Role overview ID: Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry South West Midlands Department: Technical Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Coleshill, West Midlands Date Posted: 10.04.2024 We have an incredible new opportunity for a Project Director to lead the overall technical strategy and development management on a new multi-branded scheme of up to 2,200 dwellings to be delivered through a Joint Venture Partnership, based at our South West Midlands office in Coleshill. Reporting to the Regional Technical Director, you will provide leadership, strategic vision and direction to the business to ensure that the strategies and objectives, alongside the forecast and financial management, are developed and achieved through its operations whilst managing the technical delivery with a strong focus on pre construction management. The Project Director will be responsible for the overall operational management of the scheme to ensure the interests of the Joint Venture Partnership are maintained and promoted at all times. You will also ensure the general motivation, wellbeing and continued incentive of all Company employees. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Company car, car allowance or travel allowance Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality You will have held a Senior Management or Divisional Director role with significant experiencein the Housebuilding industry. An understanding of external influences affecting the housing and property markets. You will have been involved in the preparation, presentation and achievement of a forecastand part of an annual budget which is in line with a project's targets. Ability to formulate strategic options for large projects. Ability to manage multiple objectives over short, medium and long-term time horizons. Ability to see the interconnection between actions to avoid unintended consequencesand to balance potentially conflicting objectives. Ability to communicate how micro and macro initiatives contribute to wider strategicobjectives of the project. Ability to drive desired outcomes from multi discipline teams. Managing performanceusing a balance of challenge and support. Ability to achieve sustainable out performance, by understanding key drivers andreinforcing positive actions and behaviours. Ability to communicate performance to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring thatkey measures are understood and acted upon. Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders (suppliers / customers / employees)at all levels to gain desired responses, ensuring that tone and content reflect theaudience but are consistent in message. Managing all relationships to reinforce strategic position, brand reputation and financial Maintaining a positive working relationship with Board members and managing thedifferent drivers of the parties to support each other with business growth and performance. You will have excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and motivate colleagues at all levels towards the project objectives Experience of managing large scale, complex mixed-use regeneration projects from first principles to delivery. Able to communicate effectively and confidentially with a range of internal and external stakeholders More about the Project Director role You will help colleagues build and lead effective, high performing management teams ensuring all aspects of processes are met and run smoothly and efficiently to ensure that the financial forecast and production targets are achieved for the Joint VentureYou will support the Directors and management teams, ensuring that all areas of the JV are working collaboratively and consistentlyYou will assist with the Health and Safety aspects of the JV to ensure that adequate provisions, plans, reporting and actions are in place to ensure that the project adheres to both Group policy and HSE requirementsYou will develop and maintain positive working relationships with fellow Directors, to support each other with the JV performanceYou will liaise with the JV board as to the day to day operations of the JV. You will be key in preparing material for the Monthly Board Pack, to present in Board Meetings with the Joint Venture Representatives and Board MembersYou will ensure that all Group policies, procedures and disciplines are adhered to throughout the Company and that the Company complies with all statutory requirementsManaging the JV Projects through feasibility, site assembly, planning, land drawdownManaging the professional team to design efficient and viable development proposals that meet the constraints of the site, applicable planning policies and JV objectivesFull focus on delivering the JV objectives and the ability to make decisions at a strategic level; as the Project Executive you are accountable for making day-to-day decisions which affect the wider projectYou will have a strong rapport as a people manager, with the ability to lead a high-performing team across the entire operational function, even when reporting lines are dottedA breadth of technical and industry knowledge, being commercially aware and financially astute to assist with the P&L, balance sheet, cashflow and cost control for the Joint Venture (supported by the shadow board)A dynamic, driven, and approachable personality with excellent people management skills; the ability to lead by example and set high standards and effective KPIs that will deliver operational excellence.You are able to establish the JV business controls and are able to measure and monitor these to ensure the effective application of such controls to drive business efficiencyYou have the ability to work with and influence others within the wider JV to ensure that best practices are shared to aid the JV in achieving its overall objectivesYou will have the ability to formulate the Joint Venture strategy, identifying key dr
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Role overview ID: Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry South West Midlands Department: Technical Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Coleshill, West Midlands Date Posted: 10.04.2024 We have an incredible new opportunity for a Project Director to lead the overall technical strategy and development management on a new multi-branded scheme of up to 2,200 dwellings to be delivered through a Joint Venture Partnership, based at our South West Midlands office in Coleshill. Reporting to the Regional Technical Director, you will provide leadership, strategic vision and direction to the business to ensure that the strategies and objectives, alongside the forecast and financial management, are developed and achieved through its operations whilst managing the technical delivery with a strong focus on pre construction management. The Project Director will be responsible for the overall operational management of the scheme to ensure the interests of the Joint Venture Partnership are maintained and promoted at all times. You will also ensure the general motivation, wellbeing and continued incentive of all Company employees. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Company car, car allowance or travel allowance Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality You will have held a Senior Management or Divisional Director role with significant experiencein the Housebuilding industry. An understanding of external influences affecting the housing and property markets. You will have been involved in the preparation, presentation and achievement of a forecastand part of an annual budget which is in line with a project's targets. Ability to formulate strategic options for large projects. Ability to manage multiple objectives over short, medium and long-term time horizons. Ability to see the interconnection between actions to avoid unintended consequencesand to balance potentially conflicting objectives. Ability to communicate how micro and macro initiatives contribute to wider strategicobjectives of the project. Ability to drive desired outcomes from multi discipline teams. Managing performanceusing a balance of challenge and support. Ability to achieve sustainable out performance, by understanding key drivers andreinforcing positive actions and behaviours. Ability to communicate performance to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring thatkey measures are understood and acted upon. Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders (suppliers / customers / employees)at all levels to gain desired responses, ensuring that tone and content reflect theaudience but are consistent in message. Managing all relationships to reinforce strategic position, brand reputation and financial Maintaining a positive working relationship with Board members and managing thedifferent drivers of the parties to support each other with business growth and performance. You will have excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and motivate colleagues at all levels towards the project objectives Experience of managing large scale, complex mixed-use regeneration projects from first principles to delivery. Able to communicate effectively and confidentially with a range of internal and external stakeholders More about the Project Director role You will help colleagues build and lead effective, high performing management teams ensuring all aspects of processes are met and run smoothly and efficiently to ensure that the financial forecast and production targets are achieved for the Joint VentureYou will support the Directors and management teams, ensuring that all areas of the JV are working collaboratively and consistentlyYou will assist with the Health and Safety aspects of the JV to ensure that adequate provisions, plans, reporting and actions are in place to ensure that the project adheres to both Group policy and HSE requirementsYou will develop and maintain positive working relationships with fellow Directors, to support each other with the JV performanceYou will liaise with the JV board as to the day to day operations of the JV. You will be key in preparing material for the Monthly Board Pack, to present in Board Meetings with the Joint Venture Representatives and Board MembersYou will ensure that all Group policies, procedures and disciplines are adhered to throughout the Company and that the Company complies with all statutory requirementsManaging the JV Projects through feasibility, site assembly, planning, land drawdownManaging the professional team to design efficient and viable development proposals that meet the constraints of the site, applicable planning policies and JV objectivesFull focus on delivering the JV objectives and the ability to make decisions at a strategic level; as the Project Executive you are accountable for making day-to-day decisions which affect the wider projectYou will have a strong rapport as a people manager, with the ability to lead a high-performing team across the entire operational function, even when reporting lines are dottedA breadth of technical and industry knowledge, being commercially aware and financially astute to assist with the P&L, balance sheet, cashflow and cost control for the Joint Venture (supported by the shadow board)A dynamic, driven, and approachable personality with excellent people management skills; the ability to lead by example and set high standards and effective KPIs that will deliver operational excellence.You are able to establish the JV business controls and are able to measure and monitor these to ensure the effective application of such controls to drive business efficiencyYou have the ability to work with and influence others within the wider JV to ensure that best practices are shared to aid the JV in achieving its overall objectivesYou will have the ability to formulate the Joint Venture strategy, identifying key dr
Role overview ID: Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry East Yorkshire Department: Build Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Date Posted: 22.03.2024 We have a new opportunity for a Production Administrator to join our team within Vistry East Yorkshire, at our Leeds office. As our Production Administrator you will be responsible for providing administrative support and secretarial function to the Production Department. We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent in Maths and English Experience of working in an office environment Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Excellent numeric and literacy skills Able to work with a high degree of accuracy Excellent organizational skills Ability to communicate with colleagues of varying seniority & Customers. Be able to work well as part of a team and able to use own initiative when required Professional, with a positive outlook Able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines autonomously or as part of a team Willingness to learn and develop skills and knowledge Willingness to take park in meetings Desirable - BTEC diploma or certificate in administration More about the Production Administrator role Perform general secretarial/administrative duties for the Production Department Collate all the hourly paid timesheets and submit to payroll for processing. Maintain the Overtime Approval schedule Order Stationery for Site Raise orders in association with stationery purchases and booked training Maintain holiday chart and keep associated records Issue a list of outstanding KPI Items to the Production Managers / Simon, weekly Issue Home Demo/LC Dates Schedule to the Site Manager each Tuesday Maintain Personnel Schedule and issue monthly Update HR with personnel changes Create and amend spreadsheets and various forms as required Reception Cover Arrange / book appropriate training in accordance with the compliance schedule. Maintain associated schedules. Collate labour figures and issue to SHE monthly. Collate H&S inspections issue summary and issue weekly (Friday) Issue Health & Safety Alerts / Close Outs Issue Weekly SHE updates to Site Managers Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities. Why Vistry Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Role overview ID: Entity: Vistry Region: Vistry East Yorkshire Department: Build Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Date Posted: 22.03.2024 We have a new opportunity for a Production Administrator to join our team within Vistry East Yorkshire, at our Leeds office. As our Production Administrator you will be responsible for providing administrative support and secretarial function to the Production Department. We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent in Maths and English Experience of working in an office environment Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook Excellent numeric and literacy skills Able to work with a high degree of accuracy Excellent organizational skills Ability to communicate with colleagues of varying seniority & Customers. Be able to work well as part of a team and able to use own initiative when required Professional, with a positive outlook Able to prioritise workload to meet deadlines autonomously or as part of a team Willingness to learn and develop skills and knowledge Willingness to take park in meetings Desirable - BTEC diploma or certificate in administration More about the Production Administrator role Perform general secretarial/administrative duties for the Production Department Collate all the hourly paid timesheets and submit to payroll for processing. Maintain the Overtime Approval schedule Order Stationery for Site Raise orders in association with stationery purchases and booked training Maintain holiday chart and keep associated records Issue a list of outstanding KPI Items to the Production Managers / Simon, weekly Issue Home Demo/LC Dates Schedule to the Site Manager each Tuesday Maintain Personnel Schedule and issue monthly Update HR with personnel changes Create and amend spreadsheets and various forms as required Reception Cover Arrange / book appropriate training in accordance with the compliance schedule. Maintain associated schedules. Collate labour figures and issue to SHE monthly. Collate H&S inspections issue summary and issue weekly (Friday) Issue Health & Safety Alerts / Close Outs Issue Weekly SHE updates to Site Managers Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities. Why Vistry Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.
We have a new opportunity for a Customer Service Coordinator to join our team within Vistry Central Home Counties, at our Cheshunt office in Broxbourne. We are looking for a calm and motivated individual to join our fast-paced Customer Service team. As the Customer Service Coordinator you will be responsible with dealing with customer concerns received by telephone or email, appointing contractors to deal with any snagging or defects that arise in their new home. We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare and Dental Insurance Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Previous experience working within a similar environment Good understanding of Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook Ability to handle complaints and difficult situations Touch Typing A calm and cheery personality Patience and calmness under pressure A sense of humour Good planning and organisations skills Problem solving and decision-making skills A polite, tactual, and assertive attitude Excellent communication skills Good team working skills Desirable - 5 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths & English Experience working for a residential house builder ideally within the customer facing environment. An understanding of building regulations and legal obligations. A good understanding of written English Grammar More about the Customer Service Coordinator role To address and respond to Customer issues in a prompt and organised way. To deliver an excellent customer service, understanding and empathy to our customers To liaise with internal departments and form excellent working relationships as part of the larger team. To communicate effectively and regularly with colleagues and management Issue instructions to Sub-contractors and follow up to ensure prompt resolution. Follow up all outstanding remedial works and take appropriate action to ensure works wherever possible are completed within a 28-day period. Keep our database system up to date at all times. Carry out general administrative duties. Work directly with the office manager to ensure our KPI's are in line with company guidelines Learn and at all times adhere to the company Health and Safety requirements Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
We have a new opportunity for a Customer Service Coordinator to join our team within Vistry Central Home Counties, at our Cheshunt office in Broxbourne. We are looking for a calm and motivated individual to join our fast-paced Customer Service team. As the Customer Service Coordinator you will be responsible with dealing with customer concerns received by telephone or email, appointing contractors to deal with any snagging or defects that arise in their new home. We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare and Dental Insurance Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Previous experience working within a similar environment Good understanding of Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook Ability to handle complaints and difficult situations Touch Typing A calm and cheery personality Patience and calmness under pressure A sense of humour Good planning and organisations skills Problem solving and decision-making skills A polite, tactual, and assertive attitude Excellent communication skills Good team working skills Desirable - 5 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths & English Experience working for a residential house builder ideally within the customer facing environment. An understanding of building regulations and legal obligations. A good understanding of written English Grammar More about the Customer Service Coordinator role To address and respond to Customer issues in a prompt and organised way. To deliver an excellent customer service, understanding and empathy to our customers To liaise with internal departments and form excellent working relationships as part of the larger team. To communicate effectively and regularly with colleagues and management Issue instructions to Sub-contractors and follow up to ensure prompt resolution. Follow up all outstanding remedial works and take appropriate action to ensure works wherever possible are completed within a 28-day period. Keep our database system up to date at all times. Carry out general administrative duties. Work directly with the office manager to ensure our KPI's are in line with company guidelines Learn and at all times adhere to the company Health and Safety requirements Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Integrated software testing within software product development cycles Based in central Cambridge (close to bus and train links), this 40+ people office is the UK software team. They are a collaborative group, who look to support, empower and develop people's skills and experience leading to long-term employment. Flexible working is available which typically includes up to 2 days per week in the office. They currently seek a Software Tester to join their team. This person would work side-by-side with software engineers and product owners, and provide significant input into the entire software product cycle. The group uses an agile approach which can include XP practices. As a Software Tester, you would follow a context-driven testing approach, ensuring that customers' needs are met within the product / features. Testing includes exploratory testing, automated testing and development of test scripts / frameworks. The company provides time for people to take online training courses to improve skills as well as attend conferences and local meetups. Requirements: STEM degree (ideally in computer science), and industry experience as a software tester, software analyst or software developer. Demonstrable project experience working with complex commercial software products. A test mentality - curious, inquisitive and enjoys problem solving. Good communication skills and understanding how to translate business requirements to feasible actions. Experience with automated testing tools. Benefits on offer include enhanced company pension contributions, private health care, EAP, bonus scheme and loyal service awards. Flexible working - Hybrid - Central Cambridge - 37.5 hours per week - Relaxed work environment Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call ecm or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: TJ27151 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Integrated software testing within software product development cycles Based in central Cambridge (close to bus and train links), this 40+ people office is the UK software team. They are a collaborative group, who look to support, empower and develop people's skills and experience leading to long-term employment. Flexible working is available which typically includes up to 2 days per week in the office. They currently seek a Software Tester to join their team. This person would work side-by-side with software engineers and product owners, and provide significant input into the entire software product cycle. The group uses an agile approach which can include XP practices. As a Software Tester, you would follow a context-driven testing approach, ensuring that customers' needs are met within the product / features. Testing includes exploratory testing, automated testing and development of test scripts / frameworks. The company provides time for people to take online training courses to improve skills as well as attend conferences and local meetups. Requirements: STEM degree (ideally in computer science), and industry experience as a software tester, software analyst or software developer. Demonstrable project experience working with complex commercial software products. A test mentality - curious, inquisitive and enjoys problem solving. Good communication skills and understanding how to translate business requirements to feasible actions. Experience with automated testing tools. Benefits on offer include enhanced company pension contributions, private health care, EAP, bonus scheme and loyal service awards. Flexible working - Hybrid - Central Cambridge - 37.5 hours per week - Relaxed work environment Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call ecm or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: TJ27151 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
My client, a growing financial organisation is on the lookout for a talented Change & Project Delivery Lead to join their hybrid working team in Blackpool. If you thrive in a fast-paced, agile setting and are passionate about shaping project delivery functions, then this could be the role for you! This is a new team that includes a Director of Project Delivery (The hiring manager), a Junior Project Manager, and a Junior BA. There are currently at least 5 large programs running, and they're looking for someone eager to manage projects from start to finish. Working structure: Hybrid / 3 days in the office (in Blackpool), 2 days remote working. Role Overview:As a Change & Project Delivery Lead (a fancy name for a Senior Project Manager) you will play a pivotal role in shaping project details, ensuring value addition, and driving tangible outcomes. We're seeking an analytical individual who can craft business cases, define solution options, and navigate change management effectively. Your ability to analyse business problems, identify root causes, and lead projects to success will be paramount. Key Requirements:Proven expertise in managing Time, Cost & Quality to ensure efficient and successful project delivery.Established track record in developing effective delivery processes, maintaining high standards, and meticulous attention to detail.Proficiency in scoping projects, creating resource plans, schedules, and solution designs with clarity and risk mitigation strategies.Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively convey delivery knowledge and insights.Strong technical and business acumen, ideally with a background in IT, Debt Purchase, Financial Services, or Continuous Improvement (desirable)Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with experience in methodologies like Continuous Improvement DMAIC. Responsibilities:Lead delivery of multiple projects across diverse teams, managing risks and engaging stakeholders effectively.Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to scope, plan, forecast, and estimate project delivery.Serve as a bridge between business SMEs and technical solutions teams, ensuring seamless project delivery.Participate in various methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, and Continuous Improvement.Engage with challenging stakeholders up to the C Suite level, providing regular project updates.Ensure accountability across teams, meet deadlines, and facilitate effective communication.Lead Agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, refinements, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning. If you're ready to make an impact and drive change in a dynamic environment, apply now to join our Project Delivery team! Established in Didsbury, Connexa Technology Ltd is becoming one of the UK's fastest growing IT and Technology recruitment companies. People. Technology. Connected. Connexa Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
My client, a growing financial organisation is on the lookout for a talented Change & Project Delivery Lead to join their hybrid working team in Blackpool. If you thrive in a fast-paced, agile setting and are passionate about shaping project delivery functions, then this could be the role for you! This is a new team that includes a Director of Project Delivery (The hiring manager), a Junior Project Manager, and a Junior BA. There are currently at least 5 large programs running, and they're looking for someone eager to manage projects from start to finish. Working structure: Hybrid / 3 days in the office (in Blackpool), 2 days remote working. Role Overview:As a Change & Project Delivery Lead (a fancy name for a Senior Project Manager) you will play a pivotal role in shaping project details, ensuring value addition, and driving tangible outcomes. We're seeking an analytical individual who can craft business cases, define solution options, and navigate change management effectively. Your ability to analyse business problems, identify root causes, and lead projects to success will be paramount. Key Requirements:Proven expertise in managing Time, Cost & Quality to ensure efficient and successful project delivery.Established track record in developing effective delivery processes, maintaining high standards, and meticulous attention to detail.Proficiency in scoping projects, creating resource plans, schedules, and solution designs with clarity and risk mitigation strategies.Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively convey delivery knowledge and insights.Strong technical and business acumen, ideally with a background in IT, Debt Purchase, Financial Services, or Continuous Improvement (desirable)Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with experience in methodologies like Continuous Improvement DMAIC. Responsibilities:Lead delivery of multiple projects across diverse teams, managing risks and engaging stakeholders effectively.Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to scope, plan, forecast, and estimate project delivery.Serve as a bridge between business SMEs and technical solutions teams, ensuring seamless project delivery.Participate in various methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, and Continuous Improvement.Engage with challenging stakeholders up to the C Suite level, providing regular project updates.Ensure accountability across teams, meet deadlines, and facilitate effective communication.Lead Agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, refinements, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning. If you're ready to make an impact and drive change in a dynamic environment, apply now to join our Project Delivery team! Established in Didsbury, Connexa Technology Ltd is becoming one of the UK's fastest growing IT and Technology recruitment companies. People. Technology. Connected. Connexa Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
JOB TITLE: Solution Architect - Innovation and Emerging Tech SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh, Halifax, Bristol, Manchester HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Welcome to our Emerging Tech & Innovation team. We're creating a future where customers choose Lloyds Banking Group because we regularly launch new products and services that make their financial lives better. This is an outstanding chance to join a team that celebrates curiosity, diversity and values creation! We're looking for a Solution Architect to be part of a new Engineering Innovation team. This new team will be dynamic, versatile, and adaptive, with a core purpose on research, experimentation and building prototypes, which could be deployed at scale across the organisation. So, what would you be doing for us? This is the exciting bit! As a solution architect, you'll be mainly responsible for the solution architecture required on the technical experiments we run across the team. You'll have proven experience in solution architecture practice, crafting and maintaining technical documentation. As a keen collaborator, you'll work across the innovation team, to ensure product and experiment requirements are translated into technical solution designs, for our team of engineers. You'll also work across the Group's engineering and architecture communities, to ensure all our experiments maintain standards of solution architecture practice, and alignment to strategic technology direction. We're agile, so you'll need to be able to take an iterative approach in your solution designs, breaking down work and prioritising the thinks that release value allowing the rest of the team to progress. Finally, you'll demonstrate continuous personal development, in new & emerging technologies, and will be an active member of the Group's Solution Architecture community, to ensure we're aligned to current practice. Who are we looking for? Do you feel passionate about innovation, emerging technology and how they can be adopted and used for our colleagues and customers? You'll be curious and excited at the prospect of stepping into the unknown whilst getting to the bottom of how things work and defining how we can implement them safely. You'll have a developed communication toolkit, allowing you to skillfully collaborate across the innovation team and with wider teams in LBG and beyond. Being a confident facilitator, analytical thinker and problem solver, you'll challenge conventional ways of thinking, influencing positive outcomes. You'll be adaptable, able to learn and use new skills & knowledge in varying circumstances; you're comfortable providing recommendations and thought leadership. Working on experiments and prototypes, you're the sort of person who sees the bigger picture and can join the dots to understand the implications of our work, if we were to deploy at scale. Why Lloyds Banking Group From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose. What you'll need Fully conversant with solution architecture practice, patterns. Able to design complex solutions spanning different technologies, taking ownership for end to end technical designs. Experience working across a range of modern solution architectures, including N-tier, cloud platforms (with focus on GCP and Azure), container and micro-services. Technology cost estimation. Practical experience crafting technical and architecture documentation. Visual presentation: ability to communicate technical solutions in formats to both technical and non-technical audiences. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Solution Architect - Innovation and Emerging Tech SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Edinburgh, Halifax, Bristol, Manchester HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity Welcome to our Emerging Tech & Innovation team. We're creating a future where customers choose Lloyds Banking Group because we regularly launch new products and services that make their financial lives better. This is an outstanding chance to join a team that celebrates curiosity, diversity and values creation! We're looking for a Solution Architect to be part of a new Engineering Innovation team. This new team will be dynamic, versatile, and adaptive, with a core purpose on research, experimentation and building prototypes, which could be deployed at scale across the organisation. So, what would you be doing for us? This is the exciting bit! As a solution architect, you'll be mainly responsible for the solution architecture required on the technical experiments we run across the team. You'll have proven experience in solution architecture practice, crafting and maintaining technical documentation. As a keen collaborator, you'll work across the innovation team, to ensure product and experiment requirements are translated into technical solution designs, for our team of engineers. You'll also work across the Group's engineering and architecture communities, to ensure all our experiments maintain standards of solution architecture practice, and alignment to strategic technology direction. We're agile, so you'll need to be able to take an iterative approach in your solution designs, breaking down work and prioritising the thinks that release value allowing the rest of the team to progress. Finally, you'll demonstrate continuous personal development, in new & emerging technologies, and will be an active member of the Group's Solution Architecture community, to ensure we're aligned to current practice. Who are we looking for? Do you feel passionate about innovation, emerging technology and how they can be adopted and used for our colleagues and customers? You'll be curious and excited at the prospect of stepping into the unknown whilst getting to the bottom of how things work and defining how we can implement them safely. You'll have a developed communication toolkit, allowing you to skillfully collaborate across the innovation team and with wider teams in LBG and beyond. Being a confident facilitator, analytical thinker and problem solver, you'll challenge conventional ways of thinking, influencing positive outcomes. You'll be adaptable, able to learn and use new skills & knowledge in varying circumstances; you're comfortable providing recommendations and thought leadership. Working on experiments and prototypes, you're the sort of person who sees the bigger picture and can join the dots to understand the implications of our work, if we were to deploy at scale. Why Lloyds Banking Group From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose. What you'll need Fully conversant with solution architecture practice, patterns. Able to design complex solutions spanning different technologies, taking ownership for end to end technical designs. Experience working across a range of modern solution architectures, including N-tier, cloud platforms (with focus on GCP and Azure), container and micro-services. Technology cost estimation. Practical experience crafting technical and architecture documentation. Visual presentation: ability to communicate technical solutions in formats to both technical and non-technical audiences. Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
Solution Architect - Payment Services Platform SALARY: £66,202 - £83,719 LOCATION: Edinburgh or London HOURS: Full Time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Edinburgh Office (EH11) Are you an experienced Solution Architect looking for an amazing career opportunity to help shape the future of New Payments Architecture, using cutting edge technology, cloud hosting, SaaS services and building a new greenfield payments platform, helping us navigate the regulatory landscape and define our products of the future? About this opportunity We're looking for Solution Architect to join our New Payments Architecture (NPA) Lab. NPA is a regulatory initiative that will change UK payments as we know them. Working closely with industry, the NPA team is replacing the complexity of the existing payments landscape with a new, more efficient infrastructure that will benefit from enhanced security and resilience. This multi-million-pound initiative has a new partnership with a leading FinTech company and is looking for talented individuals who are interested in working with new and exciting technologies, such as Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS). What we're looking for: Strong Software Architecture background and knowledge of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership Experience across the entire software development life cycle from inception, through build to production You appreciate and acknowledge the impact of system design decisions on scalability, resilience, and supportability Experience of API design and architecture patterns, messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ) Exposure to modern application frameworks (Spring boot Java etc) Exposure to Open Banking architecture framework We'd welcome the following desirable skills and experience: Knowledge of delivery of microservices to production Exposure to Systems Thinking Exposure to Docker and container orchestration tools e.g., Kubernetes Knowledge in one or more of the following: API Economy; Big Data; Cloud/Open Source; Automation/Robotics; Blockchain An understanding of any of the following Payments areas: UK Domestic Payments (Cheques, Faster Payments, BACS); International Payments (SWIFT/SEPA); Trade Legal, Regulatory & Mandatory projects in Payments areas New Payments Architecture Why Lloyds Banking Group? We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: Any generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Solution Architect - Payment Services Platform SALARY: £66,202 - £83,719 LOCATION: Edinburgh or London HOURS: Full Time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Edinburgh Office (EH11) Are you an experienced Solution Architect looking for an amazing career opportunity to help shape the future of New Payments Architecture, using cutting edge technology, cloud hosting, SaaS services and building a new greenfield payments platform, helping us navigate the regulatory landscape and define our products of the future? About this opportunity We're looking for Solution Architect to join our New Payments Architecture (NPA) Lab. NPA is a regulatory initiative that will change UK payments as we know them. Working closely with industry, the NPA team is replacing the complexity of the existing payments landscape with a new, more efficient infrastructure that will benefit from enhanced security and resilience. This multi-million-pound initiative has a new partnership with a leading FinTech company and is looking for talented individuals who are interested in working with new and exciting technologies, such as Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS). What we're looking for: Strong Software Architecture background and knowledge of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership Experience across the entire software development life cycle from inception, through build to production You appreciate and acknowledge the impact of system design decisions on scalability, resilience, and supportability Experience of API design and architecture patterns, messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ) Exposure to modern application frameworks (Spring boot Java etc) Exposure to Open Banking architecture framework We'd welcome the following desirable skills and experience: Knowledge of delivery of microservices to production Exposure to Systems Thinking Exposure to Docker and container orchestration tools e.g., Kubernetes Knowledge in one or more of the following: API Economy; Big Data; Cloud/Open Source; Automation/Robotics; Blockchain An understanding of any of the following Payments areas: UK Domestic Payments (Cheques, Faster Payments, BACS); International Payments (SWIFT/SEPA); Trade Legal, Regulatory & Mandatory projects in Payments areas New Payments Architecture Why Lloyds Banking Group? We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: Any generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?
Are you an experienced PA looking to work in an international law firm on a 12 month contract? THE DETAILS Job Title: Legal PA (12 month FTC) Location: The City Salary: £40,000 - £43,000 Core Hours: 09:30 - 17:30 Perks: They offer a competitive benefits and wellbeing package for all employees, as well as an agile working policy with 2 days working from home. THE COMPANY This international law firm has been rapidly expanding over the last few years due to its focused strategy, strong leadership, and quality of people. With offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America, they consistently deliver a high level of service across boarders. They provide an inclusive and collaborative environment to encourage development and progress for their employees. This is a great opportunity for an experienced PA to join a well respected law firm in a challenging and exciting role. THE ROLE To provide a high level of support to the Asset & Structured Finance group, in particular the maritime team. Diary management Meeting management Travel management Document work Coordinating business development and client liaison initiatives Preparing bills Opening and closing matters Filing, e filing and archiving Assisting with production and distribution of management accounts reports Create weekly financial presentations and monthly reports for the finance director. Processing invoices Supporting the directors and their wider team when needed THE IDEAL CANDIDATE At least 5 years' experience working as a Personal Assistant at a senior level. Advanced IT Skills; proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint (including knowledge of pivot tables and graphs). Strong interpersonal and communication skills with excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills. Experience working in a professional services environment. Personal skills/attributes The ability to act with absolute discretion. Friendly and professional with a strong service ethic. A proactive self-starter with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and see them through to completion. Robust with the ability to cope with a demanding environment. A team player who is confident sharing information across a broader team. If you are interested in this role please contact me on or
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Are you an experienced PA looking to work in an international law firm on a 12 month contract? THE DETAILS Job Title: Legal PA (12 month FTC) Location: The City Salary: £40,000 - £43,000 Core Hours: 09:30 - 17:30 Perks: They offer a competitive benefits and wellbeing package for all employees, as well as an agile working policy with 2 days working from home. THE COMPANY This international law firm has been rapidly expanding over the last few years due to its focused strategy, strong leadership, and quality of people. With offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America, they consistently deliver a high level of service across boarders. They provide an inclusive and collaborative environment to encourage development and progress for their employees. This is a great opportunity for an experienced PA to join a well respected law firm in a challenging and exciting role. THE ROLE To provide a high level of support to the Asset & Structured Finance group, in particular the maritime team. Diary management Meeting management Travel management Document work Coordinating business development and client liaison initiatives Preparing bills Opening and closing matters Filing, e filing and archiving Assisting with production and distribution of management accounts reports Create weekly financial presentations and monthly reports for the finance director. Processing invoices Supporting the directors and their wider team when needed THE IDEAL CANDIDATE At least 5 years' experience working as a Personal Assistant at a senior level. Advanced IT Skills; proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint (including knowledge of pivot tables and graphs). Strong interpersonal and communication skills with excellent attention to detail and proofreading skills. Experience working in a professional services environment. Personal skills/attributes The ability to act with absolute discretion. Friendly and professional with a strong service ethic. A proactive self-starter with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and see them through to completion. Robust with the ability to cope with a demanding environment. A team player who is confident sharing information across a broader team. If you are interested in this role please contact me on or
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Innovation & Emerging Tech Team) SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Manchester HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity This role sits in our Innovation and Emerging Tech team. We want to build a future where customers choose Lloyds because we regularly launch new products and services that make their financial lives better. This is a unique chance to join a team that celebrates curiosity, diversity and values creation! We're looking for 'full-stack' Software Engineers to be part of a new Engineering Innovation team. This new team will be dynamic, versatile and adaptive, with a core purpose on research, experimentation and building prototypes, that could be deployed at scale across the organisation. So, what would you be doing for us? The exciting bit! As a software engineer in the team, you'll be primarily responsible for the design, build and test of engineering innovation experiments. You'll be directly responsible for writing and maintaining code base, and as such you'll have deep expertise in modern 'full-stack' programming languages and technologies. You'll also demonstrate continuous personal development in new & emerging programming languages and technologies. You'll be conversant in Quality Engineering (QE) and DevOps processes and technologies. As well as DBT and code execution, you'll also be responsible for crafting and maintaining appropriate user documentation. You'll collaborate closely with internal partners across the Group's engineering and architecture communities, ensuring all our experiments maintain standards of engineering excellence and alignment to strategic technology direction. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team and great passion for coaching and developing people in a "player-coach" model. Why Lloyds Banking Group From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose. What you'll need A deep working experience across a range of 'full-stack' programming languages. It is not expected that you'll have all the technical skills listed below. However, you should be able to demonstrate you possess a range of these, at a proficient level: Front-end, e.g., Javascript/JS Frameworks, HTML/CSS Mid-tier, e.g., API, ReST, Web Server, SSO, IAM Server-side & database, e.g., Java, C#, GoLang, Node.JS, Python, SQL Server, Cockroach, MongoDB Mobile, e.g., Swift, Android Core cloud platforms, e.g., Google, Azure, AWS DevOps & CICD, e.g., Jenkins, Urban Code, Atlassian, GitHub, MS Team Foundation Server, SonarQube, Kubernetes And any experience of these would be really useful Practical knowledge on software development processes Engineering experience working within an Agile framework Systems design thinking and solution architecture Practical experience crafting technical documentation Collaboration; working effectively alongside engineering teams, technical specialists, product owners, vendors and partners. You can hold productive communications to ensure experiments are clearly scoped and implemented Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Innovation & Emerging Tech Team) SALARY: The salary banding for this role is £68,202 - £75,780 LOCATION: Manchester HOURS: 35 hours, full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this opportunity This role sits in our Innovation and Emerging Tech team. We want to build a future where customers choose Lloyds because we regularly launch new products and services that make their financial lives better. This is a unique chance to join a team that celebrates curiosity, diversity and values creation! We're looking for 'full-stack' Software Engineers to be part of a new Engineering Innovation team. This new team will be dynamic, versatile and adaptive, with a core purpose on research, experimentation and building prototypes, that could be deployed at scale across the organisation. So, what would you be doing for us? The exciting bit! As a software engineer in the team, you'll be primarily responsible for the design, build and test of engineering innovation experiments. You'll be directly responsible for writing and maintaining code base, and as such you'll have deep expertise in modern 'full-stack' programming languages and technologies. You'll also demonstrate continuous personal development in new & emerging programming languages and technologies. You'll be conversant in Quality Engineering (QE) and DevOps processes and technologies. As well as DBT and code execution, you'll also be responsible for crafting and maintaining appropriate user documentation. You'll collaborate closely with internal partners across the Group's engineering and architecture communities, ensuring all our experiments maintain standards of engineering excellence and alignment to strategic technology direction. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team and great passion for coaching and developing people in a "player-coach" model. Why Lloyds Banking Group From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose. What you'll need A deep working experience across a range of 'full-stack' programming languages. It is not expected that you'll have all the technical skills listed below. However, you should be able to demonstrate you possess a range of these, at a proficient level: Front-end, e.g., Javascript/JS Frameworks, HTML/CSS Mid-tier, e.g., API, ReST, Web Server, SSO, IAM Server-side & database, e.g., Java, C#, GoLang, Node.JS, Python, SQL Server, Cockroach, MongoDB Mobile, e.g., Swift, Android Core cloud platforms, e.g., Google, Azure, AWS DevOps & CICD, e.g., Jenkins, Urban Code, Atlassian, GitHub, MS Team Foundation Server, SonarQube, Kubernetes And any experience of these would be really useful Practical knowledge on software development processes Engineering experience working within an Agile framework Systems design thinking and solution architecture Practical experience crafting technical documentation Collaboration; working effectively alongside engineering teams, technical specialists, product owners, vendors and partners. You can hold productive communications to ensure experiments are clearly scoped and implemented Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
SALARY: £100,657.00 - £118,420.00 annual base salary + excellent rewards package LOCATION: London HOURS: Full Time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our London Wall site. ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY We're looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our Domestic Lab. We're responsible for over 4bn UK electronic Payments including Faster Payments, Cheque Clearing, BACS, Cash distribution and more. Our team works in close collaboration with industry groups and regulators to protect the UK, the Bank and our Customers. We sit in the Payments Services Platform provides compliant, efficient and innovative payments capabilities for the Group to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We are a supportive and diverse community where we're passionate about collaboration and growing together. In joining us you'll focus on the following: Collaborating with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the Architectural runway for our Lab & Platform teams. Partnering with Enterprise Architecture & service providers to elaborate on solutions, their interfaces and validating technology assumptions, evaluating implementation alternatives and software lifecycle risks, assumptions, issues & dependencies. Providing analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs Develops innovative solutions by integrating and analysing complex and diverse information sources, making authoritative technical and/or professional recommendations that have a significant short-term and long-term impact on the business Analyses and evaluates the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then develops and amends as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues and/or supervises activities performed by a product development/specialist team. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Strong Software Architecture background and experience of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership Experience across the entire software development life cycle from inception, through build to production You understand and acknowledge the impact of system design decisions on scalability, resilience, and supportability Knowledge of Payments System Architecture such as Faster Payments, BACS, Cash Experience of API design and architecture patterns, messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ) Exposure to modern application frameworks (Spring boot Java etc) Experience of building applications through containerised microservices-based architectures, with a working-to-strong understanding of cloud methodologies Experience of risk, infrastructure, resilience and security architecture practices and concerns Active involvement in architecture and design governance And the following would be really useful Exposure to Systems Thinking ABOUT WORKING FOR US Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
SALARY: £100,657.00 - £118,420.00 annual base salary + excellent rewards package LOCATION: London HOURS: Full Time - 35 hours per week WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our London Wall site. ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY We're looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our Domestic Lab. We're responsible for over 4bn UK electronic Payments including Faster Payments, Cheque Clearing, BACS, Cash distribution and more. Our team works in close collaboration with industry groups and regulators to protect the UK, the Bank and our Customers. We sit in the Payments Services Platform provides compliant, efficient and innovative payments capabilities for the Group to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We are a supportive and diverse community where we're passionate about collaboration and growing together. In joining us you'll focus on the following: Collaborating with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the Architectural runway for our Lab & Platform teams. Partnering with Enterprise Architecture & service providers to elaborate on solutions, their interfaces and validating technology assumptions, evaluating implementation alternatives and software lifecycle risks, assumptions, issues & dependencies. Providing analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs Develops innovative solutions by integrating and analysing complex and diverse information sources, making authoritative technical and/or professional recommendations that have a significant short-term and long-term impact on the business Analyses and evaluates the feasibility/relevance of proposals for complex products/services, then develops and amends as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues and/or supervises activities performed by a product development/specialist team. WHAT YOU'LL NEED Strong Software Architecture background and experience of agile development practices with a history of technical leadership Experience across the entire software development life cycle from inception, through build to production You understand and acknowledge the impact of system design decisions on scalability, resilience, and supportability Knowledge of Payments System Architecture such as Faster Payments, BACS, Cash Experience of API design and architecture patterns, messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ) Exposure to modern application frameworks (Spring boot Java etc) Experience of building applications through containerised microservices-based architectures, with a working-to-strong understanding of cloud methodologies Experience of risk, infrastructure, resilience and security architecture practices and concerns Active involvement in architecture and design governance And the following would be really useful Exposure to Systems Thinking ABOUT WORKING FOR US Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
We have a new opportunity for a Telehandler to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Priors Hall Park site in Corby. As our Telehandler you will be responsible for unloading, storing, securing and distributing materials using a forklift truck. Assist the site team in ensuring that site safety and security requirements are adhered to, while ensuring that all actions comply with the Company's Health, Safety and Environmental policy. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Trained Plant Operator CPCS Card - Telescopic Handler - All sizes Exec 360 Slew - Category A17 Endorsement C First aid appointed person Full UK driving license Minimum 3 years' experience as a Materials Controller/Forklift Operator or trades person Be able to demonstrate genuine interest in working in the construction industry Resourceful and capable of using own initiative Excellent time keeping and attendance record Able to work effectively and safely under pressure Able to represent the Company professionally at all times Attention to detail Customer focused Able to multitask A commitment to work as required to meet the needs of the business A willingness to attend site out of hours to deal with emergency situations Able to travel to different sites on a regular basis Desirable - Maths and English GCSE or equivalent One of more of the following trades: Carpentry Bricklaying Dry lining Plastering Painting and decorating More about the Telehandler role Assist in site safety by ensuring that the site is operating in accordance with health and safety requirements. Report and breaches immediately, and action if appropriate. Maintain safe access to working areas. Inspect fork lift truck daily/weekly as required, ensuring that the appropriate records are complete and the Site Manager is informed of any defects. Erect and maintain site safety signage. Monitor traffic and pedestrian segregation and report deficiencies. Secure any hazards each evening prior to leaving site. Provide basic first aid if required, providing the appropriate training has been received. Providing the relevant training has been received, provide cover for the Site Manager, prioritising this over all other work to ensure that health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to and compliance is achieved. Ensure material segregation in accordance with the site waste management plan. Receive, store, secure and distribute materials using the fork lift to working and storage areas. Minimise and loss or damage to materials. Report and damage or loss immediately to the Site Manager. Check and receive material deliveries in accordance with material strategies and the site requirements. Ensure that materials are protected in accordance with the site material storage strategy. Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
We have a new opportunity for a Telehandler to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Priors Hall Park site in Corby. As our Telehandler you will be responsible for unloading, storing, securing and distributing materials using a forklift truck. Assist the site team in ensuring that site safety and security requirements are adhered to, while ensuring that all actions comply with the Company's Health, Safety and Environmental policy. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Agile working possible (dependent on role) Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays Private Healthcare Competitive contributory pension scheme Life assurance - 4 x your annual salary Share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality Trained Plant Operator CPCS Card - Telescopic Handler - All sizes Exec 360 Slew - Category A17 Endorsement C First aid appointed person Full UK driving license Minimum 3 years' experience as a Materials Controller/Forklift Operator or trades person Be able to demonstrate genuine interest in working in the construction industry Resourceful and capable of using own initiative Excellent time keeping and attendance record Able to work effectively and safely under pressure Able to represent the Company professionally at all times Attention to detail Customer focused Able to multitask A commitment to work as required to meet the needs of the business A willingness to attend site out of hours to deal with emergency situations Able to travel to different sites on a regular basis Desirable - Maths and English GCSE or equivalent One of more of the following trades: Carpentry Bricklaying Dry lining Plastering Painting and decorating More about the Telehandler role Assist in site safety by ensuring that the site is operating in accordance with health and safety requirements. Report and breaches immediately, and action if appropriate. Maintain safe access to working areas. Inspect fork lift truck daily/weekly as required, ensuring that the appropriate records are complete and the Site Manager is informed of any defects. Erect and maintain site safety signage. Monitor traffic and pedestrian segregation and report deficiencies. Secure any hazards each evening prior to leaving site. Provide basic first aid if required, providing the appropriate training has been received. Providing the relevant training has been received, provide cover for the Site Manager, prioritising this over all other work to ensure that health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to and compliance is achieved. Ensure material segregation in accordance with the site waste management plan. Receive, store, secure and distribute materials using the fork lift to working and storage areas. Minimise and loss or damage to materials. Report and damage or loss immediately to the Site Manager. Check and receive material deliveries in accordance with material strategies and the site requirements. Ensure that materials are protected in accordance with the site material storage strategy. Finally, let's tell you a bit more about us At Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do. We're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry. Benefits Agile Working Offers a flexible way of working. Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days' holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.
Database Engineer - Data Resilience Lloyds Banking Group London - hybrid working two days per week in the office & rest from home. Salary & Benefits: £78,849 to £96,371 per annum, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices & flexibility to suit your to ensure a good work-life balance. About us: Data is at the heart of Lloyds Banking Group; enabling the delivery of innovative financial services to our 26 million customers and help Britain prosper. A resilient organisation instils confidence and trust with customers, staff and regulators, reduces risk and protects Group from regulatory censure and fines. The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. We have the responsibility to facilitate the identification, end-to end data flow mapping, and assessment of IBS critical technical assets to establish the Data Resilience position and proactively mitigate Group exposure to data loss or corruption events. Background: Disruptions are inevitable and regulators expect Financial Institutions to take the necessary steps to protect data and recover from severe but plausible data loss or corruption events, such as a cyber-attack, to meet IBS impact tolerance thresholds. Data Resilience purpose is to proactively protect the integrity, availability, and security of our data to mitigate the risk of disruption to the Group's Important Business Services. The Data Resilience team have 3 main objectives to achieve this: Identify & define assets that are critical to the delivery of Important Business Services. Map the end-to-end data flow of critical assets from source to consumer of each Important Business Service Assess resilience maturity of critical assets to identify gaps that could impact the Group's ability to maintain service within ITOL. About the Role As the Data Resilience Data Engineer, you'll focus on ensuring IBS critical data is stored, handled, and processed effectively to maintain the availability, confidentiality and integrity and fulfil the Group's Important Business Services. This will safeguard our critical data and associated assets from vulnerabilities and threats that could lead to a compromise of the integrity and availability leading to customer harm. The role requires ambitious individuals with a proactive, can-do attitude and solution-oriented approach to deliver at pace. Key Responsibilities: Be the technical data reliability point of contact for data resilience. Provide input and direction on database resilience assessments to identify gaps that could lead to IBS Impact Tolerance thresholds being breached. Develop database optimisation initiatives to drive improvement and guidance for Operational Resilience and change frameworks. Oversee the development of database controls and collaborate with platform teams and Chief Security Office to remediate security gaps. Embed proactive database hygiene, including ROT data, compression rates, effective maintenance plans and compaction & reorganisation across IBS critical applications. Ensure Data Resilience Information Asset Register (IAR) for databases is accurately maintained. Perform horizon scanning and provide input to group policies and procedures. Review backup and recovery procedures for IBS critical databases Support and grow team members in database domains of data resilience. Present data resilience database gaps to peers and senior stakeholders. What we're looking for; We'd welcome applicants from diverse cultural and technological backgrounds, however financial services exposure will be important for this position. We will need to see evidence of the following in your CV; Career experience working as a Senior Database Administrator, including Oracle, MS SQL, (DB2 and IMS desirable) Knowledge of traditional Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, zOS, F5) Experience in Data Fabric and Data Mesh concepts, including Systems of Record, Engagement and Insight strategies Experience in database management and optimisation, i.e. reorganisation and rebuild. Strong knowledge of database backup and recovery procedures Experience of incident response (triage, classification, investigation, and escalation) Proficient in database encryption at rest, in transit and in memory Financial Services experience and exposure to some but not all; payments, cards, pensions, insurance, markets, trade & settlement, logon customer journeys. Solid verbal and written communication skills to discuss and describe the target architecture with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Its great if you have: Knowledge of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL), Disaster Recovery or back-up and restore domains. Public cloud data management experience including Databricks, MongoDB, CockcroachDB, GCP Dataproc, BigQuery. Experience in Data Mesh Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and Warehouse (EDW) Prior experience working of supporting or remediating resilience issues on assets such as batch, messaging queues, third party data connections, data recovery & backup, data vaulting, data integrity. About working for us. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Database Engineer - Data Resilience Lloyds Banking Group London - hybrid working two days per week in the office & rest from home. Salary & Benefits: £78,849 to £96,371 per annum, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices & flexibility to suit your to ensure a good work-life balance. About us: Data is at the heart of Lloyds Banking Group; enabling the delivery of innovative financial services to our 26 million customers and help Britain prosper. A resilient organisation instils confidence and trust with customers, staff and regulators, reduces risk and protects Group from regulatory censure and fines. The Data Resilience team is a new chapter within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. We have the responsibility to facilitate the identification, end-to end data flow mapping, and assessment of IBS critical technical assets to establish the Data Resilience position and proactively mitigate Group exposure to data loss or corruption events. Background: Disruptions are inevitable and regulators expect Financial Institutions to take the necessary steps to protect data and recover from severe but plausible data loss or corruption events, such as a cyber-attack, to meet IBS impact tolerance thresholds. Data Resilience purpose is to proactively protect the integrity, availability, and security of our data to mitigate the risk of disruption to the Group's Important Business Services. The Data Resilience team have 3 main objectives to achieve this: Identify & define assets that are critical to the delivery of Important Business Services. Map the end-to-end data flow of critical assets from source to consumer of each Important Business Service Assess resilience maturity of critical assets to identify gaps that could impact the Group's ability to maintain service within ITOL. About the Role As the Data Resilience Data Engineer, you'll focus on ensuring IBS critical data is stored, handled, and processed effectively to maintain the availability, confidentiality and integrity and fulfil the Group's Important Business Services. This will safeguard our critical data and associated assets from vulnerabilities and threats that could lead to a compromise of the integrity and availability leading to customer harm. The role requires ambitious individuals with a proactive, can-do attitude and solution-oriented approach to deliver at pace. Key Responsibilities: Be the technical data reliability point of contact for data resilience. Provide input and direction on database resilience assessments to identify gaps that could lead to IBS Impact Tolerance thresholds being breached. Develop database optimisation initiatives to drive improvement and guidance for Operational Resilience and change frameworks. Oversee the development of database controls and collaborate with platform teams and Chief Security Office to remediate security gaps. Embed proactive database hygiene, including ROT data, compression rates, effective maintenance plans and compaction & reorganisation across IBS critical applications. Ensure Data Resilience Information Asset Register (IAR) for databases is accurately maintained. Perform horizon scanning and provide input to group policies and procedures. Review backup and recovery procedures for IBS critical databases Support and grow team members in database domains of data resilience. Present data resilience database gaps to peers and senior stakeholders. What we're looking for; We'd welcome applicants from diverse cultural and technological backgrounds, however financial services exposure will be important for this position. We will need to see evidence of the following in your CV; Career experience working as a Senior Database Administrator, including Oracle, MS SQL, (DB2 and IMS desirable) Knowledge of traditional Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, zOS, F5) Experience in Data Fabric and Data Mesh concepts, including Systems of Record, Engagement and Insight strategies Experience in database management and optimisation, i.e. reorganisation and rebuild. Strong knowledge of database backup and recovery procedures Experience of incident response (triage, classification, investigation, and escalation) Proficient in database encryption at rest, in transit and in memory Financial Services experience and exposure to some but not all; payments, cards, pensions, insurance, markets, trade & settlement, logon customer journeys. Solid verbal and written communication skills to discuss and describe the target architecture with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Its great if you have: Knowledge of Extract, Transform & Load (ETL), Disaster Recovery or back-up and restore domains. Public cloud data management experience including Databricks, MongoDB, CockcroachDB, GCP Dataproc, BigQuery. Experience in Data Mesh Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and Warehouse (EDW) Prior experience working of supporting or remediating resilience issues on assets such as batch, messaging queues, third party data connections, data recovery & backup, data vaulting, data integrity. About working for us. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more
Neighbourhood Officer £35,986.59 per annum (from 1 April 2024) Northallerton, North Yorkshire (agile working) Contract: Permanent Full time (37 hours per week) Are you passionate about creating sustainable communities? Can you take a holistic and proactive approach to tenancy management issues? If so, come join Broadacres to be part of delivering a great customer experience as we strive to be the best rural housing association in the country. The role In this newly created role, you'll be responsible for ensuring your patch area is a secure, peaceful and attractive place to live where customers want to put down roots. No two days will be the same whether you are addressing environmental issues, working with customers to resolve and avoid tenancy breaches or signing up a customer to their new home. You'll collaborate with internal teams and external agencies to lead on delivering our Neighbourhood Offer which aims to help enhance community cohesion, and to give customers an opportunity to get involved in identifying and resolving issues within their local area. Working out of one of our hubs you'll be at the forefront ensuring that there is visible and proactive neighbourhood and tenancy management within our communities including Northallerton, Stokesley, Easingwold, Selby, Harrogate and Scarborough. What we are looking for: Relevant and significant housing experience Ability to be autonomous and solve complex problems to achieve a positive outcome. Ability to identify estate management concerns including health and safety, and escalate where appropriate. Ability to deliver high levels of performance to meet the agreed targets, standards and deadlines in a performance-oriented culture. An understanding of and the ability to apply the appropriate legislation, policies and procedures. Relevant professional qualification (CIH level 3) or willingness to undertaking studies to obtain this. You must also hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle with appropriate vehicle insurance. What we can offer in return: A competitive salary, annual leave entitlement and flexible working. Extra day of annual leave for birthdays totalling 33 (inc. bank holidays) pro rata. Annual leave also increases for every year of service up to 5 years totalling 38 days (inc bank hols) Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. Agile working arrangements A range of other benefits. Apply Now
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Neighbourhood Officer £35,986.59 per annum (from 1 April 2024) Northallerton, North Yorkshire (agile working) Contract: Permanent Full time (37 hours per week) Are you passionate about creating sustainable communities? Can you take a holistic and proactive approach to tenancy management issues? If so, come join Broadacres to be part of delivering a great customer experience as we strive to be the best rural housing association in the country. The role In this newly created role, you'll be responsible for ensuring your patch area is a secure, peaceful and attractive place to live where customers want to put down roots. No two days will be the same whether you are addressing environmental issues, working with customers to resolve and avoid tenancy breaches or signing up a customer to their new home. You'll collaborate with internal teams and external agencies to lead on delivering our Neighbourhood Offer which aims to help enhance community cohesion, and to give customers an opportunity to get involved in identifying and resolving issues within their local area. Working out of one of our hubs you'll be at the forefront ensuring that there is visible and proactive neighbourhood and tenancy management within our communities including Northallerton, Stokesley, Easingwold, Selby, Harrogate and Scarborough. What we are looking for: Relevant and significant housing experience Ability to be autonomous and solve complex problems to achieve a positive outcome. Ability to identify estate management concerns including health and safety, and escalate where appropriate. Ability to deliver high levels of performance to meet the agreed targets, standards and deadlines in a performance-oriented culture. An understanding of and the ability to apply the appropriate legislation, policies and procedures. Relevant professional qualification (CIH level 3) or willingness to undertaking studies to obtain this. You must also hold a valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle with appropriate vehicle insurance. What we can offer in return: A competitive salary, annual leave entitlement and flexible working. Extra day of annual leave for birthdays totalling 33 (inc. bank holidays) pro rata. Annual leave also increases for every year of service up to 5 years totalling 38 days (inc bank hols) Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. Agile working arrangements A range of other benefits. Apply Now
Senior Agile Delivery Manager: Pay up to £75,748, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. We love to talk Agile. What's your favourite approach? Scrum, Kanban, Lean or something else? Can you create psychologically safe spaces, remove barriers, and get the best out of people? Love learning? You'll have access to paid-for training and development, including qualifications from scrum.org, IC-Agile and other bodies. This is not a traditional project management role. We're looking for a passionate Senior Agile Delivery Manager, who has experience of delivering software in an agile environment and enabling a multi-disciplinary team through different phases. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's biggest government department. 110,000 colleagues deliver services and support to over 25 million people every day, and we make payment worth over £195bn a year. Our expert DWP Digital community is transforming those products and services using the best tech, tooling, and innovative thinking. We're making government services simpler and easier to access and cheaper to run and making DWP work better. Delivering with People. Our Agile Delivery Managers enable high-performing digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver. We create psychologically safe spaces where digital experts can be at their best. You'll use your agile expertise to build a culture of continuous improvement with high performing teams. You'll promote user-centred design, applying it to the software development lifecycle. It's a complex landscape and you'll need your skills as a persuasive and engaging communicator. You'll solve cross-cutting problems and use your experience of delivery to get the job done. You'll work in a multidisciplinary team with the Product Manager and the Tech Lead, creating prototypes to validate concepts within tight timeframes and collaborate with stakeholders. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You'll have experience of delivering software in an agile environment in multiple phases with an understanding of Agile principles and practices. Ability to promote a culture of psychological safety in teams, managing team dynamics. You will have experience of coaching and developing others, taking ownership of your own development. Exemplary leadership skills with a track record of motivating high performing teams. Experience of procuring and managing external suppliers, driving value and performance to achieve outcomes. Details. Wages. Perks. You'll join us in our digital hub in Westminster, London. We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model, so you can expect to be in the office some of the time and at home some of the time. In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £75,748. You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £20,000 a year. You'll also generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Agile Delivery Manager: Pay up to £75,748, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. We love to talk Agile. What's your favourite approach? Scrum, Kanban, Lean or something else? Can you create psychologically safe spaces, remove barriers, and get the best out of people? Love learning? You'll have access to paid-for training and development, including qualifications from scrum.org, IC-Agile and other bodies. This is not a traditional project management role. We're looking for a passionate Senior Agile Delivery Manager, who has experience of delivering software in an agile environment and enabling a multi-disciplinary team through different phases. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's biggest government department. 110,000 colleagues deliver services and support to over 25 million people every day, and we make payment worth over £195bn a year. Our expert DWP Digital community is transforming those products and services using the best tech, tooling, and innovative thinking. We're making government services simpler and easier to access and cheaper to run and making DWP work better. Delivering with People. Our Agile Delivery Managers enable high-performing digital teams to create, build, innovate and deliver. We create psychologically safe spaces where digital experts can be at their best. You'll use your agile expertise to build a culture of continuous improvement with high performing teams. You'll promote user-centred design, applying it to the software development lifecycle. It's a complex landscape and you'll need your skills as a persuasive and engaging communicator. You'll solve cross-cutting problems and use your experience of delivery to get the job done. You'll work in a multidisciplinary team with the Product Manager and the Tech Lead, creating prototypes to validate concepts within tight timeframes and collaborate with stakeholders. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? You'll have experience of delivering software in an agile environment in multiple phases with an understanding of Agile principles and practices. Ability to promote a culture of psychological safety in teams, managing team dynamics. You will have experience of coaching and developing others, taking ownership of your own development. Exemplary leadership skills with a track record of motivating high performing teams. Experience of procuring and managing external suppliers, driving value and performance to achieve outcomes. Details. Wages. Perks. You'll join us in our digital hub in Westminster, London. We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model, so you can expect to be in the office some of the time and at home some of the time. In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £75,748. You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £20,000 a year. You'll also generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising to 31 days, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.
Be the voice of the customer for a software development team This market-leading company is looking for a Product Analyst to join their software development team to provide actionable market insights used for feature selection and long-term product direction. You will be working alongside the developers and testers providing direct feedback and guidance unfiltered by management. In addition to market and customer analysis, you will be included in product demonstrations and user support as other avenues for collecting insights. In business and profitable for over 25 years, this company has nurtured a collaborative and friendly work environment that typically sees people staying for many years. This is echoed in their product development philosophy which emphasises long-term thinking, ensuring their software is stable and well-documented, and offering features that will be used for years to come rather than short term gimmicks. Requirements: • Commercial experience in a Product Analyst, Product Owner, or Business Analyst role working on the development of complex business software • An inquisitive nature, willing and able to get to the bottom of complex and highly regulated markets and provide concise, actionable, and commercially astute insights • Familiarity with software development processes including Agile and Extreme Programming • Excellent written and verbal communication suitable for liaising with customers, explaining technical concepts, and presenting sales demonstrations • Full and unlimited rights to work in the UK Situated in the centre of Cambridge a short walk from the train station and with on-site parking, they offer a variety of modern office perks including flexible working hours, hybrid working (2-3 days per week), and monthly pub lunches. Also on offer is a generous pension scheme, private health care, and an annual bonus scheme. Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call (phone number removed) or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: CV27169 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Be the voice of the customer for a software development team This market-leading company is looking for a Product Analyst to join their software development team to provide actionable market insights used for feature selection and long-term product direction. You will be working alongside the developers and testers providing direct feedback and guidance unfiltered by management. In addition to market and customer analysis, you will be included in product demonstrations and user support as other avenues for collecting insights. In business and profitable for over 25 years, this company has nurtured a collaborative and friendly work environment that typically sees people staying for many years. This is echoed in their product development philosophy which emphasises long-term thinking, ensuring their software is stable and well-documented, and offering features that will be used for years to come rather than short term gimmicks. Requirements: • Commercial experience in a Product Analyst, Product Owner, or Business Analyst role working on the development of complex business software • An inquisitive nature, willing and able to get to the bottom of complex and highly regulated markets and provide concise, actionable, and commercially astute insights • Familiarity with software development processes including Agile and Extreme Programming • Excellent written and verbal communication suitable for liaising with customers, explaining technical concepts, and presenting sales demonstrations • Full and unlimited rights to work in the UK Situated in the centre of Cambridge a short walk from the train station and with on-site parking, they offer a variety of modern office perks including flexible working hours, hybrid working (2-3 days per week), and monthly pub lunches. Also on offer is a generous pension scheme, private health care, and an annual bonus scheme. Another top job from ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts. Even if this job's not quite right, do contact us now - we may well have the ideal job for you. To discuss your requirements call (phone number removed) or email your CV. We will always ask before forwarding your CV. Please apply (quoting ref: CV27169 ) only if you are eligible to live and work in the UK. By submitting your details you certify that the information you provide is accurate.
Role: Partner Support Advisor Location: Brockworth, Gloucestershire Competitive Salary: £23,000 Per Annum Fantastic Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 The task at hand: We are looking for a passionate Partner Support Advisor to provide front line service to support our Partner Operations Help Desk which intern plays a vital role in the success of Onecom Partners. You'll be great in this role if: - You love providing brilliant customer service and have experience of this. - You have excellent communication skills. - You are motivated and have a positive outlook. - You have an understanding of Microsoft Packages. What you ll be busy doing: - Answering and responding to Partners via telephone or email. - Resolving customer complaints in a calm polite manner. - Completing routine administrative duties. - Liaising with multiple departments to process orders, applications, and requests. - Monitoring and reporting on business impacting issues relating to key accounts. - Liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with irregularities as they arise. - Working on several tasks at once and prioritising your own workload as operationally required. Onecom Perks and Benefits: Agile working: Enabling our people to work where they work best, using our Agile Working Policy Holidays: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to Buy/Sell 5 days a year Birthday Break: Day off for your birthday, during your birthday month MyTime: 12 paid hours a year to use for early finishes, appointments, or longer lunch breaks Electric Car Scheme: Purchase a brand-new electric car through our EV Scheme Wellbeing: Discounted Gym membership, free access to guided meditation and sleep stories, subsidised Fitbit, Cycle to work scheme, Free breakfast & fresh fruit in our offices, Eye-care vouchers, Financial Wellbeing support Pension: We offer 9% combined pension contribution Lifestyle: 4 x Salary life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 access to Mental Health support Parental Leave: Enhanced Parental Leave policy (based on length of service), whether you or your partner are giving birth, going through surrogacy or adoption Rewards: Quarterly employee reward programme and annual awards Discounts: Discounts on tech Referral Incentive: You ll receive a bonus for each successful friend or family member you refer Socials: Work hard and play hard with our all-expenses paid company events and parties Foundation: Paid time off to support your chosen charity initiatives and events for our Charity partners Academy: Limitless professional development with access to our in-house training academy Who we are Onecom is the recognised provider of Communication Technology, trusted by UK Organisations to deliver unparalleled expertise and simply brilliant customer experiences to more than 800,000 Corporate citizens globally. We ve built an award-winning team of 650+ ambitious, inspiring and innovative individuals. We re driven by our pride in our brand and our dedication to create a market-leading environment where our people can be the best version of themselves. Want to join our journey? Apply Now. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Onecom wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in our Equal Opportunities Policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate understanding of the make-up of our talent pools in encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion. We ask candidates to complete our equality monitoring form as part of the application process. Responses are anonymous and the data gathered will be used to inform our future initiatives. Notice to Recruitment Agencies Onecom operates a direct sourcing model and does not accept speculative CVs
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Role: Partner Support Advisor Location: Brockworth, Gloucestershire Competitive Salary: £23,000 Per Annum Fantastic Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 The task at hand: We are looking for a passionate Partner Support Advisor to provide front line service to support our Partner Operations Help Desk which intern plays a vital role in the success of Onecom Partners. You'll be great in this role if: - You love providing brilliant customer service and have experience of this. - You have excellent communication skills. - You are motivated and have a positive outlook. - You have an understanding of Microsoft Packages. What you ll be busy doing: - Answering and responding to Partners via telephone or email. - Resolving customer complaints in a calm polite manner. - Completing routine administrative duties. - Liaising with multiple departments to process orders, applications, and requests. - Monitoring and reporting on business impacting issues relating to key accounts. - Liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with irregularities as they arise. - Working on several tasks at once and prioritising your own workload as operationally required. Onecom Perks and Benefits: Agile working: Enabling our people to work where they work best, using our Agile Working Policy Holidays: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and the option to Buy/Sell 5 days a year Birthday Break: Day off for your birthday, during your birthday month MyTime: 12 paid hours a year to use for early finishes, appointments, or longer lunch breaks Electric Car Scheme: Purchase a brand-new electric car through our EV Scheme Wellbeing: Discounted Gym membership, free access to guided meditation and sleep stories, subsidised Fitbit, Cycle to work scheme, Free breakfast & fresh fruit in our offices, Eye-care vouchers, Financial Wellbeing support Pension: We offer 9% combined pension contribution Lifestyle: 4 x Salary life assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 access to Mental Health support Parental Leave: Enhanced Parental Leave policy (based on length of service), whether you or your partner are giving birth, going through surrogacy or adoption Rewards: Quarterly employee reward programme and annual awards Discounts: Discounts on tech Referral Incentive: You ll receive a bonus for each successful friend or family member you refer Socials: Work hard and play hard with our all-expenses paid company events and parties Foundation: Paid time off to support your chosen charity initiatives and events for our Charity partners Academy: Limitless professional development with access to our in-house training academy Who we are Onecom is the recognised provider of Communication Technology, trusted by UK Organisations to deliver unparalleled expertise and simply brilliant customer experiences to more than 800,000 Corporate citizens globally. We ve built an award-winning team of 650+ ambitious, inspiring and innovative individuals. We re driven by our pride in our brand and our dedication to create a market-leading environment where our people can be the best version of themselves. Want to join our journey? Apply Now. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Onecom wants to meet the aims and commitments set out in our Equal Opportunities Policy. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate understanding of the make-up of our talent pools in encouraging equity, diversity and inclusion. We ask candidates to complete our equality monitoring form as part of the application process. Responses are anonymous and the data gathered will be used to inform our future initiatives. Notice to Recruitment Agencies Onecom operates a direct sourcing model and does not accept speculative CVs
Senior Solution Architect Our team of Senior Solutions Architects are the champions of innovation, tackling complex challenges that directly impact society's most vulnerable. Join us in shaping the future of digital services at DWP, where your expertise will drive meaningful change and empower our users like never before. Pay £52,412 to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions worth over £17,000. Hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi-time with up 3 extra flex-days off a month. Location Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle. Hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users. We're transforming mission-critical payment services, and delivering £250 billion payments per year to the most vulnerable people in society. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works, how people interact with us, and we make payments. We are looking for motivated, purpose-driven Solutions Architects like you to take on the challenge of solving complex problems that will improve outcomes for the most vulnerable citizens in our society. Designing World-Class Products You'll be working with our Benefits Payments Systems team. The BPS project delivers essential services to DWP customers. It's a big ticket. The systems we work on pay £1.4 billion in working age benefits, disability benefits, and pension benefits each year. As part of a small team of Architects, you'll collaborate closely with Testers, Engineers, Project Managers, and a larger BPS team comprising over 200 members, improving payments on major benefits like Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). As Senior Solution Architect, we'll look to your expertise to deliver value-for-money designs, support technical debt reduction for our re-platformed legacy benefit payment services, and the evolution of our services. There is complexity, and unique problems to solve. These services have recently been remediated from a Cobol VME platform to modernised infrastructure supporting MicroFocus Cobol based applications on a Linux Platform. You'll need to be a good, persuasive communicator - making the complex simple to understand. You'll work on product roadmaps and represent product designs at DWP governance forums, providing clear communication of architecture design and decision making, in order to gain approval to proceed with designs Your Essential Skills: Shaping and supporting the delivery of large scale, enterprise, business critical services Integration architecture, frameworks, technologies, tools and best practice Event-based API-driven architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards Agile delivery methodologies and best practice Presenting to technical governance forums. Details. Wages. Perks. In return for your skills, we pay £52,412 - £70,000 per annum. You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions to 28.97% - that could be worth over £18,000 in your pension pot each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Solution Architect Our team of Senior Solutions Architects are the champions of innovation, tackling complex challenges that directly impact society's most vulnerable. Join us in shaping the future of digital services at DWP, where your expertise will drive meaningful change and empower our users like never before. Pay £52,412 to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions worth over £17,000. Hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi-time with up 3 extra flex-days off a month. Location Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle. Hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users. We're transforming mission-critical payment services, and delivering £250 billion payments per year to the most vulnerable people in society. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works, how people interact with us, and we make payments. We are looking for motivated, purpose-driven Solutions Architects like you to take on the challenge of solving complex problems that will improve outcomes for the most vulnerable citizens in our society. Designing World-Class Products You'll be working with our Benefits Payments Systems team. The BPS project delivers essential services to DWP customers. It's a big ticket. The systems we work on pay £1.4 billion in working age benefits, disability benefits, and pension benefits each year. As part of a small team of Architects, you'll collaborate closely with Testers, Engineers, Project Managers, and a larger BPS team comprising over 200 members, improving payments on major benefits like Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). As Senior Solution Architect, we'll look to your expertise to deliver value-for-money designs, support technical debt reduction for our re-platformed legacy benefit payment services, and the evolution of our services. There is complexity, and unique problems to solve. These services have recently been remediated from a Cobol VME platform to modernised infrastructure supporting MicroFocus Cobol based applications on a Linux Platform. You'll need to be a good, persuasive communicator - making the complex simple to understand. You'll work on product roadmaps and represent product designs at DWP governance forums, providing clear communication of architecture design and decision making, in order to gain approval to proceed with designs Your Essential Skills: Shaping and supporting the delivery of large scale, enterprise, business critical services Integration architecture, frameworks, technologies, tools and best practice Event-based API-driven architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards Agile delivery methodologies and best practice Presenting to technical governance forums. Details. Wages. Perks. In return for your skills, we pay £52,412 - £70,000 per annum. You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions to 28.97% - that could be worth over £18,000 in your pension pot each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service
AWE is currently recruiting for an experienced Software Architect to support a team of software developers in the delivery of a new battle modelling capability. This is an opportunity work within our Software Development team and in collaboration with our wider Physics community to provide extensive expertise, champion the agile software development method and ensure the overall functionality of the code. Location: Reading/Basingstoke area - We are located between Reading and Basingstoke, with onsite parking. There are good bus links between Reading, Basingstoke, and Newbury. Package: £60,000-£80,000 (depending on suitability and level of experience) A relocation package may be available - terms and conditions apply. Closing Date: 16th April 2024 As a Software Architect at AWE you will be responsible for defining and maintaining the framework of the code, defining the interfaces between the functional elements of the code and generating the tests require to validate the code. What will you be responsible for? Implement the vision of the software Capability Lead and challenge the vision, where appropriate Own the development of the software to ensure that it meets the requirements Define and maintain the framework of the code Define the tasks for the software developers to support the agile methodology Define the software verification tests Remain aware of current software best practices What knowledge/skills will you need to be considered? Ideally, candidates will have a degree in a relevant STEM discipline at (2:1) or higher. Essential: Experience of software development and delivery with a consideration for time, quality and cost Leadership of software development teams for complex projects Experience developing software with scientific and/or engineering applications Experience developing software that emulates the function of physical systems or environments 10 years C++ development in external industry Working knowledge of C++ 11 Familiarity with FORTRAN, C#, SQL, Python Experience with GitLab, Enterprise Architect and Visual Studio Desirable: Post graduate qualification in computer science Working knowledge of C++ 20 Experience working in a science or technology focused environment Experience developing software for scientific applications Experience with coding statistical methods, e.g. Monte Carlo What will you get from us? As part of our People Promise, AWE ( one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK ) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (including Bank Holidays). 9-day working fortnight - our employees have every other Friday off work. Flexible working hours. Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time. Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. A market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution). Life Assurance. Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending savings. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family. A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site. Important things you need to know: Interviews will be 90 minutes in length and will be held over Microsoft Teams. You will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation in advance. Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. Agencies: Please note that we do not out-source our recruitment
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
AWE is currently recruiting for an experienced Software Architect to support a team of software developers in the delivery of a new battle modelling capability. This is an opportunity work within our Software Development team and in collaboration with our wider Physics community to provide extensive expertise, champion the agile software development method and ensure the overall functionality of the code. Location: Reading/Basingstoke area - We are located between Reading and Basingstoke, with onsite parking. There are good bus links between Reading, Basingstoke, and Newbury. Package: £60,000-£80,000 (depending on suitability and level of experience) A relocation package may be available - terms and conditions apply. Closing Date: 16th April 2024 As a Software Architect at AWE you will be responsible for defining and maintaining the framework of the code, defining the interfaces between the functional elements of the code and generating the tests require to validate the code. What will you be responsible for? Implement the vision of the software Capability Lead and challenge the vision, where appropriate Own the development of the software to ensure that it meets the requirements Define and maintain the framework of the code Define the tasks for the software developers to support the agile methodology Define the software verification tests Remain aware of current software best practices What knowledge/skills will you need to be considered? Ideally, candidates will have a degree in a relevant STEM discipline at (2:1) or higher. Essential: Experience of software development and delivery with a consideration for time, quality and cost Leadership of software development teams for complex projects Experience developing software with scientific and/or engineering applications Experience developing software that emulates the function of physical systems or environments 10 years C++ development in external industry Working knowledge of C++ 11 Familiarity with FORTRAN, C#, SQL, Python Experience with GitLab, Enterprise Architect and Visual Studio Desirable: Post graduate qualification in computer science Working knowledge of C++ 20 Experience working in a science or technology focused environment Experience developing software for scientific applications Experience with coding statistical methods, e.g. Monte Carlo What will you get from us? As part of our People Promise, AWE ( one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK ) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (including Bank Holidays). 9-day working fortnight - our employees have every other Friday off work. Flexible working hours. Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time. Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay. Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training. Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services. A market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution). Life Assurance. Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending savings. Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family. A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site. Important things you need to know: Interviews will be 90 minutes in length and will be held over Microsoft Teams. You will be required to prepare a 10-minute presentation in advance. Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. Agencies: Please note that we do not out-source our recruitment
Senior Solution Architect Our team of Senior Solutions Architects are the champions of innovation, tackling complex challenges that directly impact society's most vulnerable. Join us in shaping the future of digital services at DWP, where your expertise will drive meaningful change and empower our users like never before. Pay £52,412 to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions worth over £17,000. Hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi-time with up 3 extra flex-days off a month. Location Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle. Hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users. We're transforming mission-critical payment services, and delivering £250 billion payments per year to the most vulnerable people in society. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works, how people interact with us, and we make payments. We are looking for motivated, purpose-driven Solutions Architects like you to take on the challenge of solving complex problems that will improve outcomes for the most vulnerable citizens in our society. Designing World-Class Products You'll be working with our Benefits Payments Systems team. The BPS project delivers essential services to DWP customers. It's a big ticket. The systems we work on pay £1.4 billion in working age benefits, disability benefits, and pension benefits each year. As part of a small team of Architects, you'll collaborate closely with Testers, Engineers, Project Managers, and a larger BPS team comprising over 200 members, improving payments on major benefits like Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). As Senior Solution Architect, we'll look to your expertise to deliver value-for-money designs, support technical debt reduction for our re-platformed legacy benefit payment services, and the evolution of our services. There is complexity, and unique problems to solve. These services have recently been remediated from a Cobol VME platform to modernised infrastructure supporting MicroFocus Cobol based applications on a Linux Platform. You'll need to be a good, persuasive communicator - making the complex simple to understand. You'll work on product roadmaps and represent product designs at DWP governance forums, providing clear communication of architecture design and decision making, in order to gain approval to proceed with designs Your Essential Skills: Shaping and supporting the delivery of large scale, enterprise, business critical services Integration architecture, frameworks, technologies, tools and best practice Event-based API-driven architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards Agile delivery methodologies and best practice Presenting to technical governance forums. Details. Wages. Perks. In return for your skills, we pay £52,412 - £70,000 per annum. You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions to 28.97% - that could be worth over £18,000 in your pension pot each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Senior Solution Architect Our team of Senior Solutions Architects are the champions of innovation, tackling complex challenges that directly impact society's most vulnerable. Join us in shaping the future of digital services at DWP, where your expertise will drive meaningful change and empower our users like never before. Pay £52,412 to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions worth over £17,000. Hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi-time with up 3 extra flex-days off a month. Location Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle. Hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users. We're transforming mission-critical payment services, and delivering £250 billion payments per year to the most vulnerable people in society. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works, how people interact with us, and we make payments. We are looking for motivated, purpose-driven Solutions Architects like you to take on the challenge of solving complex problems that will improve outcomes for the most vulnerable citizens in our society. Designing World-Class Products You'll be working with our Benefits Payments Systems team. The BPS project delivers essential services to DWP customers. It's a big ticket. The systems we work on pay £1.4 billion in working age benefits, disability benefits, and pension benefits each year. As part of a small team of Architects, you'll collaborate closely with Testers, Engineers, Project Managers, and a larger BPS team comprising over 200 members, improving payments on major benefits like Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). As Senior Solution Architect, we'll look to your expertise to deliver value-for-money designs, support technical debt reduction for our re-platformed legacy benefit payment services, and the evolution of our services. There is complexity, and unique problems to solve. These services have recently been remediated from a Cobol VME platform to modernised infrastructure supporting MicroFocus Cobol based applications on a Linux Platform. You'll need to be a good, persuasive communicator - making the complex simple to understand. You'll work on product roadmaps and represent product designs at DWP governance forums, providing clear communication of architecture design and decision making, in order to gain approval to proceed with designs Your Essential Skills: Shaping and supporting the delivery of large scale, enterprise, business critical services Integration architecture, frameworks, technologies, tools and best practice Event-based API-driven architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards Agile delivery methodologies and best practice Presenting to technical governance forums. Details. Wages. Perks. In return for your skills, we pay £52,412 - £70,000 per annum. You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions to 28.97% - that could be worth over £18,000 in your pension pot each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service
Salary: £60k Job Type: Contract (6 month initial - with the option to extend) Job Location: Newcastle Workplace Type: Hybrid (3 days in office) We are seeking a skilled Dev Ops Engineer with a minimum of 4 years experience who will be responsible for overseeing the design and execution of application build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. In this role, you will collaborate within multifunctional teams to gather requirements, assess tools, implement and update solutions, devise and execute test plans, provision environments, conduct application performance evaluations, aid in the migration of Legacy systems, and resolve operational issues efficiently Key responsibilities: Design and implement applications' build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. Collaborate within multifunctional teams to gather requirements and evaluate tools. Implement and update solutions, and build and execute test plans. Provision environments and conduct application performance reviews. Assist in the migration of Legacy systems and triage and fix operational issues Skills and experience: Proficiency in Unix/Linux, including Scripting languages. Experience in developing and supporting cloud-based applications (AWS and/or Azure). Familiarity with working in a DevOps environment, including Continuous Integration & Deployment, and agile scrum methodologies. Knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure and Configuration as Code. Experience with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Proficiency in monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, CloudTrails, and PagerDuty. Experience with Infrastructure and Configuration as Code, preferably Terraform and Ansible (other languages accepted). Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI About FDM Our people are our passion and that's why we make your training and career growth our priority. We are a global professional services provider focusing on IT and one of the UK's leading graduate employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. With centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and nearly 5000 consultants currently placed on client site around the world, FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning FTSE 250 employer. Diversity and Inclusion FDM Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
Apr 18, 2024
Contractor
Salary: £60k Job Type: Contract (6 month initial - with the option to extend) Job Location: Newcastle Workplace Type: Hybrid (3 days in office) We are seeking a skilled Dev Ops Engineer with a minimum of 4 years experience who will be responsible for overseeing the design and execution of application build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. In this role, you will collaborate within multifunctional teams to gather requirements, assess tools, implement and update solutions, devise and execute test plans, provision environments, conduct application performance evaluations, aid in the migration of Legacy systems, and resolve operational issues efficiently Key responsibilities: Design and implement applications' build, release, deployment, and configuration activities. Collaborate within multifunctional teams to gather requirements and evaluate tools. Implement and update solutions, and build and execute test plans. Provision environments and conduct application performance reviews. Assist in the migration of Legacy systems and triage and fix operational issues Skills and experience: Proficiency in Unix/Linux, including Scripting languages. Experience in developing and supporting cloud-based applications (AWS and/or Azure). Familiarity with working in a DevOps environment, including Continuous Integration & Deployment, and agile scrum methodologies. Knowledge of writing and maintaining Infrastructure and Configuration as Code. Experience with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Proficiency in monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, CloudTrails, and PagerDuty. Experience with Infrastructure and Configuration as Code, preferably Terraform and Ansible (other languages accepted). Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI About FDM Our people are our passion and that's why we make your training and career growth our priority. We are a global professional services provider focusing on IT and one of the UK's leading graduate employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. With centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and nearly 5000 consultants currently placed on client site around the world, FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning FTSE 250 employer. Diversity and Inclusion FDM Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.