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Elevate has 20 years&rsquo; experience of placing of IT, Business Change and Telecoms professionals in permanent and Fixed Term Contract positions throughout the UK. We pride ourselves on ensuring that all our applicants receive guidance throughout every stage of the recruitment process.
Our candidates are impressed by the refreshingly personal and professional approach we provide. We understand the importance of keeping you informed and guiding you through the search, interview and selection procedure.
We never forget that candidates are the backbone of our business and pride ourselves on our ability to offer a dedicated, candidate-focused service which is at once professional, proactive and backed by REC (Recruitment Employment Confederation) industry standards.
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An exciting opportunity for an experienced Scrum Master to join a high profile financial services company to work within their Business Change and Delivery team to co-ordinate the delivery of bespoke and packaged systems, facilitating and driving forward the business change process with the effective delivery of solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established organisation based in Leeds with strong growth plans to further develop its financial services offering. The role is hybrid with some flexible remote working with an excellent salary to 55K/60K plus bonus and attractive benefits package including: 26 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, Death in service x 4, Permanent health insurance, Private medical insurance or contribution towards gym membership and a generous Pension scheme. Scrum Master - Key Skills and Experience: Essential Technical Skills Experience working in an agile software delivery environment Experience as a scrum-master of co-ordinating, guiding and mentoring scrum teams At least 2 years relevant experience working in a commercial environment. Highly analytical and logical mind. Strong communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder relationships Capable of identifying and challenging the effectiveness of existing processes; of proposing improvements; and of achieving buy-in from stakeholders. Strong documentation skills Ability to work at a detailed level across complex business processes. A positive and enthusiastic outlook Desirable Technical Skills: Scrum Master qualifications. Good knowledge of the Systems Development Life Cycle. Project management and Prince 2 experience. Risk management. Experience of Change and Issue management processes. Experience using Azure Devops server, Jira, Confluence or other similar tooling. Working in the financial services industry or other regulated environment Scrum Master - Areas of responsibility: Run scrums and manage project deliverables / allocate tasks Act as Scrum Master facilitating development delivery through Agile methodologies, with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work. Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, refinements and sprint demos with the assistance of Product Owners. Work in close collaboration with the various product owners, system owners and development team; support the Product Owners with emphasis on maintaining and processing the product backlog. Guide the Development team and organisation on how to use Agile/Scrum concepts and principles and ensure they are adhered to. Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution within the scrum teams. Assess technical and resource constraints and their impact on our products and teams. Facilitate impediments / blockers and guide the team to remove them. Produce and maintain relevant metrics that help the scrum teams measure their performance, providing MI detailing the progress on development and delivery. Facilitate the IT business change process, ensuring design and delivery follows the process and identifying improvements to how things can be done Please forward your CV at the earliest convenience to our Consultant Elaine Hallworth for further information on this exciting career opportunity for Business Project Manager. To further discuss our client, and the package which includes a salary to 60,000K plus bonus and attractive benefits package including hybrid/remote working. Our client believes in finding and investing in the right people so that they can grow with the company. Focusing on helping people to succeed by providing them with the right tools, support and career development opportunities - demonstrated by their long-standing Investors in People Gold accreditation. Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Scrum Master

DevOps Engineer role integrates significant Linux experience, AWS knowledge, scripting abilities, information security and debugging skills to implement continuous integration, delivery and deployment for our clients' platform. DevOps Engineer would benefit working in a professional, hybrid working environment including c 2 days per week in the client’s offices based a couple of minutes from the A55 in North Wales. The client offers a competitive salary with a good benefits package. You must be based in the north Wales or commutable to he region or want to relocate to be considered for the role. Key skills required: ·AWS cloud services ·Linux systems ·Networking experience ·Domain management ·Docker / Kubernetes ·Jenkins ·Jira The role would suit a strong DevOps Engineer with 2-3 years' commercial experience in large-scale system administration and familiarity with Open Source and Cloud services technologies, such as Jenkins, Docker and MySQL. You must be based in the north Wales or commutable to he region or want to relocate to be considered for the role. Please forward your CV to us and we will contact you to provide further information on this exciting opportunity offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

DevOps Engineer AWS

Cloud Engineer role integrates significant Linux experience, AWS knowledge, scripting abilities, information security and debugging skills to implement continuous integration, delivery and deployment for our clients' platform. Cloud Engineer would benefit working in a professional, hybrid working environment including c 2 days per week in the client’s offices based a couple of minutes from the A55 in North Wales. The client offers a competitive salary with a good benefits package. You must be based in the north west region or want to relocate to be considered for the role. Key skills required: AWS cloud services Linux systems Networking experience Domain management Docker / Kubernetes Jenkins Jira The role would suit a strong Cloud Engineer with 2-3 years' commercial experience in large-scale system administration and familiarity with Open Source and Cloud services technologies, such as Jenkins, Docker and MySQL. You must be based in the north Wales or commutable to he region or want to relocate to be considered for the role. Please forward your CV to us and we will contact you to provide further information on this exciting opportunity offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

Cloud Engineer

Marketing Specialist required to join our client’s growing marketing team at a really exciting time. The role reports to the Head of Marketing and will be responsible for developing marketing initiatives and content, to drive brand awareness. The role is offered as a part-time (0.5 FTE), and the salary 23- 30k (@ 1 FTE) dependent on experience based at our clients’ head-office in Chorley with hybrid working. They support flexibility and working hours will be discussed at interview. Benefits include 25 days holiday (@1FTE) plus bank holidays plus 1 day for Birthday Holiday! Hybrid working and as well as a competitive salary - 10% employer pension contribution and a great range of other benefits! Initially this role will concentrate on strengthening our client’s brand through social media, digital communications, branch campaigns, and PR. However, the role has potential to develop into other areas of marketing including market segmentation analysis, competitor analysis, digital paid ads and creative design. Marketing Specialist - Requirements and Skills Experience in marketing (financial services experience desirable but not essential) Excellent written English and communication skills (copywriting experience desirable but not essential) Great attention to detail and strong organisation and planning skills A creative mindset Experience of email marketing software tools Familiarity with email deliverability and compliance regulations Experience of social media scheduling tools Marketing, Business or PR degree is preferred, but we’d love to hear from you if you believe you’d be a good fit and have great experience to offer. Marketing Specialist - Key Responsibilities Develop compelling and engaging email content to drive brand awareness of our client’s products. Conceive and develop marketing material to promote products and community initiatives. Develop a social media calendar of proactive posts to raise brand awareness and create reactive posts as required. Research and develop articles for our Knowledge Hub Seek PR opportunities and develop relationships with local media and trade publications Assess effectiveness of the marketing activity performed and report back on the successes and areas for improvement Our client offers an inclusive, supportive environment with great opportunities. For more information regards this exciting opportunity - send your CV to Elaine Hallworth who will provide further information regards the role as offered as a part-time (0.5 FTE), with a salary 23- 30k (@ 1 FTE) dependent on experience plus benefits including 25 days holiday (@1FTE) plus bank holidays plus 1 day for Birthday Holiday! Hybrid working and as well as a competitive salary - 10% employer pension contribution and a great range of other benefits! They support flexibility and working hours will be discussed at interview.