fortice
Telford, Shropshire
Comms Lead Clearance required: SC Location: Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations Description and Location: 2 days per week in Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations Mandated Umbrella We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require an SC Cleared Communications Lead to join them on a major government project that's based in Telford. Role Purpose: Provide visible, expert leadership to realise the communications strategy and uplift communications capability across the organisation. You will set standards for high-quality, user-centred communications, build skills and confidence across teams, and ensure communications activity is evidence-based, integrated with programme delivery, and achieves measurable outcomes. You will partner with senior leaders, programme teams and suppliers to drive consistency, compliance with good practice, and delivery at pace. Grade 6: Typically leads the communications function for a large programme/portfolio, sets strategic direction, owns the comms operating model, and line-manages a multi-disciplinary team (including G7 and below). Grade 7: Typically leads communications for a complex project or major workstream, shaping strategy execution, standards and capability building, and may line-manage a small team. Key Responsibilities: Strategy, Planning & Governance: Translate departmental/organisational communications strategy into a deliverable roadmap with clear objectives, audiences, channels, messages and measures. Establish and run governance for communications (planning cycles, editorial boards, approvals, campaign assurance, brand and accessibility compliance). Integrate communications plans with programme delivery schedules, milestones and benefits; ensure readiness for major releases/go-lives. Capability Uplift & Good Practice: Lead a structured capability uplift programme (skills assessment, curriculum, toolkits, playbooks, coaching, communities of practice). Define and embed standards and templates (audience insight, message frameworks, channel selection, evaluation, plain English, accessibility). Provide coaching and feedback to senior leaders and SMEs on effective narrative, presentation, and stakeholder communications. Audience Insight, Content & Channels: Commission and use audience insight (quantitative/qualitative) to shape strategy and content. Oversee creation of high-quality content (briefings, speeches, employee updates, stakeholder packs, press lines, digital content) with strong attention to detail. Optimise channel mix (internal: town halls, Intranet, Yammer/Teams, newsletters; external: GOV.UK, media, social, stakeholder networks), ensuring consistency and timely delivery. Stakeholder & Senior Leadership Engagement: Build trusted relationships with SROs, programme leadership, policy/operations and HR, aligning comms to business outcomes. Challenge and influence senior leaders constructively to uphold standards and make evidence-based decisions. Coordinate communications with suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring message alignment and contractual deliverables on communications where relevant. Risk, Assurance & Measurement: Maintain a communications RAID approach (reputational, operational, and stakeholder risks); define mitigations and escalation routes. Establish KPIs and evaluation frameworks (reach, engagement, sentiment, comprehension, behaviour change), producing clear insights and recommendations. Prepare for and respond to internal/external reviews and audits; track actions to closure. Change, Readiness & Events: Align communications to change and business readiness plans (training, adoption, stakeholder briefings, go-live comms, early life support messaging). Plan and deliver major events (roadshows, leadership briefings, stakeholder forums), with clear objectives, success measures, and feedback loops. Team Leadership & Operations (particularly for G6): Line-manage and mentor communications professionals; role-model inclusive leadership and civil service values. Own the comms operating model, including resourcing, supplier management, budget oversight, and continuous improvement. Essential Skills & Experience: Substantial UK government experience in a similar role within a complex programme/project environment of significant scale with multiple stakeholders and suppliers. Dynamic, visible leadership with proven ability to influence in a multi-disciplinary environment; line management experience (expected at G6). Proven track record of delivering at pace, meeting quality standards and deadlines across concurrent initiatives. Confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders, using evidence and insight to drive decisions. Problem ownership: identifies risks and gaps early, designs pragmatic solutions, and delivers positive outcomes. Role-models communications best practice and coaches others to enhance capability. Excellent written and verbal communication, with strong attention to detail and the ability to craft clear, concise, audience-appropriate content. Hands-on experience of communications planning, audience insight, editorial processes, measurement/evaluation, and flexing methods (eg, Agile/hybrid environments) to delivery priorities. Location: Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations
Comms Lead Clearance required: SC Location: Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations Description and Location: 2 days per week in Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations Mandated Umbrella We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require an SC Cleared Communications Lead to join them on a major government project that's based in Telford. Role Purpose: Provide visible, expert leadership to realise the communications strategy and uplift communications capability across the organisation. You will set standards for high-quality, user-centred communications, build skills and confidence across teams, and ensure communications activity is evidence-based, integrated with programme delivery, and achieves measurable outcomes. You will partner with senior leaders, programme teams and suppliers to drive consistency, compliance with good practice, and delivery at pace. Grade 6: Typically leads the communications function for a large programme/portfolio, sets strategic direction, owns the comms operating model, and line-manages a multi-disciplinary team (including G7 and below). Grade 7: Typically leads communications for a complex project or major workstream, shaping strategy execution, standards and capability building, and may line-manage a small team. Key Responsibilities: Strategy, Planning & Governance: Translate departmental/organisational communications strategy into a deliverable roadmap with clear objectives, audiences, channels, messages and measures. Establish and run governance for communications (planning cycles, editorial boards, approvals, campaign assurance, brand and accessibility compliance). Integrate communications plans with programme delivery schedules, milestones and benefits; ensure readiness for major releases/go-lives. Capability Uplift & Good Practice: Lead a structured capability uplift programme (skills assessment, curriculum, toolkits, playbooks, coaching, communities of practice). Define and embed standards and templates (audience insight, message frameworks, channel selection, evaluation, plain English, accessibility). Provide coaching and feedback to senior leaders and SMEs on effective narrative, presentation, and stakeholder communications. Audience Insight, Content & Channels: Commission and use audience insight (quantitative/qualitative) to shape strategy and content. Oversee creation of high-quality content (briefings, speeches, employee updates, stakeholder packs, press lines, digital content) with strong attention to detail. Optimise channel mix (internal: town halls, Intranet, Yammer/Teams, newsletters; external: GOV.UK, media, social, stakeholder networks), ensuring consistency and timely delivery. Stakeholder & Senior Leadership Engagement: Build trusted relationships with SROs, programme leadership, policy/operations and HR, aligning comms to business outcomes. Challenge and influence senior leaders constructively to uphold standards and make evidence-based decisions. Coordinate communications with suppliers and delivery partners, ensuring message alignment and contractual deliverables on communications where relevant. Risk, Assurance & Measurement: Maintain a communications RAID approach (reputational, operational, and stakeholder risks); define mitigations and escalation routes. Establish KPIs and evaluation frameworks (reach, engagement, sentiment, comprehension, behaviour change), producing clear insights and recommendations. Prepare for and respond to internal/external reviews and audits; track actions to closure. Change, Readiness & Events: Align communications to change and business readiness plans (training, adoption, stakeholder briefings, go-live comms, early life support messaging). Plan and deliver major events (roadshows, leadership briefings, stakeholder forums), with clear objectives, success measures, and feedback loops. Team Leadership & Operations (particularly for G6): Line-manage and mentor communications professionals; role-model inclusive leadership and civil service values. Own the comms operating model, including resourcing, supplier management, budget oversight, and continuous improvement. Essential Skills & Experience: Substantial UK government experience in a similar role within a complex programme/project environment of significant scale with multiple stakeholders and suppliers. Dynamic, visible leadership with proven ability to influence in a multi-disciplinary environment; line management experience (expected at G6). Proven track record of delivering at pace, meeting quality standards and deadlines across concurrent initiatives. Confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders, using evidence and insight to drive decisions. Problem ownership: identifies risks and gaps early, designs pragmatic solutions, and delivers positive outcomes. Role-models communications best practice and coaches others to enhance capability. Excellent written and verbal communication, with strong attention to detail and the ability to craft clear, concise, audience-appropriate content. Hands-on experience of communications planning, audience insight, editorial processes, measurement/evaluation, and flexing methods (eg, Agile/hybrid environments) to delivery priorities. Location: Telford but willing and able to travel regularly across sites and supplier/partner locations
fortice
Corsham, Wiltshire
Security Analyst/Detection Engineer Location: Corsham, 60% on site Duration: 20/02/2026 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require an SC or DV cleared Security Analyst/Detection Engineer to join them on a major defence project that's based in Corsham. Role description: Good Security analyst skills, knowledge of working in a MOD SOC environment beneficial, knowledge of MOD environment and culture. Ability to operate standard SOC tools (SIEM), incident investigation, detection engineering Embedded with an existing Customer SOC, Capgemini supply a level of cyber expertise and corporate experience, assisting the customer in regular SOC activities, as well as proposing new processes and bringing 'best practice' to the workplace. Must be a sole British National. Hybrid working: The position is office based, with a local agreement with the customer that allows for a limited amount of Working from Home, based around your role, your needs, and those of the business. The current agreement requires 60% attendance in the office. If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service) Your role Conduct reactive monitoring of MOD networks to deliver a layered, agile cyber defence capability across all security domains. Manage and triage alerts; conduct impact assessments and develop mitigating strategies to be briefed up the chain of command. Improve and comply all extant cyber security policies, procedures and orders, review and amend when required. Maintain and share knowledge of current cyber issues, vulnerabilities and exploits through research, technical reports and briefs You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, striving for equity, diversity and inclusion is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone. Your skills and experience Experienced Tier 2 SOC analyst Knowledge of Data networks Knowledge & experience with SIEM tool sets and security management tools. Desirable Security Qualifications (CompTIA S+/N+/CySA+, AWS, MS, SANS, CISSP etc.) Ideally have some experience with UK MOD Your security clearance
Security Analyst/Detection Engineer Location: Corsham, 60% on site Duration: 20/02/2026 MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require an SC or DV cleared Security Analyst/Detection Engineer to join them on a major defence project that's based in Corsham. Role description: Good Security analyst skills, knowledge of working in a MOD SOC environment beneficial, knowledge of MOD environment and culture. Ability to operate standard SOC tools (SIEM), incident investigation, detection engineering Embedded with an existing Customer SOC, Capgemini supply a level of cyber expertise and corporate experience, assisting the customer in regular SOC activities, as well as proposing new processes and bringing 'best practice' to the workplace. Must be a sole British National. Hybrid working: The position is office based, with a local agreement with the customer that allows for a limited amount of Working from Home, based around your role, your needs, and those of the business. The current agreement requires 60% attendance in the office. If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service) Your role Conduct reactive monitoring of MOD networks to deliver a layered, agile cyber defence capability across all security domains. Manage and triage alerts; conduct impact assessments and develop mitigating strategies to be briefed up the chain of command. Improve and comply all extant cyber security policies, procedures and orders, review and amend when required. Maintain and share knowledge of current cyber issues, vulnerabilities and exploits through research, technical reports and briefs You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, striving for equity, diversity and inclusion is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone. Your skills and experience Experienced Tier 2 SOC analyst Knowledge of Data networks Knowledge & experience with SIEM tool sets and security management tools. Desirable Security Qualifications (CompTIA S+/N+/CySA+, AWS, MS, SANS, CISSP etc.) Ideally have some experience with UK MOD Your security clearance