Scottish Rowing: Chief Executive Officer Position: Chief Executive Officer Re sponsible to: President of Scottish Rowing and Board of Directors Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Location: Scotland Background Scottish Rowing is the Governing Body for rowing in Scotland. Our vision is a successful and thriving rowing community and our mission is to support and empower people in Scotland to enjoy rowing and achieve their potential. Since 2022, Scottish Rowing has gone through a period of significant change with the introduction of a new Olympic and Commonwealth discipline, the expansion of the performance programme and a specific focus on extending the reach of the sport of rowing. We are about to undertake our next strategic review - setting the direction for Scottish Rowing for 2026-29 and beyond and are seeking a new CEO to lead the organisation through this review and on to the next exciting phase in its development. Scottish Rowing currently employs a team of 14 staff, including three dedicated coaching posts and is based at the Scottish Rowing Centre - its own dedicated training facility at Strathclyde Country Park. The CEO will be responsible to the President and Board of Directors and is charged with delivering the organisation's strategic objectives, and providing leadership, support and guidance to the Scottish Rowing team, and leading the rowing community across Scotland. The CEO is expected to work closely with the rowing community to widen participation in rowing and improve performance across all disciplines. These aims will be underpinned by a commitment to outstanding governance and leadership and an effective communication strategy. This role requires a strong and dynamic leader who is passionate about the power sport has to change lives and is driven to make a difference through the continued development and growth of rowing across Scotland. This opportunity would suit an experienced sports administrator, but equally we are interested to receive applications from ambitious early career leaders who can demonstrate that they have the skills and experience to step up to a CEO role in a growing Scottish Governing Body of Sport. Key Re sponsibilities: Strategic and operational Delivery The Chief Executive Officer will: lead the development, implementation and delivery of the Scottish Rowing strategic plan, in collaboration with the Board, Scottish Rowing community, and other key stakeholders work with the Board to monitor and develop the strategic plan and be accountable for performance against it establish annual targets, aligned to the strategic goals deliver annual operational plans and budgets aligned to the achievement of annual targets maintain policies and procedures to ensure that the organisation remains compliant with all relevant legislation and best practice work with the Finance Director and relevant committees to ensure that the organisation manages its finances in accordance with company policy oversee continual improvement in the organisation's ability to communicate with its stakeholders develop an asset base that provides the opportunity to attract commercial income and sponsorship to diversify the company's income streams Leadership The Chief Executive Officer will: ensure that Scottish Rowing enhances its position as a modern, forward thinking and high-achieving governing body work with the Board and relevant committees to ensure that the organisation upholds the highest standards of governance, in accordance with current best practice recruit and develop staff, establishing an optimal structure and developing a performance culture and clarity of purpose, responsibility and accountability establish a collaborative approach to the achievement of strategic and annual goals Management, Administration & Governance The Chief Executive Officer will: serve as the senior employee and ultimate line manager for Scottish Rowing's staff actively work to train and develop staff members to ensure they reach full potential ensure the personnel systems are sound and provide a framework within which employees are continuously evaluated and encouraged to assume greater levels of responsibility continuously review and improve existing management systems in order to improve efficiency continuously evaluate the financial condition of Scottish Rowing and ensure that proper controls are in place to ensure its long-term viability ensure accurate information on the current financial situation is presented to the Board of Directors on at least a quarterly basis Partnerships The Chief Executive Officer will develop and maintain effective partnerships to maximise the impact of Scottish Rowing with the following key partners and stakeholders: Clubs and Scottish Rowing membership Scottish Government Active Scotland British Rowing Welsh Rowing Local Authorities / Leisure Trusts HE partners Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Rowing Federation Person Specification Applicants for the position of CEO of Scottish Rowing should meet the following personal specifications. Ke y skills and experience required: Experience in a senior leadership role within a sport-related organisation Hands-on management and team leadership experience Demonstrable experience of financial management Strong strategic and operational planning skills, and the ability to prioritise work by using resources effectively and efficiently An ability to build trust and work in partnership with a Board and to harness their knowledge and experience Excellent communication skills with evidence of an ability to communicate with a variety of diverse stakeholders including the media when required A track record of producing innovative solutions to business challenges A sound working knowledge of the relationship between sport and the public and private sectors Abilityto build and maintain strong, transparent relationships with key stakeholders Ability to support, challenge and manage a relationship with Directors, Committee Members and Staff B e h a vi o u r a l competencies and qualities required: Outstanding personal and professional integrity A willingness to take direction and advice from the Chair and Board, whilst also feeling confident enough to challenge and listen to alternative views Strategic perspective, vision and ability to work positively within a team Drive and commitment and the ability to demonstrate this to others Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective, sustainable partnerships Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership A commitment to the sport and the organisation Strong intellectual and analytical abilities Innovative thinker and ability to focus on the issues to be dealt with Dynamic, enthusiastic and energetic Resilience and ability to make things happen Qualifications/skills required: Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification/ work experience Highly computer literate How to apply Scottish Rowing is committed to selecting staff solely based on their ability to do the job for which they are being recruited and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants should return a completed application form and CV by email to , or by post to Scottish Rowing, Scottish Rowing Centre, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, ML1 3ED. Our Equality monitoring form should be completed using the link below. Applications for this position close at 11:59pm on Monday 15 th April 2024. Interviews will be held on 25 th April 2024.
Apr 28, 2024
Full time
Scottish Rowing: Chief Executive Officer Position: Chief Executive Officer Re sponsible to: President of Scottish Rowing and Board of Directors Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Location: Scotland Background Scottish Rowing is the Governing Body for rowing in Scotland. Our vision is a successful and thriving rowing community and our mission is to support and empower people in Scotland to enjoy rowing and achieve their potential. Since 2022, Scottish Rowing has gone through a period of significant change with the introduction of a new Olympic and Commonwealth discipline, the expansion of the performance programme and a specific focus on extending the reach of the sport of rowing. We are about to undertake our next strategic review - setting the direction for Scottish Rowing for 2026-29 and beyond and are seeking a new CEO to lead the organisation through this review and on to the next exciting phase in its development. Scottish Rowing currently employs a team of 14 staff, including three dedicated coaching posts and is based at the Scottish Rowing Centre - its own dedicated training facility at Strathclyde Country Park. The CEO will be responsible to the President and Board of Directors and is charged with delivering the organisation's strategic objectives, and providing leadership, support and guidance to the Scottish Rowing team, and leading the rowing community across Scotland. The CEO is expected to work closely with the rowing community to widen participation in rowing and improve performance across all disciplines. These aims will be underpinned by a commitment to outstanding governance and leadership and an effective communication strategy. This role requires a strong and dynamic leader who is passionate about the power sport has to change lives and is driven to make a difference through the continued development and growth of rowing across Scotland. This opportunity would suit an experienced sports administrator, but equally we are interested to receive applications from ambitious early career leaders who can demonstrate that they have the skills and experience to step up to a CEO role in a growing Scottish Governing Body of Sport. Key Re sponsibilities: Strategic and operational Delivery The Chief Executive Officer will: lead the development, implementation and delivery of the Scottish Rowing strategic plan, in collaboration with the Board, Scottish Rowing community, and other key stakeholders work with the Board to monitor and develop the strategic plan and be accountable for performance against it establish annual targets, aligned to the strategic goals deliver annual operational plans and budgets aligned to the achievement of annual targets maintain policies and procedures to ensure that the organisation remains compliant with all relevant legislation and best practice work with the Finance Director and relevant committees to ensure that the organisation manages its finances in accordance with company policy oversee continual improvement in the organisation's ability to communicate with its stakeholders develop an asset base that provides the opportunity to attract commercial income and sponsorship to diversify the company's income streams Leadership The Chief Executive Officer will: ensure that Scottish Rowing enhances its position as a modern, forward thinking and high-achieving governing body work with the Board and relevant committees to ensure that the organisation upholds the highest standards of governance, in accordance with current best practice recruit and develop staff, establishing an optimal structure and developing a performance culture and clarity of purpose, responsibility and accountability establish a collaborative approach to the achievement of strategic and annual goals Management, Administration & Governance The Chief Executive Officer will: serve as the senior employee and ultimate line manager for Scottish Rowing's staff actively work to train and develop staff members to ensure they reach full potential ensure the personnel systems are sound and provide a framework within which employees are continuously evaluated and encouraged to assume greater levels of responsibility continuously review and improve existing management systems in order to improve efficiency continuously evaluate the financial condition of Scottish Rowing and ensure that proper controls are in place to ensure its long-term viability ensure accurate information on the current financial situation is presented to the Board of Directors on at least a quarterly basis Partnerships The Chief Executive Officer will develop and maintain effective partnerships to maximise the impact of Scottish Rowing with the following key partners and stakeholders: Clubs and Scottish Rowing membership Scottish Government Active Scotland British Rowing Welsh Rowing Local Authorities / Leisure Trusts HE partners Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Rowing Federation Person Specification Applicants for the position of CEO of Scottish Rowing should meet the following personal specifications. Ke y skills and experience required: Experience in a senior leadership role within a sport-related organisation Hands-on management and team leadership experience Demonstrable experience of financial management Strong strategic and operational planning skills, and the ability to prioritise work by using resources effectively and efficiently An ability to build trust and work in partnership with a Board and to harness their knowledge and experience Excellent communication skills with evidence of an ability to communicate with a variety of diverse stakeholders including the media when required A track record of producing innovative solutions to business challenges A sound working knowledge of the relationship between sport and the public and private sectors Abilityto build and maintain strong, transparent relationships with key stakeholders Ability to support, challenge and manage a relationship with Directors, Committee Members and Staff B e h a vi o u r a l competencies and qualities required: Outstanding personal and professional integrity A willingness to take direction and advice from the Chair and Board, whilst also feeling confident enough to challenge and listen to alternative views Strategic perspective, vision and ability to work positively within a team Drive and commitment and the ability to demonstrate this to others Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills and the ability to develop effective, sustainable partnerships Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership A commitment to the sport and the organisation Strong intellectual and analytical abilities Innovative thinker and ability to focus on the issues to be dealt with Dynamic, enthusiastic and energetic Resilience and ability to make things happen Qualifications/skills required: Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification/ work experience Highly computer literate How to apply Scottish Rowing is committed to selecting staff solely based on their ability to do the job for which they are being recruited and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants should return a completed application form and CV by email to , or by post to Scottish Rowing, Scottish Rowing Centre, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, ML1 3ED. Our Equality monitoring form should be completed using the link below. Applications for this position close at 11:59pm on Monday 15 th April 2024. Interviews will be held on 25 th April 2024.
NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. This role is part of our Youth & Recreational Sports group, comprised of technology platforms such as SportsEngine, GoMotion, TourneyMachine, and TeamUnify. We enable athletes, parents, coaches and team administrators in the youth and recreational space to manage their organizations, collect payments, share schedules, find programs to participate in and connect with other families. Additionally, NCSI enables leagues and organizations to properly screen and train coaches in an effort to keep kids safe. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Based out of our Belfast offices or working remotely within the UK or Ireland, the Senior Platform Operations Engineer will be a key member of our Platform Operations Team, helping to build and support the core infrastructure of the SportsEngine Platform services and products through activities and key responsibilities that include: Contributing to efforts that ensure the continuous and smooth running of the SportsEngine platform while serving a large volume of traffic. Leveraging Amazon Web Services to build highly available services for the SportsEngine infrastructure platform built on top of the EKS, RDS and EC2. Developing Infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform. Helping to foster a culture of cooperation, coordination, and continuous learning within the Platform Operations Team and with other Product Development teams throughout SportsEngine. Working closely with the SportsEngine Cyber Security Team to maintain and improve the security of the SportsEngine Platform. Contributing to and using our GitHub Pull Request-centered development pipeline as we continuously deliver value to our customers. Using tools such as NewRelic, Splunk and Datadog to monitor the health of the SportsEngine platform. Being an advocate for quality code and engineering practices that enable Continuous Delivery. Participation in a sustainable on-call schedule. Qualifications • 5 or more years of experience in the field of Software Engineering which operating web applications in a Site Reliability Engineering, Web Operations, or Cloud Engineering capacity. • A strong foundation in modern infrastructure practices and the ability to deploy and operate maintainable, scalable secure infrastructure. • Ability to write quality, modular, maintainable, secure, and testable infrastructure automation. • A team-oriented attitude and seemingly endless intellectual curiosity. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Desired skills & experience •AWS Experience Experience in the following areas of AWS: - EC2 - VPC - Subnets, Security Groups, NAT Gateways, Transit Gateways, ELB/ALB/NLB etc. - IAM - S3 - Managed data tiers - RDS/Elasticache etc. • Experience in production with: - EKS - OpsWorks - Lambda - DynamoDB • Kubernetes - Production experience of running services in Kubernetes - Ability to take a VM based application and migrate to Kubernetes • CI/CD - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, assisting developers in delivering changes on a daily cadence - Experience with TravisCI, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Github Actions or similar technologies • Automation - Ability to script automation in one of either Ruby, Python, Go etc • Infrastructure as Code - Terraform Ability to author Terraform at a proficient level Ability to break out reusable, opinionated and standardized actions into Terraform modules - Chef/Ansible Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. This role is part of our Youth & Recreational Sports group, comprised of technology platforms such as SportsEngine, GoMotion, TourneyMachine, and TeamUnify. We enable athletes, parents, coaches and team administrators in the youth and recreational space to manage their organizations, collect payments, share schedules, find programs to participate in and connect with other families. Additionally, NCSI enables leagues and organizations to properly screen and train coaches in an effort to keep kids safe. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Based out of our Belfast offices or working remotely within the UK or Ireland, the Senior Platform Operations Engineer will be a key member of our Platform Operations Team, helping to build and support the core infrastructure of the SportsEngine Platform services and products through activities and key responsibilities that include: Contributing to efforts that ensure the continuous and smooth running of the SportsEngine platform while serving a large volume of traffic. Leveraging Amazon Web Services to build highly available services for the SportsEngine infrastructure platform built on top of the EKS, RDS and EC2. Developing Infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform. Helping to foster a culture of cooperation, coordination, and continuous learning within the Platform Operations Team and with other Product Development teams throughout SportsEngine. Working closely with the SportsEngine Cyber Security Team to maintain and improve the security of the SportsEngine Platform. Contributing to and using our GitHub Pull Request-centered development pipeline as we continuously deliver value to our customers. Using tools such as NewRelic, Splunk and Datadog to monitor the health of the SportsEngine platform. Being an advocate for quality code and engineering practices that enable Continuous Delivery. Participation in a sustainable on-call schedule. Qualifications • 5 or more years of experience in the field of Software Engineering which operating web applications in a Site Reliability Engineering, Web Operations, or Cloud Engineering capacity. • A strong foundation in modern infrastructure practices and the ability to deploy and operate maintainable, scalable secure infrastructure. • Ability to write quality, modular, maintainable, secure, and testable infrastructure automation. • A team-oriented attitude and seemingly endless intellectual curiosity. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Desired skills & experience •AWS Experience Experience in the following areas of AWS: - EC2 - VPC - Subnets, Security Groups, NAT Gateways, Transit Gateways, ELB/ALB/NLB etc. - IAM - S3 - Managed data tiers - RDS/Elasticache etc. • Experience in production with: - EKS - OpsWorks - Lambda - DynamoDB • Kubernetes - Production experience of running services in Kubernetes - Ability to take a VM based application and migrate to Kubernetes • CI/CD - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, assisting developers in delivering changes on a daily cadence - Experience with TravisCI, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Github Actions or similar technologies • Automation - Ability to script automation in one of either Ruby, Python, Go etc • Infrastructure as Code - Terraform Ability to author Terraform at a proficient level Ability to break out reusable, opinionated and standardized actions into Terraform modules - Chef/Ansible Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Company Description NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. Golf fuses the team behind products and services like GolfNow, TeeOff and GolfPass, which better connects golfers and golf facilities around the world through innovative solutions like cloud-based golf course management and SmartPlay contactless technology and services that create optimum golfing experiences. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Role Purpose: GolfNow/NBC Sports Digital are seeking to hire a DevOps Engineer. You'll be joining a dedicated, ambitious and diverse team who are focused on delivering operational excellence inside the NBC Sports Next organisation. You will work collaboratively with Engineering, Quality, Product and Security teams to build, deploy and operate GolfNow Products across Domestic and International. You will be responsible for automating and improving our build and deploy processes; monitoring and operations; public and private cloud infrastructure; troubleshooting and resolution across dev, test and production globally. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious engineer to be involved in the world's largest golf technology company backed by Comcast/NBCUniversal/Sky with the opportunity to make a difference. RESPONSIBILITIES Job Duties: In delivering the key responsibilities of the role the Dev Ops Engineer will; Operational Support and Maintenance Using APM and other tools you will monitor production systems; remediating production issues and implementing performance/cost improvements Identify capacity and performance issues to ensure we meet our SLAs Documentation of services and processes Participate in on-call schedule Infrastructure Design, implement and manage production grade services in Public clouds (AWS/GCP) using a variety of technologies, ensuring geographic redundancy, security and best practices Build/manage large Kubernetes footprint deployed on Google Cloud Platform Install and manage web and backend services in a high throughput, multi-technology e-commerce environment Build/Deploy Design and implement CI/CD processes and tooling Ensure "shift-left" is implemented in our build and deploy processes in collaboration with Security teams Ensure pre-production environments are built and managed Perform deployments of high throughput revenue generating applications Innovation Work with the DevOps team to champion new processes, tools and technologies in collaboration with Engineering Constantly striving to find a better way Undertake other duties within the scope of the role as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS Basic Qualifications 2+ years working as an SRE/DevOps/Operations Engineer 2+ years working with Kubernetes in a production environment 2+ years Linux System administration experience (Redhat or Debian variants) 2+ years production experience configuring web servers e.g. IIS, Nginx, Apache 2+ years production experience working with a Public Cloud Provider (GCP) Production experience with CI/CD pipelines, e.g. Jenkins, Teamcity, Gitlab CI, Bamboo, Github Actions Proficient in a scripting language such as BASH, Perl, Python, Powershell etc Proficient with source control technologies; Git, TFS, SVN Strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail and ability to work from first principles Hands on experience with public cloud providers; GCP preferred Experience deploying and operating enterprise scale applications in high throughput production environments Hands on experience provisioning Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation Hands on experience of managing services with configuration management tools, Ansible preferred Strong experience in Continuous Integration tools such as Teamcity, Jenkins, Github Actions or Gitlab CI Experience building production grade services with fault tolerance for zonal and regional issues in public clouds Experience capturing metrics and monitoring cloud infrastructure A working understanding of code and scripting (Java, JavaScript, PHP, Nodejs, Golang, .NET, Python etc.) Experience in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment using source control tools like git and git-flow branching strategies Desired Qualifications Experience with Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ and MongoDB Experience with APM and alerting tools (AppDynamics / Datadog / NewRelic / OpsGenie / PagerDuty) Proficient with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet Experience with software development and supporting developers Build automation/CI tooling including one of the following: Jenkins Teamcity Bamboo Gitlab CI Github Actions Experience with Infrastructure as a Code tools e.g. Terraform / CloudFormation Experience with WAF/CDN services such as Cloudflare/Cloudfront/Akamai/Fastly etc Knowledge of load balancing software and hardware (F5, HAProxy, Nginx, GCP GLB, AWS ELB/ALB) Additional Job Requirements Interested candidates must; Submit a resume/CV through to be considered. Participate in a rotational "on call" schedule (24 hours a day / 7 days a week) This role is also suitable for remote working We are proud to be a disability confident employer and we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you. Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
Company Description NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. Golf fuses the team behind products and services like GolfNow, TeeOff and GolfPass, which better connects golfers and golf facilities around the world through innovative solutions like cloud-based golf course management and SmartPlay contactless technology and services that create optimum golfing experiences. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Role Purpose: GolfNow/NBC Sports Digital are seeking to hire a DevOps Engineer. You'll be joining a dedicated, ambitious and diverse team who are focused on delivering operational excellence inside the NBC Sports Next organisation. You will work collaboratively with Engineering, Quality, Product and Security teams to build, deploy and operate GolfNow Products across Domestic and International. You will be responsible for automating and improving our build and deploy processes; monitoring and operations; public and private cloud infrastructure; troubleshooting and resolution across dev, test and production globally. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious engineer to be involved in the world's largest golf technology company backed by Comcast/NBCUniversal/Sky with the opportunity to make a difference. RESPONSIBILITIES Job Duties: In delivering the key responsibilities of the role the Dev Ops Engineer will; Operational Support and Maintenance Using APM and other tools you will monitor production systems; remediating production issues and implementing performance/cost improvements Identify capacity and performance issues to ensure we meet our SLAs Documentation of services and processes Participate in on-call schedule Infrastructure Design, implement and manage production grade services in Public clouds (AWS/GCP) using a variety of technologies, ensuring geographic redundancy, security and best practices Build/manage large Kubernetes footprint deployed on Google Cloud Platform Install and manage web and backend services in a high throughput, multi-technology e-commerce environment Build/Deploy Design and implement CI/CD processes and tooling Ensure "shift-left" is implemented in our build and deploy processes in collaboration with Security teams Ensure pre-production environments are built and managed Perform deployments of high throughput revenue generating applications Innovation Work with the DevOps team to champion new processes, tools and technologies in collaboration with Engineering Constantly striving to find a better way Undertake other duties within the scope of the role as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS Basic Qualifications 2+ years working as an SRE/DevOps/Operations Engineer 2+ years working with Kubernetes in a production environment 2+ years Linux System administration experience (Redhat or Debian variants) 2+ years production experience configuring web servers e.g. IIS, Nginx, Apache 2+ years production experience working with a Public Cloud Provider (GCP) Production experience with CI/CD pipelines, e.g. Jenkins, Teamcity, Gitlab CI, Bamboo, Github Actions Proficient in a scripting language such as BASH, Perl, Python, Powershell etc Proficient with source control technologies; Git, TFS, SVN Strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail and ability to work from first principles Hands on experience with public cloud providers; GCP preferred Experience deploying and operating enterprise scale applications in high throughput production environments Hands on experience provisioning Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation Hands on experience of managing services with configuration management tools, Ansible preferred Strong experience in Continuous Integration tools such as Teamcity, Jenkins, Github Actions or Gitlab CI Experience building production grade services with fault tolerance for zonal and regional issues in public clouds Experience capturing metrics and monitoring cloud infrastructure A working understanding of code and scripting (Java, JavaScript, PHP, Nodejs, Golang, .NET, Python etc.) Experience in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment using source control tools like git and git-flow branching strategies Desired Qualifications Experience with Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ and MongoDB Experience with APM and alerting tools (AppDynamics / Datadog / NewRelic / OpsGenie / PagerDuty) Proficient with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet Experience with software development and supporting developers Build automation/CI tooling including one of the following: Jenkins Teamcity Bamboo Gitlab CI Github Actions Experience with Infrastructure as a Code tools e.g. Terraform / CloudFormation Experience with WAF/CDN services such as Cloudflare/Cloudfront/Akamai/Fastly etc Knowledge of load balancing software and hardware (F5, HAProxy, Nginx, GCP GLB, AWS ELB/ALB) Additional Job Requirements Interested candidates must; Submit a resume/CV through to be considered. Participate in a rotational "on call" schedule (24 hours a day / 7 days a week) This role is also suitable for remote working We are proud to be a disability confident employer and we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you. Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Company Description NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. This role is part of our Youth & Recreational Sports group, comprised of technology platforms such as SportsEngine, GoMotion, TourneyMachine, and TeamUnify. We enable athletes, parents, coaches and team administrators in the youth and recreational space to manage their organizations, collect payments, share schedules, find programs to participate in and connect with other families. Additionally, NCSI enables leagues and organizations to properly screen and train coaches in an effort to keep kids safe. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Based out of our Belfast offices or working remotely within the UK or Ireland, the Platform Operations Engineer II will be a key member of our Platform Operations Team, helping to build and support the core infrastructure of the SportsEngine Platform services and products through activities and key responsibilities that include; Contributing to efforts that ensure the continuous and smooth running of the SportsEngine platform while serving a large volume of traffic. Leveraging Amazon Web Services to build highly available services for the SportsEngine infrastructure platform built on top of the EKS, RDS and EC2. Developing Infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform. Helping to foster a culture of cooperation, coordination, and continuous learning within the Platform Operations Team and with other Product Development teams throughout SportsEngine. Working closely with the SportsEngine Cyber Security Team to maintain and improve the security of the SportsEngine Platform. Contributing to and using our GitHub Pull Request-centered development pipeline as we continuously deliver value to our customers. Using tools such as NewRelic, Splunk and Datadog to monitor the health of the SportsEngine platform. Being an advocate for quality code and engineering practices that enable Continuous Delivery. Participation in a sustainable on-call schedule. Qualifications • 2 or more years of experience operating web applications in a Site Reliability Engineering, Web Operations, or Cloud Engineering capacity. • A strong foundation in modern infrastructure practices and the ability to deploy and operate maintainable, scalable secure infrastructure. • A team-oriented attitude and seemingly endless intellectual curiosity. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Additional desirable skills & experience; • Cloud Experience - Experience with either AWS, GCP or Azure (AWS preferred) - Deploying and managing public Cloud based applications • Kubernetes • CI/CD - Experience operating a CI/CD pipeline • Automation - Ability to script automation in one of either Ruby, Python, Go, Bash etc • Infrastructure as Code - Some exposure to one or all of Terraform/Ansible/Chef Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
Company Description NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media. At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools. At NBC Sports Next we're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences. This role is part of our Youth & Recreational Sports group, comprised of technology platforms such as SportsEngine, GoMotion, TourneyMachine, and TeamUnify. We enable athletes, parents, coaches and team administrators in the youth and recreational space to manage their organizations, collect payments, share schedules, find programs to participate in and connect with other families. Additionally, NCSI enables leagues and organizations to properly screen and train coaches in an effort to keep kids safe. Come join us as we work together as one team to innovate and deliver what's Next. Job Description Based out of our Belfast offices or working remotely within the UK or Ireland, the Platform Operations Engineer II will be a key member of our Platform Operations Team, helping to build and support the core infrastructure of the SportsEngine Platform services and products through activities and key responsibilities that include; Contributing to efforts that ensure the continuous and smooth running of the SportsEngine platform while serving a large volume of traffic. Leveraging Amazon Web Services to build highly available services for the SportsEngine infrastructure platform built on top of the EKS, RDS and EC2. Developing Infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform. Helping to foster a culture of cooperation, coordination, and continuous learning within the Platform Operations Team and with other Product Development teams throughout SportsEngine. Working closely with the SportsEngine Cyber Security Team to maintain and improve the security of the SportsEngine Platform. Contributing to and using our GitHub Pull Request-centered development pipeline as we continuously deliver value to our customers. Using tools such as NewRelic, Splunk and Datadog to monitor the health of the SportsEngine platform. Being an advocate for quality code and engineering practices that enable Continuous Delivery. Participation in a sustainable on-call schedule. Qualifications • 2 or more years of experience operating web applications in a Site Reliability Engineering, Web Operations, or Cloud Engineering capacity. • A strong foundation in modern infrastructure practices and the ability to deploy and operate maintainable, scalable secure infrastructure. • A team-oriented attitude and seemingly endless intellectual curiosity. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Additional desirable skills & experience; • Cloud Experience - Experience with either AWS, GCP or Azure (AWS preferred) - Deploying and managing public Cloud based applications • Kubernetes • CI/CD - Experience operating a CI/CD pipeline • Automation - Ability to script automation in one of either Ruby, Python, Go, Bash etc • Infrastructure as Code - Some exposure to one or all of Terraform/Ansible/Chef Additional Information NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1- and in the UK by calling .
Who we are Part business, part charity, part membership body - students' unions are seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfill potential; we help make it happen. Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities on campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives. About the role We embrace and value the diversity of our staff and student population and seek to promote equity, diversity and inclusion as essential elements of our operations. We want to empower our staff and officers to transform the lives of students so that they can discover and become the best version of themselves. We are delighted that 97% of our staff feel they are treated with fairness, respect and dignity at work, but we believe we can be better. Can you help us to build on our approach to be an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential? Can you ensure our recruitment, induction, training and career development initiatives meet and surpass our aspirations? This new post at LSESU will report directly to the Chief Executive and be part of our Senior Leadership Team. They will have strategic and operational responsibility for all HR and equality, diversity and inclusion for our 25 full time and 100 part time members of staff. Supported by a part-time HR Coordinator, student staff and an Office Administrator you will ensure our colleagues are supported in delivering excellence to LSE students. Please find the full job description and person specification for the role here. Why apply? Because you're excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we're progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces. Benefits and Perks In return for your passion and experience we offer: 25 days holidays per year Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter Free LSE Students' Union gym membership, advice from dedicated professionals, with a wide range of activities including yoga classes, dance classes, pilates classes Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase Access to LSE staff training courses Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card giving wide range of discounts Flexibility for work-life balance Interest free Travel loan 10% cafe discount Free eye exams Employee Assistance Program - external consultants providing advice and counseling on a broad range of issues How we recruit LSESU strives to be an inclusive organisation, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to making the recruitment process as accessible as possible. We believe passionately that our recruitment process should be fair, giving everyone the opportunity to present their best selves. To accomplish this, we make sure that our recruitment process includes blind shortlisting to ensure that we are recruiting based on an individual's application rather than other personal factors. Therefore, the Union will only accept applications via its recruitment portal. Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. Want to apply? Please visit our website and follow the instructions to apply. We ask you to prepare and upload three documents: Covering Letter CV Equal Opportunities Form. We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we will only share your covering letter with the shortlisting committee. Please do not include any personal information, such as your name or contact details in this letter. If you are selected for an interview, we will then share your CV with the interview panel. Interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates on 6 October. If you are unable to make these dates, please let us know in the 'notes' section of the application portal. If you would like to have an informal chat about this role please contact James Hann, email address can be found on our website.
Sep 16, 2022
Full time
Who we are Part business, part charity, part membership body - students' unions are seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfill potential; we help make it happen. Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities on campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives. About the role We embrace and value the diversity of our staff and student population and seek to promote equity, diversity and inclusion as essential elements of our operations. We want to empower our staff and officers to transform the lives of students so that they can discover and become the best version of themselves. We are delighted that 97% of our staff feel they are treated with fairness, respect and dignity at work, but we believe we can be better. Can you help us to build on our approach to be an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential? Can you ensure our recruitment, induction, training and career development initiatives meet and surpass our aspirations? This new post at LSESU will report directly to the Chief Executive and be part of our Senior Leadership Team. They will have strategic and operational responsibility for all HR and equality, diversity and inclusion for our 25 full time and 100 part time members of staff. Supported by a part-time HR Coordinator, student staff and an Office Administrator you will ensure our colleagues are supported in delivering excellence to LSE students. Please find the full job description and person specification for the role here. Why apply? Because you're excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we're progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces. Benefits and Perks In return for your passion and experience we offer: 25 days holidays per year Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter Free LSE Students' Union gym membership, advice from dedicated professionals, with a wide range of activities including yoga classes, dance classes, pilates classes Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase Access to LSE staff training courses Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card giving wide range of discounts Flexibility for work-life balance Interest free Travel loan 10% cafe discount Free eye exams Employee Assistance Program - external consultants providing advice and counseling on a broad range of issues How we recruit LSESU strives to be an inclusive organisation, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to making the recruitment process as accessible as possible. We believe passionately that our recruitment process should be fair, giving everyone the opportunity to present their best selves. To accomplish this, we make sure that our recruitment process includes blind shortlisting to ensure that we are recruiting based on an individual's application rather than other personal factors. Therefore, the Union will only accept applications via its recruitment portal. Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. Want to apply? Please visit our website and follow the instructions to apply. We ask you to prepare and upload three documents: Covering Letter CV Equal Opportunities Form. We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we will only share your covering letter with the shortlisting committee. Please do not include any personal information, such as your name or contact details in this letter. If you are selected for an interview, we will then share your CV with the interview panel. Interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates on 6 October. If you are unable to make these dates, please let us know in the 'notes' section of the application portal. If you would like to have an informal chat about this role please contact James Hann, email address can be found on our website.
Our client is now looking for Financial Planning Administrator to join their busy team in London! They have an opportunity for an experienced Administrator to support the Financial Planning team and the wider Business Development team. Our client is based in the Walkie Talkie building in the City of London. Salary 23,000 to 25,000 per annum depending on skills and experience Financial Planning Administrator Duties: Invoicing Accredited Firms and managing the benefits spreadsheet. Managing and invoicing Corporate Firms. Creating spreadsheets of benefits and managing quarterly reports. Managing the Financial Planning inbox. Working with the Membership team to track CFPs from achieving level 7 through to membership. Creating Bitmark reports on clients and membership. Attend CFP events. Sitting the Fundamentals of financial services exam. Attending work experience in a client firm. Producing annual client review reports. Supporting Academy and new initiatives for example Financial Planning Festival. Supporting the wider business development team when required. Financial Planning Administrator Requirement: Relevant work experience Excellent organisation, planning and communication skills Attention to detail Ability to juggle multiple projects Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to deal with people at senior level A flexible attitude and able to work to deadlines IT skills - Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills A minimum of GCSE grades A-C \/ 5-9 in English and Maths A team player Financial Planning Administrator Benefits: 7% company contribution into a personal pension, in addition to your own contribution of 1% via salary exchange Life insurance and income protection insurance 26 days leave per annum (which includes three days at Christmas) After one years service, private medical insurance cover A travel allowance after passing probation and option to split your working week between working from home and in the London office A sports club allowance About The Company: Our client is the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. Formed in 1992 by London Stock Exchange practitioners, they have a global community, which aims to promote high standards of competence and integrity to more than 40,000 members in 116 countries. They are also the main examining body for the sector, offering their internationally recognised exams globally. If you feel like you meet the above criteria of the Financial Planning Administrator, please apply now! Our client value the contribution that employees with different views and experience bring to the Institute and are committed to promoting equality, inclusion and diversity. They hope to receive applications from a wide range of talented people irrespective of their race, religion or belief, gender, age, gender identity, neurodiversity, disability, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, political belief, social class, relationship status or caring responsibilities. Our client is the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. Formed in 1992 by London Stock Exchange practitioners, they have a global community, which aims to promote high standards of competence and integrity to more than 40,000 members in 116 countries. They are also the main examining body for the sector, offering their internationally recognised exams globally. Its purpose is To champion lifelong learning and integrity, raising individual standards of knowledge, skills and behaviour globally to enhance public trust and confidence in financial services.
Dec 04, 2021
Full time
Our client is now looking for Financial Planning Administrator to join their busy team in London! They have an opportunity for an experienced Administrator to support the Financial Planning team and the wider Business Development team. Our client is based in the Walkie Talkie building in the City of London. Salary 23,000 to 25,000 per annum depending on skills and experience Financial Planning Administrator Duties: Invoicing Accredited Firms and managing the benefits spreadsheet. Managing and invoicing Corporate Firms. Creating spreadsheets of benefits and managing quarterly reports. Managing the Financial Planning inbox. Working with the Membership team to track CFPs from achieving level 7 through to membership. Creating Bitmark reports on clients and membership. Attend CFP events. Sitting the Fundamentals of financial services exam. Attending work experience in a client firm. Producing annual client review reports. Supporting Academy and new initiatives for example Financial Planning Festival. Supporting the wider business development team when required. Financial Planning Administrator Requirement: Relevant work experience Excellent organisation, planning and communication skills Attention to detail Ability to juggle multiple projects Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to deal with people at senior level A flexible attitude and able to work to deadlines IT skills - Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills A minimum of GCSE grades A-C \/ 5-9 in English and Maths A team player Financial Planning Administrator Benefits: 7% company contribution into a personal pension, in addition to your own contribution of 1% via salary exchange Life insurance and income protection insurance 26 days leave per annum (which includes three days at Christmas) After one years service, private medical insurance cover A travel allowance after passing probation and option to split your working week between working from home and in the London office A sports club allowance About The Company: Our client is the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. Formed in 1992 by London Stock Exchange practitioners, they have a global community, which aims to promote high standards of competence and integrity to more than 40,000 members in 116 countries. They are also the main examining body for the sector, offering their internationally recognised exams globally. If you feel like you meet the above criteria of the Financial Planning Administrator, please apply now! Our client value the contribution that employees with different views and experience bring to the Institute and are committed to promoting equality, inclusion and diversity. They hope to receive applications from a wide range of talented people irrespective of their race, religion or belief, gender, age, gender identity, neurodiversity, disability, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, political belief, social class, relationship status or caring responsibilities. Our client is the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals. Formed in 1992 by London Stock Exchange practitioners, they have a global community, which aims to promote high standards of competence and integrity to more than 40,000 members in 116 countries. They are also the main examining body for the sector, offering their internationally recognised exams globally. Its purpose is To champion lifelong learning and integrity, raising individual standards of knowledge, skills and behaviour globally to enhance public trust and confidence in financial services.
Risk, Governance & Compliance Manager Location: London-Newington, London region, GB Position: Risk, Governance and Compliance Manager Reporting to: Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) Department: Client Delivery & Business Operations Reference Number: 60528 Employment Period: Permanent Contract Type: Personal CiP/Bonus Level: 5% Salary Range: Circa £58,804 (Depending on Skills and Experience) + benefits Closing Date: 17th December 2021 All applications will be reviewed after the closing date. We also provide the following additional benefits * Annual leave 25 days * Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) * Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme * Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme * Season ticket loan * Occupational Health support * Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. * Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres * Discounted access to sports and social clubs * Employee Assistance Programme. JOB PURPOSE: To act as an expert and team manager to innovate, develop and manage business and project risk, governance and compliance in the unregulated UK Power Networks Services (UKPN Services) electrical solutions contracting business. DIMENSIONS: Staff: Currently one - Risk and Governance Senior Administrator. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: * To take responsibility for the internal control framework in UKPN Services covering risk management, project governance, internal control, regulatory compliance, legislative compliance and business continuity. * To manage the business risk management framework for UKPN Services in line with the company and directorate risk management policies and procedures thereby ensuring all relevant business risks are identified and managed. * To lead on the identification and quantification of project risks at the tender stage of bids, including the use of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) techniques where necessary. * To manage the Project Governance and Control (PG&C) framework and be responsible for compliance and reporting of such throughout the projects' lifecycle. * To act as the interface with the central UK Power Networks corporate risk and compliance team. * To champion and act as a centre of excellence for compliance issues as well as a subject expert in drafting relevant tender responses. * To manage the bi-annual UKPN Services internal control self-assessment submission to the Cheung Kong group and ensure that any resultant action plans are completed. * To provide advice and guidance to the Senior Management Team (SMT) to ensure adherence to the UK Power Networks Corporate Governance Policy * To develop the online governance tool to ensure the process is user friendly and demonstrates a transparent and auditable process. * To coordinate the Project Review and Assurance Board so that lessons learned during project construction can be captured and disseminated. * To manage the annual legislative compliance submission to ensure compliance and that any resultant action plans are completed. * To manage the annual regulatory compliance submission and to ensure the evidence together with any resultant action plans are completed. * To ensure UKPN Services has robust business continuity plans which are reviewed and tested on a regular basis. * To project manage ad hoc projects when required using industry leading management techniques such as Prince 2. * To deputise and provide support to the Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) in the execution of their duties as well as produce timely reporting. NATURE AND SCOPE: UK Power Networks is part of the Cheung Kong group of companies and is divided into a regulated Distribution Network Operator (DNO) business that distributes electricity to homes and businesses in the East, South East and London, and the unregulated UKPN Services business in which this opportunity sits. UKPN Services provides innovative electrical technology solutions and traditional electrical contracting to large and SME businesses across the UK in the rail, defence, airport, nuclear and, commercial and industrial private networks markets'. The successful candidate will have an accomplished background in risk, governance and compliance to be able to bring a new perspective to the function and drive improvement. The job holder's principal challenges will be to further develop and manage the commercial governance framework to ensure that the business has and applies a consistent, robust and professional approach to this critical aspect of managing the business. The Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) reports to the Head of Projects and Business Development and is responsible for governance, risk, compliance and quality as well as the negotiation of new contracts with clients and partners for the unregulated UKPN Services business. The Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) in addition to the Risk, Governance and Compliance Manager has two other direct reports, which are the Quality & Assurance Manager and the Contract Negotiation Manager. Support the business in identifying and mitigating risk at the tender and contract development stage. The Risk, Governance & Compliance Manager is expected to interact at a senior and director level. SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: - Educated to degree level or equivalent or be able to offer suitable experience. - Demonstrable track record of being responsible for the successful management of risk, governance and compliance. - Experience of the construction/infrastructure industry is essential and rail experience would be an advantage. - Experience of managing a team is essential. - Have a risk management background at a business and project level and be confident with risk management techniques. Experience of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) would be an advantage. - Have an in depth background of governance and control processes. - Experience of developing and managing policy and procedures would be an advantage. - Strong communication skills combined with excellent interpersonal skills. - Good analytical, organisational & planning skills. - Ability to identify problems, understand key issues, investigate alternatives and apply pragmatic judgement. - Proven ability of building strong working relationships with a variety of people at all levels in an organisation. Able to present confidently to a mixed audience. Health & Safety Responsibilities Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment. Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied. Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used. If in doubt ask! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace
Dec 03, 2021
Full time
Risk, Governance & Compliance Manager Location: London-Newington, London region, GB Position: Risk, Governance and Compliance Manager Reporting to: Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) Department: Client Delivery & Business Operations Reference Number: 60528 Employment Period: Permanent Contract Type: Personal CiP/Bonus Level: 5% Salary Range: Circa £58,804 (Depending on Skills and Experience) + benefits Closing Date: 17th December 2021 All applications will be reviewed after the closing date. We also provide the following additional benefits * Annual leave 25 days * Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) * Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme * Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme * Season ticket loan * Occupational Health support * Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. * Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres * Discounted access to sports and social clubs * Employee Assistance Programme. JOB PURPOSE: To act as an expert and team manager to innovate, develop and manage business and project risk, governance and compliance in the unregulated UK Power Networks Services (UKPN Services) electrical solutions contracting business. DIMENSIONS: Staff: Currently one - Risk and Governance Senior Administrator. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: * To take responsibility for the internal control framework in UKPN Services covering risk management, project governance, internal control, regulatory compliance, legislative compliance and business continuity. * To manage the business risk management framework for UKPN Services in line with the company and directorate risk management policies and procedures thereby ensuring all relevant business risks are identified and managed. * To lead on the identification and quantification of project risks at the tender stage of bids, including the use of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) techniques where necessary. * To manage the Project Governance and Control (PG&C) framework and be responsible for compliance and reporting of such throughout the projects' lifecycle. * To act as the interface with the central UK Power Networks corporate risk and compliance team. * To champion and act as a centre of excellence for compliance issues as well as a subject expert in drafting relevant tender responses. * To manage the bi-annual UKPN Services internal control self-assessment submission to the Cheung Kong group and ensure that any resultant action plans are completed. * To provide advice and guidance to the Senior Management Team (SMT) to ensure adherence to the UK Power Networks Corporate Governance Policy * To develop the online governance tool to ensure the process is user friendly and demonstrates a transparent and auditable process. * To coordinate the Project Review and Assurance Board so that lessons learned during project construction can be captured and disseminated. * To manage the annual legislative compliance submission to ensure compliance and that any resultant action plans are completed. * To manage the annual regulatory compliance submission and to ensure the evidence together with any resultant action plans are completed. * To ensure UKPN Services has robust business continuity plans which are reviewed and tested on a regular basis. * To project manage ad hoc projects when required using industry leading management techniques such as Prince 2. * To deputise and provide support to the Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) in the execution of their duties as well as produce timely reporting. NATURE AND SCOPE: UK Power Networks is part of the Cheung Kong group of companies and is divided into a regulated Distribution Network Operator (DNO) business that distributes electricity to homes and businesses in the East, South East and London, and the unregulated UKPN Services business in which this opportunity sits. UKPN Services provides innovative electrical technology solutions and traditional electrical contracting to large and SME businesses across the UK in the rail, defence, airport, nuclear and, commercial and industrial private networks markets'. The successful candidate will have an accomplished background in risk, governance and compliance to be able to bring a new perspective to the function and drive improvement. The job holder's principal challenges will be to further develop and manage the commercial governance framework to ensure that the business has and applies a consistent, robust and professional approach to this critical aspect of managing the business. The Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) reports to the Head of Projects and Business Development and is responsible for governance, risk, compliance and quality as well as the negotiation of new contracts with clients and partners for the unregulated UKPN Services business. The Business Operations Manager (GRCQ) in addition to the Risk, Governance and Compliance Manager has two other direct reports, which are the Quality & Assurance Manager and the Contract Negotiation Manager. Support the business in identifying and mitigating risk at the tender and contract development stage. The Risk, Governance & Compliance Manager is expected to interact at a senior and director level. SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: - Educated to degree level or equivalent or be able to offer suitable experience. - Demonstrable track record of being responsible for the successful management of risk, governance and compliance. - Experience of the construction/infrastructure industry is essential and rail experience would be an advantage. - Experience of managing a team is essential. - Have a risk management background at a business and project level and be confident with risk management techniques. Experience of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) would be an advantage. - Have an in depth background of governance and control processes. - Experience of developing and managing policy and procedures would be an advantage. - Strong communication skills combined with excellent interpersonal skills. - Good analytical, organisational & planning skills. - Ability to identify problems, understand key issues, investigate alternatives and apply pragmatic judgement. - Proven ability of building strong working relationships with a variety of people at all levels in an organisation. Able to present confidently to a mixed audience. Health & Safety Responsibilities Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment. Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied. Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used. If in doubt ask! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace
TEMPORARY HR ADMINISTRATOR FTC UNTIL 28TH FEBRUARY 2022 Who are we? Warwick SU is the focal point of campus life here at Warwick and is a democratically-run, independent, self-sustaining charitable company. Warwick SU funds advice services and student activities, including over 300 societies and sports clubs, education, and campaigning. It also runs nightclub events, bars and food outlets. We are here to support our students and empower them to achieve their potential. What's the job? This is an exciting temporary opportunity to help support a busy time for the HR department, to help drive the HR goals for Warwick SU by delivering high standards of HR administration service within a business partnership environment to Directors and Department Managers. You will be supporting the HR Director and the HR Team, providing departmental administrative support, particularly in recruitment and selection. To do this, you will work closely with the HR Director, HR Advisors, L&D Advisor, Senior Managers and Payroll and Pensions Coordinator. Who you are The successful candidate will have a good foundation of general office administration knowledge and experience with an interest in developing a career in HR, looking to develop skills and knowledge across the full employee lifecycle in a fast-moving, ever-changing organisation. Previous HR administration experience would be advantageous in some, or all of the following: resourcing, recruitment, training and development, HR systems and other ad-hoc support. It is essential that you can demonstrate a passion for diversity and inclusion as well as delivering a high level of professional service. You must be able to work independently and use your own initiative. You will have a strong eye for detail, and strong planning and organisational skills. You will be credible, professional and calm, able to deliver to deadlines and present information. It is important that you have the highest levels of integrity and confidentiality. You must be able to communicate exceptionally well in every form. Why apply? Because you are excited by the challenge of working in a diverse role in a student-led organisation. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status. We want to support diverse and inclusive work environments and are actively looking for people who share our values. Whoever you are, we'd love to hear from you. Closing Date: 10th December 2021 at midday (This vacancy and advert will be closed earlier if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you submit your application as soon as possible.) Hours: 36.5 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 4.30 pm and Friday 8.30 am to 3.30 pm. Flexibility of working hours is reasonably required from time to time to meet the requirements of the post. Some weekend and evening working may be required from time to time. Salary Range: £20,604 to £23,059 plus excellent holidays and contributory pension scheme Working Location: Office based at Warwick SU, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Please click 'Apply' to continue your application.
Dec 03, 2021
Seasonal
TEMPORARY HR ADMINISTRATOR FTC UNTIL 28TH FEBRUARY 2022 Who are we? Warwick SU is the focal point of campus life here at Warwick and is a democratically-run, independent, self-sustaining charitable company. Warwick SU funds advice services and student activities, including over 300 societies and sports clubs, education, and campaigning. It also runs nightclub events, bars and food outlets. We are here to support our students and empower them to achieve their potential. What's the job? This is an exciting temporary opportunity to help support a busy time for the HR department, to help drive the HR goals for Warwick SU by delivering high standards of HR administration service within a business partnership environment to Directors and Department Managers. You will be supporting the HR Director and the HR Team, providing departmental administrative support, particularly in recruitment and selection. To do this, you will work closely with the HR Director, HR Advisors, L&D Advisor, Senior Managers and Payroll and Pensions Coordinator. Who you are The successful candidate will have a good foundation of general office administration knowledge and experience with an interest in developing a career in HR, looking to develop skills and knowledge across the full employee lifecycle in a fast-moving, ever-changing organisation. Previous HR administration experience would be advantageous in some, or all of the following: resourcing, recruitment, training and development, HR systems and other ad-hoc support. It is essential that you can demonstrate a passion for diversity and inclusion as well as delivering a high level of professional service. You must be able to work independently and use your own initiative. You will have a strong eye for detail, and strong planning and organisational skills. You will be credible, professional and calm, able to deliver to deadlines and present information. It is important that you have the highest levels of integrity and confidentiality. You must be able to communicate exceptionally well in every form. Why apply? Because you are excited by the challenge of working in a diverse role in a student-led organisation. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status. We want to support diverse and inclusive work environments and are actively looking for people who share our values. Whoever you are, we'd love to hear from you. Closing Date: 10th December 2021 at midday (This vacancy and advert will be closed earlier if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you submit your application as soon as possible.) Hours: 36.5 hours per week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 4.30 pm and Friday 8.30 am to 3.30 pm. Flexibility of working hours is reasonably required from time to time to meet the requirements of the post. Some weekend and evening working may be required from time to time. Salary Range: £20,604 to £23,059 plus excellent holidays and contributory pension scheme Working Location: Office based at Warwick SU, Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Please click 'Apply' to continue your application.
Position Registration Administrator Reporting to Registration and Settlement Manager Function Finance Location Crawley, Energy House Reference Number 63586 Employment Period Fixed Term Contract (9 - 12 months) Contract Type Personal Contract CiP Level / Bonus 5% Starting Salary £21,000 - Plus benefits and bonus Closing Date 14/12/2021 All applications will be reviewed after the closing date We also offer : Annual leave 25 days Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Occupational Health support Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres Discounted access to sports and social clubs Employee Assistance Programme. Job Purpose: To deliver the Registration Service (MPAS) and to improve address and registration data quality, acting as the lead business analyst in one more aspects of Registration activities. Dimensions There are three MPAS services with a total of 8.5 million metering points (MPAN)s, 200+ (Central Volume Allocation) CVA meters record the 80,000 GWh/annum of electricity that enters our distribution system, in addition each year there are 100,000+ address updates required together with 20,000+ logical disconnection requests and 45,000+ Idle Service Safety Inspections. The national electricity trading and settlement to the value of £10bn is dependent upon the quality and availability of the Registration Service. Additionally the team leads UK Power Network's relationship with the wider industry settlement and registration governance arrangements. Principal Accountabilities: 1. Deliver the Registration Service and the MPAS systems effectively and efficiently in accordance with UK Power Network Licence Obligations, the Retail Energy Code, and the Balancing and Settlement Code. 2. Provide MPAS and address quality technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders, including Energy Suppliers, Ofgem representatives, the Data Communications Company (DCC) and assurance parties appointed. 3. Maintain the daily logs ensuring that routine processes are completed as required (daily checks, mismatches, Grid Supply Point (GSP) aggregations, etc.). 4. Implement a programme of improving MPAS address data quality and linking addresses to national address data sets and support Income Management in undertaking data quality improvements as required. 5. Deliver the Logical Disconnection and Line Loss Factor Code processes in accordance with the obligations set in the Balancing and Settlement Code. 6. Investigate registration data anomalies identifying and addressing root causes of issues, ensuring effective corrective solutions are determined and action is taken. 7. Taking a lead role in managing external audits of the Registration team activities and systems 8. Act as the lead business analyst in one or more of the following specialist areas: 1. Delivering the UK Power Networks Central Volume Allocation (CVA) registration and data integrity function with Central Data Collection Agent (CDCA) and Meter Operator Agents (MOAs) on meter technical details, aggregation rules and estimation to fulfil our Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) obligations. 2. Delivering MPAS and address quality reporting to meet the industry regulator Ofgem, industry and internal deadlines working with others to develop new reports to improve data quality and meet new internal and external reporting requirements. 3. Testing and implementing software changes to UK Power Networks' MPAS, Address Data Quality Management (ADQM), Central Address Base (CAB) and GSP IT systems. 1. Manage the internal review process of the Retail Energy Code, Elexon, and other industry proposed changes affecting Income Management. Work closely with the Regulation Team, Income Management and others teams to prepare the UKPN response to industry change proposals. 2. Contribute to the development of effective and efficient systems and processes (including training) maintaining process documentation in compliance with company standards and ISO 9001 compliance. 3. Work with the other members of the Registration team to provide an integrated, cohesive unit offering total flexibility to fulfil business, regulatory and industry initiatives. Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience: * A minimum of five GCSE's Graded A* to C (including English and mathematics), or equivalent qualifications (such as the English Baccalaureate). * Experience of establishing and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders/customers. * Numerate with good attention to detail. * Experienced in producing concise and accurate reports and papers. * Good communicator able to able to concisely articulate problems and solutions in written and oral form. Nature and Scope: The job holder is required to work with other team members on a range of different registration and address data management activities to provide the UK Power Networks registration services and to improve the quality of data. The job holder will produce reports, handle electricity supplier enquires and update address details using their experience and judgement to make decisions. Where the issue is complex or unfamiliar the job holder will collect and collate all of the available information and seek guidance from the Registration Manager. The job holder will need to have a good understanding of the settlement and commercial drivers acting on UK Power Networks and the implications for registration. Monthly and weekly programmes of work will be organised at team level and assigned to the job holder within this framework they will need to organise their own work schedule which will involve adequate planning on their part to ensure that best use of their time is made. The job holder will lead on a number of the Registration team's activities as delegated by the Registration Manager acting as the team's in-house expert on aspects of the Registration Service. The job holder will be required to liaise with established internal and external contacts to source data and to resolve queries. The job holder will need to identify when external parties are not responding within appropriate timescales and escalate this to the Registration Manager. Health & Safety Responsibilities Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment. Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied. Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used. If in doubt ask! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace
Nov 30, 2021
Contractor
Position Registration Administrator Reporting to Registration and Settlement Manager Function Finance Location Crawley, Energy House Reference Number 63586 Employment Period Fixed Term Contract (9 - 12 months) Contract Type Personal Contract CiP Level / Bonus 5% Starting Salary £21,000 - Plus benefits and bonus Closing Date 14/12/2021 All applications will be reviewed after the closing date We also offer : Annual leave 25 days Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Occupational Health support Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. Supplier discounts, such as O2, EE, Vauxhall cars, Universal tyres Discounted access to sports and social clubs Employee Assistance Programme. Job Purpose: To deliver the Registration Service (MPAS) and to improve address and registration data quality, acting as the lead business analyst in one more aspects of Registration activities. Dimensions There are three MPAS services with a total of 8.5 million metering points (MPAN)s, 200+ (Central Volume Allocation) CVA meters record the 80,000 GWh/annum of electricity that enters our distribution system, in addition each year there are 100,000+ address updates required together with 20,000+ logical disconnection requests and 45,000+ Idle Service Safety Inspections. The national electricity trading and settlement to the value of £10bn is dependent upon the quality and availability of the Registration Service. Additionally the team leads UK Power Network's relationship with the wider industry settlement and registration governance arrangements. Principal Accountabilities: 1. Deliver the Registration Service and the MPAS systems effectively and efficiently in accordance with UK Power Network Licence Obligations, the Retail Energy Code, and the Balancing and Settlement Code. 2. Provide MPAS and address quality technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders, including Energy Suppliers, Ofgem representatives, the Data Communications Company (DCC) and assurance parties appointed. 3. Maintain the daily logs ensuring that routine processes are completed as required (daily checks, mismatches, Grid Supply Point (GSP) aggregations, etc.). 4. Implement a programme of improving MPAS address data quality and linking addresses to national address data sets and support Income Management in undertaking data quality improvements as required. 5. Deliver the Logical Disconnection and Line Loss Factor Code processes in accordance with the obligations set in the Balancing and Settlement Code. 6. Investigate registration data anomalies identifying and addressing root causes of issues, ensuring effective corrective solutions are determined and action is taken. 7. Taking a lead role in managing external audits of the Registration team activities and systems 8. Act as the lead business analyst in one or more of the following specialist areas: 1. Delivering the UK Power Networks Central Volume Allocation (CVA) registration and data integrity function with Central Data Collection Agent (CDCA) and Meter Operator Agents (MOAs) on meter technical details, aggregation rules and estimation to fulfil our Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) obligations. 2. Delivering MPAS and address quality reporting to meet the industry regulator Ofgem, industry and internal deadlines working with others to develop new reports to improve data quality and meet new internal and external reporting requirements. 3. Testing and implementing software changes to UK Power Networks' MPAS, Address Data Quality Management (ADQM), Central Address Base (CAB) and GSP IT systems. 1. Manage the internal review process of the Retail Energy Code, Elexon, and other industry proposed changes affecting Income Management. Work closely with the Regulation Team, Income Management and others teams to prepare the UKPN response to industry change proposals. 2. Contribute to the development of effective and efficient systems and processes (including training) maintaining process documentation in compliance with company standards and ISO 9001 compliance. 3. Work with the other members of the Registration team to provide an integrated, cohesive unit offering total flexibility to fulfil business, regulatory and industry initiatives. Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience: * A minimum of five GCSE's Graded A* to C (including English and mathematics), or equivalent qualifications (such as the English Baccalaureate). * Experience of establishing and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders/customers. * Numerate with good attention to detail. * Experienced in producing concise and accurate reports and papers. * Good communicator able to able to concisely articulate problems and solutions in written and oral form. Nature and Scope: The job holder is required to work with other team members on a range of different registration and address data management activities to provide the UK Power Networks registration services and to improve the quality of data. The job holder will produce reports, handle electricity supplier enquires and update address details using their experience and judgement to make decisions. Where the issue is complex or unfamiliar the job holder will collect and collate all of the available information and seek guidance from the Registration Manager. The job holder will need to have a good understanding of the settlement and commercial drivers acting on UK Power Networks and the implications for registration. Monthly and weekly programmes of work will be organised at team level and assigned to the job holder within this framework they will need to organise their own work schedule which will involve adequate planning on their part to ensure that best use of their time is made. The job holder will lead on a number of the Registration team's activities as delegated by the Registration Manager acting as the team's in-house expert on aspects of the Registration Service. The job holder will be required to liaise with established internal and external contacts to source data and to resolve queries. The job holder will need to identify when external parties are not responding within appropriate timescales and escalate this to the Registration Manager. Health & Safety Responsibilities Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment. Employees will ensure they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied. Employees need to be aware that for some craft and operational roles that work at height, or use fall arrest devices, there is an upper weight limit of 116Kg due to maximum safe working load of the safety equipment that is used. If in doubt ask! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace