Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote - Knutsford
Duration: 30/10/2026
Rate to 952

MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:
"Overview:
The Engagement Lead / Programme Manager is accountable for end?to?end delivery oversight across the programme, ensuring governance, strategic alignment, and effective stakeholder management. This role acts as the primary interface between delivery teams, senior stakeholders, and the client steering group. The individual owns programme performance, scope, budget, risks, and dependencies.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership for programme delivery, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and outcomes are met.
• Establish and maintain programme governance structures, including steering committees, RAID logs, delivery frameworks, reporting cadence, and escalation paths.
• Drive strategic alignment between business objectives, delivery plans, and technical workstreams.
• Own resource planning, financial tracking, budget management, and contract compliance.
• Facilitate client steering, executive updates, and strategic decision?making sessions.
• Oversee cross?functional teams, ensuring coordination between technical, operational, and business workstreams.
• Manage high?level risks, issues, dependencies, and assumption tracking (RAID).
• Ensure adherence to delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) and organisational standards.
• Align programme outputs with change management, communications, and training requirements.
• Act as escalation point for critical delivery challenges, blockers, vendor issues, and scope variations.

Technical/Delivery Components:

• Understanding of enterprise delivery frameworks, SDLC, Agile at scale, and cloud transformation programmes.
• Ability to interpret solution architectures, integration requirements, and data dependencies at a high level.
• Experience with project management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, and Confluence."

Release and Deployment Manager (SC Cleared)

An opportunity exists for an experienced Release and Deployment Manager to support delivery within a major Defence programme. This role sits within the New Style of IT (Deployed) programme and works closely with the Customer Authority to deliver a structured end-to-end Release Management capability.

You will coordinate releases across multiple applications and delivery teams, ensuring strong governance across Change and Release processes. The role requires close collaboration with service teams, delivery teams and customer stakeholders to maintain release quality, schedule control and operational stability.

The Role

• Manage the full Release Management lifecycle across multiple applications.
• Schedule and coordinate releases across delivery teams and service environments.
• Manage the release process from development through testing into production.
• Track release activity and report any non-conformance within the customer environment.
• Work alongside the Customer Change Manager across Change Release Boards (CRB) and Change Approval Boards (CAB).
• Ensure release artefacts and configuration items are captured and maintained within the CMDB in partnership with SACM teams.
• Manage tickets and work orders associated with release activities.
• Provide direct engagement with the Customer Authority including regular operational reporting.
• Work closely with the onsite Service Delivery Manager to ensure strong service delivery.

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong background in IT Service Management (ITSM) environments.
• Solid knowledge of Change Management and Release Management processes.
• Experience scheduling and coordinating releases across multiple applications and delivery teams.
• Experience managing release risk, quality issues and scheduling conflicts.
• Strong planning, coordination and reporting capability.
• Experience monitoring release performance and feedback across teams and customers.
• Ability to chair operational and governance meetings.
• Knowledge of Remedy ITSM platform.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across customers, internal teams and third-party suppliers.

Clearance Requirement

Candidates must hold SC Clearance or be eligible and willing to obtain it.

To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button

Reference: 56477

Umbrella Rate: £29.57/hr, increasing to £38.38/hr after 12 weeks (inside IR35)

Step into an exciting opportunity to shape the future of digital operations with a role that promises professional growth, dynamic projects, and a collaborative work environment. As a Digital Operations Manager, you will be at the forefront of delivering innovative solutions and strategies, contributing to a company that values excellence and creativity in all aspects of its operations. This position offers a chance to work on impactful projects within a leading organisation, where your expertise will truly make a difference.

What You Will Do:

• Manage and administer digital operations to support European teams in delivering strategies and content across websites.

• Oversee project management tasks, ensuring timely delivery and coordination of objectives.

• Develop and control budgets, maintaining financial accuracy and efficiency.

• Collaborate on pan-European digital strategies to align with business goals.

• Utilise Microsoft Office tools to create impactful presentations and reports.

• Drive operational excellence by understanding digital structures and processes.

What You Will Bring:

• Proven experience in project management and budget control.

• Familiarity with digital operations and website management.

• Strong understanding of operational structures within digital environments.

• Competency in Microsoft Office tools and effective presentation skills.

• Education at college level or higher, with a degree preferred.

As a Digital Operations Manager, your role will play a pivotal part in enhancing the company s digital presence and operational efficiency. You will work within a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation and collaboration, contributing to strategies that drive success across Europe. This role is confirmed inside IR35, ensuring compliance and stability for your engagement.

Location:

This role is based in Dunton, providing an accessible and vibrant location for your professional journey. Hybrid working (4 days per week on site).

Interested?

Don t miss out on this incredible opportunity to advance your career. Apply today to become a Digital Operations Manager and make a lasting impact in a dynamic industry!

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.

£55,000 - £60,000 OTE (£70k+) + Uncapped Bonus + Car Allowance + Private Healthcare + Award-Winning Company + Excellent Benefits

Middleton / Greater Manchester

Are you a Contracts Manager from a Hard FM / Mechanical background looking to take ownership of a nationwide portfolio of commercial, industrial, retail, and public-sector clients?

On offer is the chance to join a rapidly growing FM & Building Services provider, working with an expert team delivering planned maintenance, reactive works, minor projects, and compliance services. You will manage full contract lifecycles, with autonomy, clear progression pathways, and excellent bonuses.

In this role, you will become a key part of the operational management team, overseeing projects from initial survey, scoping, equipment selection, and costing through to quotation, delivery, completion, invoicing, and handover. You will work closely with clients, subcontractors, engineers, and internal teams to ensure compliance, quality, H&S, and high-level service delivery across multiple sites nationwide.

This company is a Manchester-based FM and Building Services contractor with a strong in-house team and well-developed supply chain, delivering mechanical, HVAC, and Hard FM services. They are known for long-term client partnerships and providing opportunities for highly skilled managers to take ownership of projects from cradle to grave.

This role would suit a Contracts Manager or Project Manager with significant experience in Hard FM contracting, multi-site operations, and mechanical/HVAC projects, looking for a fast-growing environment with responsibility, autonomy, and a clear progression route.

The Role

• Take ownership of FM contracts from survey, design, costing, and quotation to delivery, completion, invoicing, and handover.
• Coordinate engineers and subcontractors across multiple sites nationwide.
• Lead client meetings and maintain high standards of H&S, compliance, and quality.
• Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, 40 hours per week.

The Person

• Proven Contracts Manager or Senior Project Manager within a Hard FM environment.
• Extensive experience managing multiple sites/clients nationwide.
• Strong mechanical expertise - capable of end-to-end project delivery.

Reference Number: BBBH22193

Keywords: Project Manager, Contracts Manager, Mechanical, HVAC, M&E, Facilities Management, Hard FM, Multi-Site, Nationwide, Building Services, Project Delivery, Greater Manchester.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered remuneration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

Senior Project Manager - New Business (Development)

1 Year Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity

Location: Home-based (Designated Office: Memorial House, Coalville, Leicestershire), with requirement to travel across East Midlands.

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: £69,567 per annum (Development RFJ 11)

The Role

As our Senior Project Manager - New Business, you will play a key part in identifying, appraising and progressing new development opportunities. Managing schemes from inception through the pre-construction process, you will lead negotiations, coordinate technical and planning activities, and ensure each project is set up for successful delivery.

You’ll work collaboratively across the organisation partnering with delivery, housing and sales, acting as a champion of our values: customer focus, partnership, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the appraisal, negotiation and acquisition of new development opportunities, including S106 and Package Deals, to meet emh’s new homes targets.
• Manage all pre-construction activities from inception to start-on-site, including planning, legal, technical and contract negotiations.
• Produce and agree Heads of Terms and undertake due diligence to support scheme progression.
• Complete financial appraisals using Pamwin, maintain accurate scheme data, and ensure compliance with governance, audit and Homes England requirements.
• Coordinate and lead multi-disciplinary meetings, working closely with delivery, housing, sales and external partners.
• Identify, manage and mitigate risks throughout the pre-construction phase.
• Oversee consultant appointments and procurement activities in line with policy.
• Ensure thorough handover of schemes to the delivery team with all approvals and documentation in place.
• Represent the New Business team, build strong stakeholder relationships and deputise for the Head of New Business when required.

About You

You will be an experienced Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects, ideally within the new-build housing sector. You will bring strong technical expertise, exceptional leadership skills, and a collaborative approach, along with the confidence to challenge processes and standards to ensure the highest quality outcomes.

Essential requirements include:

• Experience of development project management in a Housing Association or relevant field
• Experience of negotiating Land and Construction Contracts
• Knowledge of current development processes and application of statutory requirements
• Strong Project Management skills
• Working experience of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio ICT skills
• Strong knowledge of the housing sector
• Ability to travel to the designated office and between sites across the East Midlands as the business requires.
• Numeracy and financial monitoring skills

About Us

emh group is one of the largest providers of affordable homes and support services in the East Midlands. We are proud of our role in delivering high-quality homes and supporting sustainable communities.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Health cash plan (BHSF)
• 39 days’ annual leave (including statutory days), increasing to 44 days with length of service
• Flexible working arrangements
• A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)

For further information about the role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

How to apply

Please send an up- to-date CV with a covering letter of no more than 3 sides of A4, detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification. (Please note your covering letter and CV will need to be on the same document).

Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received, so recommend early application.

We ask all candidates to evidence their right to work status during the recruitment process. Please click here for a list of Sponsor Licence holders in the UK and information on the types of roles that are eligible for sponsorship.

This is an exciting opportunity to join RCR Learning as our Digital Learning Production Scheduler, playing a central role in delivering high quality digital learning experiences for clinical radiologists and clinical oncologists across the globe.

We are building a world class digital learning library that supports doctors at every stage of their careers strengthening professional development, improving clinical practice, and ultimately enhancing patient care.

To help us achieve this, we re looking for a proactive and detail driven production specialist who can bring clarity, structure and momentum to our digital learning production workflows. As our Digital Learning Production Scheduler, you will own the end to end production lifecycle of multiple digital learning resources: from scoping and scheduling through development, quality assurance and release.

What you ll be doing

• Plan, track and coordinate digital learning production across multiple projects
• Keep schedules and trackers up to date, ensuring everyone has a clear view of deadlines, dependencies and risks
• Work closely with our Learning Designers, Digital Content Developers, SMEs and Project Leads to keep delivery on track
• Maintain strong production processes intake, prioritisation, reviews, approvals and release
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks and slippage, working with the Digital Learning Manager and Project Manager to keep projects moving
• Support rigorous quality assurance, version control and release management
• Ensure learning resources are published accurately and consistently to our LMS
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, documentation and production standards
• This is a hands on, highly collaborative role at the heart of our digital learning operation.

What you’ll need

• Proven experience coordinating digital learning or e learning production, from planning to publication
• Confidence managing multiple concurrent workflows with clarity and composure
• Strong organisational and scheduling skills you love a good tracker
• Experience supporting QA processes, media checks and issue tracking
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work smoothly with a wide range of stakeholders
• A highly detail oriented approach and commitment to maintaining consistent standards
• Confidence using project management and collaboration tools such as Asana, Jira, Teams or SharePoint

Why join us

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (60% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Salary: up to 48,000 per annum plus 20% bonus, Car or Car allowance ( 6,600) and other Veolia benefits

Grade: 6.1

Location: Cannock Head office WS11 8JP with an element of Travel (UK Wide and EU) (other locations considered)

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

• Access to our enhanced company pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company car or allowance 6,600 Per annum
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health, so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and inspire a high-performing team of Digital Adoption Specialists, fostering innovation and continuous improvement
• Develop and execute strategic digital adoption initiatives that drive measurable improvements in employee productivity and user experience
• Partner with senior stakeholders and Product teams to identify opportunities, translate business objectives into impactful solutions, and build in-app support and digital training content
• Establish and maintain harmonised governance frameworks for digital adoption platforms (Whatfix), low-code tools (AppSheet), and our in-house generative AI toolsets
• Manage vendor relationships, platform licensing, and budgets to ensure maximum return on investment
• Use data-driven insights to continuously optimise and recommend digital adoption strategies that deliver measurable business value
• Champion change management best practices, working with Learning & Development and operational teams to ensure seamless system adoption
• Harmonise processes and practices across international teams whilst respecting local requirements
• Build roadmaps for digital adoption capabilities aligned with broader IT and organisational strategies

What we’re looking for:

Essential:

• Degree or Higher Level Qualification in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Technology, Organisational Development, Change Management)
• Professional qualification in Change Management, Project Management, or related discipline (e.g., Prosci, PRINCE2, Agile)
• Awareness and certification of ITIL Service Management principles

Desirable:

• A relevant Digital Adoption Platform Build or Management certificate
• Qualification in Employee Experience Management or User Experience
• One or more certifications in generative AI or related emerging technologies
• Low-code development platform certification (e.g., AppSheet)
• Additional technical qualifications demonstrating breadth of digital knowledge
• An appreciation of the complimentary quality standard ISO/IEC 20000 and (phone number removed)

What’s next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We’re proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we’re also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

We’re dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.

We’re also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Job reference: REQ000976 Please note that this is for a 12-month maternity cover contract. £43,851+ excellent benefits Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL / Hybrid Working Hybrid working: Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month About the role We are excited to be recruiting a Technical Project Manager to join our Technology directorate on a 12-month fixed term maternity cover contract. Right now, the planet is under threat like never before. At WWF, we know the solutions exist to turn things around for future generations if we scale our efforts with urgency and focus. Strong systems and effective digital platforms are critical to making that happen. As part of the Business Systems Improvement team, this role will lead the technical delivery of key transformation initiatives across WWF-UK. You will play a central role in delivering our Digital Experience programme, including consolidating websites and replacing our content management system, ensuring we have a modern, effective and user-centred digital ecosystem. Alongside this, you will project manage the implementation of other system improvement projects, delivering solutions that support our Conservation, Finance and Fundraising teams to work more efficiently and effectively. This role requires strong technical project management capability across the full lifecycle, from supplier onboarding and planning through to go-live, embedding and post-implementation support. You will work closely with delivery partners, internal stakeholders and governance forums to ensure projects are delivered to scope, budget and timeline. You will be confident operating within both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and experienced in using tools such as Azure DevOps, MS Project or Asana to manage plans, risks and deliverables. You will also understand that successful delivery is not only about systems, but about people, adoption and sustainable change. This is an opportunity to help shape the digital and operational foundations that enable WWF-UK to deliver greater impact. Skills and experience You ll bring the skills and experience needed to succeed in this role, including: Essential Recognised project management certification or equivalent experience Proven experience successfully delivering digital system implementations such as CMS, DXP, website consolidation, content migration or related platforms Experience managing full project lifecycles, from supplier onboarding and planning through to go-live and embedding Strong experience managing budgets, timelines, risks and issues within programme and project environments Experience working with a range of project management tools and methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across complex organisations with differing priorities Strong written skills and attention to detail, able to produce clear documentation and reporting for sponsors and governance groups Ability to lead workshops and drive alignment around project scope and priorities Confident in escalating risks and issues appropriately and constructively Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to hold both strategic context and operational detail Desirable Experience delivering digital transformation projects within a charity or fundraising environment Experience working on ecommerce, marketing automation or personalisation platforms Experience implementing grants management or finance-related systems Experience influencing or supporting large-scale organisational change Experience working within governance structures such as steering groups or strategic boards Working knowledge of tools such as Azure DevOps, MS Project or Asana What we offer We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here s what you can expect: Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays Flexible working options, to support your work life balance 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution Learning and development opportunities to help you grow Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness. This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK. This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you ll hot desk among trees and gardens. About WWF-UK We re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world. At WWF-UK, we re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what s left isn t enough. We re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it s a race we can win with everyone s help. We re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with. How to apply Click the link to apply via our website. You ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you ll be a great addition to WWF-UK. Application closing date - 25/03/2026 To avoid missing out, we encourage you to apply as early as possible, as this vacancy may close before the deadline in the event that the right candidate has been found. Our Diversity Promise to You At the heart of our mission is a simple truth: the planet needs everyone. That means you - in all your uniqueness, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or how you choose to express yourself. We don t do stereotypes. We work together with purpose, driven by passion and enhanced by respect, courage, and integrity. We pull together from all walks of life to fight for a better future, and we want you to feel supported every step of the way. We re proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. So, if there s anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout via our website. Safeguarding Commitment Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter. Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent. We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting. If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF-UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

Red Recruitment is recruiting a Service Delivery Manager to join a telecoms and technology company who are recognised as a leader in their field.

The ideal candidate will have a background in Service Delivery Management to act as the key point of contact for assigned customers, ensuring we deliver against contractual commitments while identifying opportunities for service and revenue enhancement.

The salary for this position is between 35,000 and 50,000 Depending on experience and will be a office based role in Solihull with some remote working.

Benefits & Package for a Service Delivery Manager:

• Salary: 35,000 - 50,000 Depending on Experience
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:30pm
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Location: Hybrid - Solihull
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Referral Bonus - Recommend a friend
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical Insurance after probation
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Salary sacrifice; pension scheme, cycle to work scheme and electric car leasing scheme

Key Responsibilities of an Business Support Executive:

• Own the customer contract and service obligations, identifying risks or gaps and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Plan, lead, and document structured Service Review Meetings with key stakeholders.
• Deliver comprehensive Service Management Reports and lead ongoing improvement plans.
• Act as the escalation point for internal and external customer service concerns.
• Partner with Account Management to align on strategic goals and drive new opportunities.
• Review customer P&Ls to ensure contract profitability and efficiency in service delivery.
• Monitor and report on KPIs, SLAs, and service performance to meet customer expectations.
• Provide detailed business reporting and forecasting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support broader service initiatives and collaborate across departments to improve customer experience.

Key Skills and Experiences of an Service Delivery Manager:

• ITIL V4 Foundation (essential); additional ITIL modules are a plus
• 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing service management role
• Background in IT, Managed Services, or Telecoms industry
• Experience managing multiple customers/accounts
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience working with P&L and understanding commercial impacts
• Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms
• Strong Negotiation and Influencing Skills
• Exceptional Communication Skills

If you have the required skills and experience as a Service Delivery Manager and are interested in this role, please apply now.

Red Recruitment (Agency).

Location: Hybrid 60% office-40% remote Knutsford
Duration: 30/10/2026
Rate 706
MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA

Role Description:
"Overview:
The Scrum Master / Delivery Manager is responsible for day?to?day Agile delivery, facilitating ceremonies, ensuring sprint discipline, and enabling high?performing engineering teams. This hybrid role supports both coaching responsibilities and delivery oversight of backlog, teams, and sprint execution.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand?ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Manage sprint governance, velocity tracking, forecasting, and delivery reporting.
• Promote Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and team collaboration.
• Work closely with Product Owners to prioritise and refine the backlog, ensuring clarity of user stories, acceptance criteria, and readiness for development.
• Remove impediments, manage risks, and escalate blockers that impact sprint delivery.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, practices, and ways of working.
• Ensure alignment across cross?functional roles including developers, testers, UX, and business SMEs.
• Maintain delivery tracking in tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
• Support release planning, dependency management, and coordination with other teams in scaled environments.
• Ensure delivery transparency through dashboards, metrics, and progress reporting.

Technical/Delivery Components:

• Practical experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS).
• Understanding of SDLC processes, DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance practices.
• Ability to interpret technical conversations and support decision-making without needing deep engineering expertise."

IT Project Administrator Bedford Full Time (40 hours per week) Up to £35,000 & Benefits

Join entrust IT And Help Deliver Exciting Technology Projects

We re looking for a highly organised Project Administrator to join our growing team in Bedford and play a key role in supporting the delivery of technology and infrastructure projects.

At entrust IT, we deliver innovative IT and infrastructure solutions including IT networks, structured cabling, WiFi, CCTV and access control systems. Our projects team manages a wide range of installations and upgrades, and we re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys keeping projects running smoothly.

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys organisation, coordination, and working closely with project managers to bring complex projects to life.

The Role

As a Project Administrator, you will support our project managers and operational planners with the coordination, documentation, and administration required to successfully deliver projects on time and within budget.

You will play an essential role in ensuring projects are well organised, clearly communicated, and efficiently managed from planning through to completion.

Key Responsibilities of the IT Project Administrator:

• Assist Project Managers with project planning, timelines, and budgets
• Coordinate project meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation and minute taking
• Track project progress and report status updates to internal teams and stakeholders
• Maintain accurate project documentation, including schedules, plans and budgets
• Support the creation of project reports and presentations
• Manage project-related communications and correspondence
• Help ensure project deliverables are completed on time and to quality standards
• Identify and assist in managing project risks and issues
• Support project managers in coordinating resources, equipment and materials
• Provide general administrative support across the project team

What We re Looking For

We re looking for someone who is organised, proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects at the same time.

Essential Skills

• Strong administration and organisational skills
• Excellent time management
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• High attention to detail when handling documentation and planning
• Strong communication skills

Technical Experience

• Experience using Microsoft 365 including: Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word & Microsoft Project
• Experience using Simpro (advantageous but not essential)

Experience

• Previous experience in Project Administration or Project Coordination
• Ideally within IT infrastructure, cabling, WiFi, CCTV or access control projects
• Understanding of project management processes and best practices

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths Grade 4/C or above
• GCSE English Language Grade 4/C or above
• Desirable:
• Three additional GCSEs at Grade 4/C or above

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on exciting technology infrastructure projects
• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• Exposure to project management best practices
• Opportunities for training and development

Ready to Apply?

If you are an organised and motivated administrator who enjoys working in a dynamic project environment, we d love to hear from you.

Apply today to join entrust IT and help deliver technology projects that make a real impact.

3 seasoned delivery managers
Agile experience
Demonstrate how they have brought scrum and agile ways of working to their environment
1 good understanding of infrastructure
Switch between delivery manager and scrum
Delivery managers that can manage multiple projects

Service standards assessment government exp
Balance between DM and Scrum master plans and comms DMs need to provide status updates in terms of timelines, budgets, risks, engagement with senior stakeholders All 3 must have understanding of agile delivery management and scrum mastering
DM high level planning scrum master day to day DM work
Not all teams will have scrum masters switch between DM plans and comms to working with delivery teams to deluver
Switch seamlessly between both
Want to see DM on CV- if just a scrum master will reject
Worked as both scrum master gets hands dirty, runs standups, sprint planning -
DM roadmap, aims to get to , longer terms plans, t shirt sizing, cross dependencies, forward planning, standards assessments
Can do both
Scrum accreditation better worked in environment
would like 1 to be an agile PM - experience delivering agile projects and agile ways of working
build capability internally understand end to end delivery lifecycle go from discovery to post implementation support and understand all requirements
pro-active build relationship with product manager deliver on commitment succession planning for lead role
strong professionally astute collabrative
FULL JOB SPEC ON REQUEST

Programme Manager required to establish and lead a new Project Management Office (PMO) within a growing organisation in Scotland. This is a senior role offering a unique chance to build a PMO from the ground up, lead complex projects across all business functions, and shape how the organisation drives change.

The Organisation
This is an ambitious organisation driving a wide range of strategic initiatives across the business, including the implementation of new digital tools and platforms, automation of key business processes, regulatory and compliance projects, process improvement and broader organisational change. They have a strong appetite for AI and are actively exploring innovative use cases and applications to transform how they work.

With the creation of a PMO, the organisation is investing in stronger project governance, improved visibility of change initiatives, and more efficient ways of working across the business.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives on improving processes, driving results, and making things happen across multiple business areas.

The Role
You will lead the PMO, developing processes, governance, and reporting from scratch. You’ll ensure projects are well-planned, resourced, and monitored for success, and step in to manage high-impact projects directly where needed. You’ll also work with stakeholders across the business to prioritise initiatives, manage risk, and embed a culture of effective change.

What You’ll Be Doing
.* Designing and launching the PMO, including frameworks, processes, and governance standards
.* Creating a roadmap of strategic projects across the organisation, helping prioritise what delivers the most value
.* Leading complex projects directly, from tech transformations to operational improvements
.* Ensuring projects have the right people, resources, and risk plans in place for success
.* Conducting post-project reviews to capture lessons and improve delivery
.* Influencing senior stakeholders and aligning projects with organisational goals
.* Identifying opportunities to improve project delivery and drive continuous improvement

What They’re Looking For
.* Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally in a PMO environment
.* Strong track record of delivering complex projects across multiple business areas
.* Professional qualification in project or programme management (PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, etc.)
.* Strong stakeholder management skills
.* Skilled at designing processes, frameworks, and governance for effective project delivery
.* Comfortable turning strategy into actionable, well-run projects

The Offer
The role is paying £70k - £75k with a good benefits package and excellent bonus structure. The company has offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and they ask for 1 day in the office per week.

This is a rare chance to leave your mark by creating a PMO from scratch, improving how the organisation manages change, and leading projects that touch every part of the business.

If this is of interest, please apply or reach out to Murray Simpson.

Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Release and Deployment Manager (SC Cleared)

An opportunity exists for an experienced Release and Deployment Manager to support delivery within a major Defence programme. This role sits within the New Style of IT (Deployed) programme and works closely with the Customer Authority to deliver a structured end-to-end Release Management capability.

You will coordinate releases across multiple applications and delivery teams, ensuring strong governance across Change and Release processes. The role requires close collaboration with service teams, delivery teams and customer stakeholders to maintain release quality, schedule control and operational stability.

The Role

• Manage the full Release Management life cycle across multiple applications.
• Schedule and coordinate releases across delivery teams and service environments.
• Manage the release process from development through testing into production.
• Track release activity and report any non-conformance within the customer environment.
• Work alongside the Customer Change Manager across Change Release Boards (CRB) and Change Approval Boards (CAB).
• Ensure release artefacts and configuration items are captured and maintained within the CMDB in partnership with SACM teams.
• Manage tickets and work orders associated with release activities.
• Provide direct engagement with the Customer Authority including regular operational reporting.
• Work closely with the onsite Service Delivery Manager to ensure strong service delivery.

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong background in IT Service Management (ITSM) environments.
• Solid knowledge of Change Management and Release Management processes.
• Experience scheduling and coordinating releases across multiple applications and delivery teams.
• Experience managing release risk, quality issues and scheduling conflicts.
• Strong planning, coordination and reporting capability.
• Experience monitoring release performance and feedback across teams and customers.
• Ability to chair operational and governance meetings.
• Knowledge of Remedy ITSM platform.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across customers, internal teams and third-party suppliers.

Clearance Requirement

Candidates must hold SC Clearance or be eligible and willing to obtain it.

To apply, please send your CV by pressing the apply button

Job Title: Oracle Banking - programme lead
Location: Remote UK/EMEA
Salary/Rate: DOE
Start Date: April
Job Type: Contract

We are seeking an experienced Programme Lead to oversee a major Oracle Banking transformation from the client side. This role requires a balance of high-level programme governance and deep functional knowledge of the Oracle Banking suite. You will act as the primary point of contact and challenge for our external Systems Integration (SI) partner.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner Management:Lead the day-to-day engagement with the SI partner, ensuring delivery aligns with the Statement of Work (SOW), project timelines, and quality benchmarks.
• Functional Oversight:Leverage your hands-on experience to review and validate Functional Design Documents (FDDs) across core modules (eg,FCUBS, OBPM, OBMA).
• Scope & Design Authority:Ensure the implementation adheres to “Out of the Box” (OOTB) functionality wherever possible, scrutinising and justifying any proposed customisations.
• Integrated Delivery:Manage the end-to-end life cycle including environment readiness, interface development, and the coordination of SIT and UAT phases.
• Risk Mitigation:Identify and resolve technical or functional bottlenecks that arise between the SI’s delivery and internal business requirements.

Requirements

• Oracle Banking Expertise:Proven track record leading implementations of Oracle FLEXCUBEorOracle Banking Microservices Architecture (OBMA).
• Hands-on Capability:You must have a working knowledge of Oracle Banking modules (such as Core Payments, Virtual Accounts, or Origination) and their underlying data structures.
• Implementation Experience:Successful delivery of at least one full-life cycle core banking transformation in a complex Tier 1 or Tier 2 environment.
• Professional Governance:Strong experience in vendor management, contract adherence, and reporting to Senior Executive stakeholders.

Please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.

Housing Systems Project Manager (NEC Housing)

London Borough | Contract | Competitive Day Rate

A progressive London Borough is seeking an experienced Housing Systems Project Manager to lead the delivery and enhancement of its NEC Housing Management System. This contract role sits at the heart of the council’s digital housing transformation, improving services and outcomes for residents.

Role Overview

You’ll manage end-to-end delivery of housing system projects-focusing on NEC Housing upgrades, integrations, and process improvements. Working with internal teams, suppliers, and senior stakeholders, you’ll ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning, delivery, and implementation of NEC Housing system projects
• Manage project plans, budgets, risks, and reporting
• Coordinate with suppliers, technical teams, and housing services
• Oversee testing, data migration, and quality assurance
• Ensure compliance with housing regulations and data standards
• Drive process improvements and support digital modernisation
• Maintain clear and accurate project documentation

Essential Experience

• Strong background delivering housing or local authority system projects
• Hands-on experience with NEC Housing (or similar platforms)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and complex timelines
• Knowledge of housing regulations and service delivery standards
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies

Desirable

• PRINCE2, PMP, Agile or similar certification
• Experience in social housing transformation programmes
• Understanding of housing technology, integrations, and data flows
• Experience working across multidisciplinary teams

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Role Title: Exit Operational Design Expert
Location: London
Duration: 31/12/2026
Days on site: 2-3 days/week
Pay Rate: £671 per day inside IR35

Role Description:
We are seeking a seasoned Exits Operations Design Expert with extensive experience in designing, setting up, and managing Central Exit Utilities within large, complex, global banking environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep operational expertise, strong understanding of global banking controls, and hands-on experience driving people-, process-, and technology-led transformation across the employee exit life cycle.
This role is critical in ensuring that client’ exit processes are controlled, compliant, efficient, and aligned to global policy and regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities
Design, set up, and run a Central Exits Utility aligned with client global operating model, ensuring consistency and control across regions and business units.
Lead end-to-end Exit Operations, covering voluntary, involuntary, retirement, internal mobility exits, and complex offboarding scenarios.
Develop and implement process frameworks, SLAs, and governance models for exit operations in alignment with HR, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Technology teams.
Drive standardization and centralization of exit processes across global locations, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
Partner with technology teams to enable workflow automation, exit checklists, control dashboards, and integration with HR systems (Workday experience preferred).
Ensure risk mitigation and control adherence across all offboarding touchpoints including access de-provisioning, asset returns, payroll adjustments, and regulatory notifications.
Manage operational metrics, KPIs, and reporting frameworks to measure service delivery, control effectiveness, and process health.
Lead remediation activities for audit findings, operational incidents, and regulatory actions related to exit processes.
Support transformation initiatives such as process optimization, digitalisation, and global hub strategy execution.
Provide SME advisory to senior leadership on exit processes, policy design, control enhancements, and change impacts.

Required Skills & Experience
7-12 years of experience in Exit Operations, HR Service Delivery, or Workforce Operations within large universal or global banks.
Proven expertise in building and managing centralised exit/offboarding utilities at scale.
Strong knowledge of risk, control, audit, HR policy, and regulatory requirements related to employee offboarding.
Hands-on experience with operational process design, workflow automation, and transitioning decentralised processes into a centralized utility.
Deep cross-functional understanding of HR processes (eg, HR Ops, Access Management, IT Asset Mgt, Payroll, Compliance, Third-party vendors).
Strong stakeholder management experience across HR, Operations, Risk, Legal, Security, IT, Finance and senior leadership.
Experience in global service hub models, shared services, or captive operations.
Proficiency in working with tools like Workday, ServiceNow, Control Dashboards, and other HR/ops systems.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Barclays or similar global banking environments.
Exposure to regulatory frameworks such as SMCR, financial crime, access governance, and operational risk.
Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement certification (preferred).

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.

Location: Southampton (Hybrid working)
Salary: £44,000
Contract: Full-time, Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to join a growing Digital and Technology function. This role is responsible for leading the delivery of complex, high-impact digital, data and technology initiatives across the organisation.
Reporting to the Head of IT Portfolio, you will take accountability for delivering large and medium-sized projects across applications and infrastructure. You will operate in a hybrid working model based from Southampton, with flexibility between office and home working.
This position requires a confident delivery leader who can operate in complex environments, engage senior stakeholders and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards. You will also play a key role in strengthening delivery capability across the wider team through mentoring and best practice leadership.

Key responsibilities
. Lead the end-to-end delivery of digital, data and technology projects and initiatives
. Take ownership of complex and high-risk projects, ensuring successful outcomes
. Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks and dependencies
. Build strong relationships with project sponsors and senior stakeholders
. Provide clear reporting and proactive risk management, escalating where required
. Apply appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Lean) depending on project needs
. Ensure robust project planning, governance and change control
. Manage cross-project dependencies within a wider portfolio environment
. Drive collaboration across technical and business teams
. Coach and mentor Delivery Managers and Product Owners to enhance delivery performance

Required experience
. Proven experience delivering complex digital or technology-enabled change
. Strong background working across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery models
. Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in fast-paced environments
. Demonstrable experience managing budgets, risks and delivery governance
. Strong stakeholder management experience, including engagement at senior level
. Experience balancing competing priorities and resolving conflicting demand

Skills & attributes
. Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate and align teams
. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
. Commercially aware with strong risk and issue management capability
. Organised, structured and delivery-focused
. Comfortable operating in complex, evolving environments
. Proactive and solutions-driven mindset

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Delivery Manager who enjoys leading complex technology change, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering measurable outcomes in a dynamic digital environment.

To view a full job description and role profile please enquire

Senior Delivery Manager£70,000 per annum Bedford PermanentHybrid Working Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Senior Delivery Manager. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact by leading the delivery of complex, high-risk digital products and services that improve financial wellbeing across the UK. You’ll be at the forefront of agile transformation, mentoring delivery managers, and driving inclusive, user-centred design.You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.Role OverviewThe Senior Delivery Manager will report directly to the Lead Delivery Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for:Role details

• Developing, guiding and coaching delivery manager line reports, providing them with frequent feedback and supporting the growth of their careers
• Ensuring that there is a shared understanding of goals and priorities by openly communicating with a diverse group of stakeholders and operational teams to understand business needs, enabling ideas and assisting team members.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant standards: Gov.uk service standards, accessibility, brand, SEO; etc.
• Proactively managing dependencies, overcoming obstacles and getting the best value against constraints.
• Managing risks and budgets to deliver the best possible value for money.
• Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring they deliver our priorities whilst also maximising the teams full potential.
• Using best practice agile and lean methodologies to iterate products over time to continuously meet user needs and delight customers.
• You will be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and an authentic leader for your team and within the DMI directorate.

Key accountabilities:

• Main point of contact for business stakeholders on digital projects.
• Leads the product release planning and sets expectations of functionality with key stakeholders considering impact on Service Delivery, front-line MaPS colleagues and customer experience.
• Has a strong enough grasp of customer and business needs to be able to take decisions for an in-progress project, propose compromises to resolve conflict and know when to escalate decisions to a project group or the right decision-maker.
• Facilitates agile principles within the team. To enable constructive debate on the best experiences and resolve them where possible. Direct further testing and research where required.
• Contributes to operational planning by understanding business needs and translating them into estimates for resource planning
• Championing agile delivery across the organisation and leading a community of practice comprising MaPS employees, contractors and 3rd party partners.

You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate you can apply practitioner to expert level delivery skills in the following areas:

• A recognised practitioner who coaches and leads teams in Agile and Lean practices, promotes best practice approaches, continually reflects, challenges, and adapts ways of working to support ongoing improvement and innovation.
• Takes responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers and identifies appropriate contractual frameworks and appropriate suppliers.
• Negotiating with contracted suppliers and getting good value out of contracts and suppliers.
• Mediating between people and mending relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels. Managing stakeholder expectations and moderating discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales. You can speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government.
• Negotiating, influencing or setting budgets in complex environments. You can write or input into business cases, statements of work and can communicate business-value propositions.
• Apply experience in multiple parts of the product life cycle. You can recognise when it is right to move forward and when it is right to stop. You can recognise the appropriate deliverables and the right people to meet them, working with other Agile delivery operations throughout the product life cycle. You can plan and engage with the appropriate stakeholders at a particular stage in the project.
• Optimise the delivery flow of teams, addressing the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists. You can identify innovative ways to unblock issues.
• Identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. You add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes, guiding your teams through the implementation of a new process.
• Lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment, planning beyond product delivery, identifying and managing dependencies in plans across services and co-ordinate delivery.
• Identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them. You can identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses, engaging in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick. You can accelerate the team development cycle.

Our Recruitment ProcessWe keep things simple, fair, and transparent:Stage 1: Your application will be reviewed by one of our talent partners.Stage 2: If successful, you will be invited to a telephone interview to discuss your skills and experience.Stage 3: The final shortlisted candidates will be invited to an in person interview in our Bedford officeEverything we do aligns with the Civil Service

Our Leading Investment Banking client is looking to grow their team with a Product Owner within Financial Crime to work in their London offices.

• 10 + years experience within Product Management and Financial Crime.
• Experience leading and mentor a cross-functional team of technical experts, business analysts, and end-users
• Experience leading business analysts, developers, IT infra and vendor staff delivering critical FinCrime IT solutions
• Financial services experience required

Please reply ASAP with CV if interested. Hybrid working 2-3 days based out of London

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Senior Scrum Master (Trading)

Location: Hybrid - 1-2 days a week in London

Salary: 80-90k

Job Type: Permanent

Sponsorship: Not Available

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master to support the delivery of strategic technology and data initiatives across the organisation. This role will play a key part in driving Agile best practices, enabling high-performing delivery teams, and supporting the continued evolution of Agile ways of working across multiple programmes.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Scrum practitioner with strong people skills, a pragmatic mindset, and the ability to work effectively with both technical teams and senior

stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Senior Scrum Master across one or more Agile delivery teams, ensuring effective implementation of Scrum and Agile frameworks.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Coach and mentor team members to build high-performing, self-organising teams.
• Support the continuous improvement of Agile delivery practices across programmes.
• Work closely with Product Owners, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure clear prioritisation and delivery of value.
• Identify and remove delivery impediments while maintaining focus on team productivity and outcomes.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other Scrum Masters, helping to mature Agile capability within the organisation.
• Foster a collaborative, transparent, and delivery-focused environment across teams.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and provide clear communication on delivery progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Apply a pragmatic and flexible approach to Agile, ensuring processes support delivery rather than hinder it.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Significant experience working as a Scrum Master or Senior Scrum Master within complex technology environments.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Agile delivery frameworks, and iterative development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to build, coach, and develop high-performing Agile teams.
• Proven experience mentoring and supporting other Scrum Masters.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to manage competing priorities across multiple teams.
• Pragmatic approach to Agile delivery, balancing structure with flexibility.
• Experience working within large organisations or financial services environments is advantageous.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Collaborative and people-focused mindset.
• Ability to influence and guide teams without direct authority.
• Proactive problem solver with strong organisational awareness.
• Passion for continuous improvement and team development.