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Lead Security Consultant 
Manchester or London/ Hybrid/ 1 day in office
£90,000 to £110,000 

Are you passionate about information security and privacy? Do you have a knack for building innovative solutions whilst collaborating with stakeholders? Join our client-growing Information Security Team in the UK, where you'll play a vital role as the Lead Information Security Consultant. 

Our client is a leading European private Bank, with over 130 years of experience. Recognised for cost awareness, low-risk tolerance and fostering long-lasting personal relationships. To deliver cutting-edge security solutions to protect clients and customers. 

The Role: 

As a senior member of the team, you will take on a leadership role, acting as the lead Security Consultant on major initiatives. Your focus will be on Technical Delivery, Risk Control, and Legislation, fostering a collaborative approach to achieve KPIs. 

What you will be doing: 

• Provide in-depth security advice to senior stakeholders throughout the organisation. 
• Foster the growth of less experienced team members in security protocols and the most effective industry approaches. 
• Serve as an authority in Cloud security and data privacy for the business' transformation initiatives. 
• Act as the intermediary between Information Security and business stakeholders, delivering economical security solutions. 
• Take ownership and ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of security posture. 
• Deliver expert advice relating to best practices in Information Security and regulatory requirements. 
• Lead assessments of risks and controls, including due diligence for external suppliers and evaluations of the privacy impact. 
• Conduct evaluations to ensure the proper implementation and operation of systems and controls for managing risks related to information security. 

The Ideal Candidate: 

As a Lead Security Consultant, you should be highly efficient, organised, and adaptable, with strong interpersonal communication and relationship skills. You must be able to demonstrate strong industry knowledge with the ability to mitigate risks. 

 Ideally, your skills and experience will include: 

• Extensive experience in information security, including a strong understanding of privacy. 
• Knowledge of industry-standard frameworks and the ability to assist program teams in their adoption. 
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills. 
• A pragmatic approach that balances risk and control requirements with business objectives. 
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to navigate a variety of stakeholders. 

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Role: Interim IT Director
Location: London
Duration: 3-months
Day Rate: ~ £800 per day, inside IR35

The Opportunity

I am excited to work with one of the country's leading private school groups as they embark on a comprehensive technology innovation programme. The schools provide holistic education to almost 2,000 boys and girls aged 4 to 18, and achieve academic results that place them amongst the very best in the country. Set in over 1000 acres of beautiful countryside, students enjoy world-leading teaching, sporting, and performing arts spaces, as well as outstanding pastoral care. 

The schools are seeking an Interim IT Director to oversee their IT estate and IT support services during the early phase of the transformation programme. You will be responsible for the management, maintenance, and development of IT and network infrastructure, information and network security, the MIS, academic systems, co-curricular systems, and IT issue resolution. You will lead a team of 20 onsite IT and security support staff as well managing third party MSP relationships. 

As Interim IT Director you will be a part of the executive leadership team and will report directly into the Executive Principal. 

Responsibilities

• Management of IT estate including IT and network infrastructure, MIS, academic systems, co-curricular systems, online platforms, and IT hardware
• Management of network, information, and data security systems
• Ownership of IT issue resolution process and management
• Leadership of the school's internal and third party IT departments
• Oversight and project management of all in-motion technology projects 
• Collaborate with executive leadership to provide strategic insights on technology related decisions 

Requirements

• Previous experience in an Interim IT Director position, ideally within education 
• Experience leading onsite and offsite IT and network support teams
• Good understanding of IT and data security best practice
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills

Thank you for your interest. I look forward to hearing from you. 

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Role: IT Director
Location: London, Hybrid
Salary: ~ £100,000


A Bafta-winning, AAA game studio is looking to add a hands-on IT Director to its team in London. AS IT Director, you will be an essential member of senior leadership and a liaison with the global tech-services team. You will oversee the IT function and have full ownership of the IT estate including design and implementation of the business' IT strategy. This is a hybrid-working role that requires three days per week onsite in a central London office.


Responsibilities
 

• Design and implement the overall IT strategy in line with key business objectives
• Lead, manage, and develop a world class IT function and team
• Have ownership over vendor relationships and budget management 
• Work with the global team on strategic projects and initiatives
• Provide hands-on technical skills where needed

Requirements
 

• Frist-rate ITR background and considerable management experience 
• High level technical understanding of operating systems, SANs, firewalls, virtualisation, networking and cloud computing.
• Demonstrates good understanding of security best practices 
• Has experience designing and developing whole systems, from requirement analysis to BAU
• Games industry or creative agency experience
• If you do not meet all the requirements, but after reading through the description you feel excited about the position, and believe you'd still be a great fit for the role we'd still love to hear from you!