data-based conversations and work with the Data Solution Director to make sound recommendations to clients.Constructively challenge client thinking to set them on the right path to achieve their desired outcomes.Provide clients with tangible examples of how you have deployed AI in an engineering capacity.Identify opportunities and support deal developmentIdentify opportunities where we can help develop and build the right solutions for the client, including helping the client to build the business case internally.Support the development of proposals and shaping of opportunities for both existing clients (with the Head of Client Services) and new potential clients (with CP), playing a key role in presenting our technical capabilities and engineering excellence to build client confidence.Fully understand our propositions and solutions delivered to other clients, particularly in areas of domain expertise such as modern application development, full stack architectures, and platform engineering.Solution designInspire and support the client by providing a vision and defining their business and technical requirements.Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient architectures, leveraging modern full stack engineering practices (front-end, back-end, APIs, data, DevOps, and cloud).Provide recommendations on how we can leverage AI-based solutions to improve, enhance, expedite solutions and/or engineering practices.Guide and mentor build teams, overseeing solution design and delivery to ensure it aligns with the original vision and delivers expected business value.Ensure the technical integrity of solutions through architectural governance and engineering best practice.Develop our propositions and Practice Area IPActively provide feedback on our propositions to help maintain, develop, and evolve them as needed.Contribute to the development of the Practice Area through sharing best practices, reusable assets, and refining methodologies—particularly in areas of software architecture, full stack engineering frameworks, and delivery models.Team leadership and developmentGuide and develop ANDis on engagements, in their Practice Areas and Clubs, helping to grow and elevate technical capabilities across the business.Mentor engineers and architects in modern engineering disciplines, fostering a culture of technical excellence, experimentation, and continuous learning.Why join AND Digital?We’re building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way.Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we’re organised into regional ‘Clubs’ of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole.Our Practice Areas act as a ‘second home’ for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy.Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset. We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves.By joining AND, we’ll provide:25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice).Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you.Flexibenefit: 1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the 1000 can be taken as cash. Life Assurance.Income Protection.Eye test + first pair of glasses.Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave.AI StatementWe champion tech that helps people work smarter, but we want to get to know you! If you use AI to assist with your application or interview prep, please ensure all information submitted remains an accurate, truthful representation of your personal achievements and capabilities rather than generating false or misleading information. We may reject applications where AI is used inappropriately at any stage of the recruitment process.Equal Opportunities StatementDiversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we’re committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We’re actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team.Job SummaryID: D26AA41D72Department: EngineeringType: full time

Reference: 1111Our Cyber practice is growing. We already have a small but successful national digital team supporting clients with all areas of every corner of this growing sector, including cyber breach support, resilience and broader coverage issues, but we have ambitious plans to grow.We are looking for a Partner to join our growing digital team to focus on the provision of cyber related advice to our client base, including both Insurers and companies. With our transatlantic offering, a strong pedigree in the insurance market and a board mandate to grow our digital practice, this opportunity is truly exciting.Our current work spans the whole cyber life cycle, from regulatory and compliance advice designed to help businesses avoid cyber breaches, to acting as breach counsel on critical incidents and post incident support including defending enforcement action by regulators and compensation claims. More broadly we also advise on cyber coverage and policy wordings, and insurance claim handling.. We are seen as trusted advisors for our clients when faced with highly pressurised, time sensitive challenging events like cyber incidents and breaches.What you will need to be successful in this role:We're looking for an individual with a deep track record in handling cyber security incidents who can help grow and shape our cyber practice in the UK, as well as help us develop international opportunities that come from our US footprint and Lex Mundi relationships, and also leverage our connections in the insurance market. This provides an excellent foundation for a self-starter to own, develop and grow a team in a truly important area for our clients.As an experienced leader, you will bring a reputation for technical excellence, exceptional client management skills, and a business growth mindset. Our existing digital, privacy and insurance teams will provide you with a great platform from which to grow your practice, and you'll enjoy plenty of support to help you market and grow your team.To be successful in this role, you'll need as a minimum:An enterprising mindset and self-motivation to be successful.A proven track record in advising clients on responding to cyber security incidents. Experience of building and sustaining your own work in this space, ideally with contacts within the cyber insurance market.Exceptional client management skills, skilled at supporting clients in difficult and time sensitive situations.An external profile as a leader in this field with an in-depth sector/market understanding and the impact of trends on clients.A commitment to developing and nurturing the talent of junior lawyers.An understanding of how the provision of legal services should be delivered at a top 20 law firm, including revenue prioritisation, a commercial mindset and effective and efficient matter management.To be an admitted lawyer in the UK or similar jurisdiction.What make it great to work here – A point of view like no otherWe see things differently and our approach reflects that in all areas of our business. We are a team of over 1300 lawyers and technical specialists that continue to deliver trail blazing work for our exceptional clients. We're investing in technology, setting legal precedents and challenging perceptions.But in addition to that we are proud to have created a unique open and person centric culture that we think sets us apart from other firms. Our award winning Responsible Business and ESG agenda, our embedded DE&I initiatives led by our Board sponsored DE&I group and our support of the Mindful Business Charter all support our endeavours to ensure that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work.We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns. Find out more about ED&I at WBD here.We appreciate that you might want to find out more about this opportunity in a confidential way. If you would like to have an initial exploratory conversation about our cyber practice and our ambitions for its growth please reach out confidentially to our Recruitment Business Partner Sarah Rogers in the first instance.If you decide to continue to be formally considered we will ensure that you have plenty of opportunity to meet key members of our team, including Business Group and Sector Leads, as well as peers across departments and specialisms.You can learn more about our approach to Partner recruitment, and your career in our Partnership here: Partner Recruitment | Careers | Womble Bond DickinsonWe encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring. Strictly no agencies please.Our Cyber practice is growing. We already have a small but successful national digital team supporting clients with all areas of every corner of this growing sector, including cyber breach support, resilience and broader coverage issues, but we have ambitious plans to grow.We are looking for a Partner to join our growing digital team to focus on the provision of cyber related advice to our client base, including both Insurers and companies. With our transatlantic offering, a strong pedigree in the insurance market and a board mandate to grow our digital practice, this opportunity is truly exciting.Our current work spans the whole cyber life cycle, from regulatory and compliance advice designed to help businesses avoid cyber breaches, to acting as breach counsel on critical incidents and post incident support including defending enforcement action by regulators and compensation claims. More broadly we also advise on cyber coverage and policy wordings, and insurance claim handling.. We are seen as trusted advisors for our clients when faced with highly pressurised, time sensitive challenging events like cyber incidents and breaches.What you will need to be successful in this role:We're looking for an individual with a deep track record in handling cyber security incidents who can help grow and shape our cyber practice in the UK, as well as help us develop international opportunities that come from our US footprint and Lex Mundi relationships, and also leverage our connections in the insurance market. This provides an excellent foundation for a self-starter to own, develop and grow a team in a truly important area for our clients.As an experienced leader, you will bring a reputation for technical excellence, exceptional client management skills, and a business growth mindset. Our existing digital, privacy and insurance teams will provide you with a great platform from which to grow your practice, and you'll enjoy plenty of support to help you market and grow your team.To be successful in this role, you'll need as a minimum:An enterprising mindset and self-motivation to be successful.A proven track record in advising clients on responding to cyber security incidents. Experience of building and sustaining your own work in this space, ideally with contacts within the cyber insurance market.Exceptional client management skills, skilled at supporting clients in difficult and time sensitive situations.An external profile as a leader in this field with an in-depth sector/market understanding and the impact of trends on clients.A commitment to developing and nurturing the talent of junior lawyers.An understanding of how the provision of legal services should be delivered at a top 20 law firm, including revenue prioritisation, a commercial mindset and effective and efficient matter management.To be an admitted lawyer in the UK or similar jurisdiction.Location:Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton Contract Type:Permanent

Company DescriptionTurner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.Please visit our website: Job DescriptionOur Programme Advisory (PA) business unit has a proven track record of working with public and private sector clients to deliver complex strategies, set-up, and transformations for major programmes both in the UK and globally, with the ambition of being No.1 in the strategy, set-up, and delivery of infrastructure programmes combining Asset Management and Programme Advisory and core delivery capabilities.Our Programme Commercial Advisory team within PA supports iconic clients across a wide range of sectors through designing, developing, implementing, and optimising commercial strategies, commercial models, and functional operating models. This ranges across the commercial lifecycle from market intelligence through commercial strategy development optimising commercial performance and value.We are seeking talented individuals at Consultant, Senior Consultant and Principal Consultant grades across multiple UK locations who are seeking the next step in their career supporting our clients’ major programmes and organisation in setting a new standard of supply chain and commercial delivery for the industry.As part of our Programme Commercial Advisory team, you will be in a unique position to influence and transform performance on the world’s most impactful programmes for a green, inclusive, and productive world. If you are forward thinking with a passion for making a difference and moving industry forwards and are looking to make the most of your outstanding all-round commercial / procurement acumen in major programmes commercial / procurement strategy or delivery this could be the opportunity for you.Building on your strong background in Procurement, Supply Chain or Cost & Commercial Management and seeking to develop your career at a more strategic level, the successful applicant will be highly enthusiastic and looking to progress their career within a team of specialist commercial/ transformation consultants. As a Commercial Advisory Consultant/Senior Consultant/Principal Consultant you will be part of our leading team focused on the set-up, transformation, and delivery of some of the most iconic major programmes, utilising your Procurement/Commercial experience to make a difference in how programmes are set up for success and optimised. Key aspects of the role include (but are not limited to): Understanding and communicating the key strategic levers to enable successful outcomes-driven commercial environments for clients.Able to guide clients in understanding how to establish optimal commercial approaches throughout the asset lifecycle.Ability to utilise your experience and contribute to translating a client’s vision into effective and realistic commercial solutions, including incentivisation.Ability to deploy and/ or optimise commercial management strategies, processes, tools, and systems and tailoring our standard methodologies to client needs.Proactively connect and collaborate with diverse and multi-disciplinary teams both internally and externally. Developing strong relationships with client stakeholders at all levels.Supporting clients to deliver effective change management.Supporting key activities within the Programme Advisory team includinginternal development of commercial service transformation products and methodologies.identify, contribute to and progress business generation opportunities where appropriate, working closely alongside senior leadership and wider Turner & Townsend teams.QualificationsCommercial:A deep understanding of one or more of infrastructure, defence and/or energy and natural resources markets, and associated commercial requirements.Awareness of the commercial lifecycle and how this supports clients.Ability to understand and operate within large-scale, complex environments.Experience of delivering projects within commercial / transformational environments.Familiarity with construction industry context, models, and initiatives (e.g. Construction Playbook, Project 13).Familiarity with relevant legislative requirements (e.g. public/sector procurement regulations)Qualified, or in an advanced process of becoming qualified in MCIPS, RICS or equivalent professional qualification is desirable.Consultancy:Experience of leading and managing multiple projects and maintaining quality deliverables against challenging timelines. Excellent communication skills including active listening, presentation, and written communication.The ability to provide insights to our clients through clear and succinct communications.Flexible with a can-do attitude and a strong eye for detail.Able to work and thrive in multi stakeholder environments.Experience of delivering change management.Additional InformationOur inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Please find out more about us at #LI-SM2SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: ConsultingExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Construction

The UK water sector is experiencing unprecedented investment, creating exciting opportunities to deliver innovative engineering solutions that improve resilience, protect the environment and support communities for generations to come. At Stantec, our national Hydraulic Engineering team is at the forefront of this transformation, delivering specialist expertise across some of the UK's largest regulated water frameworks.We're looking for a Senior Hydraulic Engineer to join our growing team in Reading, Brighton, Cambridge, Leeds, Edinburgh or Warrington . This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of technically challenging hydraulic engineering projects while developing your leadership skills within a nationally recognised team. Working alongside industry-leading specialists, you'll help deliver innovative solutions across major water infrastructure programmes while building your expertise and contributing to the continued growth of our Hydraulic Engineering capability.ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Hydraulic Engineer , you'll lead the technical delivery of hydraulic engineering studies across a diverse portfolio of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, supporting delivery from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design and construction support.Your responsibilities will include:Delivering hydraulic studies, including steady state and transient analysis, across a range of water infrastructure projects.Developing and reviewing hydraulic models, calculations and technical reports using specialist software such as HADES, VARISM, Flow-3D or equivalent.Providing technical guidance on pumping systems, hydraulic structures and conveyance assets.Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, Project Managers and clients to develop practical, sustainable engineering solutions.Supporting site investigations, design reviews and construction activities where required.Mentoring and supporting junior engineers while contributing to the continuous improvement of hydraulic engineering best practice.YOUR IMPACTYour work will directly influence the resilience, efficiency and long-term performance of critical water infrastructure across the UK. Through high-quality hydraulic engineering, you'll help clients optimise asset performance, improve network resilience and deliver sustainable solutions that address future environmental and operational challenges.Beyond project delivery, you'll support the continued growth of Stantec's Hydraulic Engineering capability by sharing technical knowledge, mentoring colleagues and driving engineering excellence. Your expertise will help deliver infrastructure that protects communities, safeguards the environment and creates lasting value for our clients.ABOUT YOUEssentialDegree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering or a related discipline.Experience delivering hydraulic engineering projects within the UK water sector or another regulated infrastructure environment.Strong understanding of fluid mechanics, hydraulic structures and transient analysis.Experience using hydraulic modelling software such as HADES, VARISM, Flow-3D or equivalent.Experience leading technical delivery on multidisciplinary engineering projects.Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills.Experience mentoring or supporting the development of junior engineers.DesirableChartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards professional registration.Experience working collaboratively with contractors and delivery partners.Experience supporting framework delivery and client relationships.Knowledge of digital engineering tools and modern methods of project delivery.WHY JOIN USWe put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups).Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it!Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.If you're ready to take the next step in your hydraulic engineering career and help deliver nationally significant water infrastructure projects that will benefit communities for generations to come, we'd love to hear from you.About StantecThe Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK@stantec.comand we will talk to you about how we can support you.ReqID: 9185Other Locations: Leeds, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Reading, Brighton#additional

It’s an exciting time for Stantec! With AMP 8 well underway and a number of frameworks to support across the UK & Ireland, including Yorkshire Water’s Storm Overflow Alliance, Northumbrian Water’s Strategic Technical Partnership, United Utilities’ Design Development Partnership and more!Read more here:Yorkshire Water Storm Overflow Alliance to deliver AMP8 capital investment programmeNorthumbrian Water appoints Stantec as strategic technical partner for AMP8United Utilities appoints Stantec to Design Development Partners Framework for AMP8Thanks to these appointments and a range of ongoing projects such as Coire Glas and Cruachan, we are looking to continue growing our team in Newcastle & LeedsWe are seeking a Senior Principal Dams Engineers, to join a supportive & collaborative team delivering innovation & excellence to complex industry challenges. Your role will involve providing technical solutions & advice, with your technical expertise ensuring that projects are delivered to cost, schedule, technical and quality standards.Our work spans from front end design to design & build projects, including both new build reservoirs such as Cheddar & SESRO, and existing reservoir maintenance.This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a global engineering firm that is expanding and growing our Dams team. You will work within professional and collaborative teams all with the same aim of delivering world class solutions for our clients and the communities around us. On a personal level, you will learn and develop, and our goal is to aid your career progression and increase your job satisfaction.About youWe are interested in speaking with degree qualified Engineers, who have achieved Chartered status with a relevant engineering institution e.g. IEI, ICE, CIWEM.You will have extensive experience in dam engineering, hydraulic stresses & hydropower and ideally have achieved Supervising Engineer accreditation, though support can be provided to achieve this.Preferably, you’ll have previous consultancy experience, along with experience managing civil engineers and co-ordinating with other technical professionals to achieve holistic technical outcomes. Most importantly, you’ll embody our values and ethos of client focus and service excellence.About StantecThe Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK&I@stantec.comand we will talk to you about how we can support you.ReqID: 8100Other Locations: Leeds#additional

Basic informationLocationBelfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, ReadingBusiness LineEnabling FunctionsJob TypePermanent / FTCDate published04-Aug-2026Req #24505Job descriptionConnect to your IndustryExciting opportunity for a disputes/contentious regulatory lawyer to join the Contentious Matters team within the firm’s Quality, Risk and Security community.The Contentious Matters team is a team made up of lawyers, auditors and accountants, with responsibility for managing all UK contentious legal and risk matters arising out of the firm’s client work. The team has a broad and demanding remit, which at its core is focused on regulatory enquiries, regulatory investigations, claims, threatened claims, circumstances that could lead to investigations or claims, public inquiries, reputational issues, complaints, and extensive requests for evidence. Beyond that, the team’s role and purpose increasingly includes: a) supporting on contentious matters arising across our EMEA community; b) ad hoc risk consultancy on live engagements; c) project work (focussed on a variety of legal and risk subjects, with a view to supporting our partners and people in pro-actively driving quality and the management of risk); d) QRS/Firm support, including providing legal advice in respect of internal and external transactions; and e) managing the firm’s PII arrangements. This is an interesting, challenging and varied role. It is a rare opportunity to join an excellent team, which would provide the successful candidate with a unique insight into the firm, excellent experience in dealing with often high-profile legal and risk issues faced by the firm and exposure to the firm’s executive leadership.Connect to your career at Deloitte Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more. What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.Connect to your opportunity You will have a broad, impactful scope of responsibilities, including:Pro-actively help manage a demanding case load of contentious matters (independently where appropriate, but also with others in the team) across a range of the firm’s client facing businesses;Work with (and coordinate) a variety of our internal stakeholders (including, amongst others, engagement teams, our partners and staff within the relevant businesses’ risk teams, others within the Deloitte legal and risk community (including senior leadership), and colleagues in our media and comms team);Liaise confidently and independently with our external stakeholders (including in particular our clients, subcontractors, lawyers acting for third parties, as well as external legal counsel and experts);Responsibly using AI tools to assist in the analysis and resolution of matters;Contribute positively to the team’s successes and high profile, by having a personal impact that matters in all elements of the role (including by owning and developing legal and risk projects); Take an active role in the management, support and training of more junior members within the team (and within the legal and risk community generally); andWork effectively in a diverse environment within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.Connect to your skills and professional experience disputes/contentious regulatory lawyer;Experience of working at a respected private practice law firm and / or in-house (whether through secondments or otherwise);Interested in assessing legal and risk of exposures, including undertaking deep dive analyses of complex contentious matters, with a focus on finding routes to resolution where challenge arises;Able to apply such analysis to dispute resolution, regulatory investigations / inquiries, contract renegotiation and other legal processes;Ideally, experience of dealing with the FRC and ICAEW;Ideally, experience of contentious issues involving AI as part of the underlying cause of the issue;A curious mind, with a passion for problem-solving and strong communication skills;Good analytical skills and demonstrated ability to articulate advice in a succinct and understandable manner, and to make recommendations based on that analysis;Experience of responsibly using AI tools in the context of dispute resolution;Strong interpersonal skills, including excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills;Strong team player with good organisation, planning and project management skills;Attention to detail and a consistent high level of quality;Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on your own initiative within a challenging work environment; and Strong numerical skills.Connect to your business - Enabling FunctionsCollaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.National Quality and Risk ManagementWe ensure we manage our business with integrity. This includes developing and managing assurance and business risk frameworks, anti-money laundering, addressing any potential conflicts of interest amongst clients and maintaining our independence from them, ensuring we’re compliant and managing the security of our people.Personal independence Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.Connect with your colleagues "Deloitte’s a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it’s open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm.” - Lisa, Enabling FunctionsOur hybrid working policyYou’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.Our commitment to you Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.Connect to your next step A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careersWPFULL SLICSS LOCOFFICE

Introduction At Pen, we don’t just underwrite risk, we unlock possibility. We’re a dynamic underwriting and distribution business backed by the strength of Gallagher and powered by a belief that every challenge has a solution. With entrepreneurial energy, niche expertise, and a bold growth mindset, we’re transforming what it means to be an MGA in today’s insurance landscape. Whether you’re shaping new products, solving complex problems, or collaborating across teams, your ideas and initiative will help deliver smarter solutions for our clients—and move the industry forward. Here, agility meets stability. Creativity meets execution. And your career meets real opportunity. At Pen, we champion innovation, value accountability, and thrive on building something better together. If you’re looking to join a team that’s rewriting the future of underwriting, we’d love to hear from you. Overview Are you ready to take your underwriting career to the next level? Pen Underwriting is looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our Risk Managed Commercial team. This is your chance to work with a dynamic team, manage a diverse portfolio, and make a real impact in the insurance industry. The role will focus on underwriting and servicing new, existing or both new and existing accounts. You'll have the opportunity to grow your expertise, mentor others, and contribute to our success. How you'll make an impact • Manage and grow a portfolio of renewal accounts, working closely with clients to address rating and adjustment enquiries., • Develop new business opportunities, ensuring excellent outcomes for clients, brokers, and insurers., • Evaluating risks, handling technical claim cover requests, and liaising with brokers, insurers, and internal teams., • Review and approve referrals from Underwriters and Assistant Underwriters., • Operating within your delegated underwriting authority., • Mentoring and training junior team members, sharing your expertise to help them grow., • Developing a deep understanding of Pen’s coverage offerings., • Analysing and interpreting data to compile statistics. About You • CII/Dip CII qualification or equivalent, with A-Level education or similar., • Underwriting experience in servicing accounts, use specialist technical knowledge to handle claim queries, ensuring a connected service., • Firm grasp of risk exposure, able to determine the acceptance criteria and risk classifications in a range of complex or unfamiliar situations., • Experience in underwriting and servicing accounts, including handling claim queries., • Proactive communicator with strong negotiation skills and a keen eye for detail., • Strong trading and negotiation skills ensuring excellent outcomes for the customer, brokers, Pen and Insurers., • Experience of planning and prioritising client renewals and seeking new business opportunities., • Analytical and problem-solving skills., • A positive, team-oriented attitude with a commitment to delivering excellent service., • Eligibility to work in the UK. #LI-EO1 Compensation and benefits On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve: • Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days, • Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to, • Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x, • Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up, • Health cash plan or Private medical insurance Other benefits include: • Three fully paid volunteering days per year, • Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount, • Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan, • Critical illness cover, • Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally, • Season ticket loan, • Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase, • Emergency back-up family care, • And many more… We value inclusion and diversity Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work. Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest. Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities. We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know. Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with _ . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch. Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities. Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Job Title \n Enterprise Architect \n Location \n Asda House \n Employment Type \n Full time \n Contract Type \n Permanent \n Hours per Week \n 37.5 \n Salary \n Competitive Salary plus benefits \n Category \n Enterprise Information Architecture \n Closing Date \n 3 September 2026 \n We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the technology architecture across Asda's customer-facing digital estate, including Grocery Home Shopping, George.com, Customer platforms. \n This role is responsible for defining the technology strategy, target architectures and transformation roadmap that underpin Asda's digital commerce ambitions. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in shaping the future of online retail at Asda, including the strategic migration of Grocery Home Shopping capabilities to the Ocado platform ecosystem. \n What You'll Love \n\n • \n Define and own the technology strategy and architecture roadmap for eCommerce and Customer platforms. \n\n\n • \n Provide architectural leadership for Asda's Grocery Home Shopping transformation and migration to the Ocado platform. \n\n\n • \n Develop target-state, transition and integration architectures that support business growth and digital transformation. \n\n\n • \n Govern technology decisions, architecture standards and solution designs across the domain. \n\n\n • \n Partner with business and technology stakeholders to shape investment priorities and strategic initiatives. \n\n\n • \n Promote modern architectural approaches including API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns. \n\n\n • \n Drive simplification of the technology estate, reducing technical debt and improving platform re-use. \n\n\n • \n Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on digital commerce and customer technology strategy. \n\n What You'll Need \n You'll be a strategic technology leader with deep experience delivering architecture across large-scale digital, retail or eCommerce environments. \n You'll bring: \n\n • \n Significant Enterprise Architecture experience within digital, customer or eCommerce domains. \n\n\n • \n Strong knowledge of online retail, customer experience and digital commerce platforms. \n\n\n • \n Experience leading complex transformation programmes and large technology roadmaps. \n\n\n • \n Expertise in architecture governance, operating models, technology strategy and roadmap development. \n\n\n • \n Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive level. \n\n\n • \n Experience designing highly resilient, scalable and integrated platforms. \n\n\n • \n Broad knowledge of cloud technologies, integration patterns, data platforms and modern engineering practices. \n\n\n • \n An ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery outcomes. \n\n Desirable Experience \n\n • \n Grocery eCommerce or omnichannel retail experience. \n\n\n • \n Experience of large-scale platform migration programmes. \n\n\n • \n Knowledge of customer identity, loyalty, personalisation and digital marketing ecosystems. \n\n\n • \n Experience working with strategic technology partners and third-party platform providers. \n\n\n • \n Exposure to Ocado or similar modern commerce and fulfilment platforms. \n\n Why Join Asda? \n This is an opportunity to shape the future of one of the UK's largest retail transformation programmes. You'll influence the architecture that supports millions of customer interactions, lead strategic technology decisions and play a critical role in the evolution of Asda's digital commerce platforms. \n Working in a highly visible leadership role, you'll help define how customers shop with Asda online for years to come. \n Everything you'll love \n To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots. \n You will also get an excellent benefits package including: \n\n • \n Discretionary company bonus \n • \n Company pension up 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%) \n • \n Company Car allowance of £8000 \n • \n 15% colleague discount in store and online \n • \n Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas. \n • \n Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated \n • \n Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments. \n\n We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves

\n • Electrician\n\n Installs Electrician| Yorkshire \n A genuinely flexible Electrician role where you're trusted to get the job done. \n Why this Electrician role stands out \n\n • Genuine flexibility – need to do the school run, have an appointment or start later one day? That's absolutely fine, provided your hours are covered and communication is there.\n, • Home early most days – the hours are 8am to 4:30pm, but many engineers are getting home around 2–3pm once their daily workload is completed. \n, • One postal area per day – no driving all over Yorkshire. \n, • Your own dedicated coordinator – every engineer has a dedicated coordinator, supported by a planning manager. They organise your jobs, check customers are available before you attend and help deal with any issues or delays. You're not being passed around day to day. \n, • A company that values its people – there are lots of long serving employees, with most people having been with the business for 5 to 10 years. People don't tend to leave + They're only hiring due to new contracts.\n, • Premium rate overtime – additional work is regularly available during the week and at weekends if you want to increase your earnings.\n, • Proper training and support – new starters are eased into the workload based on their experience. For example all new starters will receive training on the new environmental sensor systems in place with clients.\n, • No call out rota – this is an installation focused role, so there are no out of hours call outs.\n, • Newer company van + fuel card – the oldest van in the fleet is currently a 2024 model, with compact vans that are easy to park.\n, • One mental health day per year, plus charity initiatives and access to a range of discounts and benefits through BrightHR.\n\n Package: \n\n • Starting salary for those with the 2391 qualification: £38.5K to £40K.\n, • Starting salary on average, for those without the 2391 qualification = £36,000. Potential for flexibilities. \n\n The Electrician role: \n You'll be working independently across domestic properties, carrying out predominantly electrical installation work as well as testing and maintenance work when required. \n New starters are gradually introduced to the workload based on their individual experience and capabilities, rather than simply being thrown in at the deep end. \n The majority of the work is sole working, giving you the autonomy to manage your own jobs. \n\n • Electrical installation, testing and commissioning\n, • Consumer unit replacements\n, • Fan installation and replacement\n, • Smoke alarm installation\n, • Environmental sensor installation\n, • EICRs and routine inspections\n, • Preventative maintenance\n, • Rewiring work in a team where required\n\n Essential: \n\n • Confident lone working in domestic installation environments.\n, • NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualification, including AM2\n, • Full UK driving licence\n, • Comfortable using a tablet and digital systems\n\n We do expect a strong volume of applications, so if you're an Electrician, and this is of interest, please click apply now to avoid missing out! \n #Technical2026

Opportunities at Director level within a leading firm of Chartered Accountants are rare, and this Corporate Tax Director role in Leeds is a particularly significant one, sitting within a well-regarded and ambitious tax practice with the client base, the team, and the strategic vision to offer an outstanding platform for any senior corporate tax professional ready to operate at the very highest level of the profession, with flexible working, a company pension, and much more on offer. As Corporate Tax Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the firm's corporate tax offering, leading a high-performing team, and overseeing a prestigious and complex client portfolio whilst working closely with partners to drive the continued growth of the practice. \n Crowe Watson Recruitment is one of a very small number of specialist accountancy recruiters with the experience and professional credibility to handle a Director level appointment with the discretion and rigour it demands. The team has a deep understanding of the senior corporate tax market across the North of England, and for a career move of this magnitude, Crowe Watson is the partner you want alongside you. \n What is the day-to-day of the role: \n\n • Leading the delivery of complex corporate tax advisory and compliance services\n, • Advising on M&A, group restructuring, and strategic tax planning matters\n, • Driving business development activity and converting new client relationships\n, • Building and maintaining director-level relationships with key clients and stakeholders\n, • Leading, inspiring, and developing a high-performing corporate tax team\n\n Required Skills and Qualifications: \n\n • CTA and/or ACA/ACCA qualified with an outstanding corporate tax background\n, • At least seven years' experience working within a UK Practice environment\n, • Proven track record at senior manager or director level in complex corporate tax advisory\n, • Exceptional technical knowledge across M&A, group structures, and international tax\n, • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage at board and partner level\n, • A strong personal network and a proven business development track record\n\n Benefits: \n\n • Flexible working arrangements\n, • Company pension\n, • A genuine platform to shape the strategic direction of the firm's tax offering\n, • The chance to work at the highest level of the profession\n\n You might not meet all the criteria, but if you are passionate about developing yourself and your career, we'd love to hear from you. \n Crowe Watson is acting as an Employment Agency. References to pay rates are indicative and salary is dependent on experience. \n Please note that Crowe Watson Recruitment is unable to assist with sponsorship applications; all candidates must have the right to work in the UK without restriction.

Job Title \n Accounting Services Senior Manager \n \n Location \n Leeds \n \n Salary \n £68,000 - £88,000 \n \n One of the Big 4 firms in Leeds is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Manager to join its expanding Accounting Services division. This team partners with large UK and international organisations, delivering outsourced accounting, statutory compliance and high-level advisory solutions. \n \n This is a senior leadership opportunity suited to a technically strong and commercially minded accountant who thrives on managing complex projects, developing teams and building long-term client relationships. \n \n What you will be doing as an Accounting Services Senior Manager: \n \n\n • Oversight and review of statutory financial statements\n, • Management accounts and bookkeeping services\n, • Coordination and control of local statutory reporting for cross-border groups\n\n\n, • Providing guidance on statutory accounting compliance requirements\n, • Advising on improvements to financial reporting cycles, including production, audit and filing processes\n, • Deploying qualified finance professionals on client secondments to meet short-term resource needs\n\n\n, • Leading investigations, financial analysis and data validation exercises to support statutory reporting\n, • Preparing year-end compliance documentation for audit purposes\n, • Managing full statutory compliance cycles for multi-entity and international organisations\n\n \n What you will need to succeed as an Accounting Services Senior Manager: \n \n\n • Hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CA, or international equivalent; ATT/CTA also considered where relevant)\n, • Demonstrate deep technical expertise in financial reporting, with the ability to approach complex issues from first principles\n, • Possess strong working knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS, with awareness of US GAAP\n, • Be confident with accounting systems and highly proficient in Excel\n, • Have proven experience managing large, multi-entity or cross-border finance projects\n, • Show strong leadership capability, including coaching and developing high-performing teams\n, • Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally\n, • Thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments and adapt confidently to changing client needs\n\n \n Why join this firm? \n \n\n • Hybrid working model (office, home and client site)\n, • Private medical insurance and 24/7 virtual GP access\n, • Generous annual leave plus dedicated volunteering days\n, • Structured career progression within a nationally recognised team\n, • Ongoing technical and leadership development\n, • Competitive remuneration and flexible benefits package\n\n \n What next? \n \n The client is keen to start interviewing NOW! So, if you are interested, please apply asap! \n \n \n \n As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Lead EHV Commissioning Engineer — 275kV XLPE Cable System | National Grid Interface \n \n Teesside | £800–£1,300 per day, [outside IR35] | 6-month contract | \n \n There are maybe a hundred people in the UK who have taken a transmission-class cable system from ITP to energisation and signed it off. If you're one of them, this is the kind of contract you take for the CV as much as the rate. \n \n We're looking for a Lead EHV Commissioning Engineer to own the end-to-end commissioning of a 275kV XLPE cable system on one of the UK's largest net zero projects in Teesside. \n \n Not a supporting role. You are the commissioning authority on this: the strategy, the programme, the test regime, the National Grid interface, and the signature on the handover pack. \n \n What you'll own \n \n • The commissioning strategy and programme, from readiness planning through to energisation. \n • The test regime itself. Leading tests, interrogating results, and calling it when something doesn't look right. \n • The National Grid interface, including outage planning and the energisation process. \n • ITPs, commissioning procedures, SAT documentation and the final handover pack. \n • A multidisciplinary team across OEMs, principal contractors and specialist testing providers. \n \n What you'll need \n \n • Commissioning experience at transmission voltage (275kV or 400kV) on cable systems. \n • Previous Commissioning Engineer or Commissioning Lead/Manager posting. You've held the pen before. \n • Deep knowledge of EHV cable systems: joints, terminations, bonding and earthing. \n • Direct experience of National Grid commissioning, outage and energisation processes. \n • TP141, BP141, SAP or equivalent transmission authorisations. If you hold current authorisations, you're at the top of the rate band. \n \n The commercial detail, up front \n \n • £800–£1,300 per day. The spread is real and reflects transmission authorisations held and depth of 275kV+ cable commissioning. Tell us what you've got and we'll tell you where you sit. \n • Site-based (Teesside) through the commissioning and energisation windows. Planning, documentation and interface work can be done remotely, so the "hybrid" is genuine rather than decorative. \n \n

| £, - £, + % | ( - ) \n \n If you're a couple of years post-qualified and ready to step into a senior finance position then look no further. \n \n You'll join a £55m turnover e-commerce business as Assistant Financial Controller, working directly under the current FC with a clear, mapped-out path to take over the role in 2027. This isn't a vague "progression opportunity" line in a job spec - there's a vacancy, a date, and a plan. \n \n In the meantime, you'll get genuine oversight of a transactional finance function, ownership of end-to-end management accounts and month-end reporting, and real commercial exposure - margin analysis, forecasting, budgets, stock costing - the kind of work that actually prepares you to run a finance function rather than just report on one. \n \n ' : \n\n • Technically strong with a solid grip on management accounting fundamentals.\n, • Commercially minded - genuinely interested in the "why" behind the numbers.\n, • Comfortable taking ownership of a team, not just a set of numbers.\n, • Ambitious, but patient enough to learn the role properly before stepping into it.\n\n \n This is a growing business that's serious about succession planning rather than just filling a seat. You'll be given the time and access to actually learn the FC role before you're expected to do it. \n \n : \n\n • End-to-end management accounts and month-end reporting.\n, • Commercial insight for stakeholders - profit and margin analysis, forecasts, budgets.\n, • Stock costing and forecasting.\n, • Oversight of the transactional finance function beneath you.\n, • Working directly alongside, and shadowing, the current Financial Controller.\n, • Building towards full ownership of the FC role ahead of their retirement in 2027.\n\n \n ' : \n\n • 2+ years post-qualified experience (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).\n, • Strong management accounting background with commercial exposure.\n, • Experience overseeing or managing a small team is a plus.\n, • Confidence to build relationships with commercial stakeholders.\n, • A genuine interest in stepping up to FC level in the future, not just holding the title.\n\n \n : \n\n • £55,000 - £62,000 basic salary\n, • 10% bonus scheme\n, • Private healthcare\n, • 30 days holiday\n, • Enhanced parental leave\n, • Hybrid working - 3 days per week in the office\n, • A clearly defined route to Financial Controller\n\n \n If the idea of stepping into an FC role with a proper handover, rather than being thrown in at the deep end, appeals to you, apply today.

If you’re an experienced Senior ready to step up, or an Assistant Manager who wants more autonomy without the politics of a larger firm, this could be the right move. We’re working with a well-established, growing independent accountancy practice in Leeds. Not PE-driven. Not obsessed with chargeable hours for the sake of it. Just a commercially sharp, people-first firm with a strong client base across Yorkshire.As an Accounts Assistant manager you’ll manage your own portfolio while supporting junior staff and reporting into an approachable Partner team.Responsibilities include:\n\n • Managing a varied portfolio of SME clients\n, • Reviewing statutory accounts (FRS 102 / 102 1A)\n, • Corporation tax compliance\n, • Supervising and mentoring trainees and Seniors\n, • Acting as the main point of contact for clients\n, • Supporting Managers and Partners on advisory projects\nIt’s a genuine step into leadership without being thrown in at the deep end.What They’re Looking For\n\n, • ACA / ACCA qualified (or very close to qualifying)\n, • Solid background in UK accountancy practice\n, • Experience reviewing work and managing client relationships\n, • Confident communicator who enjoys developing others\nThe Benefits\n\n, • Flexi hours – structure your day around you\n, • Hybrid working – typically 2–3 days from home\n, • Competitive salary plus annual bonus\n, • Clear progression to Manager\n, • Funded CPD and ongoing development\n, • 25+ days holiday plus bank holidays\n, • Private healthcare\n, • Regular team socials\n, • Genuine work-life balance – no culture of late evenings\n

Clinical Negligence Solicitor – Healthcare Litigation \n Flexible Location - Manchester, Leeds, Harrogate, Newcastle or London \n Hybrid \n Contract Type – Perm \n \n About HF \n People. Not just lawyers \n Hempsons are part of the HF group of companies and are leading legal experts in the sectors of health and social care, charities, clinical negligence and professional support and advice for medical practitioners. They support the NHS and other organisations across the public, private and third sectors, delivering expert legal advice drawn from deep sector knowledge and experience. \n About the team \n Our 70+ strong team of lawyers advise NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts and medical defence organisations on wide ranging and important issues providing intelligent and novel solutions and have been described as ‘second to none’ by Chambers and Partners. \n We are looking for an enthusiastic healthcare litigation lawyer NQ-4 PQE level with strong clinical negligence experience to join our Healthcare Litigation team and work alongside them on the extensive range of services we provide. \n What you’ll be doing \n The team are looking for an experienced healthcare litigation lawyer, who will undertake a wide variety of healthcare litigation work for the NHS and other public and private healthcare providers. There may also be an opportunity to undertake client secondments. \n\n • Pre-action investigation and drafting\n, • Drafting of reports and advice to clients in and out of litigation\n, • Preparation and attendance of trials and mediations;\n, • Interviewing witnesses and drafting of statements\n, • Cost management;\n, • Multi-party litigation;\n, • ADR/mediation and attendance at settlement meetings;\n, • Negotiation of settlement;\n, • Preparation and attendance at Court hearings including CCMCs and application hearings\n, • Client training and support activities including; presentations, seminars and webinars\n, • Business development activities (appropriate to role)\n\n What do I need? \n\n • Previous healthcare litigation experience, ideally from another panel firm or medical defence insurer or indemnifier or if you are newly qualified, to have completed a seat in clinical negligence.\n, • Familiar with issues relevant to our clients within the healthcare sector\n, • Excellent organisational and time management skills\n, • Excellent attention to detail\n, • Strong communication skills\n, • Able to uphold strong confidentiality and ensure compliance with client requirements\n, • Able to work to tight deadlines and targets\n, • Flexible and willing to take on a varied workload\n, • Able to work as part of a wider team\n\n What’s in it for you? \n Apart from the competitive salary you’d expect, our package of benefits reflects our values of partnership, innovation, and being real people. We’re committed to creating a dynamic workplace where everyone feels supported, empowered, and part of our success. \n \n You’ll enjoy: \n \n\n • 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + Holiday Buy Scheme\n, • Life Insurance & Income Protection\n, • Private Medical Insurance & Healthcare Cash Plan\n, • Employee Assistance Programme & Digital GP services\n, • Pension Scheme\n, • Electric Car Scheme\n, • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave\n, • Hybrid & Flexible Working Options\n, • Discounted Gym Membership & Employee Discount Hub\n, • Flu & Eyecare Vouchers – and more!\n\n \n What next? \n If HF sounds like a place where you could belong, we'd love to learn more about you! \n Submit your CV here and we’ll be in touch if we have any opportunities that match your experience and interests. If we don’t have something right now, we’ll keep your details on file and may reach out in the future as part of our talent pipeline.

Job TitleEconomic Development ConsultantJob Description SummaryTo be providedJob DescriptionConsultant / Senior Consultant / Associate – Economic DevelopmentShape the future of places across the UKCushman & Wakefield is one of the world's leading real estate services firms, with over 50,000 colleagues operating across more than 60 countries. Our UK Land, Development & Planning team is growing, and we're looking for talented Economic Development professionals to join our nationally recognised Economic Development & Appraisal (EDA) team.This is an opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant regeneration, infrastructure and investment programmes, helping shape the future of towns, cities and communities.About the teamOur Economic Development & Appraisal team specialises in promoting sustainable economic growth through expert advice on land, property and infrastructure. We combine deep real estate expertise with economic development, appraisal and place-based strategy to help clients make informed investment decisions.We are recognised market leaders in the preparation of HM Treasury Green Book business cases and provide strategic advice to public and private sector clients across the UK.Our work includes:HM Treasury Green Book business casesEconomic impact assessmentsFunding strategiesProject feasibility studiesEconomic and market demand assessmentsBusiness and investment planningEvaluation and monitoringRegeneration and place-based strategiesOur clients include government departments, local authorities, Mayoral Combined Authorities, Homes England, investors and developers.We're retained on major public sector frameworks, including the Homes England Strategic Research, Economics and Evaluation Framework, and advise on nationally important initiatives including:National Housing Delivery FundBrownfield Housing FundIntegrated SettlementsInvestment ZonesFreeportsNew TownsMajor regeneration and city centre renewal programmesLarge-scale employment and infrastructure projectsThe opportunityWe're looking for a Consultant, Senior Consultant or Associate to support the continued growth of our Economic Development business.You'll work alongside experienced specialists on high-profile projects while helping to grow our client relationships and market presence.We're open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds. Consultancy experience is desirable, but we're equally interested in individuals with strong economic development experience gained in the public or private sector.This is a national opportunity, with flexibility around office location and hybrid working.What we're looking forA genuine passion for economic development, regeneration and placemakingA degree or professional background in economics, economic development or a related disciplineExperience preparing business cases, economic appraisals or cost-benefit analysisStrong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skillsExcellent report writing and communication skillsThe ability to manage multiple projects and prioritiesCommercial awareness and a collaborative approachExperience within the property sector is advantageous but not essential, and RICS qualification is not required.Why Cushman & Wakefield?You'll join a collaborative, ambitious team working on projects that have a genuine impact on communities and economic growth across the UK.In return, you'll benefit from:Exposure to nationally significant regeneration and infrastructure projectsA supportive and collaborative cultureClear opportunities for career progressionFlexible hybrid workingThe chance to develop your expertise alongside some of the industry's leading economic development specialistsIf you're looking to build your career while helping shape the future of places across the UK, we'd love to hear from you.Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”SummaryLocation: Client Site - GBR - Leeds - St Pauls HouseType: Full time

\n Duration: 6-Month Initially \n Day Rate: Competitive (Inside IR35) \n Location: Leeds City Centre (Hybrid - Minimum 3 Days Per Week On-site) \n We are seeking an experienced Modern Workplace Technology Lead to join a highly respected organisation on an initial 6-month contract.This role is ideal for a senior technology professional with deep expertise across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Workplace Technologies, coupled with proven experience managing large-scale outsourced technology services through a Managed Service Provider (MSP). \n The successful candidate will act as the key interface between the business and its MSP, providing both technical oversight and strategic leadership across workplace technology services. \n You will be responsible for ensuring the MSP delivers secure, high-quality and cost-effective services while driving continuous improvement across the organisation's modern workplace environment.This is not a people management role. \n Instead, the focus is on managing technical service delivery, supplier performance, technology change and strategic workplace initiatives through an outsourced support model. \n Working closely with senior stakeholders, technology partners and service providers, you will oversee the delivery and optimisation of workplace services including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, endpoint technologies, collaboration platforms, IT asset management and associated workplace applications. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Act as the primary technology lead for all Modern Workplace services delivered through the Managed Service Provider.\n, • Manage the day-to-day relationship between the organisation and its MSP, ensuring service levels, performance metrics and contractual obligations are met.\n, • Provide technical leadership and challenge to suppliers, ensuring solutions align with business and technology objectives.\n, • Oversee workplace technology services including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, endpoint management and collaboration platforms.\n, • Lead technical governance activities, service reviews and operational performance meetings with the MSP.\n, • Drive and manage workplace technology change initiatives across devices, software, applications and cloud services.\n, • Ensure outsourced workplace services remain secure, resilient, compliant and aligned with best practice.\n, • Manage technical escalations and service issues, working directly with suppliers to achieve timely resolution.\n, • Oversee IT Asset Management activities including hardware, software licencing and life cycle management.\n, • Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance employee experience and workplace productivity.\n, • Monitor service performance, identify opportunities for optimisation and drive measurable improvements.\n, • Support budgetary oversight, supplier spend reviews and cost-efficiency initiatives.\n\n Essential Skills & Experience \n\n • Proven experience in a Modern Workplace, Technical Workplace, Digital Workplace, End User Computing (EUC) or Workplace Technology leadership role.\n, • Demonstrable experience managing and governing services delivered through a Managed Service Provider (MSP).\n, • Strong supplier relationship management experience, including: Strategic account management | Technical service management | Service governance | Managing technical change | Performance management against SLAs and KPIs\n, • Strong technical knowledge of: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Microsoft Intune\n, • Experience managing outsourced workplace services covering laptops, software, applications and end-user technology.\n, • Strong understanding of cloud-based workplace platforms and SaaS technologies.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at both technical and executive levels.\n, • Proven ability to challenge suppliers and influence outcomes through technical credibility and commercial awareness.\n, • Experience overseeing IT Asset Management and software licensing activities.\n, • Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills.\n\n Desirable Skills & Experience \n\n • Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Power Platform | Financial services or other highly regulated environments | ITIL\n\n MODERN WORKPLACE, DIGITAL WORKPLACE, MSP, MSP MANAGEMENT, THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT, 3RD PARTY MANAGEMENT, AZURE, M365, DYNAMICS, POWER PLATFORM, OUTSOURCING, SERVICE DELIVERY, ITIL, WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY \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 on our website.

Senior Associate – Employment LawManchester (hybrid working)Ready to take your employment law career further?At Markel Law, we don’t just practise law, we help businesses move forward with confidence. As part of a Fortune 500 group, we combine global strength with a people-first culture where your ideas, expertise, and ambition truly matter.We’re looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Employment Law team, recognised in the Legal 500 and known for delivering pragmatic, commercially focused advice to a diverse client base. If you’re passionate about complex, high-quality work and want to play a key role in a growing, collaborative team this could be your next move !Why join Markel Law?Be part of a Legal 500-recognised employment team with deep expertiseWork on high-quality, complex matters across both contentious and non-contentious employment lawAdvise a broad client base—from SMEs to large national and international organisationsJoin a supportive, experienced team (majority 15+ years PQE)Enjoy real opportunities to develop leadership skills and shape junior talentWhat you’ll be doing:You’ll play a key role advising clients and managing employment matters end-to-end, including:Advisory & transactional workProviding expert advice on day-to-day HR issues, disciplinaries, grievances and disputesSupporting ACAS early conciliation, settlements and employment strategiesDrafting and reviewing contracts, policies, settlement agreements and handbooksAdvising on complex issues including TUPE and collective consultationContentious workManaging Employment Tribunal cases from start to finishDrafting claims, responses and applicationsPreparing witness statements and evidenceBriefing Counsel and attending hearings where appropriateClient & team impactDelivering training, updates and thought leadership to clients and colleaguesSupporting business development initiatives and strengthening client relationshipsSupervising and mentoring junior team membersWhat you’ll bring:We’re looking for a confident, commercial employment lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced environment:Strong experience across both contentious and non-contentious employment lawQualified solicitor or barrister (UK) with a current practising certificateExcellent drafting, analytical and problem-solving skillsAbility to build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholdersCommercial awareness and a client-first mindsetExperience supervising or mentoring others (or readiness to step into this)Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and multitask effectivelyWhat’s in it for you?Competitive salary + annual bonus25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays) with option to buy/sellPrivate medical, dental, life assurance & income protectionGenerous pension and additional lifestyle benefitsOngoing learning, development, and career progression opportunitiesA genuinely flexible working environmentOur culture:At Markel, everything we do is grounded in our values:We’re all about people. We win together. We strive for better. We enjoy the everyday. We think further. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and bring their full selves to work.Ready to make your mark?Apply now and take the next step in your career with a business that invests in your future and empowers you to make a real difference.At Markel, we are all about the people, celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.#LI-PC1#LI-Hybrid #PlayYourPartUKSummaryLocation: Manchester - UK; Leeds - UKType: Full time

Coastal and estuarine water quality is one of the most technically demanding and environmentally significant areas of water science. As political and public pressure intensifies, standards tighten, and the complexity of the systems we need to model continues to grow, the demand for genuinely skilled water quality modellers has never been higher.At Stantec, we are working in partnership with water companies across the UK and Ireland to develop sustainable solutions that address the real environmental needs of our inland waters and coastlines. We are looking for a Principal Water Quality Modeller to join our team, bringing deep technical expertise and the ambition to apply it to work that genuinely moves the needle.About The RoleYou could be based from several office locations, and will work within a core of scientific and engineering specialists, supporting clients primarily across the water sector as well as energy and infrastructure. The role is predominantly UK-focused, but there are real opportunities to work with colleagues overseas, including on major projects in the United States.At the heart of this role is the scoping, data collection, development, execution and presentation of multidimensional environmental water quality models. These models simulate the behaviour of reservoirs, lakes, transitional waters and coastal environments, and your work will span hydrodynamics, multiphase flows, particle tracking, advection dispersion, water quality and chemical processes.You will work with a broad range of stakeholders, contribute to identifying pollution sources, pathways and impacts on sensitive receptors, and help develop both engineered and nature-based solutions. Our expanding project portfolio covers everything from reducing carbon and improving biodiversity to meeting increasingly stringent regulatory standards across fresh and marine waters.Your ImpactThe models you build here will inform decisions that shape the health of some of the UK's and Ireland's most sensitive aquatic environments. Your work will help communities, regulators and water companies understand complex systems and make confident, evidence-based choices about how to protect and improve them.This is a role with real scope for technical development and career progression, through existing contracts and client relationships both in the UK and internationally. The further you grow, the further the work can take you.About YouYou bring extensive experience in 2D and 3D hydrodynamic and water-quality modelling, and you are either Chartered or actively working towards Chartered status with a relevant professional institution. You are comfortable working independently and with minimal supervision, bringing the kind of technical authority that comes from years of applied experience.Your expertise includes a strong understanding of numerical modelling equations and discretisation, 2D mesh generation and proven experience with software such as MIKE, Delft3D or Telemac across relevant applications. A grounding in physicochemical water quality, oceanography and the regulatory standards that govern fresh and marine waters would be a strong advantage.You communicate clearly and confidently with a broad range of stakeholders, from clients and regulators to colleagues across multidisciplinary teams. You think differently, challenge conventional approaches and are driven by the opportunity to improve the environments and communities your work serves.Why Join UsWe put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies in 2025. Named 'Best Place to Work' and 'International Consulting Firm of the Year' at the NCE Awards 2024.We do what is right: Industry-leading training and development, as well as paid professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan to support you in becoming chartered with ICE.We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group, and a wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups)Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it!Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.#UKWater #LI-MH1#UKWater #LI-MH1About StantecThe Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK@stantec.comand we will talk to you about how we can support you.ReqID: 7204Other Locations: Edinburgh, London, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Newcastle, Warrington, Brighton, Reading, Bristol, Cardiff

Systematic Literature Review / Evidence Synthesis Lead (Senior Consultant) \n \n New 🚨: Manager - Evidence Synthesis Expert | Remote based (UK/Europe considered) \n \n I’m working with a fast-growing specialist HEOR consultancy that is expanding its senior evidence synthesis capability. \n \n They’re looking for a Principal-level Evidence Synthesis expert to take scientific ownership of high-impact projects across SLRs, NMAs, ITCs and HTA, while helping shape client strategy, develop talent and grow the practice. \n \n What you’ll be doing: \n 🔹 Lead complex SLR, NMA, meta-analysis & indirect treatment comparison projects \n 🔹 Shape evidence-generation strategies supporting HTA, payer engagement & market access \n 🔹 Provide senior scientific input into RWE and integrated evidence planning \n 🔹 Lead evidence packages, HTA submissions and global value dossiers \n 🔹 Act as a senior client-facing scientific advisor \n 🔹 Mentor and develop a growing evidence synthesis team \n 🔹 Support proposals, pitches, account development and practice growth \n 🔹 Build your profile through publications, conferences and thought leadership \n \n Ideal profile: \n Someone that is happy to be part of a smaller growing company, bringing deep SLR / evidence synthesis leadership experience in HEOR or Market Access, ideally combined with excellent scientific writing, strong client-facing skills, and some exposure to early evidence generation / HTA strategy. Also someone with strong people/leadership skills, able to QC written deliverables and decks, deliver feedback in an empathetic, constructive way to improve and develop an international team. \n \n What they’re looking for: \n ✅ 8+ years’ consulting/industry experience \n ✅ Strong senior-level experience across evidence synthesis / SLR / NMA / ITC \n ✅ Solid understanding of HTA and market access, early stage evidence planning \n ✅ Strong publication and/or HTA submission track record \n ✅ Experience leading teams and working directly with pharma clients \n \n Culture: \n\n • Small, pragmatic, problem solving company, less rigid and more scope to bring new ideas to the table vs big companies\n, • Strong communicators, a culture of providing open constructive feedback, coaching and development\n, • Entrepreneurial, chance to make an impact, cross functional working\n\n \n Why consider it? \n 🌍 International projects & collaboration \n 🧠 Cutting-edge HEOR + AI-driven quantitative research \n 📈 Genuine opportunity to influence and grow a specialist practice \n 🤝 Collaborative international team \n 💰 Strong bonus structure \n 🚀 High-growth environment with significant career progression \n \n This is a rare opportunity to join a steadily growing Global HEOR consultancy with one of the best staff turnover rates in the entire healthcare consulting space, offering full remote flexibility, a healthy work life balance and genuinely people focused, entrepreneurial, fun culture! \n \n You'll be joining a technically-excellent, supportive, and friendly team, that pride themselves on a inclusive and collaborative culture, a fun, personable company, where technical teams work closely with each other, enabling all to learn from some of the best minds in the industry. \n \n If you’re an experienced Evidence Synthesis / SLR Consultant and interested in taking on a role with genuine scientific and strategic ownership, apply now or message me for a confidential conversation - greg.harris@evisci.com \n

Applied Chemistry Benchmark Specialist \n \n Position: Applied Chemistry Benchmark Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $61–$77/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n Mercor is seeking expert chemists to author and verify high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will develop rigorous chemistry questions, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks designed to measure and advance AI capabilities across multiple chemistry domains. \n You may contribute through Question Authoring or Question Verification, depending on your expertise and project needs. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Author original, challenging multiple-choice questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall.\n, • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, precisely defined, and contain all information necessary for solving.\n, • Rate question difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert based on academic level.\n, • Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives designed to challenge advanced solvers.\n, • Develop clear, step-by-step solutions with concise intermediate reasoning in Markdown format.\n, • Provide 1–5 reputable academic references for each question, including peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.\n, • Review pre-written chemistry questions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, precision, and solvability.\n, • Identify and document issues found during verification and justify any edits or corrections.\n, • Help maintain consistent academic rigor and quality across benchmark content.\n\n Chemistry Domains \n\n • Materials, Polymer & Electronic Chemistry\n, • Industrial & Process Chemistry\n, • Energy Storage & Environmental Chemistry\n, • Pharmaceutical & Agrochemical Chemistry\n, • Consumer, Food & Specialty Chemicals\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • PhD or doctoral candidacy in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field.\n, • Strong command of graduate-level chemistry concepts.\n, • Demonstrated understanding of reaction mechanisms and quantitative chemical analysis.\n, • Ability to design and evaluate rigorous academic chemistry problems.\n, • Excellent written English.\n, • Ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.\n, • Strong attention to accuracy, precision, and logical consistency.\n, • Ability to work independently in an asynchronous environment.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Master's degree with exceptional depth in a specific chemistry subdomain.\n, • Experience designing rigorous academic assessments or problem sets.\n, • Experience writing chemistry olympiad questions or comparable advanced academic content.\n, • Strong expertise in one or more of the covered chemistry domains.\n, • Experience reviewing or validating technical/scientific educational content.\n, • Familiarity with academic literature and reputable scientific reference sources.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $61–$77 per hour\n, • Hourly contract engagement\n, • Fully remote and asynchronous\n, • Expected commitment of 10+ hours per week\n\n Eligibility \n\n • Open to qualified candidates with the required academic and chemistry expertise.\n, • Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.\n, • Selection is based on qualifications without regard to legally protected characteristics.\n\n Application Process \n\n • Submit your application highlighting your chemistry background and area(s) of expertise.\n, • Specify relevant academic qualifications and specialized chemistry domains.\n, • Demonstrate experience with advanced chemistry problem-solving or academic content creation where applicable.\n, • Selected candidates may be assigned question-authoring or verification work based on their expertise.\n, • Complete assigned benchmark tasks while following the project's quality and formatting standards.\n\n

\n Our client is a full-service UK law firm with a long-established and highly regarded commercial and specialty insurance practice, acting for a recognised roster of insurers, MGAs, brokers and corporate policyholders across the London market and the wider UK. The practice is genuinely insurance-led rather than a general disputes offering with an insurance label attached, and is well resourced beneath partner level. Following sustained growth, they are looking to appoint a Partner within their specialty lines P&C offering. \n The firm is interested in partners with practices spanning any combination of property, casualty, construction, marine, energy, political risk and other specialty classes - advising London market and international insurers on coverage, policy wording, complex claims and the disputes that arise from them, including large-loss and multi-jurisdictional matters. Breadth across classes is welcomed; a genuinely deep single-class niche is equally so, provided it is portable and provided there is appetite to build around it. \n We are keen to speak with partners with an established, portable practice of approximately £500,000 to £750,000, currently operating at Partner or Legal Director level in a firm with a recognised specialty insurance offering. The client relationships, market profile and commercial appetite to grow the practice matter more here than an exact match on class of business. \n What is on offer is a strong existing client base to build against rather than compete with, a full-service firm behind you, and a rate structure and remuneration model that rewards the partners who build rather than those who have already finished building. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mission\n At IDEX, we strive for an inclusion-first company culture where everyone is treated fairly and can bring their authentic selves to work. We recognise and acknowledge that diverse representation at every level of our business requires continuous and measurable effort. We are committed to driving conscious inclusion across our business and creating equitable pathways. \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

Biology Specialist \n \n Position: Biology Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $60–$75/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n This opportunity is for expert biologists and biological science researchers to contribute to an advanced AI research and evaluation initiative with Mercor. \n You will author and verify rigorous academic assessment content across specialized biology domains, helping establish gold-standard benchmarks used to evaluate and advance AI capabilities. The work emphasizes deep conceptual understanding, experimental reasoning, data interpretation, and scientific accuracy. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Author original, challenging multiple-choice biology questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall.\n, • Review and verify pre-written biology questions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, rigor, and solvability.\n, • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, with all necessary information included.\n, • Assign difficulty ratings as Medium, Hard, or Expert based on the level of biological knowledge required.\n, • Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives designed to challenge advanced solvers.\n, • Develop clear, step-by-step solutions with concise intermediate reasoning in Markdown format.\n, • Provide 1–5 reputable academic references for each question, including peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.\n, • Identify and document issues involving clarity, precision, completeness, or solvability during verification.\n, • Apply rigorous scientific standards to ensure assessment content supports high-quality AI benchmarking.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • PhD or doctoral-level study in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or a closely related field.\n, • Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.\n, • Deep expertise in at least one of the covered biology domains.\n, • Strong ability to formulate, solve, and critically evaluate advanced biological problems.\n, • Excellent written English and ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.\n, • Strong attention to detail and commitment to scientific accuracy and rigor.\n, • Ability to work independently in an asynchronous, fully remote environment.\n, • Availability for approximately 10+ hours per week.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Master's degree with exceptional depth in a relevant biological subdomain.\n, • Research publications in biological or life sciences.\n, • Hands-on laboratory or research experience.\n, • Experience designing rigorous academic biology assessments or problem sets.\n, • Expertise in areas such as drug discovery, synthetic biology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, agricultural biology, environmental biology, or food biology.\n, • Experience reviewing peer-reviewed scientific literature.\n, • Previous experience with AI evaluation, benchmarking, or technical content verification.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $60–$75/hour\n, • Hourly contract engagement.\n, • Expected commitment of 10+ hours per week.\n, • Fully remote and asynchronous.\n, • Opportunity to contribute to gold-standard biology benchmarks for advanced AI systems.\n\n Eligibility \n\n • Candidates with a PhD or doctoral-level background in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or a closely related field.\n, • Master's-level candidates may be considered where they demonstrate exceptional expertise in a relevant subdomain.\n, • Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:\n, • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing\n, • Industrial & Synthetic Biology\n, • Medical Research & Drug Discovery\n, • Agricultural Biology\n, • Environmental Biology\n, • Food Biology\n\n Application Process \n\n • Apply for the Biology Specialist position.\n, • Complete the required screening process.\n, • Demonstrate relevant biological expertise and academic or research experience.\n, • Complete any required assessment or sample problem-design task.\n, • Complete onboarding if selected.\n, • Begin authoring or verifying high-quality biology benchmark questions for the AI research initiative.\n\n

Biology Specialist \n \n Position: Biology Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $60–$75/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n This opportunity is for expert biologists and biological science researchers to contribute to an advanced AI research and evaluation initiative with Mercor. \n You will author and verify rigorous academic assessment content across specialized biology domains, helping establish gold-standard benchmarks used to evaluate and advance AI capabilities. The work emphasizes deep conceptual understanding, experimental reasoning, data interpretation, and scientific accuracy. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Author original, challenging multiple-choice biology questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall.\n, • Review and verify pre-written biology questions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, rigor, and solvability.\n, • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, with all necessary information included.\n, • Assign difficulty ratings as Medium, Hard, or Expert based on the level of biological knowledge required.\n, • Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives designed to challenge advanced solvers.\n, • Develop clear, step-by-step solutions with concise intermediate reasoning in Markdown format.\n, • Provide 1–5 reputable academic references for each question, including peer-reviewed journals and university repositories.\n, • Identify and document issues involving clarity, precision, completeness, or solvability during verification.\n, • Apply rigorous scientific standards to ensure assessment content supports high-quality AI benchmarking.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • PhD or doctoral-level study in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or a closely related field.\n, • Strong command of graduate-level biological concepts, experimental design, and data interpretation.\n, • Deep expertise in at least one of the covered biology domains.\n, • Strong ability to formulate, solve, and critically evaluate advanced biological problems.\n, • Excellent written English and ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.\n, • Strong attention to detail and commitment to scientific accuracy and rigor.\n, • Ability to work independently in an asynchronous, fully remote environment.\n, • Availability for approximately 10+ hours per week.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Master's degree with exceptional depth in a relevant biological subdomain.\n, • Research publications in biological or life sciences.\n, • Hands-on laboratory or research experience.\n, • Experience designing rigorous academic biology assessments or problem sets.\n, • Expertise in areas such as drug discovery, synthetic biology, pharmaceutical manufacturing, agricultural biology, environmental biology, or food biology.\n, • Experience reviewing peer-reviewed scientific literature.\n, • Previous experience with AI evaluation, benchmarking, or technical content verification.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $60–$75/hour\n, • Hourly contract engagement.\n, • Expected commitment of 10+ hours per week.\n, • Fully remote and asynchronous.\n, • Opportunity to contribute to gold-standard biology benchmarks for advanced AI systems.\n\n Eligibility \n\n • Candidates with a PhD or doctoral-level background in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or a closely related field.\n, • Master's-level candidates may be considered where they demonstrate exceptional expertise in a relevant subdomain.\n, • Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:\n, • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing\n, • Industrial & Synthetic Biology\n, • Medical Research & Drug Discovery\n, • Agricultural Biology\n, • Environmental Biology\n, • Food Biology\n\n Application Process \n\n • Apply for the Biology Specialist position.\n, • Complete the required screening process.\n, • Demonstrate relevant biological expertise and academic or research experience.\n, • Complete any required assessment or sample problem-design task.\n, • Complete onboarding if selected.\n, • Begin authoring or verifying high-quality biology benchmark questions for the AI research initiative.\n\n

Accounting Domain Intake Specialist \n \n Position: Accounting Domain Intake Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $80–$120/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n Mercor is collaborating with leading AI labs to develop a series of accounting-focused engagements covering areas such as audit reasoning, financial reporting, tax, GAAP/IFRS analysis, and related accounting workstreams. \n Before finalizing these engagements, Mercor is seeking experienced accounting professionals to provide insight into how accountants actually work in practice. This written intake will help map real-world workflows, decision-making processes, specialty areas, tools, and professional judgment that may not be captured in textbooks or public resources. \n Your responses will directly contribute to shaping future accounting engagements and determining how specialized work is structured. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Complete an approximately 30-minute written intake focused on your accounting practice and professional experience.\n, • Describe your day-to-day accounting workflows, responsibilities, and typical allocation of time.\n, • Explain the accounting workflows and activities that are most central to your current or recent role.\n, • Describe how experienced accountants divide and specialize within the accounting profession, including distinctions that may not be obvious from traditional textbook classifications.\n, • Identify important decision points, tools, processes, and judgment calls involved in your work.\n, • Share the less visible or “invisible” aspects of accounting work that outsiders and project designers may commonly overlook.\n, • Provide detailed and specific responses based on real-world professional experience.\n, • Help Mercor identify meaningful specialty areas and workflow distinctions for upcoming accounting engagements.\n\n Key Areas of Interest \n The intake may cover experience across areas such as: \n\n • Audit & Assurance\n, • Financial Reporting\n, • Tax Accounting\n, • Corporate Accounting & Finance\n, • GAAP & IFRS Analysis\n, • Technical Accounting\n, • Internal Controls\n, • Advisory & Accounting Consulting\n, • Other specialized accounting and finance workstreams\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • Current or recent professional experience as an accountant or accounting professional.\n, • Experience in one or more relevant areas, including:\n, • Public accounting\n, • Corporate accounting or finance\n, • External or internal audit\n, • Tax\n, • Accounting advisory\n, • Financial reporting\n, • Ability to provide detailed, specific written responses about professional workflows and accounting practices.\n, • Strong understanding of the mechanics, processes, and decision-making involved in your area of accounting.\n, • Strong written communication and attention to detail.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • CPA or equivalent professional accounting credential preferred.\n, • Significant experience in a specialized accounting or finance function.\n, • Experience working with GAAP, IFRS, financial reporting, audit, tax, controls, or technical accounting.\n, • Ability to clearly explain complex accounting workflows and professional judgment.\n, • Experience working in public accounting, corporate finance, Big Four/regional firms, or accounting advisory environments.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $80–$120 per hour\n, • Rates may vary based on seniority, experience, and area of accounting specialization.\n, • Typical accounting engagements on Mercor are compensated within this range.\n\n Why Participate \n\n • Your expertise will help shape the scope of upcoming accounting engagements.\n, • Detailed responses may contribute to more relevant offer matches and priority routing for future opportunities.\n, • Your practical experience will help AI research teams better understand how accounting work is performed in real professional environments.\n, • Opportunity to contribute expertise without requiring a traditional long-term engagement.\n\n Application Process \n Interested accounting professionals will: \n\n • Submit their resume or a brief summary of accounting experience.\n, • Complete a short intake covering their practice area, specialties, workflows, and professional credentials.\n, • Provide detailed written responses based on their real-world accounting experience.\n, • Selected participants may be considered for future accounting-focused engagements as they launch.\n\n Eligibility \n This opportunity is particularly suited for practicing or recently practicing accountants with meaningful professional experience in accounting, audit, tax, financial reporting, corporate finance, advisory, or related fields. \n A CPA or equivalent credential is preferred, but deep relevant domain experience may also qualify without the credential.

Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist \n \n Position: Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $61–$77/hour \n \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n This opportunity is for expert mathematicians and applied mathematics researchers to contribute to an advanced AI research and evaluation initiative with Mercor. \n You will author and verify rigorous academic assessment content across specialized mathematics domains, helping establish gold-standard benchmarks used to evaluate and advance AI capabilities. The work focuses on deep conceptual understanding, mathematical rigor, formal reasoning, and precise problem formulation. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Author original, challenging multiple-choice mathematics questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall.\n, • Review and verify pre-written mathematics questions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, rigor, and solvability.\n, • Ensure each question is unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, with all necessary information included.\n, • Assign difficulty ratings as Medium, Hard, or Expert based on the mathematical knowledge required.\n, • Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives designed to challenge advanced solvers.\n, • Develop clear, step-by-step mathematical solutions with concise intermediate reasoning in Markdown format.\n, • Provide 1–5 reputable academic references for each question, including peer-reviewed publications and university repositories.\n, • Identify issues involving clarity, precision, completeness, or solvability during verification and clearly document any edits.\n, • Apply rigorous mathematical standards to ensure assessment content supports high-quality AI benchmarking.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • PhD or doctoral-level study in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field.\n, • Strong command of graduate-level mathematical concepts and formal proof writing.\n, • Deep expertise in at least one of the covered mathematics domains.\n, • Strong ability to formulate, solve, and critically evaluate advanced mathematical problems.\n, • Excellent written English and ability to communicate complex mathematical concepts clearly and concisely.\n, • Strong attention to detail and commitment to mathematical accuracy and rigor.\n, • Ability to work independently in an asynchronous, fully remote environment.\n, • Availability for approximately 10+ hours per week.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Master's degree with exceptional depth in a relevant mathematical subdomain.\n, • Experience designing rigorous academic mathematics assessments or problem sets.\n, • Experience with mathematical competition or olympiad-style problem writing.\n, • Research experience in areas such as optimization, mathematical modeling, financial mathematics, actuarial science, or mathematical economics.\n, • Experience reviewing academic mathematical literature or technical publications.\n, • Previous experience with AI evaluation, benchmarking, or technical content verification.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $61–$77/hour\n, • Hourly contract engagement.\n, • Expected commitment of 10+ hours per week.\n, • Fully remote and asynchronous.\n, • Opportunity to contribute to gold-standard mathematics benchmarks for advanced AI systems.\n\n Eligibility \n\n • Candidates with a PhD or doctoral-level background in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field.\n, • Master's-level candidates may be considered where they demonstrate exceptional expertise in a relevant subdomain.\n, • Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:\n, • Signal Processing\n, • Financial Mathematics & Actuarial Science\n, • Mathematical Economics\n, • Mathematical Modeling of Ecological & Biological Systems\n, • Mathematical Programming & Combinatorial Optimization\n, • Geomathematics & Climate Modeling\n\n Application Process \n\n • Apply for the Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist position.\n, • Complete the required screening process.\n, • Demonstrate relevant mathematical expertise and academic experience.\n, • Complete any required assessment or sample problem-design task.\n, • Complete onboarding if selected.\n, • Begin authoring or verifying high-quality mathematics benchmark questions for the AI research initiative.\n\n

DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE UK. \n \n If you would like to apply for this job, please send a short video introducing yourself and your background, alongside your cover letter and CV to: ronan@spacebands.com. \n \n About Spacebands \n \n At Spacebands, we’re building technology that keeps people safe. Our wearable devices help high-risk workplaces monitor hazards and worker wellbeing in real time, preventing injuries/accidents before they happen. Primarily, we focus on reducing occupational exposure of noise, vibration and proximity-based hazards. \n \n We’re a small, ambitious startup backed by multiple VCs, with funding secured and strong commercial traction in the market. This means we’re in a stable position to grow organically, without relying on immediate further fundraising. \n \n Our team works across hardware, firmware, software, and AI, and we’re looking for a Product Manager who thrives in a fast-moving, hands-on environment and is happy to get stuck in across the business (wearable, dashboard and mobile app). \n \n Spacebands was initially founded to create and sell our contact tracing device during the lockdown in 2020, and delivered over 20,000 units to customers across 30 countries, attaining significant press coverage (BBC news, Sky news, ITV). This set the company up to establish itself with major clients, including the NHS, Amazon, Sony, and Panasonic. As the COVID-19 pandemic closed, we asked our customers what we should build next. The business' latest offering is centred around our health and safety wearable devices that alert staff when a hazardous event presents itself (such as a loud noise/vibration threshold warning, or an unauthorised access zone warning). Event data is then saved, so that it can later be analysed by health and safety managers from the spacebands dashboard and mobile app. \n Our patent-protected wearable devices do not use WIFI, or any cellular connection (4g/5g). Instead, they host an array of sensors internally and only share data when they are placed on charge (the charging station can be connected to a local WiFi network). Spacebands is a ‘big brother’ tracking device; but rather, a device that's only purpose is to ensure that people are kept safe at work. \n \n The Role \n \n You’ll take ownership of our product roadmap, testing, certification and partner integration. Shaping, building, and scaling our current and next-gen products. Working closely with the founder, Ronan Finnegan, you’ll make product decisions, manage a small engineering team, and contribute directly to the direction of the business. \n \n You’ll also collaborate with manufacturing partners in Taiwan, ensuring smooth integration between software and hardware. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys planning and problem-solving across multiple areas. \n \n What You’ll Do \n \n\n • Work closely with founder, Ronan Finnegan, to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team\n, • Manage our product roadmap (features and capabilities of our product) with a high level of autonomy that leads to the delivery of value, with their measures of success defined, monitored and communicated.\n, • Manage relationships with other products that we will integrate into our system\n, • Speak with customers to troubleshoot issues and collect feedback\n, • Define and maintain product strategy\n, • Work closely with our designer to create wireframes and mockups of UX/UI (across desktop and mobile)\n, • Manage weekly activities of the product development team to ensure timely project delivery\n, • Collaborate with the team to discover and development future product features\n, • Evaluate, analyse, and communicate systems requirements on a continuing basis, and maintain documentation.\n, • Coordinate with manufacturing partners in Taiwan on firmware, testing, and production\n, • Coordinate product certification processes\n, • Be versatile and willing to get involved across the business - this is a hands-on startup environment\n\n \n What You Bring \n \n\n • A mix of strategic thinking, problem-solving, and hands-on delivery\n, • Personality: Charismatic, Diligent, Self-Motivated, Enthusiastic\n, • Proven experience leading projects or small teams\n, • Proven experience integrating products together\n, • Good communication skills; excellent English language skills both written and spoken\n, • You possess excellent problem solving, analytical and communication skills\n, • You pay strong attention to detail and deliver high quality work in a timely manner.\n, • Experience or an interest in technology or design\n, • Experience meeting deadlines\n, • Tenacity and an ability to adapt to new situations quickly and think on your feet\n, • You have high attention to detail and won't compromise on precise and effective user-centric design to solve customer problems\n\n \n Why Join Us \n \n You’ll join a stable, VC-backed startup with real traction, building technology that makes a tangible difference in people’s safety. You’ll have autonomy, visibility, and impact, shaping the product, team, and company. In our small team, every contribution matters, and your work will be seen and valued. \n \n Our Stack \n \n We’re modern, pragmatic, and flexible. \n \n\n • React + Next.js: Web applications are the lion’s share of the work; deep expertise required\n, • React Native: Mobile apps for field workers; experience is beneficial but not as critical as React web\n, • TypeScript & Node.js: Across backend, web, and mobile\n, • Postgres + Supabase: For database and real-time updates (any relational DB experience helps)\n, • Prisma: For schema management (ORM experience transferable)\n, • Railway & Vercel: For hosting, scaling, and orchestration (general cloud/CI/CD knowledge sufficient)\n, • OpenAI integrations: Currently light but with big plans to expand this offering\n, • CI/CD, testing, observability: pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring\n\n \n Compensation & Benefits \n \n\n • Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 base (depending on experience)\n, • Equity: Meaningful share options, real ownership in what you build\n, • Remote-first: Work anywhere in the UK (or ±1hr time zone)\n, • Flexible hours: We focus on outcomes, not clock time. 11am - 4pm (GMT) core mandatory hours, with 3 flexible hours worked around this.\n, • Unlimited holiday\n, • High impact: Build the product, grow the team, and influence company direction\n, • Growth opportunity: You’ll have the opportunity to own a product that truly makes a difference, collaborate directly with the founders on shaping strategy and technical direction, build and lead the engineering team from scratch, and position yourself for a future CTO role as the company grows.\n\n \n If you would like to apply for this job, please send a short video introducing yourself and your background, alongside your cover letter and CV to: ronan@spacebands.com.

Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting Specialist \n \n Position: Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting Specialist \n \n Type: Hourly Contract \n \n Compensation: $80–$120/hour \n Location: Remote \n \n About the Opportunity \n This opportunity is for experienced technical accounting and SEC reporting professionals to contribute their expertise to an advanced AI research and training project with Mercor. \n You will translate real-world technical accounting and external reporting experience into structured, high-quality training data designed to help AI systems reason through complex accounting judgments, ASC standards, financial reporting requirements, and SEC reporting matters. \n The role focuses on professionals with deep, hands-on expertise in ASC 606 revenue recognition, ASC 842 leases, ASC 718 stock-based compensation, and ASC 805 business combinations, as well as external reporting and SEC filings. \n Responsibilities \n\n • Develop realistic technical accounting scenarios based on professional accounting and SEC reporting experience.\n, • Create scenarios involving technical accounting memos, accounting schedules, SEC filings, footnotes, and financial statement disclosures.\n, • Develop scenarios requiring the application of new or complex ASC standards to real-world transactions.\n, • Work with 10-K and 10-Q filings and related external reporting requirements.\n, • Evaluate accounting treatments involving ASC 606 revenue recognition, ASC 842 leases, ASC 718 stock compensation, and ASC 805 business combinations.\n, • Review and compare AI-generated technical accounting outputs for standards-accurate conclusions and defensible support.\n, • Identify technical errors, unsupported accounting conclusions, incomplete analysis, and incorrect application of U.S. GAAP.\n, • Assess whether AI-generated accounting conclusions are appropriately supported by relevant ASC guidance and professional judgment.\n, • Provide clear and structured written feedback to improve AI reasoning and performance in technical accounting.\n, • Apply professional judgment when evaluating complex accounting transactions and reporting conclusions.\n, • Collaborate asynchronously with the research team to develop high-quality technical accounting and external reporting training data.\n\n Required Qualifications \n\n • Professional experience in technical accounting, external reporting, SEC reporting, or a closely related field.\n, • Big Four or public-company technical accounting / SEC reporting experience is strongly preferred.\n, • Deep, hands-on experience with relevant ASC standards, particularly:\n, • ASC 606 — Revenue Recognition\n, • ASC 842 — Leases\n, • ASC 718 — Stock-Based Compensation\n, • ASC 805 — Business Combinations\n, • CPA certification.\n, • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.\n, • Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and external financial reporting requirements.\n, • Experience preparing or reviewing technical accounting analyses, memos, schedules, filings, and disclosures.\n, • Strong analytical and research skills.\n, • Excellent written communication skills.\n, • Strong attention to detail and ability to evaluate complex accounting judgments.\n\n Preferred Qualifications \n\n • Extensive experience in Big Four accounting firms or public-company technical accounting functions.\n, • Significant experience with SEC reporting and financial statement disclosures.\n, • Advanced expertise in complex ASC interpretations and transaction accounting.\n, • Experience preparing 10-K and 10-Q filings.\n, • Experience researching and documenting accounting conclusions for new or complex accounting standards.\n, • Experience creating technical accounting memos and supporting schedules.\n, • Previous experience with AI evaluation, AI training, quality assurance, or structured professional assessments is a plus.\n\n Compensation \n\n • $80–$120/hour\n, • Hourly contract engagement.\n, • Fully remote opportunity.\n, • Opportunity to apply professional technical accounting and SEC reporting expertise to AI training, evaluation, and research.\n\n Eligibility \n\n • Experienced technical accounting and SEC reporting professionals based in the United States are encouraged to apply.\n, • Candidates should have Big Four or public-company technical accounting / SEC reporting experience.\n, • Deep, hands-on knowledge of ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 718, and ASC 805 is strongly valued.\n, • CPA certification is required.\n, • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.\n, • Candidates with substantial experience in technical accounting research, external reporting, and SEC filings are particularly well suited to the role.\n\n Application Process \n\n • Apply for the Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting Specialist position.\n, • Submit a resume or a brief summary of your technical accounting and SEC reporting experience.\n, • Complete a short form detailing your practice area, specialties, and certifications.\n, • Complete a brief sample task if selected.\n, • Complete onboarding if selected.\n, • Begin developing and evaluating AI-generated technical accounting and SEC reporting work.\n\n

\n At Consult, we build leadership teams that shape the future of healthcare and are looking for a Managing Director / Sales Director to lead the next chapter of our growth. \n We are seeking recruitment leaders who have genuinely built something. Whether you are an established Managing Director with a proven track record of growing a recruitment business, or a Sales or Regional Director who has developed teams and opened new markets, including internationally, and is ready to take on greater responsibility, we would like to hear from you. \n For those making the step up, this is a real opportunity to grow into the MD role within an environment that will invest in your development and support you to get there. \n Consult is a global MedTech search partner with 25 years of market experience, deep sector knowledge, and long-standing industry relationships. We support CEOs, leadership teams and key stakeholders across healthcare in building teams that enable growth and scale. \n Since joining the Compass Recruitment Solutions Group, we are growing at 40% year-on-year from our unique market presence, an award winning team and with the support of PE backing and the strength of the other healthcare specialist brands of the CRS. \n We believe transformational growth starts with aligned leadership. Get that right, and everything else follows. We don’t simply place individuals; we shape leadership structures, succession pathways and executive teams that define how organisations grow. This is what we call the Architecture of Success - the link between a single strategic hire and sustained, enterprise-level value creation. \n With our ambition growth plans, we are now looking for a Managing Director/Sales Director who can support both our UK growth plans and our internation expansion with a primary focus on North America. \n This isn’t a steady-state appointment. The challenge isn’t keeping the wheels turning; it’s continuously upgrading our commercial strategy, our operational platform and our leadership capability to support sustained growth across multiple geographies. What will the Managing Director do?\n Reporting directly to our CEO, Michelle Lally, the Managing Director/Sales Director will own: \n \n • Full P&L for a high-growth, internationally expanding portfolio\n, • Strategic direction for the brand across the UK and new geographies\n, • International expansion, with a clear mandate to build out our North American footprint\n, • Operational scale-up — the systems, infrastructure and senior team needed to support 40%+ YoY growth without compromising delivery quality\n, • Senior leadership development — building and coaching the team that will deliver the next phase\n \n You’ll partner closely with the CEO on Group-level commercial strategy, investor engagement and the long-term shape of the business. What are we looking for in our new Managing Director/Sales Director?\n \n • A minimum of 10 years’ leadership experience within the recruitment industry\n, • A proven track record of P&L or Budget ownership and delivering against ambitious commercial targets\n, • An operator who values high accountability, clear metrics and the chance to build something that lasts\n, • Someone who leads from the front, experienced in building, executing and growing businesses\n, • Executive leadership experience within PE-backed environments, or within high-growth professional services recruitment\n, • Demonstrable experience in global markets, ideally with a strong track record in North America\n What will you get in return?\n The opportunity to lead a category-defining brand through its most ambitious phase yet. Full P&L authority. Direct partnership with a CEO who’s built and scaled businesses before. The backing, infrastructure and accreditations of an award-winning, Investors in People (Gold) recruitment group. And a remit that genuinely lets you shape what comes next. \n All approaches will be treated in the strictest confidence. \n Consult Search & Selection is part of Compass Recruitment Solutions, Investors in People (Gold), ISO 9001 and Cyber Essentials accredited. \n Reports to Michelle Lally, CEO \n Sector: Executive Search - PE-backed - High-growth \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

Performance Manager \n Leeds (Hybrid – 3x Days a Week in Office) \n £75,000-£95,000 \n \n The Company \n \n A major UK broadcaster undergoing a significant digital transformation, with streaming and on-demand now central to future growth; the business is currently evolving its operating model and building new capabilities within its streaming division, with a strong focus on improving commercial performance, prioritisation, and decision-making – you can play a key role in this! \n \n The Role \n \n As a Performance Manager within the Streaming Product & Growth function, you will play a key role in shaping how the business evaluates performance and drives commercial outcomes; reporting into the Streaming Business Director, you will operate across strategy, performance management, and commercial evaluation, ensuring the business is focused on the highest-impact initiatives. \n \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Evaluating performance across core KPIs (viewing, reach, ad & non-ad revenue, ROI)\n, • Identifying growth opportunities and performance drivers\n, • Leading commercial assessments and business cases for new initiatives\n, • Supporting forecasting, budgeting, and prioritisation processes\n, • Partnering with product, growth, and data teams to align on strategy\n, • Building frameworks for performance tracking and decision-making\n, • Translating analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders\n\n \n Your Skills & Experience \n \n\n • Experience in a commercial performance, strategy, or growth-focused role\n, • Strong understanding of revenue drivers and business performance\n, • Ability to assess trade-offs and influence investment decisions\n, • Comfortable working with data, without being a deep technical specialist\n, • Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration\n\n \n Industry backgrounds considered include: \n Media/Streaming (preferred), eCommerce, Retail, Financial Services/FinTech \n \n The Benefits \n \n\n • £75,000-£95,000\n\n \n How to Apply \n \n Please register your interest by sending your CV to Adam Osborne at Harnham via the Apply link on this page.

SAP GTS Senior Consultant/ Manager - REMOTE - long-term contract \n \n An experienced and highly motivated SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) Manager is required to join our growing team. \n As an SAP GTS senior consultant/ manager, you will play a pivotal role in delivering SAP GTS solutions to our clients across various industries. \n You will be joining an integrated offering of GTS consultants, developers, and trade advisory professionals that are providing services to leading firms in different industries. \n You will stay abreast of the latest developments and trends in SAP GTS and related technologies. \n \n \n Responsibilities: \n\n • Participate in the implementation of SAP GTS solutions at the client, specifically responsible for delivering compliance and customs solutions. Tasks include project management, change management, solution design, solution implementation, and end-user support & training.\n, • Lead and/or facilitate business process definition and modeling, checking the feasibility of this business model regarding SAP products and legal requirements. Guide a team to implement and configure the software to replicate required business processes and analytical/reporting needs.\n, • Develop and maintain strong client relationships, understanding their business needs and translating them into effective SAP GTS solutions.\n, • Contribute to the development and growth of the SAP GTS practice globally.\n\n \n Essential Skills: \n\n • Extensive and in-depth SAP Consultant experience, involved in at least 2 SAP GTS project implementations.\n, • Eager to deep-dive into the SAP GTS Solution, specifically in the following domains: Compliance Management, Customs Management, Trade Preference.\n, • Good understanding of one of the processes: Sales & logistics operations or Supply chain management in ECC6 and SAP S/4HANA.\n, • Ability to drive client workshops independently and manage C-level communications.\n, • Reviewing and creating design documentation, functional specifications, and other planned deliverables.\n, • Providing quality assurance of the work delivered by your team.\n, • Programme delivery using agile and/or waterfall implementation methodologies.\n, • Operating within project governance frameworks, including planning activities, management of project risks, issues, and change requests.\n, • Worked in the capacity of a team lead and managed multicultural team members.\n, • Open to work in an international, multicultural environment and to work abroad if needed.\n, • University degree or the equivalent by experience.\n, • Fluent in English; any other language is an asset.\n, • Good analytical and modeling skills.\n, • Team player with strong communication skills.\n, • Strong preference for applicants to have security clearance or eligibility to apply for same, due to potential work with Government & Public Sector clients.\n\n \n Teams interviews will be conducted this week, so please email your CV for an immediate response to: \n \n bradley@primapartners.de \n \n Many thanks for applying. \n \n \n

Our Regulatory Advice team, part of the Stantec Advisory Services Group, has a significant track record of successful delivery of impactful outcomes across the Water, Energy and Infrastructure sectors. Our local and globally connected teams work with our clients to help them drive performance and realise financial and social value from their assets. We do this by applying systems-thinking within a collaborative working environment with our clients’ teams and stakeholders. This approach is used to unlock insights into the performance of all their assets, leading to informed and timely decisions that deliver value and promote sustainable outcomes. Our Regulatory Advice team, part of the Stantec Advisory Services Group, has a significant track record of successful delivery of impactful outcomes across the Water, Energy and Infrastructure sectors. Our local and globally connected teams work with our clients to help them drive performance and realise financial and social value from their assets. We do this by applying systems-thinking within a collaborative working environment with our clients’ teams and stakeholders. This approach is used to unlock insights into the performance of all their assets, leading to informed and timely decisions that deliver value and promote sustainable outcomes. As part of our team’s overall growth, we are looking to recruit a Principal Consultant. This role can be based in a number of locations, including London, Reading, Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Bristol offices, to name a few, with hybrid working allowing for a great work-life balance. As a Principal Consultant within Regulatory Advice, you will lead the delivery of high-impact regulatory advisory engagements for clients operating in regulated sectors. You will provide strategic, economic, and governance advice on regulatory frameworks, price controls, compliance obligations, incentives, and performance commitments. You will be accountable for engagement leadership, quality assurance, stakeholder management, and guiding, mentoring and development of less experienced team members, while also contributing to business growth through thought leadership and proposal development. You will support our Client Service and Technical Directors with the development, and delivery of programmes, projects and technical outputs. In return you will have the opportunity to progress your career, acquire new skills and professional qualifications and to work with numerous clients located across the UK. • You will have experience of working in a senior regulatory role primarily within the regulated water/energy sectors and have a track record of generating solutions to complex industry problems, • Experience of Price Review/revenue-setting processes (e.g., AMP cycles, multi-year determinations)., • Familiarity with assurance standards and approaches (three lines of defence, internal controls, ISAE 3000, audit and evidence packs)., • You will be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of regulation policy and strategy, • Knowledge of cost modelling, benchmarking, or business case appraisal., • Track record of winning work (proposal writing, account development, networking)., • Excellent written communication: ability to craft compelling, evidence-led arguments suitable for regulator/board audiences., • Strong stakeholder management skills, with credibility at senior levels., • Proven project leadership: planning, resourcing, risk management, and delivery to deadlines., • High analytical capability: interpreting financial/performance data, assessing trade-offs, and forming recommendations., • You will have a track record of developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be able to share your experience by developing and mentoring talented individuals within our organisation., • We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed., • We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named 'Best Place to Work' and 'International Consulting Firm of the Year' at the NCE Awards 2024., • We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE., • We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups), • Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - we want you to be part of it!, • Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more., • Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working. The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. Mace has a significant track record in the education sector, working with schools, colleges, local authorities, and central government to deliver ‘landmarks for learning’ nationally with a strength of vision and concept that are sustainable, inherently flexible and able to change to meet future needs. Mace’s is the leading consultant for the department for education (DfE) and is delivering projects across all their principal capital programmes, including the schools re-building programme (SRP), free schools, special educational needs and further education (colleges). Required to oversee the development of delivery plans, contributing to strategy implementation, building and managing key stakeholder relationships and influencing the management of resources. Drives the achievement of company objectives in accordance with stakeholder requirements, in compliance with regulatory frameworks, ensuring effective commercial business practices and tangible operational productivity and improvements. • Providing strategic direction to deliver programmes aligned with client objectives and service excellence., • Upholding integrity through fiscal accountability, ethical practice and regulatory compliance., • Managing, developing and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to drive performance, innovation and people excellence., • Directing and delivering sub-programmes aligned to strategic objectives, ensuring effective implementation of delivery frameworks across people, processes, systems and technology., • Driving performance improvement against bid baselines through optimisation, monitoring and robust risk management., • Maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring service excellence, governance, compliance and commercial viability., • Managing inclusive, high-performing teams to deliver programme outcomes, innovation, sustainability and business objectives., • Membership of RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development., • Extensive experience in the successful delivery phase of projects and programmes in the education sector., • Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise., • Strong commercial and financial acumen., • Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams., • Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders., • Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on., • Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team., • Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients., • Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations., • Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role. #J-18808-Ljbffr

We're on a mission to close the world's tech skills gap. We're on a mission to close the world's tech skills gap. We help organisations navigate the future of technology, combining human expertise, emerging tech and AI to deliver better outcomes, faster. Since 2014, we've worked side-by-side with clients to solve complex challenges, build high-performing teams, and create lasting capability. As technology continues to evolve, we believe the most successful organisations will be those that combine the best of both: human ingenuity AND intelligent technology. That belief is embedded in everything we do. We call it the genius of the AND: deep expertise AND practical delivery, innovation AND responsibility, ambitious work AND sustainable careers. Through our Guide, Build and Equip approach, we help organisations embrace change, deliver meaningful impact, and develop the skills they need to thrive in an increasingly agentic world. As a Senior AI Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining an automated AI Developer Experience (DevX) platform using Terraform on Microsoft Azure. This role focuses on automating infrastructure provisioning for AI workloads, integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and constructing robust pipelines for AI Agent deployment and evaluation. IaC & Platform Automation - Author, modularize, and maintain enterprise Terraform scripts to provision Azure AI resources, sandbox environments, and secure landing zones. Agent Pipelines & CI/CD - Construct automated CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) designed for agentic workflows, prompt evaluation, automated testing, and release gating. MCP Integration - Design, containerize, and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and gateways to connect AI agents securely with enterprise databases and APIs. Developer Enablement - Create reusable developer templates, local execution environments, and self-service IaC modules to streamline onboarding for AI developers. Observability & Telemetry - Implement tracing and metrics collection (Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, Log Analytics) across agent executions, tool calls, and pipeline steps. • Terraform Expertise: 2-4 years writing production-grade, modular Terraform code targeting Azure infrastructure., • DevOps & Automation: Strong experience building YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, including secrets management (Azure Key Vault) and automated environment provisioning., • AI Tooling & MCP: Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture, agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LangChain), and API gateway patterns., • Containerization: Experience deploying containerized microservices using Azure Container Apps (ACA) or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)., • Cloud Fundamentals: Solid background in Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints, DNS), Entra ID access controls, and Docker., • Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) or Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104). We're building a culture where talented people can do meaningful work, continue growing, AND enjoy the journey along the way. Our model is designed to build belonging and connection: we're organised into regional ‘Clubs' of no more than 80 people, so you (and our clients) get the benefits of that small company feel while also being connected to a larger whole. Our Practice Areas act as a ‘second home' for our ANDis - a place where you can innovate and learn with like-minded experts who care deeply about their craft, support each other generously, and believe the best ideas come from collaboration, not hierarchy. Our culture is rooted in our values of Wonder, Share and Delight, and shows up through five traits that we celebrate and nurture in all our ANDis: we value curiosity, ambition and a growth-mindset. We are deeply client-centric. Most important of all we are human - we create an inclusive environment where people feel trusted, supported and able to be themselves. • 25 days bookable holiday + flexible Bank Holidays, • Pension: 6% of salary paid by AND Digital with a further 2% paid by you (can be increased by choice)., • Aviva healthcare cover (including pre-existing condition cover) for you., • Flexibenefit: £1000 assigned to you via our benefits portal to select or upgrade the benefits that suit you the most. Any unused allowance from the £1000 can be taken as cash., • Life Assurance., • Income Protection., • Eye test + first pair of glasses., • Parental Benefits: Generous Enhanced Maternity and Enhanced Partner (Paternity) Leave. Diversity and inclusion are hugely important to us, and we're committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We're actively recruiting for a diverse and inclusive workforce so want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel safe and empowered to let us know if you need any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process, so please speak to our recruitment team. We champion tech that helps people work smarter, but we want to get to know you! If you use AI to assist with your application or interview prep, please ensure all information submitted remains an accurate, truthful representation of your personal achievements and capabilities rather than generating false or misleading information. We may reject applications where AI is used inappropriately at any stage of the recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Behavox is a cloud-native AI company providing an integrated controls platform for global banks, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurance businesses, and commodity firms. The platform unifies communications and trade surveillance, compliant archiving, policy management as well as front-office analytics on a single, AI-native technology stack, delivered as a globally scalable SaaS-based cloud service. At Behavox, our engineering culture is built around speed, experimentation, and technical excellence, following agile principles and rapid iteration. We constantly test and adopt the latest cloud technologies and AI tooling, optimising for fast feedback loops and execution. We look for people who can move fast, challenge conventional wisdom, and who want to work at the frontier of modern AI, SaaS platforms, and distributed systems. Behavox is a high-performance organisation with a strong bias toward delivery, ownership, and responsibility. We commit, and we execute. We are building systems that are complex, mission-critical, and global in scale; systems that many consider too large or too difficult. To do that, we seek the smartest, most technically capable engineers and technologists who take end-to-end responsibility and want to win by building what others cannot. Founded in 2014 and backed by SoftBank Vision Fund, Behavox is headquartered in London, with offices worldwide, including New York City, Montreal, Seattle, Singapore, and Tokyo. The Senior FP&A Analyst owns Behavox's core financial model — its architecture, the accounting beneath it, and the forecasts and analysis the company plans and decides by. The role exists to change decisions, not report them: it turns the numbers into the choices leadership actually faces. It reads and integrates budgets into the model, but does not run the budgeting cycle. The same analyst builds the valuations, scenarios, and pro-forma models behind every acquisition — evaluating targets, running diligence, and folding closed deals into a single consolidated view. This work is periodic and must be carried alone when it arrives; the steady state is the operating model and SaaS forecasting. This is a high-autonomy role that works without a detailed brief and sets the modeling standard others build on. It is accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the numbers, and for turning them into recommendations sharp enough to act on — the downside case included, not just the point estimate — for senior leadership, the board, and investors. It pressure-tests the assumptions behind every result, works fluently with modern tooling and AI, and compounds that edge by learning relentlessly. Its influence comes from the rigor and reach of the analysis, not from authority: it owns the model and the truth it tells, not the decisions made from it. • Financial Model & Accounting Foundations — Knows how an integrated three-statement and operating model fits together, and the accounting that holds it up — SaaS revenue recognition and cost treatment included. Understands exactly how the company's budgets are built, and folds them into the model., • Forecasting & SaaS Unit Economics — Knows both bottom-up short-term forecasting and driver-based long-term modeling, and the SaaS metrics that actually reveal performance. Knows what moves each one and which lever changes it — not just how to report it., • Mergers, Acquisitions & Integration — Knows how to value an acquisition and how to fold it into one consolidated model: purchase accounting, combined-entity projections, and the mechanics that make or break the integration., • Business & Commercial Acumen — Knows in depth how the business and every function make money — the revenue drivers, the cost structure, the operating levers — and spots a number that doesn't add up on sight., • Financial Systems & AI Tooling — Commands Google Sheets and Excel, and tracks the AI and automation landscape closely enough to know where it is trustworthy and where it isn't., • Financial Model Ownership — Builds and maintains the core three-statement and operating model with scenario and sensitivity layers, and keeps it accurate, clean, and easy to maintain. Integrates budgets without owning the cycle, and owns the accuracy of every output and the integrity of every assumption., • Acquisition Modeling & Integration — Builds the valuations, scenarios, and pro-forma combined-entity models behind acquisition evaluation and due diligence, and folds closed deals into a single consolidated view., • Business-Review Reporting — Drives much of the substance of the monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews — with the broader FP&A team — for senior management, the board, and investors, turning the model into a narrative that explains what moved the results and what it means for the business., • Metrics Analysis & Business Partnering — Diagnoses why the metrics are moving and which lever changes them, pressure-tests the assumptions behind every result, and hands the decision-maker a recommendation they can act on., • AI-Enabled Productivity — Uses AI and spreadsheet automation to compress cycle time and harden data validation — automating the recurring work while keeping judgment on what stays manual., • The opportunity to work on a global, mission-critical AI platform alongside the best engineers and technologists across multiple geographies., • A role with real ownership and impact, building complex systems at scale in an environment that values speed, experimentation, and technical excellence., • A highly attractive benefits package, including competitive cash compensation, and an equity award aligned with long-term value creation., • A generous time-off policy of 30 days annually, plus public holidays and sick leave, recognizing the importance of sustained high performance. We take Talent very seriously and we are building a community of extraordinary individuals working together in very high performing teams. We also know that the best Talent always has options so we believe that the process has to be a two way assessment - the company AND the candidate assessing the business needs alignment, the career next step alignment, and the cultural alignment. During the process we will begin by exploring the core factors regarding salary and location along with core experience and skills and values alignment. We will then deep dive explore the critical technical competencies we have identified for the role, and then we will deep dive in behavioral competencies. The most aligned candidate will then be asked to do a practical work task simulation activity so we can make sure that you will enjoy the kind of work the role requires, and this task will typically be presented and discussed with a group of colleagues and managers. Finally we will ask you to meet with a number of our senior leaders to make sure that you are making the most informed call possible. • We want to get to know you and have a genuine conversation, so the use of AI tools or assistance during live interviews is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification from the process, • Interviews may be recorded for internal review purposes to ensure fairness and enable collaborative hiring discussions within the team. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Teesside | £800-£1,300 per day, [outside IR35] | 6-month contract There are maybe a hundred people in the UK who have taken a transmission-class cable system from ITP to energisation and signed it off. If you're one of them, this is the kind of contract you take for the CV as much as the rate. We're looking for a Lead EHV Commissioning Engineer to own the end-to-end commissioning of a 275kV XLPE cable system on one of the UK's largest net zero projects in Teesside. Not a supporting role. You are the commissioning authority on this: the strategy, the programme, the test regime, the National Grid interface, and the signature on the handover pack. • The commissioning strategy and programme, from readiness planning through to energisation., • The test regime itself. Leading tests, interrogating results, and calling it when something doesn't look right., • The National Grid interface, including outage planning and the energisation process., • ITPs, commissioning procedures, SAT documentation and the final handover pack., • A multidisciplinary team across OEMs, principal contractors and specialist testing providers., • Commissioning experience at transmission voltage (275kV or 400kV) on cable systems., • Previous Commissioning Engineer or Commissioning Lead/Manager posting. You've held the pen before., • Deep knowledge of EHV cable systems: joints, terminations, bonding and earthing., • Direct experience of National Grid commissioning, outage and energisation processes., • TP141, BP141, SAP or equivalent transmission authorisations. If you hold current authorisations, you're at the top of the rate band., • £800-£1,300 per day. The spread is real and reflects transmission authorisations held and depth of 275kV+ cable commissioning. Tell us what you've got and we'll tell you where you sit., • Site-based (Teesside) through the commissioning and energisation windows. Planning, documentation and interface work can be done remotely, so the "hybrid" is genuine rather than decorative. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Role Title: Salesforce Solution Architect - Financial Services Location: London / Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: Associate Manager Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product andexperiencedesign; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise,we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence. Visit us at: www.accenture.com/song Accenture has established a global commitment to Salesforce called the Salesforce Business Group (SFBG); a focused executive-level effort between Salesforce and Accenture, to turbo-charge our joint business, and deliver outstanding customer experiences for our clients. You will be part of an exciting environment – we have the energy and pace of a start-up, merged with the stability of a well-established Salesforce capability (Accenture has been delivering Salesforce-powered transformation for over 15 years). The Accenture Salesforce Business Group exists to help our clients create the best customer and employee experiences on the planet. We do this through leveraging the best aspects of our deep knowledge of how to modernise organisations selling, service and operational functions across all key industries. With deep knowledge in the power of Salesforce’s multiple cloud offerings we help clients transform their employee and customer experiences. We believe that for organisations to be digital on the outside they must first optimise how they run their business with a clean digital core on which to conduct their operations. As a major global user of Salesforce ourselves we lead by example and are a great example of how we have modernised our sales, forecasting and commercial governance with Salesforce tools. You will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture thatthrives on shared success and diverse ways of thinking. It is in that way we believe that our customers get the best results from their partnership with us. If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you.As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. • Clearly be able to articulate the solution to senior stakeholders and demonstrate effective objective handling., • Design and implement Salesforce solutions using Industries & Financial Services Cloud (FSC) for wealth management, Banking and investment clients., • Lead client stakeholders to gather process and translate them into technical solutions., • Develop your leadership and consulting skills whilst delivering Salesforce at scale, to deliver measurable client value in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments, • Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry best practices., • Keep informed about the latest Salesforce Financial Services features and updates by engaging with Salesforce., • Gain additional skills in solutioning, project management and client engagement through practical experience and training., • Embed AI into your thinking when building out industry solutions, • Extensive experience with Salesforce Industries or Financial Services Cloud, • Proven hands-on experience leading technical engagements through architecting, designing, building, and delivering integrated solutions on Salesforce, • Experience addressing key architecture concerns (scalability, performance, security, availability, etc.) in the context of Salesforce., • Excellent communication (written and oral), presentation skills, interpersonal skills, andmanagement skills. A background in consulting or leading teams is required., • Relevant Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Application Architect, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer, former Vlocity certifications, Agentforce Specialist)., • Industry-specific knowledge and experience leveraging leading Salesforce and ecosystem industry solutions, • Understand and articulate how Agentforce and AI is effecting Financial Service and how you’ve used AI to deliver value., • Salesforce Application Architect, System Architect or equivalent industry Architect certifications, • Pre-sales solution architecture experience (including solution shaping, and delivery estimation and planning) is highly regarded, • Active Salesforce community participation and contributions. A thriving career with the chance to learn from passionate, talented colleagues and mentors. Exciting and varied client work with as much opportunity as you can handle. And a hugely sociable team to get to know. Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as: • Up to 30 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice., • Family-friendly and flexible work policies., • Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources., • Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support., • Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling., • A range of generous Parental Leave offerings. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for. Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs. SNGCR01 Accenture reserves the right to close the role before this date should a suitable applicant be found. • London, • Birmingham, • Leeds, • Manchester All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process. We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other. We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work. At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™. Join Accenture to work at the heart of change. Visit us at www.accenture.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Ready to shape the future of data at one of the UK's leading charities, building a modern AWS cloud data platform from the ground up? Want to lead the adoption of cutting-edge cloud, data lakehouse and governance solutions that put data at the heart of a five-year digital transformation strategy? Are you an experienced Cloud Data Engineer looking for a pivotal role where your expertise will drive innovation, maturity and lasting impact for millions of people seeking debt advice? As our Lead Cloud Data Engineer, you'll shape a modern AWS cloud-native data platform that powers operational and analytical insights across the charity. From developing scalable data lakehouse architectures and transformation pipelines to supporting the adoption of robust data governance, you'll establish a brand-new capability and play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitious five-year digital transformation strategy, with data at its core. You'll lead the development and adoption of StepChange's modern AWS cloud-native data platform, driving strategic initiatives that put data at the heart of our digital transformation. As the owner of our data lakehouse platform, you'll design and deliver scalable data solutions, pipelines and services, working closely with engineering, governance, security and risk teams to ensure data is trusted, compliant and delivers real business value. As a senior leader within our technology function, you'll work in lock‑step with data peers to champion data engineering best practices, mentor colleagues on emerging cloud, AI and machine learning technologies, and ensure our data platform is secure, reliable and cost‑effective. This is a unique opportunity to shape a new capability, influence organisation‑wide decisions and play a key role in delivering our ambitious five‑year strategy. We're looking for a passionate data engineering leader with deep expertise in AWS and modern cloud-native data platforms. You'll bring hands‑on experience designing and delivering scalable data solutions, including data lakehouse architectures, transformation pipelines, serverless technologies, relational databases and Infrastructure as Code. You'll also be comfortable working with strategic third‑party technology and modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, automation and cloud security. Just as importantly, you'll be a natural collaborator who can help teams embrace new technologies and ways of working. With strong communication skills, a strategic mindset and a passion for innovation, you'll be able to translate complex concepts into practical solutions that drive business value. AWS certifications, particularly in Data Engineering or Data Architecture, will be highly valued. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are incredibly important to us; we have a culture of belonging. We’re always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce to ensure we can provide the best service possible for everyone. It’s not just about the professional experience you bring – we’re interested in who you are and your potential. If there’s an adjustment to our recruitment process that would help you to be your best, speak to our team and they’ll be happy to help. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist Position: Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist Type: Hourly Contract Compensation: $61–$77/hour Location: Remote About the Opportunity This opportunity is for expert mathematicians and applied mathematics researchers to contribute to an advanced AI research and evaluation initiative with Mercor. You will author and verify rigorous academic assessment content across specialized mathematics domains, helping establish gold-standard benchmarks used to evaluate and advance AI capabilities. The work focuses on deep conceptual understanding, mathematical rigor, formal reasoning, and precise problem formulation. Responsibilities • Author original, challenging multiple-choice mathematics questions that assess deep conceptual understanding rather than surface-level recall., • Review and verify pre-written mathematics questions for accuracy, clarity, completeness, rigor, and solvability., • Ensure each question is unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined, with all necessary information included., • Assign difficulty ratings as Medium, Hard, or Expert based on the mathematical knowledge required., • Provide one correct answer and nine plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives designed to challenge advanced solvers., • Develop clear, step-by-step mathematical solutions with concise intermediate reasoning in Markdown format., • Provide 1–5 reputable academic references for each question, including peer-reviewed publications and university repositories., • Identify issues involving clarity, precision, completeness, or solvability during verification and clearly document any edits., • Apply rigorous mathematical standards to ensure assessment content supports high-quality AI benchmarking. Required Qualifications • PhD or doctoral-level study in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field., • Strong command of graduate-level mathematical concepts and formal proof writing., • Deep expertise in at least one of the covered mathematics domains., • Strong ability to formulate, solve, and critically evaluate advanced mathematical problems., • Excellent written English and ability to communicate complex mathematical concepts clearly and concisely., • Strong attention to detail and commitment to mathematical accuracy and rigor., • Ability to work independently in an asynchronous, fully remote environment., • Availability for approximately 10+ hours per week. Preferred Qualifications • Master's degree with exceptional depth in a relevant mathematical subdomain., • Experience designing rigorous academic mathematics assessments or problem sets., • Experience with mathematical competition or olympiad-style problem writing., • Research experience in areas such as optimization, mathematical modeling, financial mathematics, actuarial science, or mathematical economics., • Experience reviewing academic mathematical literature or technical publications., • Previous experience with AI evaluation, benchmarking, or technical content verification. Compensation • $61–$77/hour, • Hourly contract engagement., • Expected commitment of 10+ hours per week., • Fully remote and asynchronous., • Opportunity to contribute to gold-standard mathematics benchmarks for advanced AI systems. Eligibility • Candidates with a PhD or doctoral-level background in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field., • Master's-level candidates may be considered where they demonstrate exceptional expertise in a relevant subdomain., • Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the following areas:, • Signal Processing, • Financial Mathematics & Actuarial Science, • Mathematical Economics, • Mathematical Modeling of Ecological & Biological Systems, • Mathematical Programming & Combinatorial Optimization, • Geomathematics & Climate Modeling Application Process • Apply for the Applied Mathematics Benchmark Specialist position., • Complete the required screening process., • Demonstrate relevant mathematical expertise and academic experience., • Complete any required assessment or sample problem-design task., • Complete onboarding if selected., • Begin authoring or verifying high-quality mathematics benchmark questions for the AI research initiative.

Legal / Compliance Evaluator Position: Legal / Compliance Evaluator Type: Hourly Contract Compensation: $80–$120/hour Location: Remote About the Opportunity We are hiring experienced Legal and Compliance Evaluators to review and assess AI-generated work products, including documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks. In this role, you will apply deep legal and compliance expertise to evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, rigor, clarity, and domain quality. You will grade work products against established quality standards and provide structured feedback to help improve AI performance in legal and compliance workflows. This is a remote, hourly engagement. Responsibilities • Evaluate AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks against domain-specific quality rubrics., • Assess outputs for legal and compliance accuracy, rigor, and professional quality., • Identify factual errors, inconsistencies, omissions, and unsupported conclusions., • Review AI-generated content for appropriate legal and compliance reasoning., • Identify aesthetic, formatting, and presentation errors in work products., • Evaluate the clarity, structure, organization, and usability of presentations and documents., • Apply professional legal and compliance judgment when assessing AI-generated outputs., • Provide clear, structured written feedback explaining identified issues., • Consistently apply evaluation criteria across different AI-generated artifacts., • Identify areas where AI outputs fail to meet professional legal and compliance standards. Required Qualifications • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in Legal and/or Compliance., • Native or professional fluency in English., • Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace., • Strong proficiency with presentation tools, particularly Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint., • Strong understanding of legal and compliance workflows., • Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify factual, technical, and presentation-related issues., • Strong written communication skills and ability to provide structured professional feedback., • Ability to independently evaluate AI-generated work products against defined quality standards. Preferred Qualifications • Master's degree or higher from a reputable institution., • Advanced academic or professional training in law, compliance, regulatory affairs, risk management, or a related discipline., • Experience reviewing legal documents, compliance materials, policies, contracts, or regulatory work products., • Experience with quality assurance, content evaluation, legal research, or professional review., • Familiarity with AI-generated content and the ability to distinguish accurate, defensible outputs from plausible but incorrect responses. Key Areas of Expertise • Legal analysis and review, • Corporate and commercial compliance, • Regulatory compliance, • Legal documentation, • Risk and compliance assessment, • AI-generated work-product evaluation, • Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, • Presentation and slide-deck evaluation, • Technical and factual accuracy, • Quality assurance, • Structured written feedback Compensation • $80–$120 per hour, • Remote hourly contract engagement., • Engagement based on project requirements and evaluator availability. Eligibility • Must have at least 5 years of relevant professional experience in Legal and/or Compliance., • Must demonstrate professional-level English fluency., • Must be highly proficient with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace., • Must have strong working knowledge of Google Slides and/or PowerPoint., • Must be able to independently evaluate AI-generated work products for accuracy, rigor, and domain quality. Application Process • Submit your resume highlighting relevant legal and compliance experience., • Highlight your primary areas of legal or compliance expertise., • Demonstrate your proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace., • Selected candidates may be evaluated on their ability to assess AI-generated work products against domain-specific quality standards., • Begin the remote hourly engagement upon successful selection and onboarding.

Financial Accountant £52,619 – Grade 9 Leeds / Hybrid Full time / Permanent - 37 hours per week Closing date – 20 September at 23:55 Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share. We currently have a vacancy for a Financial Accountant to join our Financial Accounting team. You will be working within a team of four, as part of the wider Finance & Commercial Services Directorate. As one of two Financial Accountants, you will be responsible for ensuring adherence to relevant accounting standards and for leading on key aspects of the preparation of the statement of accounts and other statutory reporting, whilst also ensuring compliance with public sector processes and regulations. You will play a key role in providing technical accounting advice to budget holders and business partners, in addition to recording statutory accounting adjustments in line with the CIPFA Code of Practice. You will also be taking an active role in month-end and year-end processes, including taxation and other aspects of the corporate finance. Additionally, you will be responsible for liaising with external auditors and other external partners, such as group entities, tax authorities, and external advisors. Our Offer · Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career. · Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays. · Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5). · Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme. · Investing in you –Take advantage of supported professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year. · Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases. · Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most. · Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends. · Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech. The Role · Proactively participate in and lead aspects of the production and delivery of statutory accounts and other statutory returns, as well as associated in year monitoring, forecasting & reporting. · Lead and give direction on the development of financial controls and financial reporting processes, in order to drive continuous improvement. · Ensure that the Combined Authority is compliant and up to date with all relevant financial standards and regulatory requirements. Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities. About You You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience: · Qualified CCAB / CIMA accountant with membership of relevant accountancy body, or CCAB / CIMA passed finalist. · Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and the CIPFA Code of Practice and recent experience of preparing financial statements under these standards. · Strong understanding of technical accounting and financial controls, with relevant experience of applying this knowledge in a practical context. · Demonstrable deep understanding of financial procedures and statutory reporting within a Local Authority or similar organisation. · Practical experience of successfully performing in a similar role. To Apply If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form. Further Information The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met

Attorney Position: Attorney Type: Contractor Compensation: $90–$110/hour Location: Remote About the Opportunity micro1 is engaging experienced Transactional Attorneys to contribute to a confidential project at the intersection of law and AI. You will apply your legal expertise to help train next-generation AI systems using high-quality, real-world legal input. The work draws directly from day-to-day commercial contracting practice, including reviewing agreements, redlining drafts, interpreting company policies, and applying negotiation positions in the way experienced in-house counsel would. No prior AI experience is required—your legal domain expertise and practical contracting judgment are what matter. Responsibilities • Review and redline commercial agreements, including MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, and similar contracts, in accordance with established playbooks and company policies., • Analyze contract drafts to identify key legal and commercial issues., • Determine applicable company positions, acceptable fallback positions, and appropriate negotiation outcomes., • Apply advanced knowledge of contract drafting, contract negotiation, and technology transactions to real-world legal documents., • Draft clear, reasoned written explanations explaining the rationale behind redlines, revisions, and recommended positions., • Evaluate commonly negotiated commercial provisions and determine appropriate contractual language., • Collaborate with the project team to maintain consistency in legal standards, interpretations, and review practices., • Maintain meticulous attention to detail and high standards of legal writing and contract review quality., • Work independently within a remote, deadline-driven project environment., • Apply sound legal judgment when reviewing and interpreting complex commercial agreements. Required Qualifications • Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school., • Active bar admission in a U.S. jurisdiction., • Minimum 4 years of transactional legal experience at a law firm or as an in-house attorney., • Strong experience with contract drafting, contract review, and contract negotiation., • Deep familiarity with commonly negotiated commercial provisions, including:, • Limitation of liability, • Indemnification, • Confidentiality, • Data protection, • Proven ability to analyze complex legal concepts and provide clear, actionable written reasoning., • Strong judgment and a high level of accuracy in contract review and interpretation., • Strong legal writing and analytical skills., • Ability to work independently and consistently apply established legal standards and policies. Preferred Qualifications • Expertise or substantial experience in technology transactions., • Experience handling commercial agreements for technology companies or technology-enabled businesses., • Experience applying contract playbooks, negotiation guidelines, or company-specific legal policies., • Strong understanding of commercial contracting practices from an in-house counsel perspective., • Ability to identify nuanced contractual risks and recommend practical fallback positions., • Adaptability and willingness to contribute to an innovative, confidential legal and AI project., • Experience providing structured written analysis or feedback on legal documents. Key Areas of Expertise • Transactional Law, • Commercial Contracts, • Contract Drafting, • Contract Review, • Contract Redlining, • Contract Negotiation, • Technology Transactions, • Master Services Agreements (MSAs), • Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), • Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), • Commercial Risk Analysis, • Legal Research & Analysis, • Legal Writing, • Contract Interpretation, • Legal Judgment & Negotiation Strategy Compensation • $90–$110 per hour, • Contractor engagement, • Fully remote, • Project-based work supporting legal and AI training initiatives, • Compensation reflects the expert’s legal experience and contribution to the project. Eligibility • Candidates must hold a JD from an accredited law school., • Active U.S. bar admission is required., • Candidates must have at least 4 years of transactional legal experience., • Strong commercial contract drafting, review, redlining, and negotiation experience is required., • Candidates should have practical familiarity with commonly negotiated commercial provisions., • Technology transactions experience is strongly valued., • Candidates must be able to work independently in a remote environment and maintain confidentiality throughout the engagement. Application Process • Submit your application highlighting your transactional legal experience., • Detail your experience with commercial contracts, drafting, redlining, and negotiation., • Highlight relevant experience with MSAs, NDAs, DPAs, technology transactions, and commonly negotiated provisions., • Provide information regarding your JD and active U.S. bar admission., • Selected candidates will be evaluated based on their legal expertise, contracting experience, written reasoning, and overall project fit.

Recruitment Consultant - Consumer or Construction Sales & Marketing Division | Leeds (Hybrid Working Available) £26,500-£32,000 + Uncapped Commission (realistically between £20k-£30k in year 1) + Many More Benefits Ambitious Post-Grad Professional? Ready to Raise the Bar in Your Career? Join Henderson Scott, International Recruitment Consultancy Are you a high-performing, professional graduate, perhaps currently undertaking a graduate scheme but wondering what's next? Do you feel like your current path isn't unlocking your full potential? At Henderson Scott, we're offering you the chance to accelerate your career, unlock real earning potential, and join a business where your ambition is matched by opportunity. Who Are We? Henderson Scott is a leading, international recruitment consultancy and part of the Search Recruitment Group, working across Accountancy & Finance, Legal, Marketing, Sales, and Technology. With Private Equity backing we're on a rapid growth trajectory; known for excellence, innovation, and an empowering team culture to enable our people to reach their full potential. The Opportunity: We're looking for driven, commercially-minded individual to join our Sales & Marketing division within either our specialist Construction or Consumer practices as a Recruitment Consultant. You'll benefit from: Uncapped commission - earn while you learn (new starters without previous experience earned between £20k and £30k last year) Transparent, fast-track career progression within a professional business Award-winning, on-going training and development from day one The chance to build a personal client portfolio and ultimately grow your own business within a businessWhat You'll Do: Manage the full recruitment cycle from sourcing talent to negotiating offers Build and nurture long-term relationships with clients and candidates Develop new business opportunities and grow key accounts Gain deep industry insights to offer strategic hiring solutions and career advice to senior, leading professionals from within your market.Who You Are: A graduate with a strong academic background and early career success Goal-oriented with a competitive edge and entrepreneurial mindset An exceptional communicator who thrives on building relationships Someone who's ready to hustle, learn, and achieve beyond expectationsWhy Make the Move? Unlike traditional graduate schemes, a career in recruitment at Henderson Scott offers immediate autonomy, uncapped earnings, and a meritocratic culture where success is celebrated and progression is real. Whether your passion lies in sales, business development, or people, this is a platform to make your mark. Ready to redefine your future? For further info reach out to Alex Bourne, (url removed) Or apply using the link provided.Henderson Scott - Always Raising the Bar. Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age