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Infrastructure Project Manager Birmingham Salary up to £55k I'm working with a growing, independent construction consultancy that's looking to appoint an experienced Infrastructure Project Manager to join their Birmingham team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking consultancy that was built on doing things differently. Established by industry professionals who wanted to move away from the constraints of large corporate firms, they've created a business with a genuine people-first culture, collaborative working environment and clear opportunities for career progression. With a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects across highways, transport, regeneration, public sector, healthcare and education, you'll have the opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of schemes while playing a key role in the continued growth of the business. If you're looking for greater autonomy, direct client exposure and the chance to make a real impact within a growing consultancy, this could be the perfect next step. Interested? Apply today! The Role As an Infrastructure Project Manager, you'll be responsible for leading projects from inception through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on programme, within budget and to the highest quality standards. Working closely with clients, consultants and contractors, you'll play a pivotal role in driving successful project outcomes while building long-term client relationships. Key Responsibilities: Managing the successful delivery of infrastructure projects from feasibility through to handover. Leading the day-to-day management of projects, ensuring programme, cost, quality and risk objectives are achieved. Acting as the primary point of contact for clients, providing trusted advice throughout the project lifecycle. Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams, including designers, contractors, cost consultants and key stakeholders. Developing and maintaining project programmes, governance documentation and regular progress reports. Chairing project meetings, workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions. Supporting procurement strategies, tender processes and contractor appointments. Managing project risks, opportunities, change control and project reporting. Ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, health & safety legislation and client governance procedures. Supporting and mentoring junior members of the project management team as the business continues to expand.About you: Degree qualified in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or another relevant construction-related discipline. Proven experience delivering infrastructure projects (Highways project experience is highly desirable) within a consultancy or client-side environment. Strong understanding of NEC contracts (JCT knowledge would also be beneficial). Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build lasting client relationships. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Working towards or already achieved Chartered status (APM, RICS, ICE or equivalent) is desirable. A proactive, collaborative mindset with a passion for delivering high-quality projects.What's on Offer: Private healthcare. Company pension contribution. Paid professional memberships and full chartership support. Parking provided and travel expenses covered for local office and site travel. Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme. Clear progression opportunities within a growing and ambitious Project Management team. A supportive, collaborative culture where your development is genuinely encouraged. ...and much more!If you're ready to take the next step in your project management career, apply today! If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, please contact Georgie Marden. Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

Senior Cable Design Engineer (HV / EHV) \n Transmission & Distribution Projects \n Salary: £dependent on experience + benefits \n Location: Remote / Hybrid (with occasional site travel) \n Type: Full-time \n \n The Opportunity \n ARCA Resourcing is partnering with a specialist engineering business delivering complex transmission and distribution projects across the UK. With increasing demand across HV and EHV cable systems, the business is investing in its in-house design capability. This hire will play a key role in delivering technically robust cable designs and shaping future design standards within the organisation. \n \n This isn’t just a design role, it’s a chance to influence how projects are engineered and delivered. \n \n Role Overview \n You’ll take ownership of HV/EHV underground cable system design from concept through to detailed design and construction support. \n Working across multidisciplinary teams, you’ll ensure solutions are technically sound, buildable, and aligned to programme and commercial constraints - while acting as a key technical interface with clients and stakeholders. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n Cable System Design \n\n • Deliver HV/EHV cable system designs (typically 33kV–400kV)\n, • Undertake cable sizing, selection, and system configuration\n, • Produce detailed design packages including drawings, layouts, and specifications\n, • Define cable routes, installation methods, and system layouts\n, • Specify accessories including joints, terminations, and bonding systems\n\n \n Electrical Design & Calculations \n\n • Perform and review key cable calculations including ampacity (CYMCAP), thermal modelling, and short-circuit ratings\n, • Carry out sheath bonding and induced voltage calculations\n, • Assess losses, EMF, and overall system performance\n, • Ensure designs meet performance, safety, and reliability standards\n\n \n Installation Engineering \n\n • Develop installation methodologies for cable systems\n, • Assess pulling tensions, sidewall bearing pressures, and installation constraints\n, • Define requirements for trenching, ducting, HDD, or tunnelling\n, • Ensure designs are practical and aligned to site conditions\n\n \n Survey Definition & Integration \n\n • Define survey requirements (topographical, PAS128, GI, environmental)\n, • Review and interpret survey outputs to inform routing and constructability\n, • Identify gaps or risks in survey data and specify further requirements\n, • Ensure survey data is fully integrated into design outputs\n\n \n Technical Compliance & Assurance \n\n • Ensure compliance with National Grid, DNO, IEC, and BS standards\n, • Support technical assurance processes, design reviews, and approvals\n, • Ensure alignment with CDM and regulatory requirements\n\n \n Project & Stakeholder Coordination \n\n • Work closely with civil, structural, and construction teams\n, • Align design outputs with programme and delivery constraints\n, • Act as a technical interface with clients, including National Grid and DNOs\n, • Support design approvals and technical queries\n\n \n Mentoring & Capability Building \n\n • Support and mentor junior engineers and designers\n\n \n Essential skills \n \n\n • Strong experience in HV/EHV underground cable design (33kV–400kV)\n, • Proven track record delivering full cable design packages (concept construction)\n, • Experience working on National Grid and/or UK DNO projects\n, • Strong capability in cable installation engineering and associated calculations\n, • Proficiency in tools such as CYMCAP, Cableizer, AutoCAD (or equivalent)\n, • Strong understanding of cable systems, accessories, and bonding\n\n \n Desirable skills \n\n • Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline)\n, • Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)\n, • Experience supporting construction or commissioning phases\n, • Experience in trenchless installation methods (HDD, microtunnelling)\n\n \n Development & Progression \n This role offers a clear route into Lead or Principal Engineer level, with increasing responsibility across technical leadership, design governance, and client engagement. \n \n For more information, please apply via the link below for immediate consideration! \n

We are looking for an experienced and proactive Change Adoption Manager to join a Change and Improvement Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.Education or Public Sector Change experience is essential for this role.This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering one of the organisation's most ambitious strategic initiatives. You will lead the people side of change across the learner analytics programme, ensuring new technologies, processes and ways of working are successfully embedded to achieve lasting benefits for staff and the wider institution.Working closely with senior leaders, project teams and stakeholders across the organisation, you will develop and deliver effective change adoption strategies that maximise engagement, minimise resistance and ensure our investment in digital and analytics capabilities delivers real value.About the RoleAs Change Adoption Manager, you will be responsible for designing and implementing change management approaches that support successful adoption across major transformation projects. Acting as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, you will help teams navigate change and build organisational readiness for the future.Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead change adoption activity across the learner analytics programme and other strategic initiatives as required.\n, • Develop and implement stakeholder engagement, communications and adoption plans.\n, • Identify, assess and manage resistance to change, ensuring risks are mitigated effectively.\n, • Coach project teams, managers and senior leaders on change management best practice.\n, • Monitor adoption, engagement and business readiness, ensuring measurable benefits are realised.\n, • Act as the subject matter expert for change management approaches and methodologies.\n, • Support the development of a consistent, institution-wide approach to change and transformation.\n, • Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels to drive commitment and engagement.\n\n About YouYou will be an experienced change professional with a proven ability to lead complex organisational change programmes, particularly those involving technology, digital transformation or analytics.You will be confident in influencing senior stakeholders, capable of engaging diverse audiences, and passionate about helping people embrace new ways of working.Essential Requirements \n\n • Demonstrable experience leading complex, technology-enabled organisational change programmes.\n, • Strong track record of delivering successful adoption outcomes and measurable business benefits.\n, • Experience operating within complex, matrix organisations and influencing senior stakeholders.\n, • Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • Expertise in recognised change management methodologies, such as PROSCI, ACMP, CMI, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n Desirable Requirements \n\n • Experience supporting data, digital or analytics-driven transformation programmes.\n\n What does this role involve?This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a forward-thinking environment. You'll work on a high-profile strategic programme, collaborate with talented colleagues across the institution, and help shape how change is delivered and adopted for years to come. If you are passionate about driving successful change, influencing positive outcomes and helping organisations realise the full value of their transformation investments, we'd love to hear from you.What you need to do nowIf 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Construction Contracts Legal Counsel to join a major UK infrastructure organisation on one of the country's most complex and high-profile projects. Based in Birmingham with hybrid working, this role offers exposure to major projects, NEC contracts and senior stakeholder engagement within a collaborative in-house legal team. \n Client Details \n Our client is a nationally significant infrastructure organisation delivering one of the UK's largest and most ambitious transport programmes. With a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and long-term investment, the organisation offers lawyers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects with genuine public impact. \n \n The legal team is highly regarded internally and works closely alongside commercial, procurement and operational stakeholders across the business. The organisation promotes flexible working, diversity and inclusion, and offers excellent long-term career development opportunities. \n Description The Construction Contracts Legal Counsel will be:\n\n • Providing legal advice on high-value NEC construction and infrastructure contracts\n, • Supporting procurement, commercial and supply chain teams on major projects work\n, • Advising on contractual claims, disputes and risk allocation matters\n, • Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and funding arrangements\n, • Managing external legal counsel where required and supporting key stakeholder decision making\n\n Profile The Construction Contracts Legal Counsel should be:\n\n • A solicitor or barrister with strong construction and commercial contracts experience\n, • Experienced advising on NEC contracts within infrastructure, construction or major projects environments\n, • Experienced working either in-house or in private practice supporting major UK projects\n, • Comfortable managing complex stakeholder relationships across commercial and procurement teams\n, • Experienced handling contractual claims, procurement and risk management matters\n\n Job Offer \n This is an opportunity to join a highly respected in-house legal team working on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes. The role offers high-quality work, excellent exposure to complex NEC contracting matters and the opportunity to influence major commercial decisions. \n \n Alongside a competitive salary of £65,000-£73,000, the business offers hybrid working, strong pension contributions, excellent long-term career progression and the opportunity to work within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. \n \n If you're an experienced Construction Contracts Legal Counsel, apply now or contact Michael Bailey for more information.

Your New Organisation \n We are partnering with a well-established organisation in South Birmingham that is undergoing a period of positive change and development. As part of a number of strategic people initiatives, they are seeking an experienced Senior HR Advisor to support key HR projects and drive improvements across people processes, systems, and policies.This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys project-based work and is confident leading HR initiatives while providing high-quality operational HR support. \n Your New Role \n As Senior HR Advisor, you will play a pivotal role in supporting and delivering a range of HR projects that contribute to the organisation's people strategy.Working closely with senior stakeholders and the wider HR team, you will take ownership of key initiatives including HR systems implementation, policy reviews and process improvement projects. \n Alongside project delivery, you will provide expert HR advice and guidance to managers on a range of employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Support and lead HR projects across the employee lifecycle.\n, • Assist with the implementation and optimisation of HR systems and processes.\n, • Review, update and develop HR policies, procedures, and documentation.\n, • Analyse HR data and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.\n, • Provide first-class HR advice and guidance to managers and employees.\n, • Ensure HR practices remain compliant with current employment legislation and organisational requirements.\n, • Work collaboratively with stakeholders to drive engagement and adoption of new processes and systems.\n\n What You'll Need to Succeed \n\n • Proven experience in a Senior HR Advisor or HR Project-focused role.\n, • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.\n, • Experience supporting or leading HR systems implementations, upgrades or optimisation projects.\n, • Demonstrable experience reviewing and updating HR policies and procedures.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\n, • Strong organisational and project management capabilities.\n, • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities.\n\n What You'll Get in Return \n\n • Opportunity to work on meaningful HR transformation and improvement projects.\n, • Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic business initiatives.\n, • A varied role combining project delivery with operational HR support.\n\n This role will be offered on an interim basis and our client is happy to consider both day rate and fixed-term contract applications. This is an immediate requirement, therefore candidates should be immediately available, or free on short notice. Interviews will be happening as soon as suitable applicants are identified, please apply now if you are keen to be considered. \n What you need to do now \n 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Head of Product & PropositionSalary:£100,000 - £120,000, based on skills and experience Contract Type: Permanent – 35 hours a weekLocation: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham) – typically 2 days in the office per week Closing Date: 31st July 2026 Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals—GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers—secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about who we are: About Wesleyan Make a Difference in Product Development & Strategy As the Head of Product and Proposition you will lead the future of Wesleyan’s offer to its customers. Ensuring excellent customer outcomes for customers, including reacting to and improving products under new market and regulatory trends. Leading in in-flight activity under the product and proposition roadmap to bring compelling financial products and financial planning propositions to market under programmes including the Advice Transformation programme, work on the Digital and D2C proposition and others, with a particular focus on wealth solutions for our key professions, envisioning future customer needs and assisting with the activity to digitally leapfrog, creating future-facing ideas which will improve our offerings to customers and help the Society grow over time.Your Impact Here’s how you’ll make a difference: \n\n • Leads the Product and Proposition thinking in the Advice Transformation programme, to envisage the future product and proposition strategy of Wesleyan and consider future mechanisms for product governance and proposition management to align with a forward facing, agile business.\n, • Supports the development of our D2C proposition and our digital experience, leading on digital propositions and understanding customer engagement preferences.\n, • Oversees the execution of the Society’s day-to-day product activity, acting as member of the Product Governance Committee and the Customer Committee, input to ensure good outcomes, Consumer Duty compliance and excellent communications to stakeholders at Board and Executive level.\n, • Works closely with the With Profits function to ensure good quality With Profits products, including close alignment with With Profits Actuary and With Profits Committee to ensure appropriate outcomes.\n, • Works with the Investment Strategy team to deliver good quality product propositions and fund propositions which can then be delivered in the Investment Strategy area.\n, • Leads the consideration of the future of the Protection proposition with the Lead Protection Product Manager, including digital and other channel opportunities.\n, • Coordinates with the Head of Product (Wealth Platform) to optimise the product offering provided on our wealth platform.\n, • Considers optimal alignment of existing propositions in General Insurance, Mortgages and other third party broking, and how this supports the core advice and investment propositions of the Society. \nWhat You’ll Bring\n\n, • Proven experience as a Product Manager within Financial Services, with a strong track record of delivering customer-centric products and propositions.\n, • Solid understanding of customer behaviours, market dynamics, and emerging industry trends, including awareness of AI-driven solutions and their application in product development.\n, • In-depth knowledge of the regulatory and compliance landscape, with the ability to operate effectively within highly regulated environments.\n, • Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience managing and developing teams, as well as influencing broader organisational change and transformation initiatives.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and align senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.\n, • Strong working knowledge of product management methodologies, including roadmap development, customer research design, and facilitation of design sprints.\n, • Experience acting as a business lead on large, complex programmes, with accountability for delivery from concept through to execution.\n, • Proven ability to contribute to and lead the development of advice and digital propositions, combining customer insight with commercial and strategic thinking. \nBenefits That Work for You We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here’s what you can expect: \n\n, • Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.\n, • 28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) – rising to 30 days with service.\n, • Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.\n, • Company pension scheme – matched plus 2% (up to 10%).\n, • Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).\n, • Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter – to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials. \n, • Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.\n, • Car allowance\n, • PMI cover\n Discover the full range of benefits: Wesleyan Careers Rewards Why Wesleyan? We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.

Ready for Your Next Big Career Move?\n \n We're looking for a talented and analytical Future Workforce Analyst to join the West Midlands Growth Company and help shape the future skills and talent landscape across the region. If you're passionate about data, insight, workforce planning, and translating complex information into meaningful action, this could be the perfect opportunity to make a real impact. \n Who are we?\n \n The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) is the region’s economic development delivery organisation. \n From April 2026, we will lead the delivery of regionally commissioned economic development activity aligned to the West Midlands Growth Plan, working in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority and local authorities. \n We are building a sharper, business-focused organisation that attracts investment, supports high-growth companies and drives measurable economic impact. \n If you want your work to shape how growth is delivered across one of the UK’s most important regions, this is your opportunity! \n \n The Role\n \n As our new Future Workforce Analyst, you'll play a vital role within the Workforce & Future Talent team, providing analysis, insight, and intelligence to help ensure employer skills needs are clearly understood and reflected in regional economic development activities. \n Working closely with employers, partners, and internal stakeholders, you'll gather and interpret labour market intelligence, analyse workforce trends, support skills proposition development, and help align training pathways with employer demand. \n This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong analytical capabilities who wants to contribute to regional growth, workforce development, economic strategy, and future talent planning. \n \n You'll Be Involved In: \n \n\n • Supporting workforce and talent initiatives across the West Midlands.\n, • Gathering and analysing employer insight, labour market intelligence, and workforce data to identify emerging skills needs.\n, • Helping shape employer-led skills propositions that support business growth, inward investment, and regional economic priorities.\n, • Providing data-driven evidence to support policy development, commissioning activity, and strategic workforce planning.\n, • Working collaboratively with partners across government, education, and industry to strengthen regional skills provision.\n, • Supporting the development of intelligence\n\n What You'll Be Doing\n \n \n\n • Analysing employer skills needs, labour market trends, and workforce intelligence to support regional growth priorities.\n, • Producing reports, briefings, dashboards, and insight products for internal and external stakeholders.\n, • Supporting the development of employer skills propositions and mapping workforce pathways to business demand.\n, • Maintaining CRM-based intelligence systems and helping track employer engagement and workforce trends.\n, • Identifying skills gaps and opportunities to improve alignment between employer needs and training provision.\n, • Providing analytical support for investment projects, growth programmes, and regional skills initiatives.\n, • Working collaboratively with WMCA, employers, providers, and partners to inform future workforce planning.\n\n \n What You'll Bring\n \n Essential: \n • Experience analysing and interpreting data to support business or strategic decision-making. \n • Experience producing reports, dashboards, or insight for a range of stakeholders. \n • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. \n • Experience using CRM systems, databases, or data management tools. \n • Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail. \n • Ability to manage multiple priorities and build positive stakeholder relationships. \n • Level 4 qualification (HNC/HND) or equivalent professional experience. \n \n Desirable: \n • Knowledge of labour market intelligence, workforce planning, skills, or economic development. \n • Experience using Power BI, SQL, or other data visualisation and analytical tools. \n • Experience working within skills, employability, education, or economic growth environments. \n • Experience supporting policy development, commissioning, or evidence-based programmes. \n • Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement skills. \n Why You'll Love Working Here:\n \n\n • 26 days holiday\n, • Company pension scheme including life assurance\n, • Hybrid working with minimum 2 days in the office\n, • Cycle to Work scheme\n, • Simply Health employee membership scheme\n\n Equal Opportunities Statement\n \n We're an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

BIM Manager Contract Length: Until 31/3/27 Working Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days from home) Available Locations: Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Blackpool, Glasgow IR35: Inside Pay Rate to Candidate: £400 / day Umbrella The client is expanding its Asset Information Management (AIM) capability to strengthen digital delivery across its estate. This role will play a key part in establishing a "golden thread" of information, ensuring high-quality, structured data is created, maintained and transitioned from project delivery into operational asset management. The BIM Manager will lead on BIM strategy, assurance, and information governance across projects and facilities management activity. This is a high-impact role with strong stakeholder engagement across internal teams, supply chain partners and wider government bodies. Key Responsibilities Lead BIM strategy and ensure compliance with BS EN ISO 19650 and the UK BIM Framework Develop and manage asset information standards, including AIRs, EIRs and digital handover processes Oversee BIM assurance activities including model audits, quality checks and compliance validation Ensure effective integration of BIM outputs with CAFM/IWMS and asset management systems Support lifecycle asset management through structured, usable data outputs Manage and promote the effective use of the Common Data Environment (CDE) Provide leadership and mentoring to BIM team members Drive stakeholder engagement and BIM adoption across departments Monitor performance through KPIs and support innovation, including digital twin development Essential Experience Proven track record in BIM strategy and delivery aligned to ISO 19650 Strong experience managing asset information standards (AIR, EIR, COBie, IFC) Extensive BIM assurance experience including audits and quality control Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Revit and Navisworks Experience integrating BIM with CAFM/IWMS platforms Strong stakeholder management and project coordination capability Experience working within or alongside CDE environments Leadership experience with BIM teams or digital delivery professionals Desirable Experience Experience within asset or facilities management environments Knowledge of digital workflow development and process improvement Experience working with external BIM consultants and supply chain partners Familiarity with multiple CDE platforms and digital collaboration tools Understanding of BIM applications within CDM and health & safety Technical Skills Revit (advanced modelling, coordination and data extraction) Navisworks Manage (clash detection, aggregation, 4D simulation) CDE platforms (Autodesk Construction Cloud, Asite, Viewpoint, ProjectWise) COBie & IFC data standards Microsoft Office & Power BI BIM 360, AutoCAD Dynamo (desirable) Solibri (desirable) Understanding of CAFM/IWMS integration The successful candidate will be: Proactive, adaptable and solutions-focused Comfortable operating across both strategic and delivery-level activities A strong communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders Passionate about digital transformation and continuous improvement in asset information management--- Fusion People are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our website

Sales Manager – Existing AccountsBirmingham, office basedup to £70,000 + commission09:00 - 17:30, Monday to Friday \n Macildowie are working with a leading client based in Birmingham to recruit a Sales Manager, who would be responsbile for looking after Growth Account Managers within an established organisation operating in the B2B sustainability space. \n This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced commercial people manager who is passionate about developing high-performing sales teams and driving customer growth. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping a best-in-class inside sales function, leading a team responsible for maximising revenue from an existing SME customer portfolio. \n The successful candidate will build a culture of accountability, coaching and continuous improvement, while ensuring customers receive an outstanding experience throughout their journey. The Opportunity\n Reporting to the Head of Inside Sales, you'll lead a team of Growth Account Managers focused on: \n\n • Driving revenue growth through upselling and cross-selling\n, • Improving customer retention and reducing churn\n, • Managing contract renewals\n, • Delivering accurate forecasting and pipeline management\n, • Developing commercial capability through coaching and training\n, • Embedding best practice across account planning and customer engagement\n\n You'll work closely with colleagues across Operations, Customer Service, Marketing and Product teams to continuously improve customer outcomes and commercial performance. About You\n We're looking for an experienced commercial leader with: \n\n • Previous experience managing B2B Account Management, Customer Success or Inside Sales teams\n, • A proven track record of coaching and improving sales performance\n, • Strong knowledge of customer retention and revenue growth strategies\n, • Experience managing sales pipelines and forecasting\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills\n, • Experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM platform\n, • A proactive, data-driven and collaborative leadership style\nWhat's in it for you?\n\n, • Opportunity to shape a growing commercial function\n, • Genuine leadership impact within a high-growth environment\n, • Strong career development opportunities\n, • Collaborative and ambitious culture\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n\n If you're an inspiring commercial leader looking to make a significant impact within a business investing heavily in its customer growth strategy, we'd love to hear from you.

The PR Activations & Campaigns Manager is responsible for planning and delivering the PR activity that brings our client's brands to life. Working closely with the Head of PR and wider PR and Marketing teams, this role leads the planning and delivery of media launches, events, campaigns and PR activations that build awareness, engagement and positive brand perception across the groups' brands in the UK. \n The role oversees integrated PR campaigns from concept to delivery, ensuring every activation is delivered to the highest standard and aligned with wider business objectives. \n This role is responsible for the Activations & Campaigns discipline, working closely with colleagues across the PR team and wider Marketing department to deliver integrated communications activity that supports the company’s commercial and brand objectives. \n Key Responsibilities \n · Develop and deliver the annual PR Activations & Campaigns calendar in line with business objectives. \n · Lead the planning and delivery of UK and international media launches, press drives and product reveal events. \n · Work closely with the events team to manage PR events from concept through to execution, including venues, agencies, suppliers, budgets, logistics and guest experience. \n · Develop and deliver creative PR campaigns that generate earned media, build brand awareness and support commercial priorities. \n · Identify opportunities to create newsworthy activations that extend beyond traditional media. \n · Work with the Content and Media Relations Manager to ensure every activation is supported by compelling media content and strong journalist engagement. \n · Manage external agencies and production partners to deliver activity to the highest standard. \n · Own campaign and event budgets, ensuring effective planning and cost control. \n · Develop post-event reporting and campaign evaluation using agreed KPIs and insights. \n · Collaborate closely with Marketing, Product, Sales and Partner teams to maximise campaign impact. \n · Support regional retailers with activation toolkits and campaign ideas where appropriate. \n · Identify partnership and sponsorship opportunities that support PR objectives. \n · Continuously identify new ideas, technologies and activation formats that keep our brands fresh, relevant and engaging. \n · Line manage the relevant PR Executive(s), supporting development, performance management and coaching. \n · Support the Head of PR with departmental planning, budgeting and strategic projects. \n Minimum Requirements \n · At least five years' experience in PR, ideally within the automotive industry. \n · Proven experience delivering large-scale media launches, press events or experiential campaigns. \n · Experience managing agencies, suppliers and external stakeholders. \n · Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams. \n · Excellent budget management and commercial awareness. \n · Confident presenter with exceptional stakeholder management skills. \n · Experience measuring campaign performance and producing insightful evaluation reports. \n · Full UK driving licence. \n · Valid Passport. \n · Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas for events and launches. \n Qualities/Attributes Required \n · Highly organised with exceptional project management skills. \n · Exceptional attention to detail. \n · Able to remain calm and make sound decisions under pressure, particularly during live events and media launches. \n · Creative thinker who can develop original activation ideas. \n · Strong commercial awareness and decision-making ability. \n · Excellent relationship builder with agencies, media, partners and internal stakeholders. \n · Outstanding communication and presentation skills. \n · Comfortable leading cross-functional project teams. \n · Confident negotiating with suppliers and managing budgets. \n · Flexible and willing to travel extensively when required. \n · Passionate about automotive brands and creating memorable experiences. \n INDH

Finance Systems Manager Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37.5 / week Salary: circa £83,000 depending on experience Location: Birmingham (B2 5DB) WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight. Reports to: Head of Finance Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications. Role Summary: LCCC is at the heart of the UK’s transition to Net Zero, administering government-backed low carbon energy schemes that are transforming the energy landscape. The Finance Systems Manager reports to the Head of Finance and Procurement and plays a pivotable role in ensuring our finance function has the technology, automation and audit-ready controlled processes to support that mission - leading the development of LCCC’s finance technology across Finance Operations, Scheme Settlements and Procurement. The Finance Systems Manager acts as the bridge between the Finance & Procurement department and LCCC’s Technology Hub, representing Finance’s requirements in all technology and system decisions. The role requires a strong blend of finance expertise, technical capability, and stakeholder influence—engaging credibly with finance colleagues, IT teams and system vendors. It also requires close collaboration with wider LCCC teams and external delivery partners, including EMRS and Scheme Operations, to ensure alignment across schemes and the maintenance of robust financial controls and audit-ready processes. The role provides direct line management of the Finance Process Specialist and any future roles within the finance systems team. The role also carries responsibility for governing AI adoption within Finance and ensuring all technology outputs meet audit and public body requirements. Key Responsibilities The key responsibilities of the role are outlined below, covering both LCCC and ESC. However, this is an overview of the role and is not exhaustive. As the size and number of different schemes continues to grow, the dynamic nature of the role may lead to further enhancements. LCCC recognises the evolving nature of the responsibilities and reserves the right to assign other duties commensurate with the role as required. Team leadership and development Line manage the Finance Process Specialist and any future roles, ensuring improvement projects are scoped correctly and delivered to time and quality. Provide day-to-day management, objective setting, performance oversight, and development support to direct reports, building technical capability across team members of varying ability. Lead change management activity for new system and process deployments, developing communication and training plans that bring finance colleagues of all technical abilities with them. Finance systems and ERP ownership Oversee review of the current ERP system (Sage X3) and consider future change or updates. Act as the Sage X3 (or future ERP system) Finance champion, including the administration role, ensuring the system is progressively removed from manual transactional processes in Scheme Settlements, Finance Operations and Procurement. Lead the finance workstream of LCCC’s future ERP migration — owning requirements gathering, controls mapping, UAT coordination, data migration validation, and finance-side user adoption. Act as the main point of contact with IT to cover the period of connectivity with the new settlement system and future systems. Represent Finance & Procurement as the authoritative voice in corporate technology forums and governance processes, translating finance and audit requirements into clear system specifications for IT and vendors. Ensure Finance technology development is in line with company direction and LCCC’s corporate technology strategy. Support the team with banking software and related financial system tools. Process transformation and automation Identify opportunities to automate financial processes and improve efficiency in Scheme Settlements and Finance Operations. Lead process transformation projects from discovery and mapping to solution design, build, testing, and controlled handover, ensuring each automated solution includes validation, exception flagging, and audit trails. Implement workflows and integrations between finance systems and other business applications. Design automated outputs to be operable and updatable by finance staff without specialist technical knowledge, including clear guidance and self-checking for monthly, quarterly, and annual refresh cycles. Foster continuous improvement within the team, supporting colleagues of varying technical skills to adopt new tools and translating complex system logic into accessible, well-documented outputs. AI governance and adoption Evaluate and govern AI tool deployment in Finance, identifying where AI can improve efficiency, data quality, or reporting. Ensure AI-assisted outputs are auditable, explainable, and comply with NAO and LCCC public body requirements. Keep informed on AI developments and advise the Head of Finance and Procurement on adoption strategy. Data management and reporting Ensure data accuracy, integrity and security across all finance systems. Maintain data governance, access controls and retention policies across all finance systems, aligned with LCCC’s obligations. Lead Finance’s transition to a data warehouse or equivalent solution to improve reporting efficiency and functionality for Scheme Settlements, Finance Operations and Procurement. Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for financial analysis and decision-making. Serve as the team’s Power BI and Excel champion, setting standards for financial reporting and data visualisation. Project and vendor management Lead finance system implementation, upgrades, and migration projects, collaborating with IT, procurement, and other stakeholders to deliver on time and within scope. User support and training Provide technical support and training to finance teams on system functionality. Act as the primary point of contact for system-related issues and enhancements Skills Knowledge and Expertise Essential: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). Experience leading a Finance or Management Accounting team. Experience of process and data management including how technology can be deployed to deliver efficiency, effectiveness, and control to meet defined business requirements. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences and communicate complex ideas in simplified terms. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including cross-functional collaboration. See full job descirption by clicking on apply, directing you to the job on our career site

Design Manager - Water Infrastructure & Civil Engineering\n Join a leading Tier 1 civil engineering and infrastructure contractor delivering major water, wastewater and environmental projects across the UK. This is an opportunity for an experienced Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design teams and external consultants on complex water infrastructure programmes, ensuring high-quality technical solutions are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with client requirements. The Role\n As Design Manager, you will take ownership of the technical delivery of projects from concept through to detailed design, supporting the successful delivery of clean water, wastewater, biosolids, pipeline, pumping station, trunk main and network infrastructure schemes. You will work closely with project delivery teams, engineering specialists, consultants and stakeholders to ensure designs are compliant, buildable and delivered to programme and budget. Key Responsibilities\n\n • Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering teams and design consultants.\n, • Take accountability for the technical quality and suitability of engineering solutions throughout the project lifecycle.\n, • Ensure designs comply with client requirements, industry standards, regulations and specifications.\n, • Manage consultant performance and contractual deliverables.\n, • Oversee engineering budgets, design schedules and resource planning.\n, • Implement and manage engineering change control processes.\n, • Review and approve calculations, drawings, specifications and technical documentation.\n, • Support supply chain engagement and specialist subcontractor selection.\n, • Liaise with Project Managers, Engineering Managers and key stakeholders on design development, risks and project delivery matters.\n, • Provide leadership on temporary works design coordination and associated engineering requirements.\nAbout You\n We are interested in speaking with candidates who can demonstrate:Essential Experience \n\n • Design management experience within civil engineering or water infrastructure projects.\n, • Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and external design consultants.\n, • Strong understanding of project design management, programme control and stakeholder engagement.\n, • Degree, HNC or equivalent qualification in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.\n, • Excellent communication and leadership skills.\n\n Desirable Experience \n\n • Water and wastewater infrastructure projects.\n, • Potable water mains and foul water drainage systems.\n, • BIM and common data environment experience.\n, • Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status, or working towards professional membership.\nWhat's on Offer\n\n, • Salary up to £80,000 per annum\n, • Company pension scheme.\n, • Life assurance and private medical cover\n, • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional loyalty days.\n, • Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options.\n, • Hybird working\n, • Company car allowance or vehicle package.\n, • Leadership, management and technical development opportunities.\n, • Long-term career progression within a major infrastructure business working on secured framework programmes.\n\n If you're an experienced Design Manager looking to play a key role in delivering major UK water infrastructure projects, we'd be keen to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Your new companyA well-established housing provider is seeking an experienced Housing Officer to join its operations team on a temporary basis. This organisation is committed to delivering high-quality housing services, supporting tenancy sustainment, and creating vibrant, inclusive communities across the region. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring residents receive an excellent service while contributing to the effective management of homes and neighbourhoods.Your new roleAs a Housing Officer, you will manage a varied patch of properties and act as the main point of contact for customers, helping them to sustain successful tenancies and access the support they need. You will work closely with internal teams, external agencies, and community partners to deliver customer-focused housing services and maintain high standards across neighbourhoods.Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Managing tenancy and estate-related issues across a designated housing patch.\n, • Delivering effective income collection and reducing rent arrears through early intervention and repayment arrangements.\n, • Supporting tenancy sustainment and signposting customers to relevant support services.\n, • Investigating tenancy breaches and anti-social behaviour cases, working with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes.\n, • Conducting tenancy visits, estate inspections, and customer meetings.\n, • Assisting with the allocation and letting of vacant properties.\n, • Liaising with property services teams regarding repairs, maintenance, voids, and health and safety matters.\n, • Supporting resident engagement activities and customer satisfaction initiatives.\n, • Maintaining accurate records and contributing to performance reporting requirements.\n, • Building strong relationships with community partners to support residents and improve neighbourhoods.\n\n What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Previous experience within housing management, tenancy management, income recovery, or a related social housing environment.\n, • Knowledge of rent arrears management, tenancy sustainment, and housing legislation.\n, • Experience managing customer cases and resolving complex housing issues.\n, • Strong communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build positive relationships with residents and stakeholders.\n, • Experience dealing with anti-social behaviour, safeguarding concerns, and tenancy enforcement matters.\n, • Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate housing management records.\n, • The ability to work independently, manage a busy caseload, and achieve performance targets.\n, • A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.\n\n What you'll get in return \n\n • Competitive hourly rate of £21.00 - £25.00 per hour.\n, • Full-time temporary opportunity with a respected housing provider.\n, • Varied roles offering a mix of tenancy management, estate management, and customer engagement responsibilities.\n, • Opportunity to make a tangible difference to residents and communities.\n, • Supportive team environment and exposure to a broad range of housing services.\n, • Flexible, community-based role with regular customer and stakeholder interaction.\n\n What you need to do nowIf 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Construction Legal Counsel to join a major UK infrastructure organisation delivering one of the country's most complex and high-profile programmes. Based in Birmingham with hybrid working, this role offers the opportunity to lead on major NEC contracts, complex procurement matters and strategic stakeholder engagement across a nationally significant project. \n Client Details \n Our client is a nationally recognised infrastructure organisation delivering one of the UK's largest transport and regeneration programmes. Operating at significant scale and complexity, the organisation is known for delivering innovative, long-term infrastructure investment with substantial public impact. \n \n The legal function plays a critical role in supporting major commercial and procurement decisions across the business. Lawyers within the team work closely with senior operational and executive stakeholders on high-value, strategically important matters within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. \n Description The Senior Construction Legal Counsel will be:\n\n • Leading on complex NEC construction and infrastructure contract matters across major projects\n, • Advising senior commercial and procurement stakeholders on contractual risk and strategy\n, • Supporting the negotiation of high-value construction, funding and supply chain agreements\n, • Advising on contractual claims, disputes and risk allocation issues\n, • Managing external legal advisers and supporting key business decision making on strategically significant matters\n\n Profile The Senior Construction Legal Counsel should be:\n\n • A solicitor or barrister with significant construction and commercial contracts experience\n, • Highly experienced advising on NEC contracts within infrastructure, transport or major projects environments\n, • Experienced supporting high-value procurement and commercial negotiations\n, • Comfortable operating as a senior legal adviser to executive and operational stakeholders\n, • Experienced managing complex contractual risk, disputes and stakeholder relationships\n\n Job Offer \n This is an opportunity to join a highly respected in-house legal team working on one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure programmes. The role offers genuinely complex and high-profile work, strategic stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to influence major commercial outcomes on nationally significant projects. \n \n Alongside a competitive salary of £85,000-£92,000, the organisation offers hybrid working, excellent pension contributions, strong long-term career development and the opportunity to work within a collaborative and values-driven environment. \n \n If you're an experienced Senior Construction Legal Counsel, apply now or contact Michael Bailey for more information.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Accounts Receivable professional to lead the day-to-day income function, ensuring the accurate collection, allocation and reporting of income while maintaining strong financial controls. Managing a small team, you will drive process improvements, support key stakeholders, and oversee housing income, credit control, banking and reconciliation activities. \n Client Details \n Our client is a well-established, values-led organisation that delivers essential services and support to communities across the UK. With a strong focus on making a positive social impact, they are committed to providing high-quality services, driving continuous improvement, and investing in both their people and systems. \n As part of an ongoing period of growth and development, they are seeking an experienced Accounts Receivable Team Leader to join their finance team and play a key role in ensuring the effective management of income, financial controls, and stakeholder engagement across the organisation. \n Description \n\n • Lead the day-to-day Accounts Receivable function, ensuring all income is accurately processed, allocated and reconciled.\n, • Manage credit control activities and monitor outstanding debt to support effective cash flow management.\n, • Oversee housing income processes, including rent, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit postings.\n, • Ensure bank reconciliations and income-related balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.\n, • Support month-end and year-end close activities, including reporting, audit requirements and bad debt provisions.\n, • Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to resolve income and account queries efficiently.\n, • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance controls, efficiency and service delivery.\n, • Lead, coach and develop Accounts Receivable team members, driving performance and engagement.\n, • Maintain robust financial controls, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, statutory requirements and audit standards.\n\n Profile \n\n • Proven experience within Accounts Receivable, Credit Control or Income Management, ideally in a housing, charity or public sector environment.\n, • Previous experience leading, supervising or mentoring finance team members.\n, • Strong reconciliation, cash allocation and ledger management experience with excellent attention to detail.\n, • Confident communicator with the ability to build effective relationships across finance and operational teams.\n, • Highly organised, able to prioritise a varied workload and consistently meet deadlines.\n, • Strong systems and Excel skills, with experience using finance and reporting platforms.\n, • A proactive, solutions-focused individual who enjoys driving process improvements and maintaining high standards of financial control.\n\n Job Offer \n\n • Competitive salary ranging from £38,000 to £39,000 per annum.\n, • A permanent position within the Not For Profit sector, based in Birmingham.\n, • A supportive and collaborative team environment.\n, • Hybrid working model with a minimum of two days per week in the Birmingham office.\n, • Opportunity to lead a critical finance function within a well-established, purpose-driven organisation.\n, • Exposure to a varied role spanning accounts receivable, housing income, banking, controls and systems improvement.\n, • Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.\n, • Pension scheme, healthcare plan and salary sacrifice benefits, including Cycle to Work.\n\n Take the next step in your career and apply for this AR Team Leader position in Birmingham today!

Flexible working location | £100,000 - £120,000 + Car Allowance + Excellent Corporate Benefits We’re partnering with a leading global organisation to appoint a Head of Group Reporting into a pivotal role within an international finance team. This is a newly created opportunity supporting senior the leadership in driving the delivery of high quality financial reporting, providing insight to influence strategic decision-making and implementing process and systems improvement across a complex, multi entity environment. We are looking for someone who has excellent stakeholder engagement skills, strong financial reporting capability and with a flair for FP&A.Head of Group Reporting- The Role\n\n • Partner with divisional and group finance teams to analyse performance and provide clear, actionable insights for the SLT\n, • Contribution to the organisations wider technology roadmap with a focus on supporting the development of consolidation reporting tools\n, • Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting, budgets and strategic plans\n, • Coordinate reporting cycles, including trading updates and stakeholder deliverables\n, • Leveraging BI tools to provide analysis to the wider divisional teams\n, • Support senior management with presentations, analysis and business-critical insights\n, • Drive continuous improvement across reporting processes, systems and tools\nHead of Group Reporting- About You\n\n, • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)\n, • Strong background in financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting\n, • Excellent analytical and data storytelling skills (ideally with BI tools)\n, • Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, international environment\n, • Commercially minded with the ability to translate data into insight\nHead of Group Reporting- What’s on Offer\n\n, • £100,000–£120,000 base salary\n, • Car allowance\n, • PMI\n, • Bonus - up to 25%\n, • Significant pension contribution\n, • Clear progression opportunities within a global organisation\n, • Flexible working location\n If you’re looking for a role with real exposure, impact, and progression on an international scale please submit your CV.

Your new company \n A leading organisation delivering major infrastructure and capital projects is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to join its growing commercial and supply chain function. This is an excellent opportunity to influence procurement strategy, manage critical supply chain relationships, and support the successful delivery of complex projects across a diverse portfolio. With hybrid working and significant investment in procurement capability, this role offers both challenge and long-term career development. \n Your new role \n As Procurement Manager, you will lead the procurement of subcontracted services and strategic materials, supporting both live projects and pre-construction activities. Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Managing end-to-end procurement activities from sourcing strategy through to contract award and mobilisation\n, • Delivering procurement solutions that support project objectives, budgets, and programme requirements\n, • Leading supplier selection, tendering exercises, commercial evaluations, and negotiations\n, • Developing strong relationships with key suppliers and subcontractors to improve performance and reduce risk\n, • Supporting bid teams with market intelligence, procurement planning, and supply chain engagement\n, • Monitoring procurement performance, reporting commercial outcomes, and identifying value improvement opportunities\n, • Driving supplier innovation, sustainability initiatives, and continuous improvement across the supply chain\n, • Ensuring procurement activity complies with organisational governance, contractual, and commercial requirements\n, • Contributing to broader supply chain development and supplier performance programmes\n\n What you'll need to succeed \n To be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Proven experience within procurement, supply chain, or commercial management in a project-based environment\n, • Strong knowledge of subcontract procurement and strategic sourcing methodologies\n, • Experience working within infrastructure, engineering, construction, utilities, transport, or major projects environments\n, • Good understanding of NEC contracts and associated commercial principles is essential.\n, • Strong negotiation, supplier management, and stakeholder engagement skills\n, • Ability to manage multiple procurement projects simultaneously\n, • Commercially astute with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities\n, • Experience developing supply chain strategies and delivering value through supplier partnerships\n, • MCIPS qualification, or working towards professional procurement accreditation, would be advantageous\n\n What you'll get in return \n\n • Competitive salary, car allowance and attractive benefits package\n, • Annual performance-related bonus\n, • Hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the West Midlands office\n, • Opportunity to contribute to nationally significant projects\n, • Strong focus on professional development and career progression\n, • Collaborative and supportive working culture\n, • Pension, healthcare, flexible benefits, and wellbeing support\n\n Apply now \n If you're a Procurement Manager, Senior Buyer, Category Manager, or Supply Chain Manager looking to progress your career within the infrastructure and major projects sector, this is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly regarded procurement function and make a significant commercial impact. \n Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new companyAn established and values-driven housing provider is seeking a Community Partnership & Engagement Officer to play a key role in strengthening tenant engagement, improving customer satisfaction, and ensuring residents have a meaningful voice in service delivery. With a strong commitment to community wellbeing, inclusion, and housing excellence, this organisation provides affordable housing and support services across the West Midlands and works closely with residents, partners, and stakeholders to create thriving communities.Your new roleAs the Community Partnership & Engagement Officer, you will lead on tenant engagement, resident involvement, and customer satisfaction initiatives across the organisation. Working closely with operational teams, senior leaders, tenant groups, and external partners, you will ensure residents are actively involved in shaping services and influencing key decisions.Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Leading the delivery of customer engagement strategies and resident involvement programmes.\n, • Facilitating tenant panels, scrutiny groups, forums, and engagement events.\n, • Monitoring and evidencing compliance with Consumer Standards, Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs), and Housing Ombudsman requirements.\n, • Producing reports, surveys, annual tenant reports, and impact assessments.\n, • Managing customer feedback, complaints monitoring, and service improvement initiatives.\n, • Building strong partnerships with community organisations, stakeholders, and external agencies.\n, • Supporting the development of staff training relating to customer engagement and tenant participation.\n, • Line managing a Community Partnership & Engagement Assistant.\n, • Representing the organisation at meetings, forums, and community events across the region.\n\n What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Experience working within social housing, community engagement, customer involvement, or a related sector.\n, • Strong knowledge of tenant engagement, customer satisfaction, and resident participation principles.\n, • Experience producing reports, analysing performance information, and presenting findings to a range of stakeholders.\n, • Previous experience managing or supervising staff.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.\n, • Knowledge of housing regulation, consumer standards, tenant satisfaction measures, or complaints handling frameworks.\n, • Strong communication, influencing, and organisational skills.\n, • Good digital and IT skills, including the use of social media and online engagement platforms.\n, • A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.\n\n What you'll get in return \n\n • Competitive hourly rate of between £24.00 - £28.50 per hour.\n, • Opportunity to make a genuine impact on customer experiences and service improvement.\n, • Varied and rewarding role with a mix of office, community, and stakeholder engagement activities.\n, • Supportive and collaborative working environment.\n, • Opportunity to lead on resident engagement initiatives and influence organisational strategy.\n, • Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.\n, • Flexible role with travel across the West Midlands and occasional wider UK travel.\n\n What you need to do nowIf 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new company \n A public sector organisation is seeking an Interim Head of Procurement/Director of Procurement to support the function through an important period of change and improvement. Working with an established procurement team, you will focus on strengthening procurement processes, embedding best practice and supporting the delivery of key transformation initiatives. This is a 12-18-month contract based in Birmingham, with 2 days per week in the office.Your new roleAs Interim Head of Procurement, you will provide experienced leadership to the procurement function, ensuring continuity of service while driving targeted improvements across procurement and contract management activities. \n Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Leading and supporting an established procurement team\n, • Driving procurement improvement and transformation initiatives\n, • Strengthening contract management, governance and supplier performance\n, • Ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 and public sector regulations\n, • Supporting stakeholders across the organisation on procurement and commercial matters\n, • Delivering procurement activity, sourcing projects and value-for-money outcomes\n\n What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Experience operating at Head of Procurement or Senior Procurement Manager level within the public sector\n, • A track record of delivering procurement change, improvement or transformation programmes\n, • Strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 and public sector procurement frameworks\n, • Experience of contract management, governance and supplier relationship management\n, • Strong people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills\n, • A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to deliver improvements quickly\n\n What you'll get in return \n\n • Competitive salary and benefits package\n, • 12-18-month contract with the opportunity to lead meaningful procurement improvement\n, • Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the Birmingham office\n, • Opportunity to strengthen procurement capability and governance within a well-established team\n, • Supportive working environment with scope to make a tangible impact\n\n Apply now \n If you are an experienced public sector procurement leader with a background in transformation, governance, and contract management, this is an excellent opportunity to deliver meaningful improvements and add value during a key period of change. \n Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Job Title - Product Manager - UPS Location - Birmingham - some UK and International Travel Salary 65k circa plus bonus Role Summary & Purpose My client is a trusted and credible provider of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) solutions by developing a competitive UK offering, overcoming technical barriers, and driving portfolio growth. The role is responsible for shaping the UK UPS strategy through product adaptation, solution development, service innovation, and market insight, while building the processes, partnerships, and capabilities required to deliver end-to-end critical power solutions. Success in this role requires strong technical expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to collaborate effectively with global product management, R&D, manufacturing, sales teams, technical specialists, and external partners. Key Responsibilities · UPS Product Expertise: Act as the technical authority for the UPS portfolio, providing product expertise to support commercial strategy, solution development, and portfolio evolution. · Technical & Product Leadership: Identify and remove technical barriers to adoption, address product limitations impacting UK competitiveness, and work with global factories and R&D to define, prioritise, and deliver UK-specific product enhancements and roadmap requirements. · UK Solution Development & Delivery: Develop UK-ready solutions through internal capability or strategic integration partners. Establish the processes, frameworks, and operational capability required to support complete solution delivery, including forecasting and UK stock management. · Service Development: Develop value-added service offerings, such as Power Control and lifecycle support services, to enhance the customer proposition, create recurring revenue opportunities, and strengthen long-term customer relationships. · Market & Segment Insight: Analyse market size, growth trends, competitor activity, customer requirements, and regulatory developments across key sectors including commercial buildings, data centres, healthcare, and industrial applications. · Portfolio Management: Manage the lifecycle and competitiveness of the UPS portfolio, including product performance, pricing, product data, item creation, stock strategy, and profitability. · Marketing & Technical Enablement: Develop technical documentation, specifications, sales tools, training materials, and application guidance that enable opportunity creation and improve sales effectiveness. · Market Engagement: Deliver technical training for internal teams, customers, and partners; coordinate factory visits; and support marketing campaigns with compelling technical messaging, value propositions, case studies, and solution content tailored to consultants, contractors, system integrators, channel partners, and end users. Core Skills & Competencies · Critical Power Expertise: Strong technical knowledge of UPS systems, critical power infrastructure, MV/LV electrical distribution, transformers, busbar systems, and switchgear. · Strategic Thinking: Ability to define product strategy and align technical and commercial roadmaps with business objectives. · Commercial & Market Awareness: Strong understanding of market dynamics, customer needs, competitive positioning, emerging technologies, and relevant industry standards and regulations. · Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to work effectively across global product management, engineering, sales, operations, marketing, and external partners. · Communication: Confident communicator with the ability to present complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and commercial audiences. · Problem Solving: Able to diagnose technical and commercial challenges and develop practical, customer-focused solutions. · Planning & Project Management: Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives, priorities, and cross-functional projects simultaneously

My client is a well-established and highly respected independent accountancy and business advisory firm, recognised as one of the UK's Top 100 Accountancy Firms. \n \n Due to continued growth, they are seeking an experienced HR Manager to lead and develop their HR function, supporting employees and managers across the business while ensuring HR best practice and legal compliance. \n \n Purpose of the Role: \n \n To manage the day-to-day delivery of HR services, providing expert advice to managers and employees, leading the HR team, and supporting the firm's people strategy. \n \n Responsibilities: \n \n • Provide expert HR advice and guidance on UK employment law and best practice. \n • Manage employee relations including disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance matters. \n • Lead recruitment activities and support onboarding of new employees. \n • Oversee performance management, appraisals and learning & development initiatives. \n • Review and improve HR policies, procedures and processes. \n • Manage payroll submissions and maintain accurate HR records. \n • Support employee engagement, wellbeing and retention initiatives. \n • Build strong relationships with managers, employees and external partners. \n • Lead and develop the HR team while supporting wider business objectives. \n \n Requirements: \n \n • CIPD qualified or equivalent experience. \n • Minimum 5 years' HR experience, including at least 2 years at HR Manager level. \n • Strong knowledge of UK employment law. \n • Previous experience within a commercial or professional services environment. \n • Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills. \n • Commercially minded with a proactive and solutions-focused approach. \n \n Flexible working is available. \n \n \n \n Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear IT Recruitment Limited. \n Please Note: Due to the number of applications we receive we may be unable to respond to every application directly. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Birmingham (Hybrid Working - Driving Required) 6-Month Contract \n About the Role \n We are currently recruiting four Schools Finance Officers to support Birmingham-based schools and academies in delivering effective financial management and governance.This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with headteachers, school Business Managers, and governing bodies, providing expert financial advice and strategic support across a range of educational settings. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Provide financial support and advice to schools and academies to ensure effective budget management\n, • Undertake budget planning and financial monitoring visits, including schools with local payment and cheque book facilities\n, • Produce accurate and timely financial reports for Governing Bodies and senior leadership teams\n, • Attend and present at Governing Body and Finance Committee meetings\n, • Support schools with financial systems and interpretation of financial data\n, • Identify and implement process and system improvements\n, • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across schools, academies, and external organisations\n, • Ensure delivery of services in line with Service Level Agreements and contracts\n\n What We're Looking For \n You will be a detail-oriented finance professional with a strong understanding of school funding and financial practices. You'll be confident working independently while building strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, ensuring schools are supported to achieve effective and compliant financial management. \n Essential Requirements \n\n • Proven experience in school financial management, including budget preparation and budgetary control\n, • Strong understanding of school finance systems and processes\n, • Experience producing financial monitoring reports and presenting to senior stakeholders\n, • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills\n, • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across Birmingham\n\n Systems Experience (Essential)Experience using one or more of the following: \n\n • Bromcom\n, • FMS\n, • Access Finance / Access Budgeting\n, • Arbor\n\n Don't miss this opportunity-apply now by sending your updated CV to be considered for these roles. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Head of Service - Young Adults Commissioning \n Local Authority | Birmingham (3 days per week on-site)£450-£600 per day (Inside IR35) 6-9 Month Interim Contract \n A forward-thinking Local Authority is looking to appoint an experienced Head of Service - Young Adults Commissioning to lead commissioning activity across a diverse portfolio of services supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people.The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping services, driving transformation and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support across the borough. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the commissioning and development of services for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people.\n, • Deliver strategic commissioning plans that support independence, inclusion and improved outcomes.\n, • Manage provider relationships across supported living, residential, day opportunities and community-based services.\n, • Lead service redesign and transformation initiatives.\n, • Work collaboratively with operational services, health partners and key stakeholders.\n, • Provide oversight of associated financial operations and statutory processes.\n\n Essential Experience \n\n • Extensive senior commissioning experience within Adult Social Care.\n, • Proven track record leading Learning Disabilities and/or Autism commissioning services within a Local Authority.\n, • Strong understanding of market management, contract management and service transformation.\n, • Experience managing or overseeing financial operations, including: client charging and financial assessments; appointeeship and deputyship functions; income management processes; financial governance and safeguarding arrangements\n, • Demonstrable experience operating at Head of Service level or equivalent.\n, • Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and programme delivery skills.\n\n What you need to do now \n 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. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Learning & Development Partner \n Location: Home-based with regular travel and overnight stays across the regionSalary: £40,000 per annum, dependent on experienceHours: 40 hours per week \n Travel expenses are covered. The Opportunity\n We are seeking an experienced and passionate Learning & Development Partner to join a growing Learning & Development team supporting children's residential services. \n This is an exciting opportunity for a learning professional with hands-on experience in children's residential care who is passionate about developing others, improving practice, and ensuring colleagues have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to deliver outstanding care. \n Reporting to the Head of Learning & Development for Children's Services, you will play a key role in delivering engaging, compliant, and impactful training programmes to both new and existing staff across a national portfolio of services. Key ResponsibilitiesTraining Delivery & Development\n\n • Design and deliver engaging training programmes that align with current legislation, best practice, and organisational standards.\n, • Utilise your experience within children's residential services to provide practical, relevant, and impactful learning experiences.\n, • Support the continuous review and enhancement of training materials and learning content.\nTraining Administration\n\n, • Coordinate and facilitate training sessions to ensure a professional and positive learner experience.\n, • Work closely with internal stakeholders to schedule, organise, and evaluate training delivery.\n, • Gather and analyse learner feedback to continuously improve training effectiveness.\nRecord Management\n\n, • Maintain accurate training records and learner data using the organisation's Learning Management System.\n, • Ensure all training activities are appropriately documented and compliant with organisational requirements.\nCompliance & Best Practice\n\n, • Keep up to date with relevant legislation, regulatory updates, and sector developments.\n, • Ensure all training content reflects current best practice within children's residential care.\nSubject Matter Expertise\n\n, • Act as a lead trainer in designated specialist subject areas.\n, • Support operational teams by promoting safe, effective, and person-centred practice.\nHealth & Safety\n\n, • Demonstrate and promote high standards of professional conduct, health and safety, and risk awareness in all training activities.\nValues & Culture\n\n, • Champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and excellence across all learning initiatives.\n, • Ensure learning programmes reinforce organisational values and high standards of care.\nTraining Topics\n Training delivery will include a range of mandatory and specialist subjects, including but not limited to: \n\n • Safeguarding Children\n, • Positive Behaviour Support Approaches\n, • Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)\n, • Missing from Home (MFH)\n, • Emergency First Aid at Work\n, • Medication Administration\n, • Ligature Awareness\n, • Induction and on boarding programmes\n, • Additional mandatory and specialist training as required\nAbout You\n To be successful in this role, you will have: Essential\n\n • Minimum 3 years experience working within children's residential services.\n, • Strong understanding of current legislation, regulations, and best practice within children's social care.\n, • Experience delivering training, coaching, mentoring, or facilitating learning programmes.\n, • Knowledge of mandatory training requirements within residential childcare settings.\n, • Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • Strong IT, literacy, and numeracy skills.\n, • Ability to travel regularly and stay away overnight when required.\n, • Relevant qualifications related to the training subjects delivered.\nDesirable\n\n, • Recognised training, teaching, or assessor qualification (such as PTLLS, AET, TAQA, or equivalent).\n, • Experience designing and developing learning materials.\n, • Experience using Learning Management Systems (LMS).\nWhat You'll Bring\n\n, • Passion for developing people and improving outcomes for children and young people.\n, • Confidence in engaging diverse audiences and facilitating both face-to-face and virtual learning.\n, • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.\n, • A proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused approach.\n, • Commitment to continuous professional development and lifelong learning.\nApply Today\n If you have a background in children's residential care and are passionate about developing others, we'd love to hear from you. Join a team that is committed to raising standards, supporting colleagues, and making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people.

Customer Solution ArchitectCustomer Solution ArchitectLocation: West Midlands (Hybrid working) Type: PermanentWe are looking for a commercially aware and consultative Customer Solution Architect (CSA) to take full ownership of solution design throughout the pre-sales lifecycle.Working closely with Sales, Pre-Sales, and Delivery teams, you will act as the technical lead and trusted solution owner across client engagements, from early qualification and discovery through to handover into delivery.A key part of the role is developing a deep understanding of each client’s business, the challenges they face, and the outcomes they are trying to achieve. You will combine this insight with a strong understanding of TXP’s capabilities to design solutions that go beyond expectations.You will bring experience in at least one of the following sectors: Financial Services, Insurance, or Public Sector, allowing you to engage credibly with clients and shape solutions that reflect their regulatory, operational, and strategic priorities.You will also contribute to the ongoing development of TXP’s propositions, ensuring they remain relevant, differentiated, and commercially strong.Living Our Values (CARES)\n\n • Client Focus: Put the client at the centre of every solution, ensuring designs are grounded in real business needs and outcomes.\n, • Adaptability: Respond quickly to changing client needs, market conditions, and emerging technologies.\n, • Responsibility: Take ownership of solution direction, ensuring clarity around scope, risks, and delivery feasibility.\n, • Excellence: Maintain high standards across all pre-sales outputs and continuously improve ways of working.\n, • Success: Ensure what is sold is delivered successfully, for both the client and TXP.\nKey Responsibilities1. Understanding the Client and Their Challenges\n\n, • Build a strong understanding of each client’s business, operating environment, and key challenges.\n, • Lead discovery sessions and workshops to identify root causes, not just surface requirements.\n, • Apply sector knowledge (Financial Services, Insurance, Public Sector) to shape relevant solutions.\n, • Maintain deep knowledge of TXP’s services and capabilities and apply these effectively in solution design.\n2. Solution Ownership & Design\n\n, • Own the solution across the full pre-sales lifecycle, acting as the technical authority.\n, • Design practical, commercially viable solutions using TXP’s full capability portfolio.\n, • Ensure solutions are clearly scoped, realistic, and deliverable.\n, • Support governance processes and proactively manage risks and issues.\n3. Client Engagement & Solution Conversations\n\n, • Lead client discussions, workshops, and solution conversations.\n, • Act as the main technical contact during pre-sales engagements.\n, • Present solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.\n, • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-focused language.\n4. Pre-Sales Delivery\n\n, • Produce high-quality content for proposals, Statements of Work (SoWs), presentations, and RFP responses.\n, • Work with Sales and Delivery teams to validate scope, risks, and delivery approach.\n, • Manage multiple opportunities at the same time in a structured way.\n5. Transition to Delivery\n\n, • Own the handover from pre-sales into delivery, ensuring clarity and completeness.\n, • Engage delivery teams during late-stage pre-sales to confirm feasibility and readiness.\n, • Provide clear documentation and briefings to support successful delivery.\n, • Remain available during early delivery phases to clarify solution intent and scope.\n6. Proposition Development\n\n, • Contribute to improving and refining TXP’s existing propositions.\n, • Help develop new offerings aligned to market demand.\n, • Ensure propositions remain competitive and relevant across target sectors.\n, • Create reusable assets, templates, and frameworks to improve pre-sales consistency and quality.\nSkills & ExperienceEssential Experience\n\n, • Experience in a Solution Architect, Pre-Sales Architect, or Technical Consultant role within IT services or consultancy.\n, • Strong track record in pre-sales, including solution design and proposal development.\n, • Experience working with clients in Financial Services, Insurance, or Public Sector.\n, • Proven experience leading solution design across the full pre-sales lifecycle.\n, • Good knowledge of relevant technology areas such as: \n \n, • Cloud platforms\n, • Microsoft technologies\n, • Software engineering\n, • Integration\n, • SaaS\n, • Data and AI\n \nSkills & Behaviours\n\n, • Strong curiosity and structured thinking when understanding client problems.\n, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas.\n, • Confident stakeholder management, including engagement at senior levels.\n, • High emotional intelligence and strong relationship-building skills.\n, • Commercial awareness with a practical, delivery-focused mindset.\n, • Comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced, multi-opportunity environment.\n, • Interest in emerging technologies, particularly AI and automation.\nDesirable\n\n, • Experience contributing to propositions or go-to-market strategies.\n, • Experience across multiple sectors (Financial Services, Insurance, Public Sector).\n, • Familiarity with AI-assisted tools for proposal or documentation creation.\n, • Understanding of delivery methodologies such as Agile or PRINCE2.\nEducation\n\n, • Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.\n, • Certifications such as TOGAF, Azure/AWS, ITIL, PRINCE2, or Agile are beneficial but not essential.\nBenefits:\n\n, • 25 day...\n

Ready for Your Next Career Move?\n \n We’re looking for an experienced Senior Business Development Manager – Advanced Manufacturing to join the West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) at an exciting time of regional growth and opportunity. \n If you’re confident engaging senior stakeholders, passionate about the future of advanced manufacturing, and thrive on identifying and securing high-value investment opportunities, this is your chance to make a real impact. \n Who are we?\n \n The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) is the region’s economic development delivery organisation. \n From April 2026, we will lead the delivery of regionally commissioned economic development activity aligned to the West Midlands Growth Plan, working in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority and local authorities. \n We are building a sharper, business-focused organisation that attracts investment, supports high-growth companies and drives measurable economic impact. \n If you want your work to shape how growth is delivered across one of the UK’s most important regions, this is your opportunity! \n The Role\n \n As a Senior Business Development Manager – Advanced Manufacturing, you will play a pivotal role in attracting and securing high-value inward investment into the West Midlands. \n You’ll lead engagement with global and domestic manufacturing businesses, promoting the region as a premier destination for advanced manufacturing growth. Covering a range of sub-sectors, you’ll combine sector expertise, commercial acumen, and relationship management skills to generate investment opportunities and strengthen the region’s manufacturing ecosystem. \n Your work will directly contribute to job creation, innovation, and the global competitiveness of the West Midlands. \n What You’ll Be Doing\n \n\n • Leading the development and delivery of investment strategies across key Advanced Manufacturing sub-sectors.\n, • Translating regional strengths into compelling value propositions to attract job-creating investment from both domestic and international markets.\n, • Using market insight, economic trends, and sector intelligence to identify and engage high-value investment opportunities.\n, • Driving lead generation and managing a pipeline of inward investment projects, delivering measurable outcomes including job creation and capital investment.\n, • Managing relationships with strategic manufacturing businesses in the region to support retention, expansion, and long-term growth.\n, • Building strong networks with industry intermediaries, including trade bodies, consultants, and government stakeholders such as the Department for Business & Trade.\n, • Collaborating with local authorities, universities, and private sector partners to strengthen the regional manufacturing ecosystem.\n, • Supporting wider inward investment activity and contributing sector expertise across WMGC teams.\n, • Representing the organisation at a senior level, delivering macro-level pitches and promoting the West Midlands offer globally.\n, • Identifying commercial and revenue-generating opportunities for partner organisations.\n, • Mentoring colleagues and helping to build Advanced Manufacturing knowledge across the wider team.\n, • Using CRM systems effectively to track activity, refine strategies, and maximise impact.\n\n \n What You’ll Bring\n Essential\n\n • Proven experience in business development, inward investment, or sector growth within the Advanced Manufacturing sector.\n, • Strong consultative and commercial engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and decision-makers.\n, • Experience developing and delivering business development strategies in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.\n, • Strong understanding of manufacturing trends, technologies, and the economic drivers shaping the sector.\n, • Excellent communication, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.\n, • Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving capability.\n, • A passion for regional economic development and delivering meaningful impact.\n\n Desirable\n\n • Background working within an advanced manufacturing business or within a professional services organisation supporting the sector.\n, • Knowledge of the West Midlands manufacturing ecosystem and wider business landscape.\n, • Experience working with public sector partners or business support programmes.\n, • Evidence of continuous professional development, ideally within manufacturing or technical disciplines.\n, • Experience mentoring or coaching others within a team environment.\n, • Strong strategic thinking and creativity when addressing investment or growth challenges.\n\n Why You’ll Love Working Here\n \n\n • 26 days holiday\n, • Company pension scheme including life assurance\n, • Hybrid working with 2 days in the office\n, • Cycle to work\n, • Simple Health employee membership scheme\n\n Equal Opportunities Statement\n \n We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Job title: Associate Commercial Lead (two roles) Department: Finance Reporting to: Head of Commercial Location: Hybrid working – Birmingham office as necessary, typically 1 day per week Contract: Fixed-term contract for 24 months for a short-term project or piece of work Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week) Salary: £42,000 per annum Grade: 12 This role is open to secondments, with salary to be discussed where secondment arrangements apply. The role: As an Associate Commercial Lead, you will support the delivery of commercial excellence across the Commission by managing commercial activity throughout the end-to-end commercial lifecycle. The role works collaboratively with stakeholders to develop commercial strategies, deliver procurements, manage supplier and contract performance, and ensure commercial decisions support organisational objectives, value for money and responsible stewardship of public funds. You will provide expert commercial advice, challenge and assurance to our business areas, helping stakeholders understand commercial opportunities, risks and obligations whilst driving continuous improvement in commercial practice. Our offer to you: - Civil Service Pension, with 28.97% employer contribution - 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service (pro rata) - Holiday purchase scheme (option to buy up to five extra days’ annual leave) - Flexible working & family friendly policies - Ergonomic, fully accessible office, very close to Birmingham New Street Station - Open, collaborative and people focused culture Your responsibilities: Commercial Strategy and Planning - Contribute to the development and implementation of our commercial strategy that supports organisational priorities and aligns with our functional standard. - Forecast and manage commercial requirements within assigned business areas. - Analyse market conditions, supplier capability, demand forecasts and organisational needs to inform commercial decisions. - Support the maintenance of the Commission's commercial pipeline to ensure sufficient planning and delivery timescales. - Identify opportunities to achieve efficiencies, savings and broader organisational value through commercial activity. Procurement and Sourcing - Lead and support end-to-end procurement activity using appropriate public sector routes to market. - Develop sourcing strategies that achieve value for money, compliance and organisational outcomes. - Work with stakeholders to define business requirements, evaluate options, and assess benefits and risks. - Conduct market engagement and supplier discussions. - Support negotiations with suppliers. - Ensure procurement activity complies with legislation, policy, governance and assurance requirements. Contract and Supplier Relationship Management - Act as the commercial lead for designated contracts and supplier relationships. - Support effective contract management through governance, performance monitoring, risk management and change control. - Develop constructive supplier relationships. - Support contract mobilisation, transition, renewal and exit planning activities. - Identify and escalate commercial risks, ensuring appropriate mitigations are in place throughout the contract lifecycle. Stakeholder Management and Commercial Advice - Build strong collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the Commission. - Provide professional commercial advice and challenge to support effective decision making. - Influence stakeholders to adopt commercially sound solutions that deliver organisational objectives. - Communicate complex commercial information clearly and concisely to a diverse audience. Commercial Governance, Risk and Capability - Apply commercial policies, procedures and governance requirements consistently. - Support commercial assurance activities and maintain accurate commercial records. - Uphold high standards of commercial ethics, integrity and transparency. What we’re looking for: Essential criteria (assessed at shortlisting and interview): - Excellent knowledge of public sector procurement principles and commercial governance gained through demonstrable experience in a procurement, commercial, contract management or supplier management role in the Public Sector. - Good understanding of end-to-end commercial lifecycle management. - Experience of delivering value for money through commercial activity, negotiation, procurement or contract management. - Ability to identify, assess and manage commercial risks. Your application: To apply for this position, please see the Gambling Commission careers website. The Gambling Commission have an anonymised recruitment process, so you should not attach a CV to your application. Instead, application questions will ask you to evidence how your personal skills, qualities and experience match the essential criteria for the role. In the event of a high volume of applications, we will prioritise candidates based on their strength in the Commercial Strategies & Planning capability, in the above Essential Criteria. The selection process for this vacancy will be comprised of a 10-minute presentation and an in-person interview. The discussion subject for your presentation will be shared when you are invited to interview. To prepare for your interview, please familiarise yourself with the STAR technique for answering interview questions. The closing date for this role is midnight on 2nd August 2026. Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 10th August 2026. Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. About us: The Gambling Commission is the regulatory authority responsible for overseeing and regulating gambling activities in the United Kingdom

Join the team at Birmingham Airport and start your career as a Data Analyst Apprentice! \n You will transform raw data into actionable insights for property portfolios, managed databases, build performance dashboards, and translate complex metrics into strategy. Core responsibilities include validating data, creating reporting models, and identifying investment or lifecycle trends. \n Responsibilities: \n\n • \n Data management: Collect, cleanse, validate, and maintain asset data across enterprise databases and investment platforms, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and accessibility for business decision-making. \n • \n Reporting & visualisation: Develop and maintain dashboards and performance reports to monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), asset health, lifecycle costs, and operational performance. Analyse trends and present actionable insights to support asset management objectives and continuous improvement initiatives. \n • \n Strategic planning: Provide data-driven analysis and recommendations to inform maintenance strategies, investment planning, decarbonisation programmes, and long-term asset performance objectives. Support strategic decision-making through forecasting, scenario modelling, and performance evaluation. \n • \n Stakeholder engagement: Translate complex technical and analytical findings into clear, concise, and jargon-free reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand business requirements and communicate insights that drive informed decision-making. \n\n Entry requirements: \n Standard entry: \n\n • \n Level 3 qualification (apprenticeship/A-levels/BTEC, etc) \n • \n OR equivalent work experience (typically two years in a relevant role) \n\n Plus: \n\n • \n 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths at Grade 4 (C) or above \n • \n Experience with using Excel (in particular pivot tables and XLookup) and Microsoft products (or similar) \n\n You may also have a combination of qualifications and experience which demonstrate the minimum foundation needed for the programme. In this instance you could still be considered for the programme. \n If you hold international equivalents of the above qualifications, at the time of your application you must be able to provide an official document that states how your international qualifications compare to the UK qualifications. \n For more information please visit the UK ENIC website. \n Benefits: \n\n • \n Onsite parking \n • \n Proud perks \n • \n Commercial discounts \n • \n Travel discounts \n\n Future prospects: \n 90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average. \n About QA: \n Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills, earn while you learn, and launch yourself into an exciting future. With over 50,000 successful apprenticeship graduates, we're a top 50 training provider, dedicated to helping you succeed. \n Interested? Apply now!

Principal Business Analyst & Change LeadPrincipal Business Analyst & Change LeadHybrid (Birmingham)Client-Facing Consulting Role | Leadership OpportunityShape business transformation. Influence strategic change. Partner in building a market-leading BA practice.TXP is seeking a Principal Business Analyst & Change Lead to lead complex business and technology transformation engagements, build trusted client relationships, and support the growth of our Business Analysis capability.What You'll Do\n\n • Lead strategic business analysis across major transformation programmes.\n, • Partner with senior stakeholders and executive teams to define business priorities and future-state solutions.\n, • Drive change adoption, organisational readiness and benefits realisation.\n, • Coach and mentor Business Analysts, helping develop capability across the practice.\n, • Support business development, solution shaping and pre-sales activities.\n, • Contribute to the evolution of TXP's Business Analysis methodologies, tooling and AI-enabled approaches.\nWhat We're Looking For\n\n, • Significant experience as a Principal or Lead Business Analyst, Business Architect, Change Lead or similar consulting role.\n, • Proven success delivering business analysis within complex transformation programmes.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive-level engagement.\n, • Experience working across Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid environments.\n, • A passion for developing people, improving practices and delivering measurable client value.\nWhy TXP?At TXP, our people are at the heart of our success. We're proud of our collaborative culture and our values:\n\n, • Client Focus – We put our clients at the heart of every decision.\n, • Adaptability – We embrace change and thrive in dynamic environments.\n, • Responsibility – We take ownership and deliver with integrity.\n, • Excellence in Delivery – We are committed to delivering outstanding results.\n, • Success & Celebration – We celebrate achievements and learn from every experience.\nYou'll join a team of highly experienced consultants, work on technically interesting projects and have the opportunity to influence both customer outcomes and the continued growth of TXP's BA practice. Benefits: • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). • An additional day of paid leave for your birthday (or Christmas eve). • Salary sacrifice, matched employer contributed pension (4%). • Life assurance (3x). • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). • Private medical insurance through our partner Aviva. • Cycle to work scheme. • Corporate eye-care vouchers. • Access to an independent financial advisor. • 2 x social value days per year to give back to local communities. Grow with us: Work on exciting new projects. If you want to avoid getting stuck with the mundane, you’re in the right place. We work in many sectors with fantastic clients, so you’ll always be working on something exciting and challenging. Career growth – we’ve got you! We recognise that you might have a career path planned out and you might need some support to help you move forward. We’re here to support you and make the most out of your time with us, through challenging work, opportunities to grow and learning and development opportunities. Be part of the TXP growth journey. We are a high growth, fast paced environment. We currently have 200+ employees and work with clients across the UK. Joining TXP means you’ll be part of that. Interested?If you're a senior BA leader who enjoys solving complex business challenges and driving meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you.Apply today and help shape the future of business transformation with TXP.

Regional Training Manager | Children's Residential Services Learning & Development\n Location: Home-based with regional travelSalary: Up to £45,000Type: Full-time \n Are you an experienced Learning & Development leader with a passion for quality, compliance, and developing high-performing training teams? \n We're partnering with a leading provider in the children's services sector to recruit a Regional Training Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine strategic leadership with hands-on training delivery, driving learning excellence across a diverse regional portfolio. The Opportunity\n As Regional Training Manager, you'll lead a team of Learning & Development professionals, ensuring the delivery of engaging, compliant, and high-quality learning programmes. Acting as the senior L&D representative across your region, you'll build strong stakeholder relationships, champion continuous improvement, and support organisational learning initiatives. \n This role offers a blend of leadership and delivery responsibilities, with approximately 70% focused on management, quality assurance, and regional oversight and 30% dedicated to training delivery. Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership & Team Development\n\n • Lead, coach, and develop a team of regional L&D professionals.\n, • Conduct regular performance reviews, supervision sessions, and development planning.\n, • Support onboarding and ongoing professional development within the team.\n, • Manage regional resource planning and training allocation.\nQuality Assurance & Continuous Improvement\n\n, • Monitor and enhance training quality through observations, coaching, and feedback.\n, • Analyse learner feedback and training data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.\n, • Ensure learning delivery aligns with relevant regulatory and industry standards.\n, • Drive innovation in learning methodologies and training practices.\nStakeholder Engagement\n\n, • Partner with operational leaders and regional management teams to identify learning needs.\n, • Collaborate with wider business functions to develop bespoke learning solutions.\n, • Act as the regional point of contact for training-related matters.\nTraining Delivery\n\n, • Deliver core and specialist learning programmes.\n, • Support operational requirements by providing training cover where needed.\n, • Model engaging, inclusive, and learner-centred facilitation techniques.\nReporting & Compliance\n\n, • Produce regional learning reports and performance insights.\n, • Support audit readiness and regulatory requirements.\n, • Ensure training activities align with company policies and compliance frameworks.\nAbout You\n We're looking for someone who can demonstrate: \n Significant experience in Learning & Development within Children's Residential Services \n Experience leading and developing geographically dispersed teams \n Strong understanding of training quality assurance, evaluation, and continuous improvement \n Knowledge of regulated environments such as children's services \n Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills \n Data-driven decision-making and reporting capabilities \n Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly Desirable Experience\n\n • Children's residential care experience\n, • Teaching, training, or coaching qualifications\n, • Assessor or quality assurance qualifications\n, • Learning Management System (LMS) experience\n, • Experience supporting accreditation, inspection, or regulatory frameworks\nWhat's on Offer?\n\n, • Home-based role with autonomy and flexibility\n, • Opportunity to shape learning quality and strategy across a large region\n, • Leadership position within a growing and values-driven organisation\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n\n

Customer Experience Executive\n Birmingham | Hybrid Working About the Business\n We are a fast-growing consumer brand operating at the intersection of beauty, wellness and nutrition. With a highly engaged customer community and subscription-led model, delivering exceptional customer experiences is central to our continued success. As we scale, we are investing heavily in customer experience, AI-powered support and self-service capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that is transforming how customers access support, combining innovative technology with a genuinely customer-first approach. The Opportunity\n We're looking for a Customer Experience Executive to help shape and optimise the customer journey across multiple touchpoints. This role will focus on creating and maintaining customer support content, improving self-service experiences, supporting AI-powered customer service tools and using customer insights to drive continuous improvement. Working closely with Customer Services, Marketing, Product, Brand and Technology teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring customers receive clear, accurate and engaging support while helping the business improve efficiency through automation and knowledge management. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys content creation, customer experience optimisation, data-driven decision making and emerging technologies such as AI. What You'll Be DoingKnowledge Base & Self-Service\n\n • Create, maintain and optimise customer-facing help centre and knowledge base content\n, • Develop clear, engaging support articles aligned to the brand's tone of voice\n, • Ensure customer information remains accurate, relevant and easy to navigate\n, • Identify opportunities to improve self-service journeys and reduce customer effort\n, • Work closely with Customer Services teams to understand common customer queries and pain points\n, • Support initiatives aimed at increasing self-service adoption and reducing support volumes\nAI & Customer Support Automation\n\n, • Support the ongoing development and optimisation of AI-powered customer support tools\n, • Review automation performance and identify opportunities for improvement\n, • Help refine chatbot and conversational AI experiences\n, • Ensure AI knowledge sources remain accurate and up to date\n, • Contribute to the evolution of customer support automation and best practice\nCustomer Insights & Continuous Improvement\n\n, • Analyse customer conversations, feedback and behavioural trends\n, • Monitor key customer experience metrics and identify improvement opportunities\n, • Produce regular reporting on self-service, automation and customer experience performance\n, • Use customer insights to recommend enhancements to customer journeys and support processes\nProjects & Business Change\n\n, • Support customer readiness for campaigns, product launches and business initiatives\n, • Ensure customer support content and communications are prepared ahead of launches\n, • Contribute to customer experience improvement projects across the business\n, • Help Customer Services teams adapt successfully to new products, services and processes\nStakeholder Collaboration\n\n, • Partner with teams across Customer Services, Marketing, Product, Brand and Technology\n, • Share customer insights and recommendations with stakeholders\n, • Champion customer-first thinking across the organisation\nWhat Success Looks Like\n Within your first 12 months, you will have: \n\n • Built and maintained a comprehensive customer knowledge base that supports customers, advisors and AI-powered support tools\n, • Improved customer self-service engagement and resolution rates\n, • Enhanced the quality and effectiveness of AI-driven customer support\n, • Established meaningful reporting and insight frameworks to measure CX performance\n, • Successfully supported new product launches and customer initiatives\n, • Become a trusted partner across the business for customer experience improvements\nAbout You\n We're looking for someone who is passionate about creating great customer experiences and enjoys solving problems through content, data and technology. You'll ideally have: \n\n • Experience in Customer Experience, Customer Service Operations, Customer Success or a similar customer-focused role\n, • Excellent written communication and content creation skills\n, • Experience managing help centre, knowledge base or customer support content\n, • Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail\n, • The ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously\n, • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills\n, • A proactive, customer-first mindset\nNice to Have\n\n, • Experience working with AI-powered customer support platforms or chatbot technologies\n, • Experience within eCommerce, subscription or direct-to-consumer environments\n, • Knowledge of customer journey mapping and self-service optimisation\n, • Experience supporting product launches or business change projects\n, • Familiarity with customer service platforms such as Gorgias, Zendesk or Intercom\nWhat's on Offer\n\n, • Hybrid working model\n, • Opportunity to shape customer experience strategy within a growing business\n, • Exposure to AI, automation and emerging customer support technologies\n, • Collaborative and fast-paced environment\n, • Excellent career development opportunities as the business continues to scale\n\n At Gleeson Recruitment Group, we embrace inclusivity and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. 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Aged Debt Supervisor \n Bournville, Birmingham \n £27.51 per hour (Umbrella) \n Contract Opportunity – Currently funded until 31st December 2026 \n 36 Hours per Week \n Inside IR35 Reference: K1197 \n Lead, Coach and Drive Debt Recovery Performance \n We are currently recruiting for an experienced Aged Debt Supervisor to join a leading FMCG business based in Bournville, Birmingham. \n This is an excellent opportunity for a credit control professional with strong leadership skills to take ownership of a customer portfolio, drive debt recovery performance, and support a small collections team in delivering outstanding results. \n Working within a fast-paced Order to Cash environment, you will play a key role in reducing aged debt, resolving complex customer disputes, identifying root causes of payment issues, and developing strategies to improve future customer payment behaviours. \n The Role \n As Aged Debt Supervisor, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of customers with overdue invoices and invalid claims, ensuring timely recovery of outstanding debt while maintaining strong customer relationships. \n You will also provide day-to-day leadership and support to two Collections Executives, coaching and developing their capabilities while ensuring collection processes and service levels are achieved. \n This role requires excellent stakeholder management skills, working closely with Commercial, Back Office, Credit Risk, and customer-facing teams to drive successful outcomes. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Hold weekly ledger review meetings with Collections Executives to review outstanding debt positions and agree actions.\n, • Provide guidance and support to resolve complex collection and customer account issues.\n, • Manage customer contact escalations via telephone, email, and occasional face-to-face meetings.\n, • Conduct overdue and invalid claims review meetings with Commercial teams.\n, • Lead daily and ad-hoc meetings with Back Office teams to drive actions that support timely customer payments.\n, • Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure outstanding issues are resolved before customer communications.\n, • Support the prompt resolution of customer queries throughout the collections cycle.\n, • Analyse dispute and root cause data within the Dispute Management System (DMS).\n, • Identify recurring trends and collaborate with stakeholders to reduce future claims and disputes.\n, • Escalate potential customer risks and concerning payment behaviours to the Credit Risk Analyst.\n, • Monitor adherence to collection process SLAs and DMS housekeeping requirements.\n, • Deliver coaching, mentoring and training to increase the capability of Collections Executives.\n, • Build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders through a customer-focused approach.\n\n What We're Looking For \n Essential Experience \n\n • Proven experience within Credit Control and Debt Collection.\n, • Strong financial and ledger analysis skills.\n, • High-level SAP proficiency.\n, • Experience working within an Order to Cash (O2C) environment.\n, • Experience within an FMCG or Consumer Packaged Goods business.\n, • Strong customer-facing experience.\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.\n\n Leadership Competencies \n\n • Previous experience leading, coaching or mentoring others.\n, • Ability to identify and remove barriers to team success.\n, • Strong business partnering skills.\n, • Excellent conflict resolution and relationship management abilities.\n, • Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills.\n, • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities.\n\n Why Apply? \n\n • Contract opportunity through to December 2026.\n, • Join a globally recognised FMCG organisation.\n, • Opportunity to lead and develop a small collections team.\n, • High-profile role with extensive stakeholder engagement.\n, • Competitive hourly rate.\n, • Gain exposure to complex debt recovery, dispute management and root cause analysis activities.\n\n Additional Information \n\n • Location: Bournville, Birmingham\n, • Contract role\n, • 36-hour working week\n, • Inside IR35\n, • Reference: K1197\n\n Apply Now \n If you are an experienced Credit Control professional with strong SAP knowledge, leadership experience, and a passion for driving debt recovery performance, we'd love to hear from you. 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\n A leading UK organisation is seeking an IT Controls Specialist to join its growing Corporate Governance function, supporting the enhancement of technology controls, cyber governance and enterprise-wide risk and resilience frameworks. This is an excellent opportunity for an IT Contols, Audit or Assurance professional to play a key role in a high-profile controls and governance programme, including preparations for future SOX readiness. \n \n Client Details \n \n\n Our client is a large and complex organisation operating across multiple business units and technology environments. With significant investment being made into governance, risk management, controls assurance and operational resilience, this role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to senior stakeholders and contribute to the ongoing maturation of the organisation's technology risk and controls framework.\n\n\n The successful candidate will join a growing team with strong visibility across the business, helping to shape and strengthen the control environment at a time of significant focus on governance, assurance and regulatory readiness.\n\n \n Description \n \n\n • Perform IT controls testing and ongoing controls monitoring activities across key technology processes.\n, • Support cyber governance and oversight initiatives, helping to strengthen technology risk management practices.\n, • Conduct technology risk assessments and evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls.\n, • Assist with business continuity, operational resilience and disaster recovery governance activities.\n, • Deliver controls assurance reviews, certification processes and control effectiveness assessments.\n, • Manage control deficiencies, tracking remediation actions through to completion.\n, • Support the administration and development of controls management processes and governance tools.\n, • Contribute to governance reporting, risk committees and senior stakeholder engagement.\n, • Assist with the development and enhancement of technology risk and controls frameworks.\n, • Provide input into wider governance initiatives, including SOX readiness and emerging technology risk considerations.\n\n \n Profile \n \n\n We are interested in speaking with candidates from a variety of governance, risk and assurance backgrounds, including:\n\n\n • IT Controls\n, • Technology Risk\n, • IT Audit (Internal or External Audit)\n, • Cyber Governance\n, • Technology Assurance\n, • Risk and Controls\n\n\n You are likely to possess experience in several of the following areas:\n\n\n, • IT General Controls (ITGCs)\n, • Controls testing and assurance\n, • Technology risk management\n, • Cyber security governance\n, • SOX and/or ICOFR environments\n, • Governance, risk and control frameworks\n, • Business continuity and operational resilience\n, • Risk assessments and control evaluations\n, • AI governance and emerging technology risk\n\n\n In addition, you will be a strong communicator who can build effective relationships with stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and influence positive governance outcomes across a complex organisation.\n\n \n Job Offer \n \n\n • Salary of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum\n, • 20% annual bonus\n, • Hybrid working arrangement (2 days onsite per week)\n, • Opportunity to join a growing and highly visible governance function\n, • Exposure to senior leadership and key decision makers across the organisation\n, • Involvement in major governance, controls and risk transformation initiatives\n, • Excellent opportunity to broaden experience across IT risk, cyber governance, resilience and controls assurance\n, • Exposure to SOX readiness and the development of controls frameworks\n, • Strong long-term career development prospects within a business investing heavily in governance and assurance\n\n

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid Working, 2 days per week on-site)Contract: Interim, 3-6 MonthsHays Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading public sector organisation in the search for an experienced Interim Head of Cultural Change & Engagement. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic leader with a strong background in organisational development, employee engagement, transformation, and cultural change to play a key role in shaping and embedding a people-focused transformation agenda.Working closely with senior leadership and People & Culture teams, you will be responsible for developing and delivering engagement strategies that drive cultural transformation, improve employee experience, and support the successful delivery of organisational change initiatives. \n Key Responsibilities \n Strategic Leadership \n\n • Lead the development and delivery of cultural change and employee engagement strategies aligned to organisational objectives.\n, • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on engagement, culture, communications, and organisational transformation.\n, • Design and implement engagement initiatives that support the successful adoption of new ways of working and organisational change programmes.\n, • Anticipate communication challenges and ensure effective messaging that supports transformation and cultural ambitions.\n, • Collaborate across leadership teams to ensure alignment of engagement activities and organisational priorities.\n\n Culture, Engagement & Transformation \n\n • Drive organisation-wide cultural change initiatives to embed desired values, behaviours, and ways of working.\n, • Lead engagement campaigns and interventions that increase employee understanding, participation, and commitment to transformation objectives.\n, • Partner with Organisational Development, Change, and Transformation teams to ensure engagement activities reinforce change outcomes.\n, • Champion employee feedback mechanisms and ensure employee voice is considered throughout transformation programmes.\n, • Develop initiatives that enhance the overall employee experience across all touchpoints.\n\n People & Policy Development \n\n • Work closely with HR and policy teams to review, develop, and embed people policies, frameworks, and guidance.\n, • Ensure organisational values are reflected in policies, procedures, and leadership behaviours.\n, • Support leaders and managers in building their capability to effectively communicate and lead through change.\n\n Operational Delivery \n\n • Develop robust governance, planning, and evaluation frameworks to measure engagement effectiveness and cultural impact.\n, • Use workforce insights, feedback, and performance data to continuously improve engagement approaches.\n, • Support the development and enhancement of digital employee platforms and self-service resources.\n, • Monitor policy adoption, employee engagement levels, and transformation outcomes using data-driven insights.\n\n Stakeholder Management \n\n • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation.\n, • Represent the organisation at internal and external forums where cultural change, engagement, and transformation expertise is required.\n, • Act as a visible leader and ambassador for organisational culture and change initiatives.\n\n About YouTo be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Significant experience leading large-scale cultural change and organisational transformation programmes.\n, • A strong background in employee engagement, internal communications, organisational development, or change management.\n, • Proven ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams.\n, • Experience designing and implementing employee engagement strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.\n, • Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and insights to drive decision-making.\n, • Experience working within complex public sector or large organisational environments would be highly advantageous.\n, • A collaborative leadership style with the ability to inspire and engage teams during periods of change.\n\n To apply, please send across your updated CV, or reach out for a confidential discussion if you are interested in this opportunity. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

We have an exciting opportunity for an Interim Head of Cultural Change and Engagement to join a large, complex, people-focused organisation on an interim basis. \n \n Based in Birmingham, paying £400pd and offering hybrid working, this senior assignment will play a key role in shaping and delivering strategic engagement activity that supports cultural change, organisational transformation and improved employee experience. \n \n This opportunity will suit an experienced interim change, engagement or internal communications leader who is confident operating at senior level, working across a matrix environment and translating people and culture priorities into clear, meaningful and measurable engagement strategies. \n \n Key responsibilities will include: \n\n • Leading the design and delivery of strategic engagement and communication approaches that support people and culture transformation priorities\n, • Developing and embedding cultural change strategies that enable meaningful dialogue, strengthen employee engagement and support organisational transformation\n, • Acting as a strategic adviser to senior leaders on engagement, internal communications and change messaging across a complex stakeholder landscape\n, • Working closely with people, organisational development, communications, analytics and policy teams to align engagement activity with wider transformation objectives\n, • Using audience insight, feedback and performance data to evaluate engagement interventions, shape messaging and drive continuous improvement\n, • Supporting the development of digital employee experience platforms, self-service content and people-related communication channels\n, • Championing a consistent employee experience by ensuring policies, processes, values and engagement approaches reinforce the desired organisational culture\n\n \n Experience required: \n\n • Extensive experience in a senior engagement, cultural change, organisational development or internal communications role\n, • A proven track record of developing and delivering multi-channel engagement or communications strategies within a complex organisation\n, • Strong experience of using insight, employee voice, performance metrics and evaluation to inform change activity and demonstrate impact\n, • Confidence advising and influencing senior stakeholders, with the ability to navigate competing priorities in a politically aware environment\n, • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex transformation priorities into clear and engaging messages\n, • Available at short notice or immediately, with the ability to add value quickly in a temporary/interim assignment\n\n \n James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role. \n \n At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Birmingham (Hybrid Working - Driving Required) 📅 6-Month Contract About the Role We are currently recruiting four Schools Finance Officers to support Birmingham-based schools and academies in delivering effective financial management and governance.This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with headteachers, school Business Managers, and governing bodies, providing expert financial advice and strategic support across a range of educational settings. Key Responsibilities Provide financial support and advice to schools and academies to ensure effective budget management Undertake budget planning and financial monitoring visits, including schools with local payment and cheque book facilities Produce accurate and timely financial reports for Governing Bodies and senior leadership teams Attend and present at Governing Body and Finance Committee meetings Support schools with financial systems and interpretation of financial data Identify and implement process and system improvements Build strong relationships with stakeholders across schools, academies, and external organisations Ensure delivery of services in line with Service Level Agreements and contracts What We're Looking For You will be a detail-oriented finance professional with a strong understanding of school funding and financial practices. You'll be confident working independently while building strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, ensuring schools are supported to achieve effective and compliant financial management. Essential Requirements Proven experience in school financial management, including budget preparation and budgetary control Strong understanding of school finance systems and processes Experience producing financial monitoring reports and presenting to senior stakeholders Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across BirminghamSystems Experience (Essential)Experience using one or more of the following: Bromcom FMS Access Finance / Access Budgeting ArborDon't miss this opportunity-apply now by sending your updated CV to be considered for these roles. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Value Assurance LeadLocation: Birmingham/Hybrid/ Mobile WorkerBusiness Area: Enterprise Change & TransformationReports to: Head of Value & Programme GovernanceHelp Shape the Success of Transformation at CompassCompass Group UK & Ireland is embarking on a significant transformation journey, and we're looking for a Value Assurance Lead to ensure our programmes deliver measurable business outcomes and lasting operational value.This is a unique opportunity for an analytical, commercially minded professional who thrives on turning data into insight, validating change programmes, and influencing key deployment decisions. You'll play a pivotal role in assuring that process and technology improvements achieve their intended benefits before, during and after implementation.The RoleAs Value Assurance Lead, you'll be responsible for overseeing testing, validation, deployment assurance and post-implementation monitoring across a portfolio of transformation initiatives.Working closely with Change Leads, Process Improvement Leads and Deployment Managers, you'll ensure changes are thoroughly assessed before rollout and that operational performance, adoption, risk and business outcomes are continually measured and evaluated. You'll provide evidence-based recommendations to support deployment decisions and help ensure programmes deliver genuine value for the business.What You'll Be DoingValue Assurance & Deployment Readiness Lead the operation of controlled pilot and testing environments to validate process and technology improvements.Develop assurance frameworks and readiness assessments for deployment activities.Measure proposed changes against agreed success criteria, operational KPIs and business benefits.Produce evidence-based go/no-go recommendations for deployment decisions.Identify, assess and mitigate operational risks prior to rollout.Conduct post-implementation reviews and embed lessons learned into future improvements.Data & Performance Insight Lead the collection, validation and interpretation of operational and performance data.Develop dashboards, reporting packs and performance metrics that measure programme outcomes.Translate complex operational information into clear, actionable recommendations.Establish success measures and assurance indicators across improvement initiatives.Use trend analysis and operational insight to identify opportunities and risks to value realisation.Stakeholder Engagement Build trusted relationships with operational leaders, programme teams and senior stakeholders.Provide assurance guidance on deployment readiness and operational impact.Facilitate workshops, review sessions and feedback forums to validate outcomes.Influence decision-making through credible data, evidence and structured analysis.Escalate risks and assurance concerns in a clear and constructive manner.Governance & Continuous Improvement Ensure governance standards, testing controls and assurance processes are consistently applied.Support programmes in delivering the outcomes outlined in business cases and investment plans.Maintain clear documentation of testing outcomes, risks, recommendations and lessons learned.Champion a culture of continuous improvement and evidence-led decision making.About YouWe're looking for a highly analytical and collaborative professional with experience operating within transformation, operational improvement or programme environments.You'll bring:Experience in operational assurance, PMO, business improvement, deployment readiness or process validation roles.Strong experience working in data-led transformation or operational environments.Expertise in developing dashboards, reporting packs and performance metrics.The ability to analyse complex data and turn findings into practical business recommendations.Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leaders.Experience supporting large-scale change, transformation or deployment programmes.Knowledge of governance, assurance and risk management frameworks.Desirable Experience managing pilot sites or controlled testing environments.Knowledge of Agile delivery, Lean or continuous improvement methodologies.Experience supporting technology deployments or systems implementations.Lean, Six Sigma, Agile or Project Management qualifications.MTM certification or experience in service-based operational environments.Why Compass?This is an opportunity to join a high-profile transformation team at the heart of Compass Group UK & Ireland's future growth. You'll work across multiple sectors, influence key investment and deployment decisions, and ensure transformation programmes deliver measurable operational and commercial value.If you're passionate about data-driven decision making, operational excellence and delivering demonstrable business outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.Apply today and help shape the future of transformation at Compass Group UK & Ireland.TPBN1_UKTJ

Your new company A public sector organisation is seeking an Interim Head of Procurement/Director of Procurement to support the function through an important period of change and improvement. Working with an established procurement team, you will focus on strengthening procurement processes, embedding best practice and supporting the delivery of key transformation initiatives. This is a 12-18-month contract based in Birmingham, with 2 days per week in the office. Your new roleAs Interim Head of Procurement, you will provide experienced leadership to the procurement function, ensuring continuity of service while driving targeted improvements across procurement and contract management activities. Key responsibilities will include: Leading and supporting an established procurement team Driving procurement improvement and transformation initiatives Strengthening contract management, governance and supplier performance Ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 and public sector regulations Supporting stakeholders across the organisation on procurement and commercial matters Delivering procurement activity, sourcing projects and value-for-money outcomes What you'll need to succeedTo be successful in this role, you will have: Experience operating at Head of Procurement or Senior Procurement Manager level within the public sector A track record of delivering procurement change, improvement or transformation programmes Strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023 and public sector procurement frameworks Experience of contract management, governance and supplier relationship management Strong people leadership and stakeholder engagement skills A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to deliver improvements quickly What you'll get in return Competitive salary and benefits package 12-18-month contract with the opportunity to lead meaningful procurement improvement Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the Birmingham office Opportunity to strengthen procurement capability and governance within a well-established team Supportive working environment with scope to make a tangible impact Apply now If you are an experienced public sector procurement leader with a background in transformation, governance, and contract management, this is an excellent opportunity to deliver meaningful improvements and add value during a key period of change. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Conrad Consulting are delighted to be working with a global multi disciplinary practice, seeking to appoint an experienced and commercially minded Architectural Studio Lead to join their team in Birmingham, West Midlands. This senior leadership position offers the chance to shape and expand an established architectural team while driving business growth across the Midlands, South West and Wales regions. This role is ideal for an ambitious Architect with a proven track record in design leadership, business development, project delivery and team management. You will play a pivotal role in growing the architectural portfolio, developing client relationships and leading the successful delivery of projects across the commercial, education, public sector, residential, energy and defence sectors. The Role - Architectural Studio Lead As Architectural Studio Lead, you will be responsible for the strategic growth, operational management and design leadership of the Birmingham Architectural studio. Key responsibilities include: Leading the day-to-day management and performance of the architectural studio Developing and implementing business growth strategies across Birmingham and the wider Midlands region Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and industry partners Identifying new business opportunities and securing projects through successful bids, tenders and framework appointments Leading multidisciplinary design teams on projects from concept through to completion Acting as Lead Consultant and Design Manager on major projects Managing project delivery, commercial performance and client satisfaction Driving design excellence and promoting a strong design culture throughout the practice Mentoring, developing and inspiring architectural teams at all levels Overseeing resource planning, staff development and financial performance Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex and high-profile projects Supporting regional and national work-winning initiatives across commercial, education, local government and public sector markets About You The successful candidate will possess: ARB /RIBA accreditation Significant post-qualification experience within a UK architectural practice Proven experience in a Studio Lead, Associate Director, Associate Architect or Senior Architect role A strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in design and project delivery Experience working within commercial, education, public sector and local government sectors Strong business development and client relationship management skills A successful track record of securing work through bids, tenders and framework opportunities Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating complex projects through all RIBA work stages Excellent commercial awareness and project management capabilities Strong design, technical and leadership skills Experience using Autodesk Revit and working within a BIM environment Outstanding communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills Full UK Driving Licence What's on Offer Opportunity to lead and grow an established architectural studio Involvement in high-profile commercial, education and public sector projects Collaborative multidisciplinary working environment Clear pathway for career progression and leadership development Opportunity to influence regional business growth and strategic direction Exposure to nationally significant projects and clients Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package This is an outstanding opportunity for a talented Architect looking to take the next step into a strategic leadership role while shaping the future growth of a successful architectural practice in Birmingham. To discuss this role in further detail, please contact Ashley Johnson at Conrad Consulting on (phone number removed). To apply, please forward your up to date CV & portfolio through to Ashley for consideration. Thank you

TXM Recruit are working in partnership with a high-profile railway client. They are looking for a Signal Sighting Specialist to join their team located in the Birmingham, West Midlands on a contract basis. Our client is undertaking a feasibility study to support the restoration of services from four to six trains per hour on a busy Birmingham commuter route. Following the introduction of a new fleet, signal sighting restrictions have reduced operational flexibility and service recovery capability. This project will identify practical engineering and operational solutions to inform a business case for signalling enhancements. The successful candidate will lead the technical and operational aspects of the feasibility phase, working closely with key stakeholders to develop safe, compliant, and deliverable solutions. Key Responsibilities: Signal Sighting & Technical Assessment Lead the operational review of signal sighting constraints affecting a new fleet. Work alongside Network Rail signalling teams to identify practical engineering solutions Conduct site visits and operational surveys Support testing activities and evaluate operational findings Operational & Safety Leadership Act as Person in Charge of Testing (PICT) where required Develop safe systems of work and Method of Work documentation Ensure appropriate health and safety arrangements for all testing activities Ensure compliance with applicable railway standards and operational requirements Stakeholder Engagement Liaise with Network Rail Signalling Engineers and Signal Sighting Committees Work collaboratively with the clients operational and performance teams Support engagement with trade union representatives where required Interface with wider programmes including Midlands Rail Hub where appropriate Business Case Support Collate technical and operational data Support development of the outline business case Provide technical recommendations for future signalling investment Contribute to operational modelling supporting the return to six trains per hour Person Specification: Extensive signal sighting experience Previous involvement with Signal Sighting Committees Experience acting as PICT (Person in Charge of Testing) Train driving experience Excellent understanding of railway operational risk Experience producing Methods of Work Strong stakeholder management skills across Network Rail and Train Operating Companies Knowledge of HAZOP and HAZID processes Ability to work independently across multidisciplinary teams Main Details: Job Title: Signal Sighting Specialist Day Rate: £750 per day (negotiable) Location: Birmingham, West Midlands Contract: 4 Months (ongoing) This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting, friendly, and fast paced team, delivering essential services. TXM Recruit is an equal opportunities employer. If you have any specific requirements or require assistance or reasonable adjustments to be made for you during the selection process due to disability or long-term health condition, we will do our best to assist you. If you want to register your interest and apply, please contact me on the below or apply online: Miren Chauhan Delivery Consultant Email: (url removed)

Operations DirectorLocation: National / Mobile RoleSalary: Competitive + Bonus + Company Car / Allowance + BenefitsSector: Contract CateringAbout the RoleWe are seeking an exceptional Operations Director to lead and develop a high-performing portfolio of mobile catering contracts across the UK & Ireland.This is a high-impact, mobile leadership role, responsible for driving operational excellence, commercial performance, and client satisfaction across a diverse, multi-site catering portfolio. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, regional teams, and support functions to deliver industry-leading food service solutions.Key Responsibilities Strategic LeadershipLead, inspire, and develop a team of Regional/Operations Managers across multiple locationsTranslate business strategy into operational delivery plans that drive growth and performanceChampion innovation and continuous improvement across all sitesOperational ExcellenceEnsure consistent delivery of high-quality catering services across all contractsDrive compliance with food safety, health & safety, and company standardsEmbed best practice and operational consistency across the portfolioCommercial PerformanceOwn full P&L accountability for your region, delivering on revenue, margin, and cost targetsIdentify and implement opportunities for growth, retention, and efficiencyLead contract reviews, renewals, and client negotiationsClient & Stakeholder EngagementBuild and maintain strong relationships with key clients and stakeholdersAct as a senior point of contact for escalations and strategic discussionsEnsure service excellence and high client satisfaction scoresPeople LeadershipDevelop high-performing, engaged teams with a strong focus on talent and succession planningFoster a culture of inclusion, accountability, and continuous learningLead on employee engagement, retention, and development initiativesAbout YouWe're looking for a driven and commercially astute leader with a proven track record in contract catering or hospitality operations .Essential Experience & Skills Senior multi-site leadership experience within catering, hospitality, or foodserviceStrong commercial acumen with full P&L responsibilityDemonstrated success in leading large, geographically dispersed teamsExceptional stakeholder management and client relationship skillsStrong understanding of food safety, compliance, and operational standardsExperience driving change, transformation, and growth across complex portfoliosPersonal Attributes Highly adaptable and comfortable working in a mobile, fast-paced environmentInspirational leader with a passion for developing peopleResults-driven with a strong focus on delivery and accountabilityStrategic thinker with hands-on operational credibilityWhat We Offer Competitive salary and performance-related bonusCompany car or car allowancePrivate healthcare and pension schemeAccess to a range of Compass benefits and wellbeing programmesCareer development opportunities within a global organisationWhy Join Compass Group UK & Ireland?At Compass, we're redefining the future of foodservice. As a global leader, we combine innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence to deliver outstanding experiences for our clients and customers every day.Join us and be part of a business where your leadership will shape the future of catering across the UK & Ireland .TPBN1_UKTJ

Head of Service - Young Adults Commissioning Local Authority | Birmingham (3 days per week on-site) £450-£600 per day (Inside IR35) 6-9 Month Interim Contract A forward-thinking Local Authority is looking to appoint an experienced Head of Service - Young Adults Commissioning to lead commissioning activity across a diverse portfolio of services supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people.The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping services, driving transformation and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support across the borough. Key Responsibilities Lead the commissioning and development of services for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people. Deliver strategic commissioning plans that support independence, inclusion and improved outcomes. Manage provider relationships across supported living, residential, day opportunities and community-based services. Lead service redesign and transformation initiatives. Work collaboratively with operational services, health partners and key stakeholders. Provide oversight of associated financial operations and statutory processes.Essential Experience Extensive senior commissioning experience within Adult Social Care. Proven track record leading Learning Disabilities and/or Autism commissioning services within a Local Authority. Strong understanding of market management, contract management and service transformation. Experience managing or overseeing financial operations, including: client charging and financial assessments; appointeeship and deputyship functions; income management processes; financial governance and safeguarding arrangements Demonstrable experience operating at Head of Service level or equivalent. Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement and programme delivery skills.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. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

HR Manager Ref: BCR/JP/32441 Birmingham £40,000 - £42,000 (Dependent on Experience) Hybrid Bell Cornwall Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for an HR Manager at a well-established independent charitable organisation within the heritage and cultural sector in Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to lead the HR function within a purpose-driven organisation. Key Responsibilities Lead and support the HR team, ensuring an effective HR service. Provide guidance to managers on employee relations, performance management and HR policies. Support workforce planning, employee engagement and organisational change initiatives. Oversee HR systems, reporting and external HR providers. Review HR policies and processes to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.The Successful Candidate Will Ideally Have Previous experience as an HR Manager or in a similar role. CIPD Level 5 qualified (or above). Good knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice. Experience managing employee relations and supporting change. Strong planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills. If you have previous HR managerial experience and are looking to join a rewarding organisation that is making a real difference in Birmingham, apply now! INDHP Interested? Please click the 'APPLY' button now! BCR aim to get back to all successful applicants within 24 hours however if you have not received a response within this period then it may be that your application has been unsuccessful. BELL CORNWALL RECRUITMENT We want to make finding a job that you will love as effortless as possible and can offer evening appointments to fit around your working life. Love Work Be Happy Follow BCR on Twitter @LoveWorkBeHappy to view all of the latest jobs. (For the purposes of recruiting for this vacancy Bell Cornwall Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency. Bell Cornwall Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer who welcomes applications from all age groups)

Project Coordinator Birmingham (Hybrid – 2/3 days per week in the office) Up to £35,000 + Benefits We're currently supporting a fast-growing fintech that's looking to add a Project Coordinator to its expanding Delivery team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative, technology-driven business where you'll play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered on time, stakeholders remain informed, and delivery teams are supported throughout the project lifecycle. Working alongside Project Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams, you'll coordinate multiple workstreams, maintain project documentation, and help drive successful project delivery across a range of business and technology initiatives. The Role As a Project Coordinator, you'll be responsible for supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of projects from initiation through to delivery. You'll work closely with internal teams and external clients, ensuring projects remain on track while maintaining clear communication, accurate documentation, and high levels of customer engagement throughout the project lifecycle. A key part of the role will involve liaising directly with clients, providing project updates, coordinating implementation activities, scheduling key milestones, and ensuring expectations are managed from project kick-off through to successful delivery. To support this, you'll be comfortable using project management tools such as Jira (or equivalent) to track progress, manage tasks, monitor dependencies, and maintain visibility across multiple concurrent projects. Key Responsibilities Support the successful delivery of multiple business and technology projects Act as a key point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring regular communication and a positive delivery experience Coordinate project activities, meetings, workshops, and implementation milestones with both internal teams and external stakeholders Maintain project plans, RAID logs, action trackers, and project documentation using Jira or equivalent project management tools Track project progress, dependencies, risks, and actions, ensuring all stakeholders remain informed Work closely with Project Managers to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, and third-party suppliers Produce project reports, status updates, and presentation material for internal and client meetings Support both Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies where required Identify opportunities to improve project processes and client onboarding experiences Skills & Experience Essential Previous experience in a Project Coordinator, Project Support, PMO, or Project Administration role Experience using Jira or similar project management tools to coordinate tasks, monitor project progress, and manage multiple workstreams Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience liaising directly with customers or external clients Understanding of Agile and/or Waterfall delivery methodologies Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong relationship-building skills and a customer-first mindset Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint * High attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills The client are very big on training and development - You will get a clear career progression plan. Apply Now. Project Coordinator Birmingham (Hybrid – 2/3 days per week in the office) Up to £35,000 + Benefits Project, Stakeholder, Communication, Jira, Agile, Waterfall

Platinum Travel Recruitment are collaborating with a fabulous forward thinking travel company who are now seeking an experienced Travel Operations Manager, based in either the Birmingham or Peterborough office. This is an exciting and varied role, ideal for an operations manager from a tour operator background, seeing a rewarding career. The Travel Operations Manager shall lead, manage and optimise the day-to-day operational performance of the business, with sales delivery, operational efficiency, after-sales service and ticketing accuracy. The Operations Manager is responsible for driving sales performance, maximising conversion, managing departmental KPIs, and ensuring high standards across the full customer lifecycle — from initial enquiry through to post-sale support and ticketing. Travel Operations Manager – Essential Requirements Operational management experience within a tour operator is imperative. Strong commercial and sales-driven leadership. Proven experience managing performance in a call-centre environment. Excellent decision-making and problem-solving ability, including under pressure. Ability to coach, motivate and hold managers accountable. Strong planning, prioritisation and time management. High attention to detail and process discipline. Influential leadership and stakeholder management. Training, coaching and development capability. Travel Operations Manager Duties: Own and drive overall sales performance across the Sales Department. Monitor sales KPIs, ensuring targets are met or exceeded. Work closely with Sales Managers to motivate teams, manage incentives and improve engagement. Ensure sales messaging, offers and promotions are clearly communicated and consistently applied. Conduct regular operational checks to ensure service levels, productivity and quality standards are achieved. Implement, maintain and continuously improve operational procedures and best practice processes. Oversee ticketing and processing accuracy, timeliness and compliance. Monitor queues, backlogs and SLA adherence across after-sales and ticketing functions. Work with managers to identify training needs and improve operational capability. * Ensure all departmental managers conduct regular one-to-one reviews with their teams. Many benefits are on offer including sick pay, holidays, travel perks, career growth, varied role, training sessions, supportive team, salary negotiable depending on experience, high spec offices, plus many more perks. Come and join our clients fabulous team and take your travel career into new heights

A challenging yet rewarding opportunity for a Head of Engineering to join a growing FMCG manufacturing business based near Chester.Head of EngineeringSalary: £70,000 - £80,000 p/aLocation: ChesterA leading organisation with FMCG is seeking a Head of Engineering to join their Senior Leadership Team at their main facility based near Chester. This pivotal role offers you the opportunity to shape and guide a highly skilled engineering team, driving operational excellence across all aspects of the engineering function, including utilities infrastructure and asset reliability. You will be empowered to foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and flexible working, ensuring that both people and processes are optimised for success. With a competitive salary range of £70,000 - £80,000 per annum, plus additional benefits including annual bonus, this position provides an exceptional platform for you to make a significant impact within a supportive environment that values your expertise and commitment to engineering excellence.What you'll do:As Head of Engineering, you will play an instrumental role in guiding the engineering team towards operational excellence by providing vision, direction, and unwavering support. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve collaborating with various stakeholders across production, maintenance, and site leadership to deliver proactive solutions that enhance manufacturing outcomes. You will be entrusted with developing robust maintenance strategies that underpin reliable plant performance while managing critical resources such as spare parts inventories. Your expertise in project management will be called upon as you lead CapEX projects from planning through execution. By nurturing a collaborative environment where cross-functional teamwork thrives, you will help create pathways for career progression while ensuring labour flexibility aligns with business needs. Your commitment to supporting individual development within your team will be essential in maintaining high levels of engagement and performance throughout the department.Oversee all aspects of the engineering function on site, ensuring seamless operations across utilities infrastructure while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and customer service.Collaborate closely with Maintenance and Production teams to proactively identify engineering-based solutions that improve manufacturing performance and drive operational efficiency.Define and implement comprehensive maintenance strategies and asset care programmes to ensure equipment availability meets both manufacturing and distribution demands.Provide coaching and expert guidance to Production Managers and Maintenance Managers to ensure effective delivery of maintenance execution programmes aligned with strategic objectives.Manage spare parts inventory efficiently to guarantee availability for both breakdowns and routine asset care activities, minimising downtime and supporting continuous production.Lead the management of utilities usage on site, ensuring cost control measures are adhered to while meeting legislative and environmental standards.Project manage capital expenditure (CapEX) initiatives from inception through completion, delivering projects on time, within budget, and achieving anticipated benefits.Foster a culture of effective cross-functional working across lines and functions to enhance labour flexibility, engagement, and career development opportunities for team members.Support individual team members' performance through regular reviews, coaching, utilisation of performance management tools, and adherence to disciplinary procedures when necessary.Ensure timely administration of changes related to team members' terms and conditions such as pay adjustments, overtime approvals, well-being initiatives, and welfare matters.What you bring:For this Head of Engineering position, the company are keen to hear from applicants with an extensive background in engineering management within manufacturing or process-driven industries such as FMCG, packaging, cleaning solutions or chemicals. You'll bring not only deep functional knowledge but also refined interpersonal skills that enable you to connect with colleagues at all levels, with the ability to manage complex projects alongside daily operational challenges. Your application should also show familiarity with modern maintenance practices to ensure equipment reliability remains uncompromised even during periods of high demand.Demonstrate advanced knowledge in technical manufacturing processes.Possess proven experience in asset reliability management, maintenance strategy development, and plant performance improvement within FMCG or similar sectors.Showcase strong stakeholder management abilities with a track record of building positive relationships across multidisciplinary teams.Exhibit proficiency in project management principles with hands-on experience delivering CapEX projects on time and within budget constraints.Display excellent computer literacy skills suitable for modern engineering environments including data analysis for decision-making purposes.Bring advanced understanding of spare parts management systems aimed at minimising downtime during breakdowns or scheduled maintenance activities.Have experience managing utilities usage effectively while adhering to environmental regulations and cost control requirements.Demonstrate compassionate people leadership skills focused on nurturing talent through coaching, mentoring, regular feedback sessions, and structured performance management processes.Show commitment to fostering inclusive workplace cultures where collaboration is prioritised over hierarchy.What's next:If you are ready to take on this rewarding challenge within a forward-thinking organisation that values your expertise, please apply today by clicking on the link provided.Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidatesTPBN1_UKTJ

Senior Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager Location: Birmingham Salary: £67,500–£77,474 + Package Working pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office or on site Employment type: Permanent Bryan & Armstrong is supporting HS2 with the recruitment of an experienced Senior Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager to join its Birmingham-based Occupational Health and Wellbeing team. This is a senior and influential opportunity to help shape, develop and deliver occupational health and wellbeing services across one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes. The successful candidate will provide specialist advice across the business, lead occupational health assurance activity and work closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams and supply-chain partners to improve health outcomes and support the continued development of HS2’s Occupational Health and Wellbeing strategy. Key responsibilities Support the development and implementation of the Occupational Health and Wellbeing strategy. Manage and monitor Occupational Health and Wellbeing service providers. Lead occupational health assurance activity across the supply chain. Undertake contractor prequalification and tender evaluations. Collect, analyse and report occupational health data to identify trends and improve performance. Develop occupational health standards, policies and improvement initiatives. Evaluate the effectiveness of services, interventions and wellbeing programmes. Provide expert advice to senior stakeholders, HR, Health and Safety teams, engineering functions and joint-venture health leads. Promote early intervention, prevention and improved health outcomes across the organisation and wider programme. Essential requirements Registered General Nurse with a recognised Occupational Health qualification at degree or master’s level, or a BSc in Community Nursing Occupational Health with specialist practitioner status recorded by the NMC. Experience managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing services within a major project, programme or similarly complex organisation. Strong experience implementing occupational health and wellbeing strategy. Experience undertaking assurance of third-party providers and supply-chain organisations. Strong project-management, analytical and data-reporting skills. Excellent influencing, negotiation and stakeholder-engagement capability. Up-to-date knowledge of occupational health legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice. * Ability to operate confidently as a senior subject-matter expert. The opportunity This role offers the chance to make a meaningful contribution to the health and wellbeing of employees and supply-chain partners across a nationally important infrastructure programme. You will work in a visible role with significant autonomy, helping to improve standards, strengthen assurance and ensure occupational health is treated with the same focus and importance as safety. For a confidential discussion, please apply or contact Paul Armstrong. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence. Bryan & Armstrong Ltd is a specialist Health & Safety recruiter, supplying Health & Safety professionals on an interim and permanent basis across the following disciplines: Health & Safety, Health, Safety & Environment, SHEQ, CDM, Fire, Environmental, Quality Management and Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Systems. Bryan & Armstrong Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers

Policy Analyst Salary: £40,510 + Excellent Civil Service Benefits Location: Birmingham (Hybrid working - Non-contractual policy currently in operation with a minimum of 8 days per month office attendance) Permanent | Full Time | 37 hours per week Introduction Gi Group is delighted to be partnering with CCW (Consumer Council for Water) to support them in their recruitment of a Policy Analyst. About CCW CCW is the passionate, independent voice representing water consumers in England & Wales. We support thousands of people each year, providing free advice and helping people to resolve their complaints with their water company in an easy, caring way. We champion everyone's needs and interests, completing and showcasing research that influences water companies, government, and regulators to make change happen. We are a government Arm's Length Body sponsored by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). CCW values: We expect and support all CCW colleagues to embody and celebrate CCW's values through Positive Energy, Respect for all, Innovative Spirit, Delivery of our Promises and being Engaged as One (PRIDE). The Role As a Policy Analyst you will identify issues affecting water consumers, diagnose their root causes, and build compelling evidence‑based solutions. You will work across complex policy areas, using data, research and strategic thinking to ensure CCW's policy positions are robust, current and aligned with consumer interests. Key responsibilities: Policy evidence gathering - Collect, analyse and interpret data from water companies, retailers, external bodies and research, including CCW's own research Policy development - Build practical, evidence‑based and politically well‑judged policy options and make recommendations on the next steps for CCW and the industry Stakeholder collaboration - Work closely with research, data, communications and company engagement teams External engagement - Build constructive relationships with stakeholders, e.g. Ofwat, Environment Agency Consultation responses, briefings and analysis - Draft high‑quality responses, briefings and analysis for CCW's Executive team, Board and external stakeholders The Person Essential Skills & Experience: Data analysis - Proven ability to collect, interpret and synthesise complex qualitative and quantitative evidence Critical thinking - Sound judgement to navigate complex issues and develop credible policy options and make recommendations on the next steps Communication - Excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex analysis clearly and persuasively, with demonstrable experience of authoring high quality policy written work such as consultation responses, policy briefings or reports Project management - Ability to manage time, resources and workload across complex policy projects Policy or regulated environments - A knowledge of policy or regulated environments, preferably relating to water, including legislative and parliamentary processes and the current regulatory landscape Benefits & Offering Hybrid working policy - 8 days per month office‑based; remainder from home (Hybrid working - Non-contractual policy currently in operation with a minimum of 8 days per month office attendance) 25 days annual leave plus 10½ days public and privilege holidays Flexi time is available, with the ability to accrue and take time off in lieu throughout the year Generous Civil Service Pension Health & Fitness allowance Paid allowance days for voluntary work Wellbeing Hour once a month Onsite coffee shop Free eye test every 2 years and annual flu jab How to Apply: Gi Group is proud to support CCW in this recruitment campaign. If you have the expertise, judgement and commitment, we are keen to hear from you. To be considered for this role, please click on the link provided. If you would like any further information about this vacancy, please feel free to contact Closing date: 23.07.26 #LI-KE1 Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office. Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, corporate members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability Confident committed members, Gold status for the Armed Forces Covenant, Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters and Age Friendly Employer pledge members. Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. 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