Communications Assistant £29,000 per annum Bedford Fixed Term Contract 18 months Hybrid Working Role OverviewThe Communications Assistant will support our communications and media function, including our corporate press office, digital communications and consumer-facing media activity. You will be expected to work closely with brand, marketing, social media, editorial, stakeholder colleagues and more, to help the team deliver excellent and impactful communications across channels and to different audiences.This role offers opportunities to gain experience across a number of communications areas, while providing vital administrative and tactical support as needed.Key Responsibilities: Provide administrative support for the communications team, including: raising purchase orders, logging media enquiries, managing the media inbox and maintaining media lists. Support with the drafting of engaging press notices and media pitches to promote our tools and services and grow our brand. Support with the drafting of responses to reactive media enquiries, to help us manage our reputation effectively. Identify and develop case studies for use in digital and print communications to bring to life the positive outcomes for customers of engaging with our tools and services. Work with colleagues to put together high-quality multimedia content. Support the team to prepare MaPS spokespeople for media and other external engagement opportunities, making sure they have the information they need to advocate for MoneyHelper and reach the widest possible audiences including people with low financial wellbeing. Support the team to develop a keen understanding of our audiences and develop plans to reach these. Monitor, analyse, and report on engagement metrics to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and strategies. Any other reasonable duties as required within communications or the wider Customer Engagement function. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:Essential Criteria Excellent communication written and verbal communication skills, with superb attention to detailHighly developed administration skills, ideally gained through project and/or team support
Mar 16, 2026
Full time
Communications Assistant £29,000 per annum Bedford Fixed Term Contract 18 months Hybrid Working Role OverviewThe Communications Assistant will support our communications and media function, including our corporate press office, digital communications and consumer-facing media activity. You will be expected to work closely with brand, marketing, social media, editorial, stakeholder colleagues and more, to help the team deliver excellent and impactful communications across channels and to different audiences.This role offers opportunities to gain experience across a number of communications areas, while providing vital administrative and tactical support as needed.Key Responsibilities: Provide administrative support for the communications team, including: raising purchase orders, logging media enquiries, managing the media inbox and maintaining media lists. Support with the drafting of engaging press notices and media pitches to promote our tools and services and grow our brand. Support with the drafting of responses to reactive media enquiries, to help us manage our reputation effectively. Identify and develop case studies for use in digital and print communications to bring to life the positive outcomes for customers of engaging with our tools and services. Work with colleagues to put together high-quality multimedia content. Support the team to prepare MaPS spokespeople for media and other external engagement opportunities, making sure they have the information they need to advocate for MoneyHelper and reach the widest possible audiences including people with low financial wellbeing. Support the team to develop a keen understanding of our audiences and develop plans to reach these. Monitor, analyse, and report on engagement metrics to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and strategies. Any other reasonable duties as required within communications or the wider Customer Engagement function. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:Essential Criteria Excellent communication written and verbal communication skills, with superb attention to detailHighly developed administration skills, ideally gained through project and/or team support
Senior Policy & Proposition Manager (Money Guidance) £83000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Senior Policy & Proposition Manager . This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team. Why This Role Matters In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead the ongoing development and delivery of high-quality money guidance services and propositions, ensuring they remain insight-led and responsive to customer needs and market changes. You'll shape and enhance the money guidance we offer, working closely with fellow Senior Managers to support customers in building their financial understanding, confidence, and long-term wellbeing.You'll join a team that's passionate, collaborative, and driven by the belief that financial confidence should be something everyone can access. What You'll Be Doing The Senior Policy & Proposition Manager (Money Guidance)will report directly to Head of Policy and Propositions and will be responsible for: Support the team by providing direction, prioritisation, and coordination To develop and articulate policy positions, that are aligned with MaPS strategic plan. Communicate MaPS policy and strategic positions effectively to both internal and external stakeholders, including Senior Leadership. Support the Head of Money & Pensions Policy and Propositions, representing MaPS externally with key stakeholders and at speaking events. Lead the development and refinement of money guidance propositions, tools, and content. Championing best practice in proposition design with our customers at the heart. Ensure guidance materials remain accurate, compliant, and aligned with organisational priorities. Understand stakeholder requirements (policy makers, customers, operations) to design and develop propositions. Review customer insights, research, and performance data to inform improvements and guidance maps. Work with internal stakeholders (e.g., digital, operations, insight, editorial) to ensure guidance is both user-focused and operationally deliverable. Prepare structured recommendations and briefing materials for Leadership. Develop and maintain strong relationships into central Government, regulators and industry. Engage colleagues across the organisation to ensure teams and functions understand key policy risks and opportunities and proposition implications in own areas of responsibility. What You'll Bring To be successful in this role, you'll need: Experience in financial services, money guidance, financial wellbeing, consumer guidance, or a related field. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret insight, research, and evidence. Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Experience in proposition development and delivery. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to non-technical audiences and produce high-quality briefings. A collaborative approach and the ability to manage a varied workload. A customer-centred mindset focused on delivering meaningful outcomes. Confidence leading or coordinating work in a fast-paced environment. Strong planning and project management skills, with the ability to manage timelines, resources, and quality. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Application review - a member of our Talent team will review your CV and cover letter Stage 2 : If successful at Application review, you will be invited to book in for a Telephone Interview (up to 30 mins) Stage 3: Final stage interview with the hiring panelEverything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. About Us MaPS is based in bright, modern offices in Bedford, and we're here to help people across the UK feel more confident and informed about their money.Our values guide how we work together: Caring - for colleagues and the communities we support Connecting - building supportive, positive relationships Transforming - creating impact that truly matters We're proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming culture. Our colleague networks include LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health and ethnicity groups - and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. What We Offer 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Pension (2:1 matched contribution up to 10%) Season ticket loan Cycle to work scheme (up to £3,000) Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance EAP Assist & Life Enhanced family and sick pay 2 paid volunteering days Recognition scheme Retail discounts portal Flexible Working We believe work should fit around life. This Bedford-based role offers genuine flexibility so you can balance work, family, and personal commitments. We come together for purposeful team collaboration to stay connected and drive great results. Career Development We love supporting internal growth and progression, while continuing to follow fair and open Civil Service recruitment practices. Important Information About Applying Please apply only via
Mar 15, 2026
Full time
Senior Policy & Proposition Manager (Money Guidance) £83000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Senior Policy & Proposition Manager . This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team. Why This Role Matters In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead the ongoing development and delivery of high-quality money guidance services and propositions, ensuring they remain insight-led and responsive to customer needs and market changes. You'll shape and enhance the money guidance we offer, working closely with fellow Senior Managers to support customers in building their financial understanding, confidence, and long-term wellbeing.You'll join a team that's passionate, collaborative, and driven by the belief that financial confidence should be something everyone can access. What You'll Be Doing The Senior Policy & Proposition Manager (Money Guidance)will report directly to Head of Policy and Propositions and will be responsible for: Support the team by providing direction, prioritisation, and coordination To develop and articulate policy positions, that are aligned with MaPS strategic plan. Communicate MaPS policy and strategic positions effectively to both internal and external stakeholders, including Senior Leadership. Support the Head of Money & Pensions Policy and Propositions, representing MaPS externally with key stakeholders and at speaking events. Lead the development and refinement of money guidance propositions, tools, and content. Championing best practice in proposition design with our customers at the heart. Ensure guidance materials remain accurate, compliant, and aligned with organisational priorities. Understand stakeholder requirements (policy makers, customers, operations) to design and develop propositions. Review customer insights, research, and performance data to inform improvements and guidance maps. Work with internal stakeholders (e.g., digital, operations, insight, editorial) to ensure guidance is both user-focused and operationally deliverable. Prepare structured recommendations and briefing materials for Leadership. Develop and maintain strong relationships into central Government, regulators and industry. Engage colleagues across the organisation to ensure teams and functions understand key policy risks and opportunities and proposition implications in own areas of responsibility. What You'll Bring To be successful in this role, you'll need: Experience in financial services, money guidance, financial wellbeing, consumer guidance, or a related field. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret insight, research, and evidence. Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Experience in proposition development and delivery. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to non-technical audiences and produce high-quality briefings. A collaborative approach and the ability to manage a varied workload. A customer-centred mindset focused on delivering meaningful outcomes. Confidence leading or coordinating work in a fast-paced environment. Strong planning and project management skills, with the ability to manage timelines, resources, and quality. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Application review - a member of our Talent team will review your CV and cover letter Stage 2 : If successful at Application review, you will be invited to book in for a Telephone Interview (up to 30 mins) Stage 3: Final stage interview with the hiring panelEverything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. About Us MaPS is based in bright, modern offices in Bedford, and we're here to help people across the UK feel more confident and informed about their money.Our values guide how we work together: Caring - for colleagues and the communities we support Connecting - building supportive, positive relationships Transforming - creating impact that truly matters We're proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming culture. Our colleague networks include LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health and ethnicity groups - and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. What We Offer 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Pension (2:1 matched contribution up to 10%) Season ticket loan Cycle to work scheme (up to £3,000) Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance EAP Assist & Life Enhanced family and sick pay 2 paid volunteering days Recognition scheme Retail discounts portal Flexible Working We believe work should fit around life. This Bedford-based role offers genuine flexibility so you can balance work, family, and personal commitments. We come together for purposeful team collaboration to stay connected and drive great results. Career Development We love supporting internal growth and progression, while continuing to follow fair and open Civil Service recruitment practices. Important Information About Applying Please apply only via
Senior Debt Delivery Manager £78000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our Senior Debt Delivery Manager. This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team. Why This Role Matters In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead the delivery and performance of outsourced national and community-based debt advice services, ensuring our grant and contract-funded partners deliver excellent support to clients and that value for money is achieved across the portfolio. You'll also shape how we build and maintain strong, effective relationships with our partners, while guiding and developing a team of grants and contracts managers to perform at their best.You'll join a team that's passionate, collaborative, and driven by the belief that advice and support during financial distress should be something everyone can access What You'll Be Doing The Senior Debt Delivery Manager will lead a team of grant and contract managers, and will be responsible for: Leading the performance and delivery of a portfolio of grants and contracts, ensuring high-quality debt advice services and strong value for money across community and national providers. Managing, developing, and motivating a team of Grants and Contracts Managers, setting clear strategic objectives and ensuring these align with the Money and Pensions Service's priorities. Overseeing the full lifecycle of grants and contracts-including mobilisation, delivery, performance management, and exit-while ensuring compliance with procurement rules and best practice through close collaboration with commercial, finance, and other partners. Monitoring partner performance against KPIs and contractual commitments, acting as an escalation point, driving improvements, and maintaining strong, effective relationships as a trusted "critical friend." Managing portfolio budgets, identifying and addressing risks of underspend or overspend, and securing funding and approvals for agreement variations, extensions, and renewals through robust business cases. Supporting continuous improvement and the commissioning of new services, providing subject matter expertise and working across functions to ensure services evolve in line with client needs. Leading partner engagement activity, including networking and knowledge-sharing forums, and contributing to directorate strategy, business planning, and future service design. What You'll Bring To be successful in this role, you'll need: Essential: Significant experience of service operations in an insourced or outsourced capacity. Experience of managing high value grants or contracts. Significant experience managing key relationships with external partners. Strong analytical skills, able to understand complex data, produce reports and make recommendations to senior stakeholders. Strong financial acumen. Desirable: Broad understanding of debt advice and experience of managing debt advice services. Line management experience. Relevant Contract Management/Grant Management qualification is desirable but willingness to attain one is essential. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Application review - please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your motivation for applying for the role and highlighting suitability. Your application will be assessed by one of our Talent partners. Stage 2 : Telephone Interview (up to 30 mins) Stage 3: Interviews to take place on April 16 th or 21st in our Bedford office. Consisting of a presentation followed by competency and scenario-based questions.Everything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. About Us MaPS is based in bright, modern offices in Bedford, and we're here to help people across the UK feel more confident and informed about their money.Our values guide how we work together: Caring - for colleagues and the communities we support Connecting - building supportive, positive relationships Transforming - creating impact that truly matters We're proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming culture. Our colleague networks include LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health and ethnicity groups - and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. What We Offer 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Pension (2:1 matched contribution up to 10%) Season ticket loan Cycle to work scheme (up to £3,000) Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance EAP Assist & Life Enhanced family and sick pay 2 paid volunteering days Recognition scheme Retail discounts portal Flexible Working We believe work should fit around life. This Bedford-based role offers genuine flexibility so you can balance work, family, and personal commitments. We come together for purposeful team collaboration to stay connected and drive great results. Our colleagues currently attend the Bedford office a minimum of two days per month and as needed. You'll also need to be able to travel to visit our delivery partners across England. Career Development We love supporting internal growth and progression, while continuing to follow fair and open Civil Service recruitment practices
Mar 11, 2026
Full time
Senior Debt Delivery Manager £78000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Ready to make a real difference? Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as our Senior Debt Delivery Manager. This is your chance to play a meaningful role in helping people across the UK build stronger financial futures and to do it as part of a supportive, energetic team. Why This Role Matters In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead the delivery and performance of outsourced national and community-based debt advice services, ensuring our grant and contract-funded partners deliver excellent support to clients and that value for money is achieved across the portfolio. You'll also shape how we build and maintain strong, effective relationships with our partners, while guiding and developing a team of grants and contracts managers to perform at their best.You'll join a team that's passionate, collaborative, and driven by the belief that advice and support during financial distress should be something everyone can access What You'll Be Doing The Senior Debt Delivery Manager will lead a team of grant and contract managers, and will be responsible for: Leading the performance and delivery of a portfolio of grants and contracts, ensuring high-quality debt advice services and strong value for money across community and national providers. Managing, developing, and motivating a team of Grants and Contracts Managers, setting clear strategic objectives and ensuring these align with the Money and Pensions Service's priorities. Overseeing the full lifecycle of grants and contracts-including mobilisation, delivery, performance management, and exit-while ensuring compliance with procurement rules and best practice through close collaboration with commercial, finance, and other partners. Monitoring partner performance against KPIs and contractual commitments, acting as an escalation point, driving improvements, and maintaining strong, effective relationships as a trusted "critical friend." Managing portfolio budgets, identifying and addressing risks of underspend or overspend, and securing funding and approvals for agreement variations, extensions, and renewals through robust business cases. Supporting continuous improvement and the commissioning of new services, providing subject matter expertise and working across functions to ensure services evolve in line with client needs. Leading partner engagement activity, including networking and knowledge-sharing forums, and contributing to directorate strategy, business planning, and future service design. What You'll Bring To be successful in this role, you'll need: Essential: Significant experience of service operations in an insourced or outsourced capacity. Experience of managing high value grants or contracts. Significant experience managing key relationships with external partners. Strong analytical skills, able to understand complex data, produce reports and make recommendations to senior stakeholders. Strong financial acumen. Desirable: Broad understanding of debt advice and experience of managing debt advice services. Line management experience. Relevant Contract Management/Grant Management qualification is desirable but willingness to attain one is essential. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Application review - please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your motivation for applying for the role and highlighting suitability. Your application will be assessed by one of our Talent partners. Stage 2 : Telephone Interview (up to 30 mins) Stage 3: Interviews to take place on April 16 th or 21st in our Bedford office. Consisting of a presentation followed by competency and scenario-based questions.Everything we do aligns with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. About Us MaPS is based in bright, modern offices in Bedford, and we're here to help people across the UK feel more confident and informed about their money.Our values guide how we work together: Caring - for colleagues and the communities we support Connecting - building supportive, positive relationships Transforming - creating impact that truly matters We're proud to foster an inclusive, welcoming culture. Our colleague networks include LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health and ethnicity groups - and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. What We Offer 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Pension (2:1 matched contribution up to 10%) Season ticket loan Cycle to work scheme (up to £3,000) Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance EAP Assist & Life Enhanced family and sick pay 2 paid volunteering days Recognition scheme Retail discounts portal Flexible Working We believe work should fit around life. This Bedford-based role offers genuine flexibility so you can balance work, family, and personal commitments. We come together for purposeful team collaboration to stay connected and drive great results. Our colleagues currently attend the Bedford office a minimum of two days per month and as needed. You'll also need to be able to travel to visit our delivery partners across England. Career Development We love supporting internal growth and progression, while continuing to follow fair and open Civil Service recruitment practices
Senior Delivery Manager £70,000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Senior Delivery Manager. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact by leading the delivery of complex, high-risk digital products and services that improve financial wellbeing across the UK. You'll be at the forefront of agile transformation, mentoring delivery managers, and driving inclusive, user-centred design.You'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing. Role Overview The Senior Delivery Manager will report directly to the Lead Delivery Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for: Role details Developing, guiding and coaching delivery manager line reports, providing them with frequent feedback and supporting the growth of their careers Ensuring that there is a shared understanding of goals and priorities by openly communicating with a diverse group of stakeholders and operational teams to understand business needs, enabling ideas and assisting team members. Ensuring compliance with relevant standards: Gov.uk service standards, accessibility, brand, SEO; etc. Proactively managing dependencies, overcoming obstacles and getting the best value against constraints. Managing risks and budgets to deliver the best possible value for money. Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring they deliver our priorities whilst also maximising the teams full potential. Using best practice agile and lean methodologies to iterate products over time to continuously meet user needs and delight customers. You will be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and an authentic leader for your team and within the DMI directorate. Key accountabilities: Main point of contact for business stakeholders on digital projects. Leads the product release planning and sets expectations of functionality with key stakeholders considering impact on Service Delivery, front-line MaPS colleagues and customer experience. Has a strong enough grasp of customer and business needs to be able to take decisions for an in-progress project, propose compromises to resolve conflict and know when to escalate decisions to a project group or the right decision-maker. Facilitates agile principles within the team. To enable constructive debate on the best experiences and resolve them where possible. Direct further testing and research where required. Contributes to operational planning by understanding business needs and translating them into estimates for resource planning Championing agile delivery across the organisation and leading a community of practice comprising MaPS employees, contractors and 3rd party partners. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate you can apply practitioner to expert level delivery skills in the following areas: A recognised practitioner who coaches and leads teams in Agile and Lean practices, promotes best practice approaches, continually reflects, challenges, and adapts ways of working to support ongoing improvement and innovation. Takes responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers and identifies appropriate contractual frameworks and appropriate suppliers. Negotiating with contracted suppliers and getting good value out of contracts and suppliers. Mediating between people and mending relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels. Managing stakeholder expectations and moderating discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales. You can speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government. Negotiating, influencing or setting budgets in complex environments. You can write or input into business cases, statements of work and can communicate business-value propositions. Apply experience in multiple parts of the product life cycle. You can recognise when it is right to move forward and when it is right to stop. You can recognise the appropriate deliverables and the right people to meet them, working with other Agile delivery operations throughout the product life cycle. You can plan and engage with the appropriate stakeholders at a particular stage in the project. Optimise the delivery flow of teams, addressing the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists. You can identify innovative ways to unblock issues. Identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. You add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes, guiding your teams through the implementation of a new process. Lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment, planning beyond product delivery, identifying and managing dependencies in plans across services and co-ordinate delivery. Identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them. You can identify issues through Agile 'health checks' with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses, engaging in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick. You can accelerate the team development cycle. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Your application will be reviewed by one of our talent partners. Stage 2 : If successful, you will be invited to a telephone interview to discuss your skills and experience. Stage 3: The final shortlisted candidates will be invited to an in person interview in our Bedford officeEverything we do aligns with the Civil Service
Mar 06, 2026
Full time
Senior Delivery Manager £70,000 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid Working Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Senior Delivery Manager. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact by leading the delivery of complex, high-risk digital products and services that improve financial wellbeing across the UK. You'll be at the forefront of agile transformation, mentoring delivery managers, and driving inclusive, user-centred design.You'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing. Role Overview The Senior Delivery Manager will report directly to the Lead Delivery Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for: Role details Developing, guiding and coaching delivery manager line reports, providing them with frequent feedback and supporting the growth of their careers Ensuring that there is a shared understanding of goals and priorities by openly communicating with a diverse group of stakeholders and operational teams to understand business needs, enabling ideas and assisting team members. Ensuring compliance with relevant standards: Gov.uk service standards, accessibility, brand, SEO; etc. Proactively managing dependencies, overcoming obstacles and getting the best value against constraints. Managing risks and budgets to deliver the best possible value for money. Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring they deliver our priorities whilst also maximising the teams full potential. Using best practice agile and lean methodologies to iterate products over time to continuously meet user needs and delight customers. You will be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and an authentic leader for your team and within the DMI directorate. Key accountabilities: Main point of contact for business stakeholders on digital projects. Leads the product release planning and sets expectations of functionality with key stakeholders considering impact on Service Delivery, front-line MaPS colleagues and customer experience. Has a strong enough grasp of customer and business needs to be able to take decisions for an in-progress project, propose compromises to resolve conflict and know when to escalate decisions to a project group or the right decision-maker. Facilitates agile principles within the team. To enable constructive debate on the best experiences and resolve them where possible. Direct further testing and research where required. Contributes to operational planning by understanding business needs and translating them into estimates for resource planning Championing agile delivery across the organisation and leading a community of practice comprising MaPS employees, contractors and 3rd party partners. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate you can apply practitioner to expert level delivery skills in the following areas: A recognised practitioner who coaches and leads teams in Agile and Lean practices, promotes best practice approaches, continually reflects, challenges, and adapts ways of working to support ongoing improvement and innovation. Takes responsibility for complex relationships with contracted suppliers and identifies appropriate contractual frameworks and appropriate suppliers. Negotiating with contracted suppliers and getting good value out of contracts and suppliers. Mediating between people and mending relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels. Managing stakeholder expectations and moderating discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales. You can speak on behalf of and represent the community to large audiences inside and outside of government. Negotiating, influencing or setting budgets in complex environments. You can write or input into business cases, statements of work and can communicate business-value propositions. Apply experience in multiple parts of the product life cycle. You can recognise when it is right to move forward and when it is right to stop. You can recognise the appropriate deliverables and the right people to meet them, working with other Agile delivery operations throughout the product life cycle. You can plan and engage with the appropriate stakeholders at a particular stage in the project. Optimise the delivery flow of teams, addressing the most complicated risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists. You can identify innovative ways to unblock issues. Identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. You add value and can coach the organisation to inspect and adapt processes, guiding your teams through the implementation of a new process. Lead a continual planning process in a very complex environment, planning beyond product delivery, identifying and managing dependencies in plans across services and co-ordinate delivery. Identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them. You can identify issues through Agile 'health checks' with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses, engaging in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick. You can accelerate the team development cycle. Our Recruitment Process We keep things simple, fair, and transparent: Stage 1: Your application will be reviewed by one of our talent partners. Stage 2 : If successful, you will be invited to a telephone interview to discuss your skills and experience. Stage 3: The final shortlisted candidates will be invited to an in person interview in our Bedford officeEverything we do aligns with the Civil Service
Category Lead for Debt Support and Advice Services c.£87,000 per annum Bedford 12 months FTC Hybrid Working The Money and Pensions Service's vision is "Everyone making the most of their money and pensions". We are a public body with a commitment to ensuring that people throughout the UK have guidance and access to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. Join us to support the team that provide debt advisory services and money guidance. As the Category Lead, you will oversee sourcing contracts and allocating grants to a diverse range of suppliers, mainly in professional services provision Role Overview Lead a small team to provide great commercial support for Debt - the team that supports people with information and advice on debt and free debt advice. This means sourcing contracts and allocating grants, supporting onboarding contract and grants and providing commercial advice and assistance across the whole contract lifecycle Key Responsibilities: Lead commercial activity and provide commercial advice across the full commercial lifecycle for both contracts and grants including make or buy decisions, commercial and sourcing strategies, procurement, commercial contract management and contract exit or transition. Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders Develop effective relationships with suppliers identifying and realising opportunities for value add Line manage up to 3 team members looking after their own wellbeing and development Inform and shape MaPS strategies for delivery of services and going to market Manage commercial governance in MAPS, DWP and Cabinet Office. Be a great commercial colleague in a lively and diverse commercial team You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate: Commercial expertise, ideally MCIPS or equivalent with experience across the full commercial lifecycle from strategy, sourcing and procurement and commercial contract management. Knowledge of the Government Functional Standard for Grants would be helpful but not mandatory Decisive: Able to operate in a dynamic and fast-pacing environment and to make sound decisions and recommendations Relationship Building and Influencing: Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build credibility with partners/stakeholders and constructively challenge situations where needed to improve outcomes. Interprets regulation: we are regulated by PCR2015 and PA23 and adopt the government functional standard for grants About Us The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values - caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We're not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values: Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform. Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact. Our Inclusive Working Environment By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to "bring their whole selves to work."Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity. What We Offer Generous Annual Leave - 30 days plus Bank Holidays Pension scheme - contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary) Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains Cycle to work Scheme Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance scheme Give as you earn scheme Employee assistance programme (EAP) PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing) Enhanced family and sick pay Paid volunteering (2 days a year) Recognition Scheme Discounts portal to numerous retailers Flexible Working At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Career Development In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil
Oct 08, 2025
Full time
Category Lead for Debt Support and Advice Services c.£87,000 per annum Bedford 12 months FTC Hybrid Working The Money and Pensions Service's vision is "Everyone making the most of their money and pensions". We are a public body with a commitment to ensuring that people throughout the UK have guidance and access to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. Join us to support the team that provide debt advisory services and money guidance. As the Category Lead, you will oversee sourcing contracts and allocating grants to a diverse range of suppliers, mainly in professional services provision Role Overview Lead a small team to provide great commercial support for Debt - the team that supports people with information and advice on debt and free debt advice. This means sourcing contracts and allocating grants, supporting onboarding contract and grants and providing commercial advice and assistance across the whole contract lifecycle Key Responsibilities: Lead commercial activity and provide commercial advice across the full commercial lifecycle for both contracts and grants including make or buy decisions, commercial and sourcing strategies, procurement, commercial contract management and contract exit or transition. Develop effective and collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders Develop effective relationships with suppliers identifying and realising opportunities for value add Line manage up to 3 team members looking after their own wellbeing and development Inform and shape MaPS strategies for delivery of services and going to market Manage commercial governance in MAPS, DWP and Cabinet Office. Be a great commercial colleague in a lively and diverse commercial team You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate: Commercial expertise, ideally MCIPS or equivalent with experience across the full commercial lifecycle from strategy, sourcing and procurement and commercial contract management. Knowledge of the Government Functional Standard for Grants would be helpful but not mandatory Decisive: Able to operate in a dynamic and fast-pacing environment and to make sound decisions and recommendations Relationship Building and Influencing: Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build credibility with partners/stakeholders and constructively challenge situations where needed to improve outcomes. Interprets regulation: we are regulated by PCR2015 and PA23 and adopt the government functional standard for grants About Us The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values - caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We're not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values: Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform. Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact. Our Inclusive Working Environment By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to "bring their whole selves to work."Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity. What We Offer Generous Annual Leave - 30 days plus Bank Holidays Pension scheme - contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary) Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains Cycle to work Scheme Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance scheme Give as you earn scheme Employee assistance programme (EAP) PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing) Enhanced family and sick pay Paid volunteering (2 days a year) Recognition Scheme Discounts portal to numerous retailers Flexible Working At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Career Development In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil
Power Platform Administrator Microsoft Power Platform, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Platform Admin Center, Power Platform CoE Starter Kit, Platform performance monitoring, App design, User onboarding, Access provisioning, Licensing, Capacity planning, Platform scaling, Platform configuration, Platform adoption, Azure, 6 months initial contract Hybrid with 3 days per week on site in Warrington £300-£350 per day via Umbrella We are seeking a Power Platform Administrator to take ownership of managing, maintaining, securing, and optimising our Power Platform environment. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in the Microsoft Power Platform and a passion for driving efficient and secure platform solutions. Day-to-day of the role: Administer and support environments across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Platform Admin Center. Manage environment capacity and life cycle. Implement and manage the Power Platform CoE Starter Kit. Implement governance policies, data loss prevention (DLP) strategies, and security roles. Monitor platform performance and usage, troubleshoot issues, and ensure SLAs are met. Provide guidance on solution architecture and app design. Support user onboarding and access provisioning. Collaborate with development teams, partners, and business stakeholders to support solution deployment and environment strategy. Support licensing, capacity planning, and platform scaling. Advise on best practices for platform configuration, security, and compliance. Promote and control scalable, secure, and sustainable platform adoption. Stay current with platform updates and new features. Required Skills & Qualifications: Proven experience in administering Microsoft Power Platform in enterprise environments. Strong understanding of Power Platform governance, DLP policies, and environment architecture. Deep understanding of Power Platform components and Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Familiarity with connectors, custom connectors, and integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure. Experience supporting citizen developer communities and scalable governance models. Excellent troubleshooting skills and experience with platform performance monitoring. Comfortable with Agile ways of working and working in fast-paced consulting environments. Preferred but not essential: Microsoft Certifications in Power Platform (PL-400, PL-600, or PL-900). Experience with Azure DevOps for ALM and deployment pipelines. Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams integrations. In the first instance please submit your CV.
Oct 03, 2025
Contractor
Power Platform Administrator Microsoft Power Platform, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Platform Admin Center, Power Platform CoE Starter Kit, Platform performance monitoring, App design, User onboarding, Access provisioning, Licensing, Capacity planning, Platform scaling, Platform configuration, Platform adoption, Azure, 6 months initial contract Hybrid with 3 days per week on site in Warrington £300-£350 per day via Umbrella We are seeking a Power Platform Administrator to take ownership of managing, maintaining, securing, and optimising our Power Platform environment. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in the Microsoft Power Platform and a passion for driving efficient and secure platform solutions. Day-to-day of the role: Administer and support environments across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Platform Admin Center. Manage environment capacity and life cycle. Implement and manage the Power Platform CoE Starter Kit. Implement governance policies, data loss prevention (DLP) strategies, and security roles. Monitor platform performance and usage, troubleshoot issues, and ensure SLAs are met. Provide guidance on solution architecture and app design. Support user onboarding and access provisioning. Collaborate with development teams, partners, and business stakeholders to support solution deployment and environment strategy. Support licensing, capacity planning, and platform scaling. Advise on best practices for platform configuration, security, and compliance. Promote and control scalable, secure, and sustainable platform adoption. Stay current with platform updates and new features. Required Skills & Qualifications: Proven experience in administering Microsoft Power Platform in enterprise environments. Strong understanding of Power Platform governance, DLP policies, and environment architecture. Deep understanding of Power Platform components and Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Familiarity with connectors, custom connectors, and integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure. Experience supporting citizen developer communities and scalable governance models. Excellent troubleshooting skills and experience with platform performance monitoring. Comfortable with Agile ways of working and working in fast-paced consulting environments. Preferred but not essential: Microsoft Certifications in Power Platform (PL-400, PL-600, or PL-900). Experience with Azure DevOps for ALM and deployment pipelines. Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams integrations. In the first instance please submit your CV.
C# Pricing Services Analyst/Developer FX Options Our prestigious Global Investment Bank client is seeking a permanent highly skilled Pricing Services Analyst/Developer to join its GIT - CMI - Risk FX IT team. This senior role requires an individual with exceptional skills in C#, and integrating quant libraries. A strong background in pricing models and risk analytics for both vanilla and exotic FX derivatives. The successful candidate will be instrumental in developing low-latency, scalable systems and ensuring their seamless integration into Real Time trading platforms. Required Skills & Qualifications: Highly experienced in C#, Java, and Quant Library development, particularly within a fast-paced, agile environment. Solid understanding of mathematics as applied to derivatives risk and pricing. Experience working with traders, quants, and risk managers in an investment banking environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Desirable: C++ development experience, experience with APIs and web services interfaces, and some French language skills. Day-to-Day Responsibilities: Design and implement pricing and risk analytics tools for FX cash trades and options, including exotic and structured products. Develop and optimize quantitative models in collaboration with quants and traders. Ensure robust integration of pricing libraries with trading systems. Maintain and enhance low-latency infrastructure for Real Time risk and PnL calculations. Conduct backtesting and performance analysis of models and trading strategies. Provide technical guidance and support across the trading floor on model behaviour and system performance. Liaise with technology and infrastructure teams to ensure robust deployment and monitoring of analytic tools. Contribute to the continuous improvement of coding standards, testing frameworks, and development practices. Benefits: Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunities for professional growth and development within a dynamic and supportive environment. Access to cutting-edge technology and tools. How to Apply: To apply for the Pricing Services Developer position, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.
Oct 03, 2025
Full time
C# Pricing Services Analyst/Developer FX Options Our prestigious Global Investment Bank client is seeking a permanent highly skilled Pricing Services Analyst/Developer to join its GIT - CMI - Risk FX IT team. This senior role requires an individual with exceptional skills in C#, and integrating quant libraries. A strong background in pricing models and risk analytics for both vanilla and exotic FX derivatives. The successful candidate will be instrumental in developing low-latency, scalable systems and ensuring their seamless integration into Real Time trading platforms. Required Skills & Qualifications: Highly experienced in C#, Java, and Quant Library development, particularly within a fast-paced, agile environment. Solid understanding of mathematics as applied to derivatives risk and pricing. Experience working with traders, quants, and risk managers in an investment banking environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Desirable: C++ development experience, experience with APIs and web services interfaces, and some French language skills. Day-to-Day Responsibilities: Design and implement pricing and risk analytics tools for FX cash trades and options, including exotic and structured products. Develop and optimize quantitative models in collaboration with quants and traders. Ensure robust integration of pricing libraries with trading systems. Maintain and enhance low-latency infrastructure for Real Time risk and PnL calculations. Conduct backtesting and performance analysis of models and trading strategies. Provide technical guidance and support across the trading floor on model behaviour and system performance. Liaise with technology and infrastructure teams to ensure robust deployment and monitoring of analytic tools. Contribute to the continuous improvement of coding standards, testing frameworks, and development practices. Benefits: Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunities for professional growth and development within a dynamic and supportive environment. Access to cutting-edge technology and tools. How to Apply: To apply for the Pricing Services Developer position, please submit your CV and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.
Location: North West, United Kingdom Salary: £38,462 Contract Type: Permanent Full Time 37 hours/week Work Type: Onsite The Role We're looking for a qualified and proactive Electrical Field Service Engineer to join our operations team, supporting the performance and reliability of essential water and wastewater treatment assets across the North West. This is a hands-on, field-based role where you'll carry out planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of electrical equipment-from pumps and motors to control panels and instrumentation. You'll play a key part in keeping our infrastructure running safely and efficiently, while ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and regulations. You'll work independently across multiple sites, managing your time effectively and collaborating with colleagues and contractors to deliver high-quality service. Key Responsibilities Perform electrical maintenance and repairs on pumps, motors, panels, sensors, and control systems. Diagnose and resolve faults quickly to minimise downtime and maintain operational performance. Ensure all work complies with health, safety, environmental, and electrical standards. Maintain accurate records of completed work, asset condition, and recommendations. Identify opportunities to improve asset reliability and energy efficiency. Collaborate with site operators, engineers, and contractors to ensure smooth service delivery. Travel across designated sites within the region, responding to priority tasks as needed. Essential Skills & Experience Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications in electrical engineering. Full UK driving licence (due to the mobile nature of the role). Proven experience in electrical maintenance or engineering, ideally in a field-based or utilities environment. Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across electrical systems, controls, and instrumentation. Benefits 26 days annual leave (rising to 30 days with service), plus 8 bank holidays. Competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution. Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus and recognition awards. Company-funded healthcare plan. Discounts on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions. Access to financial wellbeing tools and resources. EVolve car scheme and ShareBuy options. Enhanced parental leave and employee assistance programme. About United Utilities United Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to millions of customers across the North West. As a FTSE 100 company, we're committed to sustainability, innovation, and creating long-term value for our communities. We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Join us and be part of a team that values your contribution and supports your professional growth.
Oct 02, 2025
Full time
Location: North West, United Kingdom Salary: £38,462 Contract Type: Permanent Full Time 37 hours/week Work Type: Onsite The Role We're looking for a qualified and proactive Electrical Field Service Engineer to join our operations team, supporting the performance and reliability of essential water and wastewater treatment assets across the North West. This is a hands-on, field-based role where you'll carry out planned and reactive maintenance on a wide range of electrical equipment-from pumps and motors to control panels and instrumentation. You'll play a key part in keeping our infrastructure running safely and efficiently, while ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and regulations. You'll work independently across multiple sites, managing your time effectively and collaborating with colleagues and contractors to deliver high-quality service. Key Responsibilities Perform electrical maintenance and repairs on pumps, motors, panels, sensors, and control systems. Diagnose and resolve faults quickly to minimise downtime and maintain operational performance. Ensure all work complies with health, safety, environmental, and electrical standards. Maintain accurate records of completed work, asset condition, and recommendations. Identify opportunities to improve asset reliability and energy efficiency. Collaborate with site operators, engineers, and contractors to ensure smooth service delivery. Travel across designated sites within the region, responding to priority tasks as needed. Essential Skills & Experience Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications in electrical engineering. Full UK driving licence (due to the mobile nature of the role). Proven experience in electrical maintenance or engineering, ideally in a field-based or utilities environment. Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across electrical systems, controls, and instrumentation. Benefits 26 days annual leave (rising to 30 days with service), plus 8 bank holidays. Competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution. Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus and recognition awards. Company-funded healthcare plan. Discounts on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions. Access to financial wellbeing tools and resources. EVolve car scheme and ShareBuy options. Enhanced parental leave and employee assistance programme. About United Utilities United Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to millions of customers across the North West. As a FTSE 100 company, we're committed to sustainability, innovation, and creating long-term value for our communities. We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Join us and be part of a team that values your contribution and supports your professional growth.
The Role We're looking for a skilled Instrumentation Field Service Engineer to support the reliability and performance of our assets across the North West. This is a hands-on role involving planned, reactive, and proactive maintenance, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and company standards. You'll work independently across multiple sites, while also collaborating with a supportive team to deliver high-quality technical solutions. Your input will also contribute to capital and operational projects, helping to ensure new assets are designed with maintainability in mind. Please note: This role involves working in confined spaces. Participation in an out-of-hours standby rota is required. Key Responsibilities Deliver efficient instrumentation maintenance and installation services across operational sites. Diagnose and resolve faults in instrumentation and systems-based equipment. Perform planned maintenance to reduce downtime and improve asset reliability. Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations and internal procedures. Manage budgets and maintain financial control related to maintenance activities. Provide accurate asset performance and repair data to support decision-making. Investigate recurring issues and recommend long-term solutions. Essential Skills & Experience Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications in a relevant discipline. Full UK driving licence (due to the mobile nature of the role). Proven experience in electrical maintenance or engineering, ideally in a field-based or utilities environment. Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across electrical systems, controls, and instrumentation. Familiarity with pumps, motors, and rotating equipment in process industries. Solid understanding of Health & Safety practices, including risk assessments and permit-to-work systems. Ability to work independently while maintaining effective communication with teams and contractors. Benefits 26 days annual leave (rising to 30 days with service), plus 8 bank holidays. Competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution. Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus and recognition awards. Company-funded healthcare plan. Discounts on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions. Access to financial wellbeing tools and resources. EVolve car scheme and ShareBuy options. Enhanced parental leave and employee assistance programme. About United Utilities United Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to millions of customers across the North West. As a FTSE 100 company, we're committed to sustainability, innovation, and creating long-term value for our communities. We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Join us and be part of a team that values your contribution and supports your professional growth.
Oct 02, 2025
Full time
The Role We're looking for a skilled Instrumentation Field Service Engineer to support the reliability and performance of our assets across the North West. This is a hands-on role involving planned, reactive, and proactive maintenance, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and company standards. You'll work independently across multiple sites, while also collaborating with a supportive team to deliver high-quality technical solutions. Your input will also contribute to capital and operational projects, helping to ensure new assets are designed with maintainability in mind. Please note: This role involves working in confined spaces. Participation in an out-of-hours standby rota is required. Key Responsibilities Deliver efficient instrumentation maintenance and installation services across operational sites. Diagnose and resolve faults in instrumentation and systems-based equipment. Perform planned maintenance to reduce downtime and improve asset reliability. Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations and internal procedures. Manage budgets and maintain financial control related to maintenance activities. Provide accurate asset performance and repair data to support decision-making. Investigate recurring issues and recommend long-term solutions. Essential Skills & Experience Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent qualifications in a relevant discipline. Full UK driving licence (due to the mobile nature of the role). Proven experience in electrical maintenance or engineering, ideally in a field-based or utilities environment. Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across electrical systems, controls, and instrumentation. Familiarity with pumps, motors, and rotating equipment in process industries. Solid understanding of Health & Safety practices, including risk assessments and permit-to-work systems. Ability to work independently while maintaining effective communication with teams and contractors. Benefits 26 days annual leave (rising to 30 days with service), plus 8 bank holidays. Competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution. Up to 7.5% performance-related bonus and recognition awards. Company-funded healthcare plan. Discounts on gym memberships and digital fitness subscriptions. Access to financial wellbeing tools and resources. EVolve car scheme and ShareBuy options. Enhanced parental leave and employee assistance programme. About United Utilities United Utilities delivers essential water and wastewater services to millions of customers across the North West. As a FTSE 100 company, we're committed to sustainability, innovation, and creating long-term value for our communities. We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Join us and be part of a team that values your contribution and supports your professional growth.
About us Reed are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC UK)! FBC UK bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. FBC UK are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few, as well as a proud manufacturing partner to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. The key ingredient to FBC UK's success is people, and the passion they have for their brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox's or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We need people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success. FBC UK are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader. The role To directionally lead the dispatch team and act as a first point of contact on shift when any queries and issues arise from the team. Reporting directly into our Site Logistics Manager to organise and develop the team to achieve the functional goals of the warehouse and logistics department. Key accountabilities • Ensure compliance of Food Safety Standards • Adhere to basic PPE and Plant Safety Standards • Participate in any Safety, Health and Environment related courses as required • Responsible for own and safety of others • Comply with all safety regulations and instruction • Participate in training and development of self and team • Maintenance of hygiene and 'clean as you go' procedures • Working together as part of a team to ensure we make great biscuits • To actively support a safety culture within Dispatch warehouse teams, including safe use of FLT /PPT Truck equipment • To collect palletised stock from production area & shrink wrap prior to loading • To load vehicles with finished goods pallets out of a Dispatch warehouse, using scan systems & agreed vehicle planning • To support delivery of accurate documentation & labelling control of all finished goods stock in Dispatch warehouse • To input finished goods (product) into the SAP system • To communicate positively with all colleagues during each shift & handover period • To effectively manage the team day-to-day from organising holidays, overtime and scheduling daily roles and tasks for each employee Skills & experience • Team Work - Working together as part of a team to ensure we make great biscuits • Ability to work on own initiative "Making the right decisions based on what is best for FBC" • Experience of machine operation in a manufacturing environment an advantage • Problem Solving - ability to react to fault finding skills and can work with the minimum amount of supervision • Good numeric skills • A flexible and self-motivated person • Good communication skills • Excellent time keeping and attendance record • Awareness of health and safety and food safety / hygiene requirements is desirable • Experience within the food manufacturing environment desirable • Trained in operating Forklift counterbalance, reach and PPT equipment
Sep 25, 2025
Full time
About us Reed are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC UK)! FBC UK bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. FBC UK are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few, as well as a proud manufacturing partner to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. The key ingredient to FBC UK's success is people, and the passion they have for their brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox's or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We need people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success. FBC UK are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader. The role To directionally lead the dispatch team and act as a first point of contact on shift when any queries and issues arise from the team. Reporting directly into our Site Logistics Manager to organise and develop the team to achieve the functional goals of the warehouse and logistics department. Key accountabilities • Ensure compliance of Food Safety Standards • Adhere to basic PPE and Plant Safety Standards • Participate in any Safety, Health and Environment related courses as required • Responsible for own and safety of others • Comply with all safety regulations and instruction • Participate in training and development of self and team • Maintenance of hygiene and 'clean as you go' procedures • Working together as part of a team to ensure we make great biscuits • To actively support a safety culture within Dispatch warehouse teams, including safe use of FLT /PPT Truck equipment • To collect palletised stock from production area & shrink wrap prior to loading • To load vehicles with finished goods pallets out of a Dispatch warehouse, using scan systems & agreed vehicle planning • To support delivery of accurate documentation & labelling control of all finished goods stock in Dispatch warehouse • To input finished goods (product) into the SAP system • To communicate positively with all colleagues during each shift & handover period • To effectively manage the team day-to-day from organising holidays, overtime and scheduling daily roles and tasks for each employee Skills & experience • Team Work - Working together as part of a team to ensure we make great biscuits • Ability to work on own initiative "Making the right decisions based on what is best for FBC" • Experience of machine operation in a manufacturing environment an advantage • Problem Solving - ability to react to fault finding skills and can work with the minimum amount of supervision • Good numeric skills • A flexible and self-motivated person • Good communication skills • Excellent time keeping and attendance record • Awareness of health and safety and food safety / hygiene requirements is desirable • Experience within the food manufacturing environment desirable • Trained in operating Forklift counterbalance, reach and PPT equipment
Role Overview The Change Manager will report directly to Business Change Lead . In this role, you will be responsible for: Key Responsibilities: Managing Change: With a key focus on people change, and ensuring that colleagues impacted by change are ready, willing and able to commit to the change, adopting new ways of working, and transitioning to BAU effectively, is essential to this role Leadership and Delivery: Provide effective leadership in change management, assist in the development of a clear vision and standards, and directly support the capability building of change management principles at a leadership level and build strong internal and external networks. Building Networks: This role is working on high impacting and far reaching projects, building strong networks and being able to influence direction of change to ensure value generation through adoption of change is maximised Business Case Support: knowledge of creating and building business cases is a desirable skill (but not essential) ensuring that the people side of change is considered equally to the delivery of new products within the organisation, and at the beginning of the journey from idea to delivery Change Management Community of Practice: : Collaborate with key stakeholders at all levels to develop and progress business change / change management across the organisation building MaPS change management maturity Change Planning: Own the change plan for the project and contribute to the overall project plans for key strategic projects, sometimes working to demanding timelines within complex change projects. Operational Readiness: Manage operational readiness criteria and lead the go-live decision process in collaboration with the Project Managers, project boards, SRO's and business end-users. Benefits Management: Oversee benefits realisation and understand the impact of Business Change activities on Benefits Management, supporting colleagues post go-live reinforcing the new ways of working to sustain change and realise benefits Change Communication: Incorporate Business Change communications requirements into the project communications plan and provide content for related communications both internally and externally Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholder engagement, ensuring it meets Business Change requirements and act as the point of contact for senior/strategic stakeholders. Guidance and Support: Provide direction and guidance to the across the change portfolio as required. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate: Significant experience in applying business change methodology within a formal project and programme environment. Proven track record of delivering change within customer-facing operations and remote access/telephony services. Strong skills in stakeholder engagement, risk and issues management, and benefits realisation. Comprehensive understanding of all stages and elements of a programme and project lifecycle including planning, scheduling, resource management, governance, assurance, and business case development. Proficiency in using a range of change management frameworks and methodologies depending on project needs to ensure outcomes are sustained through the adoption of new ways of working Awareness of solutions development and budgeting and cost management. About Us The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values - caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We're not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values: Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform. Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact. Our Inclusive Working Environment By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to "bring their whole selves to work."Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity. What We Offer Generous Annual Leave - 30 days plus Bank Holidays Pension scheme - contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary) Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains Cycle to work Scheme Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance scheme Give as you earn scheme Employee assistance programme (EAP) PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing) Enhanced family and sick pay Paid volunteering (2 days a year) Recognition Scheme Discounts portal to numerous retailers Flexible Working At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per
Sep 25, 2025
Full time
Role Overview The Change Manager will report directly to Business Change Lead . In this role, you will be responsible for: Key Responsibilities: Managing Change: With a key focus on people change, and ensuring that colleagues impacted by change are ready, willing and able to commit to the change, adopting new ways of working, and transitioning to BAU effectively, is essential to this role Leadership and Delivery: Provide effective leadership in change management, assist in the development of a clear vision and standards, and directly support the capability building of change management principles at a leadership level and build strong internal and external networks. Building Networks: This role is working on high impacting and far reaching projects, building strong networks and being able to influence direction of change to ensure value generation through adoption of change is maximised Business Case Support: knowledge of creating and building business cases is a desirable skill (but not essential) ensuring that the people side of change is considered equally to the delivery of new products within the organisation, and at the beginning of the journey from idea to delivery Change Management Community of Practice: : Collaborate with key stakeholders at all levels to develop and progress business change / change management across the organisation building MaPS change management maturity Change Planning: Own the change plan for the project and contribute to the overall project plans for key strategic projects, sometimes working to demanding timelines within complex change projects. Operational Readiness: Manage operational readiness criteria and lead the go-live decision process in collaboration with the Project Managers, project boards, SRO's and business end-users. Benefits Management: Oversee benefits realisation and understand the impact of Business Change activities on Benefits Management, supporting colleagues post go-live reinforcing the new ways of working to sustain change and realise benefits Change Communication: Incorporate Business Change communications requirements into the project communications plan and provide content for related communications both internally and externally Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholder engagement, ensuring it meets Business Change requirements and act as the point of contact for senior/strategic stakeholders. Guidance and Support: Provide direction and guidance to the across the change portfolio as required. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience. To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate: Significant experience in applying business change methodology within a formal project and programme environment. Proven track record of delivering change within customer-facing operations and remote access/telephony services. Strong skills in stakeholder engagement, risk and issues management, and benefits realisation. Comprehensive understanding of all stages and elements of a programme and project lifecycle including planning, scheduling, resource management, governance, assurance, and business case development. Proficiency in using a range of change management frameworks and methodologies depending on project needs to ensure outcomes are sustained through the adoption of new ways of working Awareness of solutions development and budgeting and cost management. About Us The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values - caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We're not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values: Caring We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform. Connecting We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections. Transforming We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact. Our Inclusive Working Environment By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to "bring their whole selves to work."Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women's health, men's health, ethnicity, and diversity. What We Offer Generous Annual Leave - 30 days plus Bank Holidays Pension scheme - contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary) Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains Cycle to work Scheme Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs Life assurance scheme Give as you earn scheme Employee assistance programme (EAP) PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing) Enhanced family and sick pay Paid volunteering (2 days a year) Recognition Scheme Discounts portal to numerous retailers Flexible Working At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per