Connect2Luton are recruiting a Head of Service - Travel Assistance on behalf of Luton Borough Council. The Role: We are seeking an experienced senior leader to take strategic responsibility for Luton Borough Council's Travel Assistance Service. Reporting to the Director of Education and forming part of the Education Senior Leadership Team, you will lead a large, complex statutory service responsible for SEND travel assistance, home-to-school transport, post-16 transport, transport for children in care, adult social care transport and internal fleet operations. This is a high-profile leadership role with responsibility for service transformation, commissioning, statutory compliance, contract management, safeguarding, and financial performance. Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic leadership for the Council's Travel Assistance Service. Lead the delivery of safe, compliant and cost-effective transport services for children, young people and adults. Oversee SEND...

Job Title: Senior Project Manager Location: Birmingham / Hybrid Contract Type: 12 months contract As the Senior Project Manager (Delivery), you will oversee the delivery programme for the Grimsby to Walpole (GWNC) project, managing interfaces between GGP Partners and the internal project services team. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring the project is delivered safely, on time, and within budget while navigating the complexities of a high-risk environment. Key Responsibilities: Act as an ambassador for the GGP charter, holding partners and NG peers accountable. Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned work package(s). Deliver project scope accurately and safely, maintaining a focus on quality. Coordinate and manage schedule integration across all parties involved. Lead weekly interface and coordination meetings. Provide insightful reports to the Delivery Director and escalate issues as necessary. Share best practises to enhance project...

Job Advertisement: Change Consultant Are you a dynamic Change Consultant with a passion for driving process improvement and transformation? Our client, a leading organisation in the transport sector, is seeking an experienced professional to join their team on a temporary basis. This exciting opportunity is set to run until March 31, 2027, offering a competitive daily rate between 500 and 700. Key Responsibilities: As a Change Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in: Conducting process mapping and end-to-end service reviews to identify inefficiencies, delays, and duplication. Implementing continuous improvement initiatives and transformation activities. Engaging in data analysis, performance measurement, and KPI development to track progress and outcomes. Performing root cause analysis and structured problem solving to drive effective change. Ensuring robust governance, controls, and process assurance across the organisation. Facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders...

Delegation of Authority Programme Manager needed for an initial 3-month role with our FMCG client based in Edinburgh . The right candidate must be a seasoned Programme Manager with a track record of delivering specific Delegation of Authority / Schedule of Delegated Authority / DoA Matrix / DoA Framework programmes within complex organisations, including strong Governance and Financial Controls experience and experience within Global organisations. The role is Outside IR35 , 3-months initially (though expected to roll on for up to 12-months) and will require candidates to work weekly in Edinburgh (hybrid). The requirement is for a strong Delegation of Authority Programme Manager to lead the delivery of a high-profile Delegation of Authority (DoA) transformation programme for a large multinational organisation. This is a hands-on business change & delivery leadership role focused on implementing sustainable governance, controls and approval processes across...

Head of Site Construction Health & Safety Hinkley Point C, Somerset Contract Role Inside IR35 5 days per week on site 500 to 655 per day (paye) 750 to 890 per day (umbrella) Job Purpose / Overview To ensure the Hinkley Point C construction site and Associated Developments maintain compliance with its arrangements and promote best practice. This will cover a wide number of areas including our Nuclear Site License arrangements and Principal Contractor standards and commitments. To establish and implement a world class approach to Health and Safety on the HPC Construction Site. Establishing processes and standards and providing oversight to ensure these are vigorously applied. Principal Accountabilities Lead and co-ordinate Department activities and resources to ensure full compliance with agreed Health and Safety and Principal Contractor Standards and expectations. Establishing and maintaining Health and Safety standards and Policies aligned...

Job Title: SC Cleared Pega Lead Business Architect (LBA) Location: UK (remote) Salary/Rate: (Apply online only) per day inside IR35 Start Date: 23/11/2026 Job Type: Initial 6 month contract (likely to extend) Candidates must hold an active SC Clearance. Company Introduction We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Pega Lead Business Architect (LBA) to shape and own the business design of a Pega-based transformation for a leading UK government organisation. Job Responsibilities/Objectives You will be the bridge between policy, operations and the Pega delivery team, translating complex public-sector processes into clear, outcome-focused case designs. Lead discovery and requirements workshops with senior stakeholders, policy owners and operational teams Define the target operating model, case types, stages and processes using Pega Express methodology Own the...

Job Title: Partnerships Lead Location: Liverpool / Hybrid (up to 3 days per week onsite.) Contract Duration : 31/3/27 Daily Rate: £650/day (Umbrella) IR35 Status : Inside IR35 The Role: As the Partnerships Lead, you will support the Grade 6 Policy & Partnerships Manager in leading the design, development, and testing of the LAMP framework. You will act as the principal bridge between the programme, Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), and central government departments, embedding collaborative estate planning across strategic authorities. This role is central to bringing diverse public sector partners together and influencing joined-up decision-making. You will play a pivotal role in driving wider system change by ensuring central government departments actively engage with and champion Pathfinder activities. By aligning central departmental priorities with regional opportunities, you will unlock collective property assets to support the long-term strategic...

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Head of Customer Access & Experience on behalf of Luton Borough Council. Main purpose of position: Customer Access & Contact: Lead the Council's customer access and contact function across frontline and service-specific teams, ensuring residents can obtain the information, advice, support and services they need through effective, accessible and sustainable service channels. Customer Insight & Experience: Lead the Council's approach to understanding, measuring and improving resident experience of accessing the Council's services through performance management, standard setting, quality assurance, workforce development, customer insight and organisational learning. Corporate Complaints: Lead the Council's corporate complaints function, ensuring effective complaint resolution, regulatory compliance and robust corporate oversight of the Council's complaints framework. Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and...

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. Job Title: PMO Lead - Operational Technology & Transformation Location: Warwick / London Contract Type: 6 months with scope to extend Job Purpose The PMO Lead sits within IT&D, supporting a critical operational technology environment and associated transformation activity. The role brings together activity across three interconnected areas of the organisation, providing a clear view of progress, milestones, dependencies, risks and decisions required. Information, expertise and resources are spread across different teams, and the role will connect these...

An exciting high-growth technology business is looking for a Senior Backend / Platform Engineer Contractor to support the development and scaling of a critical internal platform. This is a hands-on role focused on backend engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform scalability within a fast-paced product environment. Based in: London (primarily remote) Occasional office travel required 6 months initially Start date: ASAP £500-£600 per day - Outside IR35 The Job As the Senior Backend / Platform Engineer , your responsibilities will include: Developing and enhancing backend services and APIs Improving platform performance, reliability and scalability Designing solutions to support growing data volumes and user demand Working with cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling Supporting integrations with third-party systems and services Implementing monitoring, logging and observability capabilities Collaborating with product and engineering...

Job Title: Finance Business Partner - SC Location: Reading / Hybrid (up to 3 days per week onsite.) Contract Duration : 12 months - Possible extension Daily Rate : £77.19/hr (Umbrella) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: SC Key Accountabilities: Developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to become the trusted partner of the accountable leads. Effectively representing business partners in a wide range of stakeholder forums within the operating units. Ensuring that the services for business partners are delivered to the business rhythm in accordance with appropriate processes and systems. Line and task manage capacity and deployment of business partner managers and their teams in support of Lead Business Partners. Ensuring the teams deliverables are: Produced to acceptable time, cost & quality, including but not limited to forecasts, budgets, procurement plans, reports and variance analysis. Produced to the required Business...

Senior Finance Lead (ABL & Financing) Bristol Contract, fixed-term Immediate start Robert Half are working with a fast-growing, investor-backed group in Bristol that is looking for a Senior Finance Lead to take ownership of its asset-based lending (ABL) facility, lender reporting and funding model. Hands-on ABL experience is what will set you apart. You will own the facility end to end and be the person who explains the numbers to the lender, with direct access to the decision-maker in a business that is moving quickly. The details Location: Bristol, on site four to five days a week initially, with some flexibility once established Basis: Contract day rate or fixed-term Start: Immediate Rate / salary: £450-£650pd Reports to: CEO Works with: The Head of Finance Operations, Head of Credit Control & Billing and Financial Controller Interviews: Over the next week or so, with a quick process What you will do Borrowing base and...

Platform Engineer 6 Months £529 -£629/Day Inside IR35 London/ Milton Keynes Clearance: DV We are seeking a Platform Engineer/ Senior Infrastructure Engineer our Government client based in London or Milton Keynes. This role will be office based 60% and remote 40%. The Platform Engineer/ Senior Infrastructure Engineer role will be an initial 6 month contract paying between £529 - £629/Day Inside IR35. This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role it will now be based on an Umbrella solution. Clearance: DV Role Profile: The role will focus on deploying and supporting XDR agents, Azure Arc onboarding, Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) installations, infrastructure monitoring, and maintaining secure, reliable platform services across Windows and Linux server estates. Deploy, configure, and support Microsoft Azure infrastructure services. Install and onboard Windows and Linux servers to Azure Arc. Configure and manage Azure...

RESP Geospatial & Digital Product Lead Contract: Initial 6 Months (Inside IR35) Location: Warwick or Wokingham (Hybrid Working) Rate: Competitive Inside IR35 Day Rate We are seeking an experienced Geospatial & Digital Product Lead to drive the development and enhancement of geospatial and digital capabilities within a major strategic infrastructure planning programme. This role will be instrumental in transforming complex geospatial, infrastructure and network data into intuitive digital products, mapping solutions and decision-support tools. Working across business, digital and technical teams, you will act as the bridge between stakeholders and delivery functions. Key Responsibilities: Lead the development and delivery of geospatial and digital product capabilities. Gather, define and translate business requirements into technical solutions and product roadmaps. Act as the key interface between business stakeholders, product teams,...

An experienced Oracle Project Manager - recent Oracle Fusion experience is essential A key role in the successful delivery of Oracle Fusion continuous improvement and change initiatives across the business. Proactive and delivery-focused project manager who is comfortable operating in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment and who can bring structure, discipline and pace to the delivery of Oracle Fusion enhancements, integrations, process improvements and business change. Working closely with the Oracle Programme Manager, business stakeholders, internal IT teams, Oracle functional & technical specialists, and third-party delivery partners, the Oracle Project Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating & delivering multiple projects from initiation through to successful implementation/transition into business-as-usual support. The role requires strong project governance, stakeholder management, financial control, delivery assurance, with the...

Solution Architect - Synthetics Contract Length: 6 months rolling Location: Reading (hybrid - 2 days per week onsite once the office is operational) Start Date: ASAP Day Rate: open to negotiation Security Clearance required: Active SC clearance or higher The Role We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to lead the end-to-end design and ongoing development of synthetic environments and distributed simulation capabilities within a major aerospace and defence programme. This is a technical leadership role sitting at the intersection of systems engineering, simulation, software architecture and product delivery. You will be responsible for translating product objectives and operational requirements into robust, integrated architectures spanning virtual platforms, synthetic environments, simulation frameworks, models, scenarios, data and simulator hardware. Working closely with product delivery leadership, engineering teams, enterprise architects,...

Software/Digital Engineer - 6 months+ (Apply online only)pd Inside IR35 DOE - Hybrid working in Berkshire ( 2 days p/w, rest wfh) Looking for a Software / Digital Engineer to support the implementation, operation, maintenance, and evolution of digital tools supporting Model and Simulation (Synthetics), Virtual and Physical Testing, Qualification, and Certification (ITEA), or Training and Through Life Support (TLS), development toolchains, and automation capabilities. Key Accountabilities and Objectives Accountabilities include (but are not limited to): Implement, configure, test, deploy, and maintain digital tools and environments. Develop scripts and automation utilities. Support platform integration and operational activities. Troubleshoot technical issues and support end users. Produce and review deliverables and technical documentation. Lifecycle Management Support platform maintenance and upgrades. Contribute to automation and continuous improvement...

SC Cleared Electromagnetic Engineer / Radio frequency Engineer - Inside IR35 DOE 3 months+ - Hybrid working of 2 days per week in Berkshire with rest from home Looking for an SC Cleared Electromagnetic Engineer / Radio frequency Engineer who will lead the development and delivery of digital engineering capabilities supporting electromagnetic engineering. This is a hybrid role combining electromagnetic engineering knowledge, systems engineering, digital engineering and delivery leadership. You will work with technical teams and technology partners to improve the tools, systems and digital environments used across complex engineering programmes. You will be responsible for: Shaping and delivering a roadmap for electromagnetic engineering digital capabilities. Working with engineering teams to understand requirements and translate them into practical technology solutions. Supporting the development and integration of modelling, simulation, analysis and engineering data...

This is a Client side opportunity for an M&E Project Manger working within a Client Side Construction Projects team for a significant Data Centre owner / operator. This is a live data centre and a busy role whereby you will be Project Managing various building services upgrades and retrofits on site KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Can hold others accountable. Stake holder management. Drive efficiencies in the program. Able to deliver under pressure and look for opportunities. MEP background comfortable managing contractors, consultants. Good communication skills able to work with client side internal operations teams and get the best from them. Strong experience in data centres, live DC environments and maintaining SLA availability tier 3 requirements. Strong Admin skills understanding of audit trails and developing/working to process. Methodical and effective in decisions. Able to report up blockers issues next steps and recommendations and track weekly progress. Solution...

Interim Operations Manager Location: Warwickshire Rate: £550-£650 per day PAYE including holiday pay / £500-£600 per day Ltd Company, Outside IR35 Contract: 3-6 Month Contract Ready to make a real difference to a manufacturing operation? If you're an experienced Operations Manager who enjoys walking into a business, understanding what's holding performance back and then making things better, this could be a really interesting interim opportunity. You ll be joining the Warwickshire manufacturing operation of a globally recognised engineering brand at an important point in its development. The focus is simple: improve operational performance, engage the workforce and drive a step-change across safety, quality, delivery and productivity. This isn't a role where you'll be sitting behind a desk reviewing reports. You'll be expected to be visible on the shop floor, work closely with the operational teams and turn improvement plans into measurable results. What will...