Methods Business and Digital Technology

About Methods: Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people centred, safe, and designed for the future. Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet. We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. Predominantly focused on the public sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio. Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022. Alten is a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees specializing in engineering and IT services. Domain Expert Role Overview As a Cloud Transformation and Modernisation Expert, you will play a pivotal role at the intersection of client engagement, strategic delivery, and brand representation. You will shape how Methods communicates its value, supports business growth, and showcases its transformation expertise through pre sales activity, thought leadership, and high impact marketing content. You will collaborate closely with Delivery, Sales, and Marketing to translate our work into clear, compelling, and outcome focused narratives. This includes designing persuasive bid responses, presentations, and strategic content that resonate with clients and articulate the measurable impact Methods delivers. You will also drive the evolution of our service offerings, ensuring they remain aligned with changing client priorities, industry best practice, and emerging technologies across IT operations, service management, automation, and digital service excellence. As the senior technical authority for your domain, you will anticipate market trends, define the future skills required within the discipline, and guide Methods' strategic direction. You will build and mentor a community of Specialists, recruiting talent and nurturing capability with support from Competency Centre leadership. In addition, you will contribute to specialist client assignments, support pre sales and bid activities, and help shape new and existing service propositions. Methods is appointing seven Domain Experts, each matched to a core strategic offering. Client Side Transformation Partner User Centred Design & Delivery Cloud Transformation & Modernisation Data Intelligence & Applied AI IT Operations & Service Excellence Enterprise Platform Adoption & Value Realisation Cyber Resilience These experts will be the thought leaders and subject matter authorities for their domains, shaping propositions, guiding client delivery, and strengthening Methods' position in the market. Key Responsibilities Project Expertise Provide expert consultancy, technical leadership, and delivery assurance across client assignments. Lead discovery activities, assessments, stakeholder interviews, and service maturity reviews. Develop strategies, operating models, transformation roadmaps, and business cases. Design and facilitate client workshops, including vision setting, prioritisation, and technical decision making. Offer hands on delivery support as an interim lead or specialist where required. Support implementation of the skills matrix and deliver project specific training to uplift team capability. Participate in programme governance, risk assessment, and quality assurance for major initiatives. Pre Sales Shape early client conversations, understand challenges, and define clear, compelling responses. Lead scoping activities and host client workshops to refine requirements and solution options. Develop high quality proposals, presentations, and capability statements for bids and frameworks. Support Sales and Bid Teams with subject matter expertise and strategic narrative development. Contribute to account planning, pipeline development, and identification of future market opportunities. Provide insight on competitive positioning, market trends, and emerging client needs. Service Offerings Work with Competency Centre leadership to develop, refine, and evolve service propositions. Identify future customer or market challenges and ensure our offerings reflect best practice and emerging trends. Build and maintain partnerships with external organisations to strengthen service capability. Curate and maintain reusable assets such as case studies, templates, and playbooks, updated quarterly. Training & Community Mentor and support Specialists, providing technical guidance and career development. Produce training materials and deliver capability building courses aligned to domain expertise. Continue developing your own skills in line with Competency Centre objectives. Lead an active professional community by organising events, sharing insights, and promoting collaboration. Participate in the recruitment of Specialists, including conducting technical interviews. External Communication Represent Methods through thought leadership, attending events, speaking engagements, and external forums. Produce high quality blogs, insight articles, whitepapers, or multimedia content to showcase expertise. Support Marketing to develop compelling stories and campaigns that highlight client outcomes and Methods' value. Ensure domain specific messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned with corporate priorities. Key Experience To be effective in this role, you must have relevant delivery experience sufficient to interact with senior clients, delivery teams, and respond to tenders. This will include the following areas for your domain. Cloud Optimisation Assessments Cloud Readiness Assessment & Strategy Migration Planning & Execution (Lift and Shift or Cloud Native Modernisation) Cloud Architecture Design Platform Selection (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) and identity management Workload Optimisation, Application Modernisation & Performance Tuning and Integration Services Security, Governance & Compliance Management Cloud Cost Management & FinOps Automation & DevOps Enablement (CI/CD, IaC) Monitoring, Reporting & Continuous Improvement Capability Uplift & Embedded Knowledge Transfer Benefits led portfolio management Change readiness and engagement Data Architecture Design & Assurance Security Architecture Design & Assurance Data Migration Design & Delivery Why you'll love this role You will love the role if you want to make a real impact while growing your career in a supportive, forward thinking organisation. Methods combines the agility of a consultancy with the purpose of public sector transformation, giving you the opportunity to shape meaningful outcomes for citizens, government and national services. In this hybrid sales and delivery role, you will build trusted relationships with clients, spot opportunities to solve complex challenges and then lead the teams that bring those solutions to life. You will have the freedom to innovate, the backing of experienced colleagues, and a culture that values collaboration, curiosity and continuous development. At Methods, your work matters, your voice is heard, and your career can thrive. By joining us you can expect: Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society Strong, inspiring and thought provoking leadership A supportive and collaborative environment. As well as this, we offer: Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month as well as commitment to charitable causes Time off 25 days a year Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance Life Assurance of 4 times base salary Private Medical Insurance which is non contributory (spouse and dependants included) Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Methods is currently recruiting for a Security Business Partner to join our team on a permanent basis. The Security Business Partner will be expected to manage the Onboarding and Security team that work as part of the Methods Compliance and Security Team. They will manage, support and administer Methods and its associated businesses onboarding and offboarding of all permanent staff, contractors and associates. In close coordination with the Recruiters they are responsible for processes and workflows that enable the smooth onboarding and offboarding of resources, and their individual aftercare requirements. The team represents Methods and the Alten Group as one of the first contact points and as such offering a smooth onboarding experience that is welcoming and professional setting up new starters for the journey ahead is paramount. The role will require a self motivated individual to provide largely independent day to day management of the team and to advise senior management and stakeholders on the development of policy and protocol. Responsibilities Onboarding Offboarding Security Clearance (SC) and Vetting Management Contract, Supplier documentation Management of the SLA's in the ticketing system to ensure that we have initiate onboarding checks and Security Clearance (DBS, BPSS, SC, etc.) for all staff, contractors and associates ensuring they are completed in the correct time frame to begin work. Defining processes in line with government regulations and managing the checking of documentation, ID and Right to Work, references and managing DBS checks. Managing the processes and SLA's with offboarding all staff, contractors and associates; this will include the creation of termination and offboarding letters and the deactivation of Security Clearances. Ensure adherence with HMG GovS007 and IPSA requirements Creating a smooth onboarding experience and advising all new starters of actions and documentation needed Manage the tracking of clearances at all levels, including transfer of security clearance between Government departments or other companies Ensuring all information is appropriately stored in the correct systems and tools, updating systems with relevant details for each individual, supplier and client kept up to date. Managing the recording and tracking information for new and current clearances against current supplier records ensuring new certificates or vetting renewals are requested in timely manner. Responsibility for the filing and documentation for security related contracts Act as a point of contact and SME for all Group staff to manage any queries on clearances and engaging effectively in the formation and maintenance of day to day working relationships with all stakeholders, liaising with project and account managers on project clearance requirements and interpreting SALs. Be the escalation point for the security team Ensure the timely communication with suppliers and clients about status of clearances and onboarding. Issue security clearance confirmation letters and administer SC Aftercare requirements. Will undertake responsibility for internal and external Auditing support and Non conformance logging material and contribute to wider site audits in support of HMG SPF. Support and manage facility security requirement implementation. Internal and external Auditing support and Non conformance logging. This includes support for the businesses certifications. Will record all security incidents and assist in their investigation and reporting. Responsible for oversight of the secure storage, destruction and accountability of Company Sensitive and Protectively Marked material ensuring that material is appropriately stored in the correct systems and tools, updating Salesforce with relevant details for each individual, supplier and client kept up to date. Responsible for developing and delivering effective security awareness advice to programme teams and senior management. Responsible for contributing to the compilation and updating of new employee security induction material, creating security policies and procedures to meet corporate and regulatory requirements. Mentor others within the Onboarding and Security team in a technical and consultancy capacity. Liaise with the company Security Controller with any queries or complex issues. Be the deputy Security Controller. Any other reasonable requests from management aligned to security related matters. Essential Skills and Experience Experience of working with Defence and government security vetting requirements, with at least five years of experience in this role. Good organisational and time management skills are a must as you will have multiple priorities. Strong knowledge of recruitment administration. Excellent attention to detail. Great communication skills and the ability to cultivate trusting relationships. Articulate with a high level of verbal and written English. Flexible attitude with the ability to adapt whilst working under pressure. Experience with Salesforce beneficial. This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance and be a sole UK national. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview. Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy. By Joining Us You Can Expect Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience. Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society. Strong, inspiring and thought provoking leadership. A supportive and collaborative environment. Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training. Wellness 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme. Flexible Working including home working and part time. Social office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes. Time Off 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year. Volunteering 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation. Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution. Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance. Life Assurance of 4 times base salary. Private Medical Insurance which is non contributory (spouse and dependants included). Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non contributory (spouse and dependants included). Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay Travel season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme. For a full list of benefits please visit our website

A leading IT consultancy is seeking a Senior Content Designer, passionate about creating user-friendly content, with experience in the public sector and a deep understanding of GDS/GOV.UK standards. This hybrid role includes responsibilities like planning accessible content, managing stakeholders, and mentoring junior team members. Join us in making a significant difference in the public sector while enjoying flexible working conditions, development opportunities, and a vibrant team culture.