Description

Chief Solution Architect

Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

The Role:

As the Leidos UK Chief Solution Architect you will provide technical leadership and Solution Architecture services into the Leidos UK Office of technology. The role covers five key areas:

The role covers five key areas:

• Provide solution oversight and assurance for all major captures.
• Act as solution architect lead for all Internal research and development (IRAD) investments providing guidance to Principal Investigators and helping to ensure IRAD is executed in a way it can be quickly adopted by target programmes.
• Maintain the technical strategy for Leidos in the UK.
• Lead the development and maintenance of TechRadars; a tool to help select preferred and proven technologies within logically organised categories, promoting reuse and reducing the level of training required.
• Work with programmes during mobilisation to identify solution elements that are valuable and should be captured and stored in our knowledge repository, LeidoScope, for reuse.

The successful candidate is expected to have broad knowledge of a large range of technical capabilities and technologies including hardware, software, AI & Data, networks, cloud, IT services and cyber security.

What will I be doing?

Work in conjunction with the Business Strategy Director, business development and the Leidos Divisions to develop the technical strategy and roadmap for the UK. This includes understanding the technology landscape, defining the technology principles to be followed and working out the optimal investment plan for the UK to develop the business and establish key client engagements.

Provide Technical direction and Solution leadership on assigned programmes working in conjunction with programme management and business stakeholders and supporting the IRAD governance process.

Involvement in Leidos Proposals and bids to undertake technical reviews of the design and bid material to ensure that the design is optimal, is implementable within schedule and budget and follows the UK technical strategy.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Experience in defining the appropriate technical strategy and roadmap for medium to large sized mission focussed business. This involves engaging business stakeholders to understand their needs, justifying the strategy to get approvals, communicating it to the business and supporting the assurance of solutions designed to ensure it is followed.
• In-depth understanding of technology and technical principles, theories, concepts and their application across range of programs.
• Knowledge and experience of core IT capabilities including Cloud, Infrastructure & Networks, Application including development, Data including database, analytics, AI and ML, ITSM including ITIL, Cyber Security, Automation.
• Highly skilled at solutioning and designing complex mission critical systems and services which meet customer needs whilst remaining implementable within schedule and budget.
• Excellent communications skills to engage with executive leadership articulating and justifying investment proposals and to provide technical direction and leadership to the OoT project teams.
• Excellent written and presentation communication skills.
• Experience carrying out technical solution reviews for large programmes and bids to ensure their success.

It would be desirable if you had experience in the Logistics or Defence domains.

Clearance Requirements:

Applicants must be willing to hold and maintain UK SC with the ability to be DV cleared if required in the future.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Dynamic Working 

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

We are looking for a Biology Expert to join our team to train AI models. You will measure the progress of these AI chatbots, evaluate their logic, and solve problems to improve the quality of each model.

In this role you will need to hold an expert understanding of biology- a completed or in progress Masters/PhD is preferred but not required. Other related fields include, but are not limited to: Microbiology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses on high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Give AI chatbots diverse and complex biology problems and evaluate their outputs
• Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• A current, in progress, or completed Masters and/or PhD is preferred but not required
• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Detail-oriented
• Proficient in biology and inductive/deductive reasoning, experimental design, data interpretation, and systems-level thinking.

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Data Analyst to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Data Software Engineer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Full Stack Software Developer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Data Scientist to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Software Engineer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Programmer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

DataAnnotation is committed to creating quality AI. Join our team to help train AI chatbots while gaining the flexibility of remote work and choosing your own schedule.

We are looking for a proficient Software Developer to join our team to train our AI chatbots to code. You will work with the chatbots that we are building in order to measure their progress, as well as write and evaluate code.

To apply to this role, you will need to be proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript. However, all of the following programming languages are also relevant: TypeScript, C, C#, C++, HTML/CSS, React, Go, Java, Kotlin, SQL, and Swift in order to solve coding problems (think LeetCode, HackerRank, etc). For each coding problem, you must be able to explain how your solution solves the problem.

Benefits:

• This is a full-time or part-time REMOTE position
• You’ll be able to choose which projects you want to work on
• You can work on your own schedule
• Projects are paid hourly, starting at $40+ USD per hour, with bonuses for high-quality and high-volume work

Responsibilities:

• Come up with diverse problems and solutions for a coding chatbot
• Write high-quality answers and code snippets
• Evaluate code quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance

Qualifications:

• Fluency in English (native or bilingual level)
• Proficient in either Python and/or JavaScript
• Excellent writing and grammar skills
• A bachelor's degree (completed or in progress)
• Previous experience as a Software Developer, Coder, Software Engineer, or Programmer

Note: Payment is made via PayPal. We will never ask for any money from you. PayPal will handle any currency conversions from USD. This job is only available to those in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. Those located outside of these countries will not see work or assessments available on our site at this time.

Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK

As a Senior Room Leader at Busy Bees, you will oversee multiple rooms and ensure that educational strategies are seamlessly integrated across the centre. This is a leadership role where you will inspire your team to achieve the highest standards of care and learning.

About Us
Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured.

Why Work at Busy Bees?
We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to foster curiosity and confidence in young learners.

Our Charitable Commitment
Through our partnership with BBC Children in Need, we offer fantastic opportunities for community involvement and fundraising to support children's lives.

About our Nursery 
Busy Bees Little Sutton is an Ofsted-rated "Good" nursery with a capacity of 105 children, located in the heart of Little Sutton on Windways. Inside the vibrant nursery, every corner is designed to inspire young minds, offering a wide range of engaging activities and learning resources tailored to each age group. The nursery is conveniently positioned for commuters, just a short 4-minute drive from the M53 at Junction 8. For those using public transport, Little Sutton train station is only a 5-minute walk away, and a nearby bus stop at Tesco Express serves route X1, making it easily accessible for families. The nursery also provides free parking. To prepare preschoolers for their next key stage, Busy Bees offers a Foundation Class, where a highly experienced team nurtures essential skills to ensure children are given the best start in life.

Busy Bees Benefits

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• Competitive salary
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• Ongoing professional development and career progression
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• Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
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• Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
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• Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
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• 50% childcare discount
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• Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
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• Menopause support through Peppy
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• Financial support through Salary Finance
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• Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
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• Cycle to Work scheme
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• Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
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• Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
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• Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.
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But wait, there’s more! You'll also enjoy access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive - offering huge array huge of retail discounts helping your money to go further, along with a Wellbeing Hub featuring resources to support your physical and mental health. A Celebrating You section showcasing the ways we recognise and reward our valued team members. Plus, a dedicated Grow with Us area sharing the exciting development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.

What to Expect as a Senior Nursery Room Leader:

• Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
• Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
• Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high-performing team.
• Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
• Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.

Ideal Candidate:

• Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
• Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.

Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!

Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK

As a Senior Room Leader at Busy Bees, you will oversee multiple rooms and ensure that educational strategies are seamlessly integrated across the centre. This is a leadership role where you will inspire your team to achieve the highest standards of care and learning.

About Us
Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured.

Why Work at Busy Bees?
We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to foster curiosity and confidence in young learners.

Our Charitable Commitment
Through our partnership with BBC Children in Need, we offer fantastic opportunities for community involvement and fundraising to support children's lives.

About our Nursery 
Busy Bees St Albans Hospital is an Ofsted-rated Outstanding nursery with a capacity of 51, located just a 15-minute walk from the town centre with convenient bus stops right outside. The nursery offers free parking and lunch for employees, along with the flexibility of a four-day working week option, creating an appealing and supportive work environment for staff.

Busy Bees Benefits

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• Competitive salary
\n
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
\n
• Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
\n
• Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
\n
• Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
\n
• 50% childcare discount
\n
• Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
\n
• Menopause support through Peppy
\n
• Financial support through Salary Finance
\n
• Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
\n
• Cycle to Work scheme
\n
• Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
\n
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
\n
• Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.
\n

But wait, there’s more! You'll also enjoy access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive - offering huge array huge of retail discounts helping your money to go further, along with a Wellbeing Hub featuring resources to support your physical and mental health. A Celebrating You section showcasing the ways we recognise and reward our valued team members. Plus, a dedicated Grow with Us area sharing the exciting development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.

What to Expect as a Senior Nursery Room Leader:

• Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
• Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
• Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high-performing team.
• Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
• Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.

Ideal Candidate:

• Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
• Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.

Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!

Join Our Team at Busy Bees – Leading Nursery Group in the UK

As a Senior Room Leader at Busy Bees, you will oversee multiple rooms and ensure that educational strategies are seamlessly integrated across the centre. This is a leadership role where you will inspire your team to achieve the highest standards of care and learning.

About Us
Busy Bees is the UK's leading nursery group, with nearly 400 nurseries across the UK and more overseas. We are dedicated to giving every child the best start in life and are proud to have won awards for our workplace culture. At Busy Bees, we ensure that every member of our team feels heard, valued, and nurtured.

Why Work at Busy Bees?
We offer a supportive environment that empowers you to create engaging, educational spaces where children can thrive. As part of our team, you’ll be introduced to our unique Bee Curious curriculum, designed to foster curiosity and confidence in young learners.

Our Charitable Commitment
Through our partnership with BBC Children in Need, we offer fantastic opportunities for community involvement and fundraising to support children's lives.

About our Nursery 
Busy Bees Edinburgh Dean Terrace is a 55 place converted 3 storey Georgian house offering 5 beautiful, spacious, welcoming childcare rooms with an exciting, secure outdoor area for the children to explore. The Royal Botanical Gardens and Inverleith Park are very local where the children regularly visit to develop their love of the outdoors, their self-esteem, physical skills, and confidence.

Busy Bees Benefits

\n
• Competitive salary
\n
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
\n
• Our ‘Hive’ benefits and wellbeing hub, with discounts across a huge range of retailers
\n
• Up to 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays)
\n
• Your birthday off – it’s our gift to you!
\n
• 50% childcare discount
\n
• Enhanced family leave and return to work bonus
\n
• Menopause support through Peppy
\n
• Financial support through Salary Finance
\n
• Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
\n
• Cycle to Work scheme
\n
• Easy access to your workplace pension through Cushon
\n
• Discounted Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
\n
• Opportunities to travel to other countries, experience different cultures and learn new practices.
\n

But wait, there’s more! You'll also enjoy access to our Benefits and Wellbeing platform, Hive - offering huge array huge of retail discounts helping your money to go further, along with a Wellbeing Hub featuring resources to support your physical and mental health. A Celebrating You section showcasing the ways we recognise and reward our valued team members. Plus, a dedicated Grow with Us area sharing the exciting development opportunities and training designed to support you to thrive and grow at Busy Bees.

What to Expect as a Senior Nursery Room Leader:

• Ensure that educational strategies and practices are consistent across multiple rooms.
• Lead the planning and delivery of activities, adapting the curriculum to meet the diverse needs of the children.
• Mentor and develop Room Leaders, promoting a collaborative and high-performing team.
• Oversee the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, making necessary adaptations to support children with additional needs.
• Foster strong relationships with parents, keeping them informed of their child's development.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding protocols across the centre.

Ideal Candidate:

• Level 3 qualification or above in early years education.
• Experience in an early years setting, with supervisory or leadership experience ideally as a Senior Nursery Room Leader, Senior Nursery Room Manager or Senior Nursery Practitioner.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• Ability to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for both children and team members.

Take the next step in your leadership career at Busy Bees—apply today!

Description

Programme: LCST (Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation)

Location: Bristol

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Role Overview:

We are seeking several IT Solution Architects to join the Team in Bristol.

As an IT Solution Architect, you will be responsible for designing and delivering complex end to end solutions using a multitude of applications and technologies within the supply chain management business domain.

This role will assure that the solution architecture can meet the key project functional and non-functional requirements identified for the LCST programme. The IT Solution Architect will lead the solution development through all phases of the delivery lifecycle, from requirements capture, high level design, low level design, development into the release and solution sustainment phases.

You will provide support to the Head of Architect on a variety of design decisions including:

• Solution evaluation: buy vs. build vs reuse
• Platform selection
• Early-phase project estimates
• Ensuring compliance with all design principles and architecture frameworks
• Ensuring compliance with technical, security, customer and regulatory standards.
•  Supporting customer and stakeholder meetings and technical discussions.

Skills Required:

• Previous experience as a Solution Architect on large complex customer projects.
• Production of cross domain (Business, Application Data, Infrastructure, Security) end to end architecture deliverables, such as proposal designs, high level designs and interface specifications.
• Experience in bespoke and COTS applications
• Experience in integration concepts and technologies e.g. SOA, ESBs, EAI, XML, Web Services, MQ
• Experience working with large scale, distributed event driven architectures.
• Experience in cloud with AWS or similar
• Experience in working collaboratively within a multi-supplier/vendor environment.
• Strong consulting, leading and mentoring skills along with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Broad knowledge of and experience with a wide variety of application technologies, platforms, and tools including web-based systems databases, middleware/integration technologies, security, and infrastructure
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and/or extensive related experience

Skills Desired:

• Experience in multi-stakeholder logistics/ supply chain management solutions using modern commercial solutions such as:
  • Integration Platforms 
  • Manufacturing/Repairs systems,
  • Warehouse Management Systems,
  • Transport Management Systems,
  • Order Management System,
  • Inventory Management Systems
  • Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
  • Procurement Systems
  • Data, Analytics and MI systems
• Experience in TOGAF/MODAF is desirable
• Experience in Archimate
• Experience working in a CMMI level 3 environment

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS Pre-screening required to start
• SC Required for role

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

• Dynamic Working 

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description

Application Support Analyst

Location: Farnborough

Due to continued growth, we have a requirement for Application Support Analysts to join our 24x7 support team. The shift pattern for these roles will be 4 days on and 4 days off covering both day and night shifts (shift uplift on salary will be paid). 

The Role

The Application Support Analyst will be based out of our Farnborough offices to provide 24x7 support to bespoke applications. You will be expected to provide an excellent customer experience when supporting newly developed bespoke applications, utilising bespoke management tools to provide first / second line support.

Strategic:

• Support the Shift Supervisor in the provision of application support and maintenance services;
• Support and maintain customer relationships as part of an application support team;
• Contribute to ensuring the skills within the application support team are kept relevant to changing technologies of which customers take advantage of throughout their service term;
• Work closely with Line Manager to identify personal development opportunities as part of the Leidos Individual Development Plan (IDP) process;
• Work closely with Line manager to identify and fulfil annual goals as part of Leidos annual performance review process.

Operational:

• Liaise with customers to resolve application support issues;
• Work with newly built applications on new technology stacks;
• Create and maintain detailed service support documentation relevant to the customer applications where required;
• Provide level 1 support for a bespoke customer application
• Be responsible for critical applications and take Ownership of Incidents and Service Requests raised by the customer;
• As part of the support team, work within defined SLA’s ensuring customer SLA’s are aligned to and avoiding SLA breaches;
• Proactively work closely with other support and development teams within Leidos;
• Identification of continual service improvement initiatives as part of application support team;

What Does Leidos Need From Me?

• Understanding of ITIL processes and their importance in a support environment with specific consideration to incident, problem, change and release management;
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), including the ability to listen effectively;
• Ability to translate technical issues into user friendly language;
• Exposure to Incident Management toolsets such as Service Now or Remedy would be beneficial;
• An excellent team player;
• Quick learner;
• Strong self-awareness, and a capacity to reflect on own practice and to learn from mistakes;

It would be great if you had experience in the following;

• Working knowledge of Linux / Unix
• Understanding and working knowledge of cloud based technologies
• Experience of working with application monitoring and management tools
• Experience of Windows AD and account management
• Experience in application support for a large, complex and highly available IT system

Clearance Requirements: Due to the nature of this role Security Clearance will be required so you must hold or have the ability to achieve Security Clearance.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Dynamic Working 

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

IT and AV Support Technician (2nd Line)\n\nDepartment: Digital, Data & Technology Group\n\nSalary: Starting from £26,338, rising to £29,959\n\nClosing date: Monday 21 July 2025\n\nAbout the role\n\nThis is a great opportunity for you to develop your IT and Audio Visual (AV) career. If you have a background in or a passion for technology, we'd love to hear from you. \n\nYou'd be joining our small, experienced standard support team in a 2nd line support role working in a fast-paced environment where you will gain experience and exposure to a variety of challenges and problems that will build your expertise.\n\nYou will work with the team to provide an outstanding IT and AV service to both our students and staff.

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\n\nWe consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.\n\nWe're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. \n\nWhat we can offer you:\n\nWe're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:\n\n- Free counselling services through Health Assured\n- Cycle to work scheme\n- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme\n- Staff discount at Team Bath gym\n- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees\n- Staff discount on language courses\n- Generous employer contributory pension schemes\n- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance\n- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more\n- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath\n- Local discounts and more\n- A family-friendly workplace \n- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce\nRelocation allowance\n- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses\n\nFind out more about our benefits and watch the video via the apply button to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us on X and LinkedIn.\n\nWe are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.