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We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Operations Manager to join our clients offices based in Badminton on a temporary contract basis for 3 months with the possibility of an extension. As the Senior Operations Manager, your main duties will include: Create and maintain a highly competent and participative work environment through active leadership. Promote professional standards by developing outcome-focused teams that understand their contribution to the service and wider Council success. Provide expert, timely, accurate and customer-focused advice and guidance to managers in the specialist area. Ensure the delivery of high quality, value for money and consistent services to customers in line with agreed service standards. Contribute to strategic decision-making as a member of a senior management team. Deliver the necessary information and reports to meet legislation, regulations and codes of practice. Ensure the ongoing delivery of high quality and consistent services, identify achievements against plans and targets and ensure these meet relevant statutory requirements. Set targets and monitor performance to ensure training needs are identified and addressed and work is delivered on schedule, so the service area is effective. Provide or facilitate training and/or information sessions to departments and partner organisations to enhance their understanding of a relevant area of expertise or specialism.To be successful for this Senior Operations Manager you will need to have: A positive ethos and a creative thinker; able to create a culture of innovation and continual improvement. Customer focused approach Excellent interpersonal skills to establish a positive relationship with a wide variety of stakeholders. Excellent leadership skills and evidence of using these to inspire, motivate and develop teams to high levels of performance. Experience in change management, project management and business analysis. Experience of designing and managing resources to meet organisational requirements Experience of managing a catering, cleaning or hospitality service. Proven commercial experience of designing, pricing, marketing and selling services. Proven sales and negotiating skills and experience in bid management. Proven successful track record of managing, organising and coordinating services, ensuring the delivery of strategic objectives. Qualified to degree level (or equivalent) plus a relevant professional qualification, or have professional experience at an equivalent level. Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence in presenting to customersStart Date- 02/09/2019 Working Hours- 37 hours per week Monday - Friday Pay Rate- £22.63

1. Ability to engage with customers at senior and technical level 2. Delivering quality solutions vis Agile methodologies (Scrum) 3. Have good network/OSS knowledge 4. Good analytical, statistical & mathematical skills 5. Able to understand predictions algorithms and data centric algorithms 6. 5+ years of Big data technology skills like 1. Hadoop working experience with Hive, Impala, UDF’s, Oozie schedulers, Unix scripting 2. Hands on experience on visualisation using R-Shiny & Qlik 3. Spark 1. ML 2. SQL 3. Streaming 7. Good hands on experience with Java 8. Ability to work with Agile team 9. Telecom Background Desirable

We have an exciting opportunity for a Interim Manager Level 1 to join our clients offices based in South East London on a temporary contract basis for 3 months with the possibility of an extension. As the Interim Manager Level 1, your main duties will include: To provide and manage divisional expertise for management accounting and finance intelligence to enable the Traded Services division to be commercially astute and efficiently manage its internal and external income generation and associated expenditure. To deliver, embed, monitor and champion cyclical and timely strategic and operational budget plans to support success in delivering a commercially viable long term future and financial contribution to the Council. To provide and manage a sound, robust and timely finance service across the Traded Services division to ensure reporting, governance and compliance of financial management. To direct and manage finance staff to ensure that services meet operational and functional requirements demanded by the divisional portfolio described. Develop and continuously improve service areas as a centre of best practice by proactively managing the finance team's portfolio to meet the objectives of the division and the Council. Develop policies for the service, creating underlying procedures and monitoring their outputs to ensure financial confidence. Establishment, monitoring and control of divisional, corporate or departmental budgets. Responsible for all facets of the financial services required by the Traded Services Division including but not limited to; budget setting and management, payment functions, management of cost controls, debtor management, payroll function including incentive scheme,To be successful for this Interim Manager Level 1 post you will need to have: The post holder should be qualified to degree level in a relevant finance discipline or equivalent. This may include consideration of relevant work experience. Qualified ACCA / ACA / CIPFA / CIMA or AAT (or equivalent) Demonstrate evidence of continued professional and personal development within relevant disciplines Strong evidence of collating, analysing and presenting timely financial information to a senior management audience Strong evidence of developing and implementing finance strategies, systems, policy and procedures incorporating a risk management approach. Evidence of staff and team management including objective setting, performance and output management. Experience of writing financial reports Extensive knowledge of planning, setting, control and monitoring of budgets within set allocations. Knowledge of public sector finance standards, approach and constraints Sound knowledge and use of computerised accountancy systems in particular Microsoft office products relevant to the post.Start Date- 27/08/2019 Working Hours- 36 hours per week Monday - Friday Pay Rate- £281.13 p/h 121 Jobs is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

We have an exciting opportunity for a Interim Manager Level 1 to join our clients offices based in South East London on a temporary contract basis for 3 months with the possibility of an extension. As the Interim Manager Level 1, your main duties will include: To provide and manage divisional expertise for management accounting and finance intelligence to enable the Traded Services division to be commercially astute and efficiently manage its internal and external income generation and associated expenditure. To deliver, embed, monitor and champion cyclical and timely strategic and operational budget plans to support success in delivering a commercially viable long term future and financial contribution to the Council. To provide and manage a sound, robust and timely finance service across the Traded Services division to ensure reporting, governance and compliance of financial management. To direct and manage finance staff to ensure that services meet operational and functional requirements demanded by the divisional portfolio described. Develop and continuously improve service areas as a centre of best practice by proactively managing the finance team's portfolio to meet the objectives of the division and the Council. Develop policies for the service, creating underlying procedures and monitoring their outputs to ensure financial confidence. Establishment, monitoring and control of divisional, corporate or departmental budgets. Responsible for all facets of the financial services required by the Traded Services Division including but not limited to; budget setting and management, payment functions, management of cost controls, debtor management, payroll function including incentive scheme,To be successful for this Interim Manager Level 1 post you will need to have: The post holder should be qualified to degree level in a relevant finance discipline or equivalent. This may include consideration of relevant work experience. Qualified ACCA / ACA / CIPFA / CIMA or AAT (or equivalent) Demonstrate evidence of continued professional and personal development within relevant disciplines Strong evidence of collating, analysing and presenting timely financial information to a senior management audience Strong evidence of developing and implementing finance strategies, systems, policy and procedures incorporating a risk management approach. Evidence of staff and team management including objective setting, performance and output management. Experience of writing financial reports Extensive knowledge of planning, setting, control and monitoring of budgets within set allocations. Knowledge of public sector finance standards, approach and constraints Sound knowledge and use of computerised accountancy systems in particular Microsoft office products relevant to the post.Start Date- 27/08/2019 Working Hours- 36 hours per week Monday - Friday Pay Rate- £281.13 p/h

Windows 10 Security Configuration Specialist We are currently working with a large client based in the heart of London who are looking to engage the above on an initial 1 month contract, highly likely to extend to 3 months thereafter. The client ideally wants somebody who has extensive experieince in Windows, it is an extremely hands on opportunity. The client are looking to roll out Windows 10 across the board and therefore want the successful candidate to prepare the build to be secure, using group policy and other Windows Config. Daily duties: 1. Providing security architectural guidance for technology roll out for all projects. 2. Define the security configuration / hardening guidelines for Windows 10. 3. Ensure guidance is shared with projects and implemented as part of roll out. If this is your next contract opportunity , please do forward your CV for review and contact me on (phone number removed)

A consultancy company is looking for a immediately available Test Automation Analyst, with experience in a Salesforce programme, to join them on an initial 6 month contract. This organisation is currently undergoing a large CRM transformation, and this will be a fast paced and challenging role. Duties will include: -Work with functional testers to identify test scenarios for automation -Develop in-house automation frameworks and tools to solve test automation problems -Write and maintain test automation scripts that match test plans -Perform manual, negative and regression tests throughout the SDLC -Ensure that proper software testing methodologies are used, and all product requirements are documented and diagnosed The successful candidate will have: -Extensive test automation experience within a salesforce programme -Extensive experience of functional and non-functional testing in an agile programme -Experience of Azure, Jira & HPQC -Experience with UI test automation frameworks such as Junit, Selenium & TestNG If you are immediately available, meet the requirements and wish to work for a dynamic organisation then please apply online ASAP

1st Select are currently looking for a Electrical/Controls Installation and Test Engineer in Leeds, West Yorkshire Your role will involve to oversee the installation of control systems cabling and wire terminations for the new controls (CCS) system, in its connections from the CCS (DCS) (Distributive Control System) to field equipment. Followed by supervising CCS (DCS) test activities These shall include : * Advising cabling contractor(s), on field equipment and terminations. * Identifying and advising solutions to technical queries concerning wiring, drawings etc. * Advising cost effective alternatives and solutions. * Liaising with Leeds GSC Operations personnel to organise Safe Permit to Work procedures * Planning the phasing of new terminations to working equipment. * Organising Set to work and Loop testing of signal interfaces from CCS (DCS) to Field equipment. * Support CCS (DCS) Testing and commissioning activities. * Facilitate CCS (DCS) Fault observation, recording and resolution. * Ensure CCS (DCS) “AS BUILT” documents are maintained and updated. * Any other duties deemed necessary by the manager * Problem solving & troubleshooting * Good communicator, a team player and able to function on a fast paced project. Requirements * CSCS (or equivalent) * Asbestos Awareness * SMSTS (preferable) * 17th Edition BS7671 electrical regulations (Preferred 18th Edition) * Experience of Safe Systems of Work, work permits, checking and approving RAMS If this opportunity is of interest to you please apply or contact Tom Adamczyk on (phone number removed)

Are you an experienced Scrum Master with a deep understanding of the theory and practical application of Agile in a development environment? Are you a strong communicator with experience of coaching Scrum teams throughout a Greenfield programme of work? If so, apply now for this 2 year programme based in Essex. A Scrum Master is required to join a large scale and ambitious Greenfield platform development programme. You will be experienced in the theory of Agile techniques, but will have a wealth of practical experience of applying this in a working environment, challenging the theory when appropriate. You will also have a background in project management. The successful Scrum Master will have the following skills, experience and attributes: *Certified ScrumMaster (or equivalent) *Practical experience of coaching Scrum teams *Ability to identify challenges faced in the application of Agile, and find suitable resolutions *Project management experience *Championing best practice *TDD / Test Driven Development *Scaled Agile Framework / SAFe *Agile - Scrum / XP / Kanban etc *Experience of coaching DevOps teams in Scrum would be a benefit This is an excellent long term contract opportunity for a skilled Scrum Master to really put their mark on a large scale development programme, and contribute strongly to the application of Scrum across the board. If you are interested in this position, please apply or send a copy of your CV to (url removed) People Source Consulting Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. People Source specialise in technology recruitment across niche markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy, Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Public Sector, Healthcare, Finance and Oil & Gas

We are currently supporting a number of Interim/Consultant requirements based in Wiltshire which are initial 6-month contracts. These roles are OUTSIDE IR35 with a day rate of up to £585 on offer. Candidates must have active SC Clearance in place and be able to start middle of September 2019 in order to be considered. These roles cover: NetIQ User Interface Lead Developer: * Experience from multiple project lifecycles (Agile) in specifying enhancements to User Interfaces and managing/ executing the development. * Experience in Node JS/ React JS or other NetIQ scripting languages and working with Java Test Engineers in an Agile Product Development pipeline. NetIQ IDM/ eDirectories Lead Architect: * Experience from multiple project lifecycles (Agile) in architecting flows and data requirements for NetIQ IDM and eDirectory then managing/ executing developments. * Experience in Groovy/ Java Scripting/ Java Development and NetIQ IDM configuration, and working with Java Test Engineers in an Agile Product Development pipeline. NetIQ API Developer: * Experience from multiple project lifecycles (Agile) in specifying enhancements to RESTful APIs in the MicroFocus NetIQ suite to Authoritative Sources and Applications and managing/ executing the development. * Experience developing & testing APIs, and working with Java Test Engineers in an Agile Product Development pipeline. NetIQ Access Management/ Advanced Authentication Lead: * Experience from multiple project lifecycles (Agile) in specifying development/ configuration/ architecture for NetIQ Access Management/ executing the developments or configuration. * Experience in developing Policies and connectors, experience of SAML & OIDC/ Oauth based flows and working with Java Test Engineers in an Agile Product Development pipeline. Java QA / Test Engineers: * The role would be to Utilize the existing Testing tools for NetIQ Java (User Interface and IDM and API) developments. * Experience or understanding of Selenium / Cucumber or similar UI / Code Testing tools and have experience in setting the Test banks up on the tools, analyzing the outputs and running System/ Regression tests

Technical Integration Architect Newcastle, Interim projects £(Apply online only) per day RT Consulting have delivered innovative change & transformation to the UK Government, Technology, Financial Services, Transport and Utilities Sectors for over 30 years. Having developed partnerships amongst the Top Consultancies our Associates are challenged to bring expert knowledge and creativity to drive sustainable and lasting change across our programmes. Our Associates are an integral part of our business to support the delivery of often large and complex programmes. Due to continued demand we are looking for trusted Associates to join our team of experts. A career with RT Consulting will provide you the opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a local and national level, we look to tailor your path with us to suit your skills and career goals. It is important that you feel connected to our community and you'll be invited to many professional and social activities throughout the year. RT Consulting are developing a project team to review the end to end architecture of a large programme based near Newcastle. We require an Integration Architect and Technical Architect to join us, details below: Integration Architect - We are looking for an Architect who has the ability to review the current integration framework within the business as well as the end to end architecture to size wider engagement, and advise of any potential gaps within the framework. We are looking for Consultants who have an affinity with Cloud tools and Zoura (desirable). Technical Architect - This project will involve reviewing the deployment approach and DevOps in order to help the business analyse the programme, the Architect will also be required to advise the team of any potential gaps within the framework. All of our Associates must be able to demonstrate innovation, business acumen, creativity and effective relationships. Please note that due to a large number of applications we are not always able to respond to you if you are not suitable for the project, however we will hold on to your CV for future projects