We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Interaction Designer to work a 12-month contract for our client on a 60% on-site hybrid basis out of either Leeds or Manchester. As a Senior Interaction Designer you'll: Demonstrate best practice in user centred design, for digital and non-digital interactions Work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, adapting quickly to change Accessibility and inclusion, considering the impact of new technologies Collaborate with designers in other teams, give constructive feedback on other's work and contribute to developing design patterns Use research and analytics to understand user needs and identify opportunities Create prototypes using appropriate tools and methodologies, advising others on prototyping best practice Lead and coordinate design work, supporting other designers where necessary Actively support our client's design community Requirements Work out the best way to let users interact with services, in terms of both overall flow and at the level of individual design elements. Work with minimal support and can influence others. Work with service managers and programme directors to develop design concepts. Be able to help set direction and embed good practice within teams, making important decisions based on research and understand how this research impacts others. Skills Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them in a way that is clear for both audiences. Apply a digital understanding to your work, being able to identify and implement solutions. Design systems for use across multiple services and can identify the simplest approach. Identify constraints and can communicate about these and work within them. Make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. Bring people together to form a motivated team and help create the right environment for a team to work in. Experience in using a variety of methods of prototyping. Define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context. Responsibilities We're looking for a Senior Interaction Designer who can demonstrate skills and experience in the following: User focus Work with User Researchers to plan and develop research activities that help teams to better understand users Evidence and context based design Lead the design of solutions that are based on evidence and help identify any gaps in knowledge. Prototyping Use a variety of prototyping tools and methodologies, advising others on prototyping best practice. Communication Present your work and explain ideas in a way that people understand. Actively listen to other people's input and facilitate discussions. Accessibility Promote the importance of inclusive design and how to design with accessibility in mind. You need to be familiar with the WCAG 2.1 guidelines and able to design to meet AA standards. Collaboration Work in the open, engaging others in the design process. Offer advice on improving working practices, leading to better collaboration across teams. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
Feb 02, 2026
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Interaction Designer to work a 12-month contract for our client on a 60% on-site hybrid basis out of either Leeds or Manchester. As a Senior Interaction Designer you'll: Demonstrate best practice in user centred design, for digital and non-digital interactions Work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, adapting quickly to change Accessibility and inclusion, considering the impact of new technologies Collaborate with designers in other teams, give constructive feedback on other's work and contribute to developing design patterns Use research and analytics to understand user needs and identify opportunities Create prototypes using appropriate tools and methodologies, advising others on prototyping best practice Lead and coordinate design work, supporting other designers where necessary Actively support our client's design community Requirements Work out the best way to let users interact with services, in terms of both overall flow and at the level of individual design elements. Work with minimal support and can influence others. Work with service managers and programme directors to develop design concepts. Be able to help set direction and embed good practice within teams, making important decisions based on research and understand how this research impacts others. Skills Identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them in a way that is clear for both audiences. Apply a digital understanding to your work, being able to identify and implement solutions. Design systems for use across multiple services and can identify the simplest approach. Identify constraints and can communicate about these and work within them. Make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. Bring people together to form a motivated team and help create the right environment for a team to work in. Experience in using a variety of methods of prototyping. Define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context. Responsibilities We're looking for a Senior Interaction Designer who can demonstrate skills and experience in the following: User focus Work with User Researchers to plan and develop research activities that help teams to better understand users Evidence and context based design Lead the design of solutions that are based on evidence and help identify any gaps in knowledge. Prototyping Use a variety of prototyping tools and methodologies, advising others on prototyping best practice. Communication Present your work and explain ideas in a way that people understand. Actively listen to other people's input and facilitate discussions. Accessibility Promote the importance of inclusive design and how to design with accessibility in mind. You need to be familiar with the WCAG 2.1 guidelines and able to design to meet AA standards. Collaboration Work in the open, engaging others in the design process. Offer advice on improving working practices, leading to better collaboration across teams. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now. By applying for this job and submitting your CV to Parker Shaw, you acknowledge and give permission for us to pass it to an associate company for resourcing purposes. We outsource some of our resourcing calls to a trusted third-party company and they may call you to discuss this opportunity with you. They will then report back to us with the outcome of their conversation with you, where upon we will decide whether to submit your CV to the end client. Please be assured that the third-party company do not store or control any of your data, this is all done by ourselves (Parker Shaw).
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Front End Developer to work a 12-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in either Leeds or Newcastle. You will work with Node.js, Express, React and templating engines to deliver accessibility compliant UIs using well defined GDS standards. Working with a community of Front End developers committed to building reusable templates and patterns; you will be able to contribute to shared features and components. Our client use industry standard development frameworks and languages to build enterprise level systems but are always looking to bring in new and original ways into practice to help speed of delivery or robustness of software implementation. Our Senior Front End Developers are experts in Front End development, with proven experience in the design and build user interfaces at scale. You will: Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components. Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the Back End services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards. Ensure we develop accessible user interfaces for services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering. Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes. Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages. Coach, mentor and line manage colleagues. Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities. Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities. Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities. Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities. Docker, CI and deployment of components. Delivery end to end testing using TDD and BDD. Required Technical Skills : Significant demonstrable expertise in Front End development of large-scale systems dealing with high numbers of users, transactions and business processes. Detailed working knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and Server Side JavaScript, TypeScriptNode.js and other modern Front End frameworks and templating languages. Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces (WCAG). Proven ability in delivering thorough unit level test coverage using common testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha. Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including database technologies (SQL or NoSQL), caching tools such as Redis and API Microservices, all deploying into cloud-based infrastructure. (AWS or Azure). Influential and able to lead Front End activities, set and develop best practice for an agile team and contribute across multiple teams. You will ensure consistency whilst promoting standards as well as creating a coaching and mentoring culture. Required Knowledge and Experience : Knowledge of public cloud technologies, cloud hosting Experience in working in Agile If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Oct 06, 2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Front End Developer to work a 12-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in either Leeds or Newcastle. You will work with Node.js, Express, React and templating engines to deliver accessibility compliant UIs using well defined GDS standards. Working with a community of Front End developers committed to building reusable templates and patterns; you will be able to contribute to shared features and components. Our client use industry standard development frameworks and languages to build enterprise level systems but are always looking to bring in new and original ways into practice to help speed of delivery or robustness of software implementation. Our Senior Front End Developers are experts in Front End development, with proven experience in the design and build user interfaces at scale. You will: Lead and promote the technical direction and development of reusable patterns and components. Have strong knowledge of modern web development stacks, web standards, user experience, progressive enhancement, performance, accessibility, browser compatibility, tooling and pipelines. Work with cross-functional teams to integrate into the Back End services to ensure that they are built to the same high standards. Ensure we develop accessible user interfaces for services which work effectively across multiple devices and browsers Use modern tooling and development techniques to write and share test-driven code iteratively delivering. Input into, promote and ensure design standardisation processes. Release, maintain and support the deployment of products and code packages. Coach, mentor and line manage colleagues. Engage with teams across different levels and capabilities. Be an enabler for multiple teams, driving consistency, standards, pace and quality, resolving technical blockers, and promoting re-use and collaboration through the wider communities. Engage with and contribute to the engineering and user-centred design communities. Have an excellent ability to self-organise and define priorities. Docker, CI and deployment of components. Delivery end to end testing using TDD and BDD. Required Technical Skills : Significant demonstrable expertise in Front End development of large-scale systems dealing with high numbers of users, transactions and business processes. Detailed working knowledge and extensive experience of open-source technologies including HTML, CSS, client and Server Side JavaScript, TypeScriptNode.js and other modern Front End frameworks and templating languages. Experience in building accessible compliant user interfaces (WCAG). Proven ability in delivering thorough unit level test coverage using common testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha. Experience integrating with a wide range of technical systems including database technologies (SQL or NoSQL), caching tools such as Redis and API Microservices, all deploying into cloud-based infrastructure. (AWS or Azure). Influential and able to lead Front End activities, set and develop best practice for an agile team and contribute across multiple teams. You will ensure consistency whilst promoting standards as well as creating a coaching and mentoring culture. Required Knowledge and Experience : Knowledge of public cloud technologies, cloud hosting Experience in working in Agile If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
We are currently recruiting for Senior Cyber Security Analysts and Associate Security Analysts - both working a 3-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in London. As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will: lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the wider coordination of cyber incidents review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join. We're interested in people who have: significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents significant experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents experience coaching and mentoring junior staff an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors excellent analytical and problem solving skills excellent verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS As an associate security analyst you will: triage and investigate cyber security alerts and reports from users use a variety of techniques to analyse systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments and understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents support the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or supporting the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the coordination of cyber incidents contribute to post-incident reviews to identify lessons and actions identify opportunities for, and support the delivery of, continual improvements to the incident investigation and response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities contribute to internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, apprentice security analysts be responsible for line management of apprentice security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join We're interested in people who have: experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents Experience with SIEM tools (experience of Splunk preferred but experience of Microsoft Sentinel or an equivalent SIEM tool is acceptable) an understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures commonly used by threat actors good analytical and problem-solving skills good verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Oct 06, 2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for Senior Cyber Security Analysts and Associate Security Analysts - both working a 3-month contract for our client 3 days per week on-site in London. As a senior security analyst with responsibility for incident response, you will: lead the investigation of security alerts to understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents lead the forensic analysis of systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments lead the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or coordinating the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the wider coordination of cyber incidents review previous incidents to identify lessons and actions identify and deliver opportunities for continual improvement of the incident response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities develop and update internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, security analysts be responsible for leadership and line management of security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join. We're interested in people who have: significant experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents significant experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents experience managing and coordinating the response to cyber incidents experience coaching and mentoring junior staff an in-depth understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures used by threat actors excellent analytical and problem solving skills excellent verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS As an associate security analyst you will: triage and investigate cyber security alerts and reports from users use a variety of techniques to analyse systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments and understand the nature and extent of possible cyber incidents support the technical response to cyber incidents by identifying and implementing (or supporting the implementation of) containment, eradication and recovery actions support the coordination of cyber incidents contribute to post-incident reviews to identify lessons and actions identify opportunities for, and support the delivery of, continual improvements to the incident investigation and response capability work closely alongside other Cyber Defence functions, supporting the continual improvement of wider capabilities contribute to internal plans, playbooks and knowledge base articles act as an escalation point for, and provide coaching and mentoring to, apprentice security analysts be responsible for line management of apprentice security analysts Cyber incidents can and do arise on a 24/7 basis. The team operates an out-of-hours on call rota, which you will be expected to join We're interested in people who have: experience investigating and responding to cyber incidents experience using security tools (eg, EDR, SIEM) to support the investigation and response to cyber incidents Experience with SIEM tools (experience of Splunk preferred but experience of Microsoft Sentinel or an equivalent SIEM tool is acceptable) an understanding of the tools, techniques and procedures commonly used by threat actors good analytical and problem-solving skills good verbal and written communication skills It's desirable, but not essential, that you have: experience with Splunk experience working in an Agile environment experience with cloud environments such as AWS If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
We are currently recruiting for a data analyst to manage the design, implementation and maintenance of HR services, processes, data and systems, working to agreed service levels and delivering a customer centric service. Assess and maintain the quality of HR data within our client's HRIS, providing analysis and representation to support the business to gain insight from its data. Key Accountabilities: - Provision of data analysis, development of reports and provision of insights to support customers in determining current and future issues and actions, in line with SLAs. - Lead process and service improvements and manage escalated issues. - Support the HR functional activities required to ensure the implementation, maintenance and ongoing provision of a fit for purpose Software as a Service (SaaS) HRIS which meets the requirements of the business and is developed to maximise the effective use of modern HR technology in the business. - Support the development of HR processes and services, ensuring they are properly implemented and maintained, partnering with HRIS, HR Governance and the wider HR team to embed process methodologies. - Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Key Responsibilities: - Extract, analyse, interpret and report data, working to agreed service levels. - Deliver routine scheduled activities and handle ad hoc change requests. - Interrogate data and analyse trends, using the information to Identify issues and opportunities for process, service and system improvement. - Contribute to the planning and implementation of HR and business projects, providing insight from area of expertise. - Use HR data, benchmarking and research to identify solutions to issues and improvements to processes or activities. - Participate in project activities whether these are HR or business led. - Assist in the testing, maintenance and integrity of the HR Information Systems (HRIS). - Provide clear, concise and appropriate communications to customer groups. - Interpret customer requirements, alongside external good practice, to deliver pragmatic solutions. - Working with HR leadership, best practice and business requirement, develop dashboards to drive and support great people management. - Identify opportunities for improvement and suggest changes to enhance services, systems or address issues and actively participate in process improvement activities. - Ensure HR related documentation (hard copy and electronic) is appropriately handled, managed and retained in compliance with data privacy regulations, including the archiving process; and ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate, using approved templates. - Ensure local work instructions are followed to maintain process compliance and quality. - Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times and that the appropriate Company classifications are applied. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
Sep 26, 2025
Contractor
We are currently recruiting for a data analyst to manage the design, implementation and maintenance of HR services, processes, data and systems, working to agreed service levels and delivering a customer centric service. Assess and maintain the quality of HR data within our client's HRIS, providing analysis and representation to support the business to gain insight from its data. Key Accountabilities: - Provision of data analysis, development of reports and provision of insights to support customers in determining current and future issues and actions, in line with SLAs. - Lead process and service improvements and manage escalated issues. - Support the HR functional activities required to ensure the implementation, maintenance and ongoing provision of a fit for purpose Software as a Service (SaaS) HRIS which meets the requirements of the business and is developed to maximise the effective use of modern HR technology in the business. - Support the development of HR processes and services, ensuring they are properly implemented and maintained, partnering with HRIS, HR Governance and the wider HR team to embed process methodologies. - Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player. Key Responsibilities: - Extract, analyse, interpret and report data, working to agreed service levels. - Deliver routine scheduled activities and handle ad hoc change requests. - Interrogate data and analyse trends, using the information to Identify issues and opportunities for process, service and system improvement. - Contribute to the planning and implementation of HR and business projects, providing insight from area of expertise. - Use HR data, benchmarking and research to identify solutions to issues and improvements to processes or activities. - Participate in project activities whether these are HR or business led. - Assist in the testing, maintenance and integrity of the HR Information Systems (HRIS). - Provide clear, concise and appropriate communications to customer groups. - Interpret customer requirements, alongside external good practice, to deliver pragmatic solutions. - Working with HR leadership, best practice and business requirement, develop dashboards to drive and support great people management. - Identify opportunities for improvement and suggest changes to enhance services, systems or address issues and actively participate in process improvement activities. - Ensure HR related documentation (hard copy and electronic) is appropriately handled, managed and retained in compliance with data privacy regulations, including the archiving process; and ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate, using approved templates. - Ensure local work instructions are followed to maintain process compliance and quality. - Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times and that the appropriate Company classifications are applied. If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
