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Project Manager – SC Cleared / Eligible (Telecom & Network Cutover)
Queen Square Recruitment Ltd
Wokingham
In office
Mid - Senior
£300/day - £400/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Job Title: Project Manager – SC Cleared / Eligible (Telecom & Network Cutover)
Location: Wokingham, UK – 5 days onsite
Contract Type: 6-month Contract
Rate: £380/day (Inside IR35)

About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled Project Manager to lead end-to-end cutover activities for telecom, network, and infrastructure transitions for a confidential client. You will plan, coordinate, and execute cutover strategies, ensuring minimal downtime and compliance with security and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop and execute detailed cutover plans for pre-cutover, cutover day, and post-cutover activities.

* Coordinate multi-functional teams, including Testing, Data, Infrastructure, Security, and Network teams.

* Manage telecom circuit transitions, including ordering, tracking, and bandwidth evaluation.

* Ensure system readiness and perform post-cutover validation and smoke testing.

* Maintain comprehensive documentation, cutover logs, and stakeholder communications.

Required Skills & Experience:

* Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field.

* 5–10 years’ experience in Cutover Management, Program Deployment, or Network/Telecom transitions.

* Proven experience managing multi-stakeholder/global cutover events.

* Strong understanding of telecom systems, circuit management, and bandwidth planning.

* Excellent project management skills, including schedule management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.

Other Requirements:

* Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility for SC clearance.

* Must be onsite in Wokingham 5 days a week.

Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to accessibility and diversity in recruitment. Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Recruitment Lead (Social Care)
Adecco
London
Hybrid
Senior
£25/hour - £31/hour
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Job Title: Recruitment Lead (Social Care)

Location: Twickenham - Hybrid working 1-2 days a week in office

Hourly rate 24.62 PAYE / 32.17 UMB Per Hour

Contract Length: 3-month contract (possibility of extension)

Working Pattern: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 36 hours

ASAP Start

Make a real difference to the social care workforce in South West London

The South London Partnership (SLP) is seeking an experienced and motivated International Recruitment Lead to deliver a high-profile, ethically focused programme supporting international social care workers and employers across South West London.

This role plays a critical part in strengthening ethical recruitment practices, supporting displaced international care workers, and helping social care providers access and retain the workforce they need.

Hosted by Richmond Council and employed under the Richmond & Wandsworth Shared Staffing Arrangement, you’ll work at the heart of a dynamic sub-regional partnership spanning five London boroughs.

About the role

Due to the increase in international care workers who have been displaced due to their main sponsors licence being revoked, we are looking for an additional lead to share the caseload.

Reporting to the SWL Workforce Development Lead, you will lead the development and delivery of a varied programme combining strategic project leadership with hands-on operational delivery.

Key elements of the role include:

  • Designing and delivering a job-matching service for displaced international care workers, supporting them to secure new sponsorship and employment
  • Providing advice and support to social care employers on ethical international recruitment and workforce management
  • Working directly with international recruits, offering 1:1 guidance, signposting and pastoral support
  • Managing relationships with a wide range of partners including local authorities, care providers, London ADASS, UKVI and other London sub-regions
  • Monitoring trends in international recruitment, including sponsorship licence revocations, and sharing intelligence with partners
  • Commissioning and overseeing delivery partners, ensuring strong governance, financial management and performance reporting
  • Leading evaluation, learning and continuous improvement to evidence impact and outcomes

This is a highly collaborative role within the wider South West London Social Care Workforce team, requiring strong partnership working and the ability to balance strategic oversight with practical delivery.

About you

You’ll be an experienced project or programme lead with a strong background in employment, workforce development, or community support, ideally with knowledge of the health and social care sector.

You will bring:

  • Proven experience of delivering complex programmes or projects in a workforce, employment or skills context

  • Strong partnership-working skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple organisations

  • A good understanding of ethical employment practices, safeguarding principles and data protection

  • Excellent organisational, analytical and communication skills

  • A proactive, self-starting approach with the confidence to lead work independently while keeping sight of the bigger picture

  • A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to putting people first

  • Knowledge of recruitment in social care

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Associate Delivery Manager
TXP
London
Hybrid
Junior - Mid
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Associate Delivery Manager - 12 Month Contract

|Inside IR35 | London/ Bristol/ Manchester (1-2 days on site per week)
Active SC clearance required | Central Government experience essential

We are recruiting an Associate Delivery Manager to join a high-performing team within central government. This role is part of the Digital Commercial Centre and requires an individual who can deliver at pace, operate confidently in ambiguity, and work closely with a tight-knit team.

Essential Requirements

Delivery & Working at Pace

  • Proven ability to deliver at pace within fast moving projects.
  • Comfortable working with ambiguity and rapid change.
  • Calm, composed, and professional under pressure.
  • Able to work with high autonomy and take ownership of tasks.
  • Proactive, self starter attitude with strong initiative.

Team Working

  • Highly collaborative and supportive team player.
  • Willing to assist colleagues at all levels; no task is beneath you.
  • Strong engagement within a close knit, high performing team environment.

Skills & Capabilities

  • Strong prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
  • Ambitious, driven, and motivated to deliver quality outcomes.
  • Confident using Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams).
  • Knowledge and information management capability.
  • Understanding of Agile methodologies (beneficial).

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Delivering at pace across a rapidly changing central government project.
  • Leading and managing your own workload with high autonomy.
  • Collaborating closely with a predominantly London-based team.
  • Managing competing priorities and resolving issues in ambiguous situations.
  • Using Microsoft 365 for coordination, documentation, and collaboration.
  • Attending bi-weekly meetings in London as required.
Project Manager (Engineering, Defence)
HAYS
Bath
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
£445/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Your new company
We are currently working with a leading technology consultancy - who are partnering with a large organisation in the MALS sector, with a focus on Defence.This consultancy has a great reputation in the Technology world, providing resources to support their clients achieve their digital and transformational goals.
This contract is for an experienced project manager who has worked on complex software projects, particularly in defence environments.

  • This is a contract for 6 months with potential extensions
  • The role will be hybrid working (2 days per week on site in Bath)
  • The day rate is £445 per day INSIDE IR35

Your new role
We are seeking a Project Manager with a proven history of providing effective project management of complex software projects in Defence Engineering environments.

Working from within our Delivery Excellence Group, you will primarily work on delivering projects that will lead to the convergence of physical and digital worlds through technology, engineering and manufacturing expertise to boost our clients’ competitiveness.

What you’ll need to succeed

Experience of delivering complex software engineering development projects and subcontracted hardware projects in a leading/management role throughout the project life cycleExperience of delivering complex software development projects in Aerospace or Defence sectors.
10 years’ experience in project and programme management roles
Leadership and delegation of complex, multi-functional teams
Proficient with Project Finances, Revenue Recognition, Margin Improvement, Risk Management and Month-end Reporting
Proven ability to plan and organise projects effectively, with excellent attention to detail.
A developed understanding of business and finance, project planning and scheduling, budgeting and cost management, revenue recognition and contract management. Proven ability to review and challenge schedule critical path activities within Microsoft
Project and lead teams to deliver projects on time

Desirable
Knowledge and experience of the CADMID Lifecycle
Experience of delivering development projects in the Maritime Sector

What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Regional Delivery Manager FTC
Evri
Castleford
In office
Senior - Leader
£50,000/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Were Hiring! Regional Delivery Manager – Normaton on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Lead. Inspire. Deliver Excellence.

We’re on the lookout for a dynamic, people-focused leader to take charge of delivery performance across one of our key regions. As a Regional Delivery Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our operation, driving results, shaping strategy, and empowering your team to deliver an exceptional customer experience. This is more than a management role, it’s an opportunity to make a real impact, influence regional performance, and shape the future of delivery. If you’re a natural leader with a passion for people and operational excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a great time to be joining us! We are growing year on year, with ambitious plans for future growth and we would love to give you the opportunity to grow with us!

Interested? Take a look below to understand what you’ll be doing as Regional Delivery Manager:

  • Taking responsibility for regional performance targets and customer satisfaction by coaching and guiding a team of Community Delivery Managers.
  • Influencing, delivering, and forecasting the regional budget and cost controls (courier fees, contractor spend, ad-hoc payments, team expenses, and overrides), ensuring profitability and cost efficiency.
  • Maximising service coverage through effective recruitment, retention, engagement, and change management of self-employed couriers.
  • Leading resource planning for couriers, working with Resource Planners to ensure full coverage and stable delivery capacity.
  • Driving courier performance through your team to ensure success in a 7-day operation.
  • Overseeing the delivery unit estate in your region, including procurement, location management, and service provision in partnership with Delivery Unit Controllers.
  • Building and maintaining a positive, professional relationship with the GMB union, ensuring Evri remains a leader in recognising and supporting self-employed couriers.
  • Owning customer complaint escalations and ensuring swift resolution through collaboration with Customer Services and leadership of your team.

Still interested? Great News! We are looking for:

  • Current UK Driving Licence.
  • Proven ability to coach, support, and motivate teams.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to plan effective contingencies.
  • Previous success in leading agile, high-performing teams.
  • Knowledge of the self-employed courier model.
  • Experience of setting and managing a budget.
  • Confident negotiator with adaptable communication style.

At Evri, we know we only grow if our people do too. That’s why we’re committed to building a truly inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can bring – and be – their whole authentic selves. We’re on a journey to better represent the customers we serve around the UK. We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring that every person at Evri is valued for who they are and what they bring to our business.

We are Evri. Where everyone is welcome.

We’re excited for the future. Let’s deliver it together.

Service Charge Project Manager
Two Rivers Housing
Newent
In office
Mid - Senior
£40,000/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Service Charge Project Manager£40,291 per annumNewent, GloucestershireFull-TimeFixed Term Contract - 18 MonthsCome make a real difference as our Service Charge Project Manager!Everyone should have a warm, safe, affordable home. As our Service Charge Project Manager, youll help make this a reality for thousands of people living in our communities.
Youll manage the implementation phases of our redesigned service charge process, working within company standards and transformation governance requirements. Youll work with the team to make sure that the service is designed with tenants at its heart, that their voices are heard and acted on throughout the process.
As Project Manager, youll work with the organisation to fully understand the business requirements, objectives and drivers to understand where systems, applications and technology can help deliver and improve services.Using your knowledge and expertise, youll provide expert advice on service charge matters, making sure that our tenants receive a high-quality service that reflects their needs and provides value for money.What youll bring to the teamYou will manage and lead on the delivery of all aspects of the service charge redesign project using your excellent project management skills to create and maintain project schedules, develop project plans and see the project through to completion. With your confidence in leading change, youll work with internal teams to develop and provide appropriate training to allow our team to make the most of the new processes, systems and solutions.
Working closely with the wider team, you will make sure that the project is delivered on time and on budget, holding regular meetings with and managing the project delivery team and providing updates to key stakeholders.What we are looking for Advanced skills in Microsoft applications including Excel, Outlook, Project, Visio and Word. Proven expertise in service charge management within housing or a similar sector. Comprehensive knowledge of service charge legislation including the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and best practices within service charges. Experience in managing the delivery of complex business process implementation projects in a customer service environment. Excellent stakeholder management skills. Project management qualifications (PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, Agile) desirable. Strong communication skills at all levels including senior leadership.A bit more about usTrust isnt a tagline its everything. Its how we build relationships, how we make decisions, and how we prove, day in and day out, that we do what we say.Its also the thing that underpins our core values and sets out what our customers can expect from us and what we expect from our team and the partners we work with.
We want our tenants to know that were here, we care and make them feel at home from the moment they step through the door. Its not just about having a home its about finding a place to build a life and feel safe while doing so.
And the same can be said for our team. Two Rivers is a place with purpose, where you can be a part of something and make a real difference. Well help you develop and grow, in a place where youll find like-minded people and you can truly be yourself.
Warm, safe, affordable homes are about more than bricks and mortar. Its a feeling of community, securing and belonging. So, whether youre a tenant living in one of our homes or a member of the team when you join the Two Rivers community, youll always feel likeYoure Home Now.

Project Support Officer
Huntress - Maidstone
London
Hybrid
Junior - Mid
£230/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Farringdon

Hybrid - Max 2 days London

3 Month contract

Huntress Recruitment is currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Project Support Officer to join a busy and fast-paced transformation programme based in Farringdon. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational skills and experience supporting complex projects or programmes.

In this role, you will work closely with senior programme leadership to help ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard. You will play an important part in maintaining effective project governance, monitoring delivery progress, and supporting reporting across the wider programme.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support programme leadership with the coordination and delivery of project outcomes within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters.
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Monitor delivery progress and highlight any risks, issues, or variances.
  • Help track and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
  • Produce and maintain project reports, dashboards, and data summaries to support governance and decision-making.
  • Set up and maintain programme documentation and project libraries.
  • Support preparation for programme reviews, governance meetings, and stakeholder updates.

About You

  • Experience working in a Project Support, Project Coordinator, or PMO role within complex projects or programmes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret and present data clearly.
  • Excellent organisation and attention to detail.
  • Understanding of project management principles and the project lifecycle.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Experience with project management tools such as MS Project or Jira would be beneficial.
  • Relevant qualifications such as PRINCE2, P3O, APM, or PMI are advantageous but not essential.

If you are an organised and motivated project professional looking to contribute to a high-impact transformation programme, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today through Huntress Recruitment to find out more.

Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Content Operations Director
Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUPA)
Cambridge
Hybrid
Leader
£85,700 - £117,800
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Job Title: Content Operations Director

Salary: £85,700 - £117,800

Location: Cambridge, hybrid

Contract: Fixed term contract, 18 months

Hours: 35 hours, full time

Are you an operational leader, who defends quality and author experience while driving efficiencies?

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We are looking for an energetic, empowered and committed Content Operations Director to lead our teams and develop ways of working for our strategy. The Content Operations teams manage all of our Academic books, elements and journals content from author delivery through to publication.

About the role

Academic publishing is undergoing a period of significant change. Evolving customer needs, digital transformation and the rise of AI is reshaping how we and our authors and communities work and want to read our content. We need to deliver our core publishing to meet our key BAU targets while supporting new approaches and product development. As an operations team, we need to support the new while finding efficiencies, standardisation and improvements to our current ways of working.

This role supports a global team, with the majority of colleagues in the UK but also in the US and India, and involves extensive collaboration with other colleagues internally as well as external suppliers. These suppliers are treated as partners in our pre-press work and we are developing and streamlining our ways of working with their new technologies. Internally this cover role will work closely with the Head of Supply Chain Operations, Academic, to ensure team cohesion across the end-to-end publishing lifecycle, including onward digital and physical distribution. Building relationships with our editorial teams is also vital in enabling us to protect Cambridge standards as we deliver efficiency projects. Strong stakeholder engagement, empathy and diplomacy are needed to manage expectations and significant change programmes.

We have high standards for our content and seek to continuously improve author and reader experiences. This requires the role to keep up to date with industry news and competitor positioning to inform our strategy. We are committed to accessibility and a digital first mindset in our content workflows, helping to support our environmental sustainability goals to reduce emissions. How we prepare our content and role model these key priorities in our department will have a significant impact on delivering our goals.

Data-based planning and decision making is also critical to measure our success, proving our performance continues to deliver a better customer and author experience. Exploring how we can gain from automation and AI projects and experimentation will also be important.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

You will:

  • Have experience of leading a large team or department in a publishing operations setting, ideally content operations. Experience of leading teams in Academic publishing organisations is desirable
  • Be a positive and decisive person, who is motivated by working on multiple priorities and inspiring others. You will be able to judge when to be hands on and delve into details and actions yourself but also when to step back and take a broader view.
  • Thrive working with multiple teams, offering excellent communication lines and clear and honest direction to maximise performance and improvements.
  • Have significant experience in supplier management, working collaboratively with them to drive continuous improvement and maintain service levels.
  • Be an experienced line manager, developing and coaching colleagues to pursue their potential. You will be able to empathise with your team when difficulties arise, connecting them back to our responsibilities and purpose.
  • Have a proven track record delivering efficiencies to ways of working with demonstrable cost or time saving benefits.
  • Use data to inform decisions, manage the team to deliver against Key Performance Indicators and decide our strategic priorities.
  • Have experience working in content publishing and understand the complexity of the Academic publishing landscape.

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

  • Your experience in supplier management would ideally be in a pre-press/production publishing environment.
  • Experience working with content accessibility and digital-first content approaches.
  • Evidence that you are up to date on the latest industry news on Open Research.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme’s Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Group personal pension scheme
  • Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
  • Green travel schemes

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 24th March .59pm BST. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from week commencing 30th March 2026.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

  • First stage virtual interview via MS Teams.
  • Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of your interview.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Content Operations Director - Apply now.

IT Project Manager
Adecco
London
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£47,000 - £56,000
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: London (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week)
Contract: 12 Months FTC
Salary: 47,000 - 56,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week

Are you ready to lead transformational IT projects in a dynamic environment? We are seeking a passionate and skilled IT Project Manager to be a pivotal part of our client’s change programmes and projects, delivering on their IT Strategy and Roadmap.

About the Role:
As the IT Project Manager, you will oversee the delivery of large, complex projects with a School-wide impact. You’ll be responsible for managing the entire project life cycle-from initiation to delivery-ensuring that each project is completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage day-to-day operations of transformation projects, from initiation to post-implementation review.
  • Collaborate with both technical and non-technical colleagues to design and direct transformation projects effectively.
  • Form, lead, and motivate project teams, ensuring efficient resource allocation and skill utilization.
  • Engage with stakeholders, managing expectations and ensuring users are actively involved in product design and delivery.
  • Plan project delivery approaches, ensuring architectural coherence with existing systems.
  • Monitor and report project progress to Project Executives and Boards in a clear, concise format.
  • Identify, manage, and escalate any project risks, issues, or change requests as necessary.
  • Promote and uphold the organization’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all projects.

Who You Are:

  • You have substantial experience in IT project delivery with a proven track record of managing complex change projects.
  • Experience delivering Worktribe projects or modules
  • You excel at forming and leading cross-functional teams and are skilled in stakeholder engagement.
  • You possess strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and are adept at managing project budgets.
  • Your communication skills are top-notch, allowing you to convey complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
  • You are familiar with project management methodologies, ideally Prince2 or Agile, and have experience in a Higher Education setting.

Why Join Us?

  • Impactful Work: Play a crucial role in delivering projects that shape the future of our organization.
  • Collaborative Environment: Work alongside talented professionals in a supportive, inclusive atmosphere.
  • Professional Growth: Engage in continuous learning and development opportunities to enhance your skills.
  • Flexible Work Arrangement: Enjoy a hybrid work model that promotes work-life balance.

Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about leading transformative IT projects and making a tangible impact, we want to hear from you! Please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience.

Join our client in shaping the future of IT at their organization! Your expertise could be the key to unlocking new possibilities.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and we are dedicated to creating a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Website Governance and Delivery Advisor
Ambition Europe Limited
London
In office
Mid - Senior
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED

Website Governance & Delivery Advisor

A global organisation is seeking a Website Governance & Delivery Advisor to establish and embed a robust governance, quality-control and delivery framework for its enterprise-level website following a major technical refresh. This role introduces structure, clarity and operational discipline to a complex digital environment, ensuring clear ownership, consistent standards and a smooth transition to BAU. This is a 12 month FTC role.

Key Responsibilities

Website Governance

  • Design and implement a governance model covering page ownership, accountability, approvals and review cycles
  • Define clear quality standards for structure, components, metadata, tagging and discoverability
  • Establish roles and responsibilities across teams
  • Maintain a full inventory of all pages, including ownership and escalation paths

Delivery Oversight

  • Oversee delivery of large volumes of new and updated pages across multiple site areas
  • Coordinate Sitecore Page Builder resources, content owners and reviewers
  • Track progress, risks, dependencies and issues
  • Manage communications with senior stakeholders across the organisation

Operational Handover

  • Create documentation, playbooks and operational guidance for BAU teams
  • Ensure governance processes are scalable, practical and sustainable
  • Support transition from project mode to long-term ownership

Experience & Skills

Essential

  • Strong experience in website or digital platform governance
  • Proven project management background in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Experience managing large volumes of digital content
  • Highly structured, process-driven and disciplined
  • Confident working with senior stakeholders
  • Excellent organisational and documentation capabilities

Desirable

  • Experience in professional services, legal or regulated sectors
  • Familiarity with Sitecore (governance-focused)
  • Experience defining BAU models after large transformations
  • Understanding of content lifecycle management and digital risk

Attributes

  • Exceptionally organised and detail-oriented
  • Calm, pragmatic and authoritative
  • Comfortable introducing structure where it does not currently exist
  • Collaborative and stakeholder-friendly
  • Focused on long-term sustainability, not just delivery

About the Team

The Channel and Editorial team manages all digital channels, ensuring high-quality, consistent and impactful communication. The team optimises platforms, produces multimedia content and delivers analytics to shape communication strategy with operational rigour and best practice at its core.

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Programme Environment Manager
Boss Professional Services
Not Specified
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
£450,000
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS CLEARANCE

Role Title: Programme Environment Manager

Location: London or Brighton - 60% onsite - 40%home

Duration: to 30/09/2026

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:

  • 14+ years of experience as an Environment Manager with a strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps, and cloud-based environments, with proven expertise in environment management for large-scale programmes.
  • Define, implement, and govern the environment and release strategy for the programme, ensuring all environments are fit-for-purpose, compliant, and aligned with organisational standards to support successful delivery.
  • Establish governance processes for the full environment life cycle management; maintain a central repository for governance documentation, tooling standards, branching strategies, and naming conventions.
  • Manage environment calendars and readiness across all workstreams, proactively maintaining risk logs and resolving environment conflicts to ensure seamless coordination.
  • Gate releases to ensure compliance with SDLC, security, and resilience standards; drive automation in release and test processes to continuously improve efficiency and reliability.
  • Implement access control models, FinOps guidance, and security governance templates; monitor and mitigate environment-related risks to maintain compliance and operational integrity.
  • Partner with cloud architects, infrastructure engineers, and delivery leads; secure stakeholder buy-in for standards and processes through excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Define and enforce best practices across release management, tooling, and environment standards to ensure consistency, repeatability, and quality across the programme.
Service Delivery Manager
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Leeds
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£425/day - £450/day
RECENTLY POSTED

Service Delivery Manager (SC Cleared) ITIL V3 ITIL V4

Leeds (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

to £425-£450/day (Inside IR35)

Service Delivery Manager needed with SC Security Clearance preferred, Proven experience leading an IT helpdesk or support service, driving KPI and SLA achievement.

6 Month Contract based in Central Leeds (Hybrid). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026.

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office. Occasional travel Manchester.

Day Shift with participation in an on-call rota for Major Incident Management.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in Government projects:

  • Experienced Service Delivery Manager / Service Management role

  • Service Management expert across Incident, Problem, Change, Risk, Service Performance & Reporting, Service Level Management, Service Process Improvement, Service Continuity, and Availability Management.

  • Proven experience leading an IT helpdesk or support service, driving KPI and SLA achievement.

  • Strong customer-service orientation with a pragmatic problem-solving approach.

  • Proven advocate and practitioner of ITIL best-practice processes. Familiarity with Experience in ITIL or other service management frameworks. ITIL V3 required and ITIL V4 preferred.

  • Hands-on experience with ITSM / helpdesk tooling (e.g. ServiceNow)

  • Also provide on-call Major Incident Management cover, ensuring rapid coordination, clear communications and effective resolution.

  • Deliver service reporting, including performance, SLA compliance, risks, issues, and improvement initiatives.

  • Support knowledge transfer and offboarding of the core Technical Service Desk (TSD) team where required as part of insourcing.

  • Apply ITIL best practice across helpdesk and support services, ensuring consistency, governance, and continual improvement.

  • Ensure technical solutions continue to meet business requirements throughout the service lifecycle.

  • Oversee the end-to-end service lifecycle, including service support, delivery, and transition activities.

  • Desirable: Experience in Major Incident Management, Incident Management, and Service Transition

  • Strongly desirable SC Security Clearance used on a project within the past 12 Months.

Project Manager - (Project Management Office)
Red King Resourcing
London
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£500/day - £600/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager, ideally with previous PMO or PMO Implementation experience to support a major business transformation programme centred around three strategic priorities: People, Performance, and Platform.

The Platform priority focuses on scalable processes and tools, strengthened governance, reduced cost ratios, and the successful delivery of high-impact digital initiatives that drive competitive advantage. Digital is a core enabler of this strategy.

This role will support the Associate Director of Digital Operations and CIO in governing the Platform priority and ensuring effective oversight of the initiatives that underpin its success.

The Role

You will play a key role in supporting governance, reporting, communications, and coordination across a portfolio of Platform initiatives. This is a highly visible position with exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Support governance of the Platform strategic priority
  • Manage senior leadership sessions (agenda setting, Terms of Reference, minutes, and governance administration)
  • Create high-quality communications collateral for organisation-wide Platform updates
  • Provide oversight and reporting across multiple Platform initiatives
  • Act as a visible point of contact for Platform-related information and collaboration

Reporting into the Associate Director, Digital Operations you will combine project management discipline with hands-on PMO support in a fast-paced, strategically important environment.

The right Candidate will be a proactive and capable Project Manager who is comfortable balancing structured project delivery with governance and administrative responsibilities.

Skills & Experience

  • Strong foundation in project management disciplines
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels
  • Strong planning and organisational skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities under pressure
  • Flexible mindset and willingness to support across a small team
  • Understanding of technology and data environments
  • Knowledge of business process re-engineering

Contract Details

  • Start: ASAP
  • Duration: 9 months
  • Rate: Approximately 500 - 600 per day (Inside IR35)
  • Location: London - minimum 2 days per week in the office (typically 2-3 days)

Please note the contract details, the role is inside IR35, there is no flexibility and it will be 2/3 days a week onsite in central London, if you are happy with these details I am keen to see an up to date CV and will give you a call to discuss a fantastic opportinity with a market leading Client.

Digital Change Manager
Morgan Law
London
Remote or hybrid
Senior - Leader
£425/day - £450/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

A Charity in London are seeking a Digital Change Manager to work on the transition to Oracle Fusion.

The purpose of the Senior Change Manager and their team is to enable the benefits realisation of the programme through supporting staff across the organisation to adopt new ways of working, processes, and systems.

The Senior Change Manager will work at two levels; strategically supporting senior leaders to lead behavioural change in their teams, and pragmatically through working with employees to adopt a wide range of changes delivered through the programme. The Senior Change Manager is responsible for designing and implementing a holistic change management approach that will enable adoption and usage of process, ways of working and technology changes across the organisation and to lead a small team in the delivery of this.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for developing, promoting and embedding a change management approach to be implemented and subsequently replicated across change programmes
  • Advising leadership teams on change management, providing subject matter expertise to workstream sponsors on benefits realisation through adoption of new ways of working.
  • Lead a small team that will support the design and delivery of change management activities
  • Responsible for developing and delivering change management activities to enable the adoption of each change, e.g. communications, training and other key stakeholder deliverables
  • Setting up and maintaining feedback loops at all stages of workstream delivery, engaging with stakeholders through all available channels.
  • Setting up and leading a network of change champions and super users to support change activities
  • Working with middle managers across the organisation to enable them to lead their teams through change.
  • Providing leadership to build change management capability within the organisation, designing tools and templates to support the adoption of a change management approach to benefit realisation.
  • Work with colleagues from other Professional Services teams and departments such as Learning & Organisational Development and Internal Comms to ensure organisational change readiness, and that change management activities are co-ordinated across the organisation and align with ‘business as usual’ activities.

Experience

  • Significant change management experience
  • Line management experience
  • Significant experience of working in a digital environment
  • Experience in delivering training to and coaching employees
  • Experience with change initiatives in a complex organisation
SC Engagement Manager CGEMJP
Experis IT
Barrow-in-Furness
In office
Mid - Senior
£478/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Role Title: Engagement Manager

Duration: contract to run until 13/11/2026

Location: Barrow in Furness Fully onsite

Rate: up to £478.40 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Clearance required: Active SC Clearance and you must be a Sole UK National

Role purpose/summary

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Engagement Manager to support, manage and coordinate our P&C Site Projects, reporting into the Programme Manager. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing internal updates and reports and ensuring effective communication and reporting with client stakeholders. A strong understanding of critical path and the impacts of activities not completing on time is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinate Projects:

  • Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple projects.
  • Ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

Internal Updates and Reporting:

  • Provide regular updates and detailed reports to the Portfolio Lead.
  • Create, issue and monitor project forecasting
  • Track project progress and highlight any potential risks or issues.

Client Stakeholder Communication and Reporting:

  • Maintain strong relationships with client stakeholders.
  • Provide clear and concise project updates and reports to clients.
  • Address any client concerns or issues promptly and effectively.

Understanding Critical Path and Impact Analysis:

  • Identify and manage the critical path for all projects.
  • Analyse the impact of any delays or issues on the overall project timeline.
  • Develop mitigation strategies to address potential delays.

Qualifications:

  • Proven experience as a Engagement Manager or in a similar role.
  • Strong leadership and team management skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Proficient in project management software and tools.
  • Ability to analyse complex problems and develop effective solutions.
  • Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

Learning & Development Manager
Lorien
Edinburgh
In office
Senior - Leader
£400/day - £450/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Learning & Development Manager - Edinburgh - 6 months

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Learning and Development Manager to join a large Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh. You will lead delivery of the agreed learning and development strategy and roadmap. Maintain clear oversight of progress, risks and interdependencies. Keep momentum on priorities and ensure deliverables are achievable and aligned to organisational needs.

Essential skills:

  • Background in learning and development practice or organisational development.
  • Relevant professional accreditation in learning or people practice.
  • Proven leadership of a learning or people function. Able to provide stability, direction and clear priorities during change.
  • Delivery of complex programmes or projects in a public sector or service environment. Strong planning, prioritisation and governance.
  • Track record in building team capability and embedding effective rhythms of work.
  • Strong stakeholder consultation and relationship management. Able to shape solutions with users and partners.
  • Practical experience of inclusive learning design. Comfortable applying accessibility standards and neurodiversity friendly practices.
  • Ability to define outcome measures for learning and use data to evaluate and improve offers.
  • Supplier and contract management that achieves value for money and quality outcomes.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Property Compliance and Investment Manager
4M Recruitment
Salisbury
Hybrid
Senior - Leader
Private salary
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

We are currently recruiting a Property Compliance and Investment Manager to lead a multi disciplinary team responsible for asset management, surveying, landlord compliance, and safety testing across the housing portfolio.

  • 3 month initial contract and likely to extend
  • Day Rate - Negotiable depending on experience and Umbrella based role
  • Hybrid based with the office being in Salisbury

Your main duties will include:

  • Strategic role will shape the long term maintenance, investment, and improvement of homes, driving delivery of the HRA Asset Management Strategy.
  • Manage planned programmes of work based on condition data, ensuring assets remain safe, compliant, and sustainable.
  • Team Leadership
  • Ensuring policies, procedures, and assurance systems are robust, up to date, and delivering the highest standards of safety across housing assets.
  • Contract management and capital / revenue budget management
  • Supporting with redevelopment opportunities

The ideal candidate will be someone passionate about safe, high quality homes and strategic investment in the housing sector. If you re a strong leader with deep technical knowledge and the ability to drive long term asset improvement, we d love to hear from you.

You will also ideally hold a degree or professional qualification in building, surveying or construction.

Please apply today for immediate consideration.

Interim Organisational Development Consultant
Michael Page
London
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£60,000 - £65,000
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

A charity, based in London, are looking for an Interim Organisational Development Consultant to join for a 12-18 month FTC with the potential to go permanent. The role offers hybrid working with a few days a month in the London office. Client Details Charity, based in London Description An Interim Organisational Development Consultant to: - Lead end to end design and delivery of different initiatives, programmes and frameworks, such as capability, career development, performance management, talent management, cultural change and leadership development - Key focus on diagnostic, design and development of work - Strong stakeholder management and engagement to influence change - Provide project management to ensure development of programs is efficient and impactful, with launch plans and refining the products through testing - Facilitate change in working methods, culture and organisation effectiveness - Build, deploy and embed a portfolio of organisational design and development programs, frameworks and initiatives - Design processes, systems and methods to underpin initiatives and frameworks - Design and facilitate diagnostic activity Profile An Interim Organisational Development Consultant with: - An all round Organisational Development expert - Demonstrable experience of developing initiatives and delivery - Project management experience - Open to sector background but NFP desirable - Experience of implementing multiple complex change programs end to end Job Offer Interim Organisational Development Consultant 12-18 month FTC, with the potential to go permanent Start from April Up to 65,000 FTE dependent on experience Open to full time or part time working Hybrid working with a few times a month in London

Interim OD Consultant
Morgan Law
London
Remote or hybrid
Senior - Leader
£70,000 - £71,000
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

We’re looking for an Organisation Design Specialist to help shape the future of our global operating model. You’ll work with senior leaders across the Global Hub, Regions, and Countries to design services, structures, capabilities, and ways of working that are aligned with our strategic goals.

You’ll lead the design of Global Services-defining service purpose, minimum value offers, capabilities, accountabilities, and structural principles. You’ll turn the Target Operating Model into clear organisational design proposals and support consultation materials, role profiles, and structural options.
The role involves facilitating workshops and design sessions, building strong relationships, and translating complex OD concepts into clear, practical solutions.

We’re seeking someone with strong organisation design experience in complex, matrixed environments, excellent judgement, analytical skills, and the ability to influence and simplify complexity.
This is an opportunity to shape how our global organisation delivers impact and to play a key role in our transformation.

Program and Change Manager
EF Recruitment
London
Hybrid
Mid - Senior
£92,500
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Our client is a global leader within the SaaS marketplace, specifically within the SME sector. They are now seeking an experienced Program and Change Manager for a 12 month contract based at their stunning offices in central London.

Joining the EMEA Commercial team, the Program and Change Manager will be responsible for initiating and managing strategic programs that will drive commercial outcomes, customer growth and retention.

This is a cross-functional role where you will partner with stakeholders from across the business Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, Product, Customer Success.

Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in a program and change management role in SaaS, Sales, Marketing, and Go-To-Market.

  • Demonstrated, hands-on experience driving projects related to high-touch account management, B2B sales and customer retention strategies.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence at VP level and above

  • Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships across teams.

  • Ability to use data and insights to support and drive decision-making.

  • Project management tools and software e.g. APM PMQ or PMI PMP.

Benefits

  • Long contract
  • Hybrid
  • Free Breakfast
Director of Local Government Reorganisation
4Recruitment Services
Chichester
Hybrid
Leader
£1,000/day
RECENTLY POSTED
TECH-AGNOSTIC ROLE

Location: West Sussex (hybrid working)
Contract: Interim / fixed-term ( months) or secondment
Salary: Competitive, negotiable (Director level)

A senior public sector organisation is seeking an experienced Director of Local Government Reorganisation to lead a major transformation portfolio across West Sussex. This is a high-profile leadership role responsible for delivering a safe, legally compliant and well-managed transition to a new operating model, ensuring service continuity while building strong foundations for long-term success.

The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for a complex portfolio of programmes, establishing robust governance, risk and assurance frameworks and coordinating multiple workstreams including legal, finance, HR, digital, communications and service integration. You will work closely with senior officers and elected leaders, translating strategic ambition into deliverable implementation plans and milestones.

You will lead a multidisciplinary programme team, oversee workforce transition and organisational development, and ensure effective engagement with partners, staff and stakeholders. The role also carries accountability for programme finances, commercial planning, digital transition and data management, alongside safeguarding day-one service continuity and customer access.

We are looking for a senior leader with proven experience delivering large-scale public sector transformation or reorganisation within complex portfolio environments. You will bring strong programme and portfolio management expertise, political awareness, financial and commercial acumen, and a track record of working with senior stakeholders. Knowledge of local government legislation and organisational redesign is essential.

This role requires a strategic thinker with a collaborative leadership style, resilience under pressure and a strong commitment to public service values, equality, diversity and inclusion.

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