Our business is experiencing double digit growth and as a result we are constantly seeking dynamic individuals to support this substantial growth. Our strength as a company stems from exceptional individuals working in teams. Our people are smart, results-driven, quality focused with a 'can do' attitude.
We emphasise quality in the work environment by encouraging each employee to develop their skill sets, enjoy job satisfaction and improve their productivity. We have quarterly management reviews as well as peer reviews every six-month period, where we agree on goals and training plans for the upcoming review period. This creates the opportunity to earn qualifications and become a leader in your field as well as presenting significant opportunities to progress within the company to more senior roles.
We have a challenging set of opportunities for you to enhance your skills in our diverse user base - over the last three years, we have worked with a wide range of customer organisations, from start-ups to blue chips to government bodies across many different sectors.
If you share our values and believe you have the skills and attitude to be part of our winning team please contact careers@concentra.co.uk or call 020 7099 6910.
Agencies
Concentra have retained Exposed Solutions to manage all Agency recruitment. Please do not contact Concentra or submit CV’s directly to Concentra. These CV’s will be deleted and the Agency will not be appointed to the Concentra Preferred Supplier List. To apply to join the Concentra Preferred Supplier List please contact Exposed Solutions by email only at concentra@exposedsolutions.com.
KTP Associate/HR Executive, 2 year fixed term contract
Concentra is a consultancy and technology company that is changing the market for business services; we are developing a ground breaking SaaS product in the Organisation Design and Development space. We believe this will change the game for HR and are seeking someone to be involved in making this development a success in the global market.
At Concentra, we recruit against our values:
- Committed... doing what it takes for lasting results
- Together... combining our expertise to create smarter solutions
- Driven... personally aiming high and wanting better
- Smart... being smart with common sense
- Passionate... about what we do
The role requires a self-motivated ambitious and innovative graduate, with a First or Upper Second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant area or discipline. Benefits include £3,500 individual training budget, an opportunity to gain a Management qualification and/or study for a higher degree.
To apply please visit: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/hrvacancies
Closing date: Friday 7 January 2010
Interview date: To be confirmed
Please note: We are unable to accept any applications by email. All applications must be made online. CVs in isolation or incomplete application forms will also not be accepted. Embracing diversity and promoting equality
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
To develop applications which provide value to our customers by development of innovative and high quality solutions.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Design of Client Projects
a. Work with solutions designers, consultants and account managers to provide advice
on technical development of components on proposed bespoke applications/ solutions
on low level projects
b. Work with solution designers to clarify what actions the solutions is intended
to perform
c. Devise possible solutions to predicted problems and evaluate other options
d. Translate software requirements into precise and robust programming code which
meets the needs of the client requirements
2. Development of Client Projects
a. Build client solutions which are high in quality: eliminate sloppy errors and
try to get things correct first time
b. Develop client solutions within agreed deadlines and notify project lead of any
potential overruns so that client expectations may be managed
c. Applies technical knowledge to projects in a competent and productive manner
d. Uphold coding standards, processes, guidelines and principles
e. Work with Quality team to ensure testing of applications/ systems are undertaken
in a timely fashion
f. Work with Client and project team to implement developed solution
g. Evaluate solution’s effectiveness
h. Reviewing code of more junior developer where required
i. Help to sustain a productive working environment by communicating feedback on
initiatives and offering recommendations
3. Knowledge Sharing
a. Provide technical support to colleagues and ask for assistance where appropriate
b. Contribute to knowledge sharing sessions within and outside team
c. Consult manuals and technical reports to learn new ways to develop programs and
maintain existing skills and knowledge.
d. Shares technical knowledge which furthers collective learning;
4. Other
a. Ensure timesheet is submitted accurately and promptly.
b. Occasional support of applications/ systems when required by client
c. Ad hoc duties as reasonably expected by your manager
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Degree (2:1 or above) in Mathematics or Computer Science
- Degree (2:1 or above) in Mathematics or Computer Science
SKILLS
- Intermediate skills in.NET Framework: C#, ASP.NET; SQL Server essential
- Intermediate Java, CSS and HTML essential
- Intermediate analytical skills (algorithms and bug fixing); Attention to Detail; Strong team engagement; Strong communication (verbal and written); Problem Solving; Commitment to Excellence essential
- Desirable: NHibernate, LINQ, SOA, Web Services, WCF, Silverlight, AJAX
EXPERIENCE
- Demonstrable experience in development of web applications in a client facing environment essential
- Experience of software development with minimal supervision essential
- Experience of the full software lifecycle and working on complex applications essential
- Experience of working within Agile software development methodologies highly desirable
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
This role reports to the HR Advisor and is responsible for providing administrative support in all aspects of HR and Office management
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Recruitment and Selection
- Arranging Induction
- Conducting Health and Safety part of Induction
- Updating Organisation chart with new starters
- Arranging probation period and sending reminders
- Communicating recruitment decisions to candidates and providing feedback
2. Training and Development
- Arrangement and publication of internal training courses
- Booking of training courses
- Distribution and collection of training evaluation(internal)
3. Employee engagement/ Communication
- Arranging of FITO and other company meetings
4. Customer Satisfaction
- Collation of CSAT data for input to reports
5. Office Administration
- Conducting work place risk assessments
- Review current First Aiders / Fire Wardens
- Raising of Purchase Order's
- Distribution of post
- Ad hoc binding and printing
- Ordering of supplies ( drinks and stationery)
- Monitoring of stationery
- Ordering lunches and making refreshments
- Data Protection
- Other tasks as required by manager
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Degree (2:1) or above (desirable)
- Studying towards CIPD (desirable)
SKILLS
- Excellent communication (written and verbal)
- Proactive
- Customer Service
- Attention to detail
- Organisation and planning
- Strong on MS Office
EXPERIENCE
- Experience of working within an HR department (preferable)
- Demonstrable experience of administration and organisation
- Experience of handling confidential information
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
To lead the development stream within one of our project teams, to develop and deploy .NET solutions across the full lifecycle of projects and work with the team to develop and improve our technical capabilities within the company.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Solution design and Architecture
- Work with solution designers, business consultants and account managers to provide advice on the development of bespoke solutions, by providing advice during the pre-sales and proposals stage.
- Propose solutions using formalised approaches and industry standard architecture, design patterns and technologies.
- Using appropriate estimating techniques, advise on the complexity and size of solutions, and the technical resource requirements.
- Arranging probation period and sending reminders
- Conduct technical feasibility studies and proof-of-concept activities where necessary.
2. Development of solutions
- Provide technical leadership in a development team following Agile development practices.
- Working with the Project Manager, contribute to the development of solutions within defined scope, cost and quality.
- Ensure accurate input to estimating, planning and review processes using Waterfall and Agile techniques where appropriate.
- Alongside Solution Designers and Project Managers, work 1-on-1 with clients and end users to understand detailed requirements and ensure the best solution is developed by the team.
- Ensure appropriate quality measures are in place and followed by the team, such as code reviews, test driven development and unit testing.
- Ensure the team follow coding and documentation standards to develop maintainable, robust and extensible code.
- Ensure all development processes and tools are followed consistently and in line with company standards. These include source control and code management, continuous integration, unit testing, automated builds, environments management, change and release management.
- Lead the team in the deployment and implementation of solutions. Work with the Project, Client Support and Infrastructure Managers to ensure a comprehensive and seamless handover of solutions to the operational support teams.
- Provide efficient and effective 3rd line support for live applications.
3. Knowledge Sharing
- Lead the creation and on-going review of coding standards, processes, guidelines and principles.
- As part of the peer group of lead developers and architects, lead the development of new working practices and the introduction of new technologies and design patterns into the development community in Concentra.
- Lead the development and continuous improvement of Concentra’s core code libraries and reusable technical assets.
- Work with the Head of Software QA to ensure focus on quality through leadership and action in development process and use of tools.
- Develop knowledge sharing and skills development programs, to maintain and enhance technical competency.
4. Team leadership
- Line management responsibility for other members of the development team, including the creation and management using formalise performance management measures.
- Mentor and coach junior members of team in personal and technical aspects of their role.
- Strive to ensure the team have the correct balance of skills to meet the demands of the business.
5. Other ad-hoc duties as reasonably expected by your manager
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Degree (2:1 or above) in Computer Science or Mathematics (MA, MEng, MSc, MCSD)
- Knowledge of Rich Internet Applications principles and technologies
- Strong understanding of C#.NET 4.0 and related technologies and design patterns including MVC3 and CQRS
- Good understanding of Agile development methodologies
SKILLS
Technical Skills
- Advanced skills in .NET Framework: C#, ASP.NET; SQL Server
- Advanced skills in JavaScript, CSS and HTML essential, Ajax and jQuery desirable
- Knowledge of Test-Driven Development and Unit Testing, NHibernate, LINQ, and Web Services
Non-technical Skills
- Lifelong learning ; Strong verbal and written communication skills (both to a technical and non-technical audience); Analytical Thinking; Attention to Detail; Team Leadership; Problem Solving; Innovative thinking; Mentoring; Commercial Acumen
EXPERIENCE
- Lifelong learning ; Strong verbal and written communication skills (both to a technical and non-technical audience); Analytical Thinking; Attention to Detail; Team Leadership; Problem Solving; Innovative thinking; Mentoring; Commercial Acumen
- Experience of leading teams on project delivery
- Familiarity of Object Orientated architectures and approaches
- Experience of working in a technical pre-sales capacity
- Experience with defining, evolving and following best practices and coding standards
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
Working as the lead technical consultant for SharePoint solutions, you will span the entire the project lifecycle to advise and guide the delivery of high quality SharePoint solutions to clients. You will provide pre-sales consultancy to our sales, delivery and support teams; covering all aspects of design, architecture, development and deployment. You will be involved in understanding and analysing business and user needs across industries and functions, you will estimate, scope and design solutions, and you will work ‘hands-on’ as part of our development team to implement and support solutions. This is a senior position in the SharePoint team, working closely with external clients and all internal teams within Concentra.
You will contribute to our technical capability by driving standards and best practice in SharePoint development and implementation, and provide thought leadership for portals and collaboration by championing SharePoint as a strategic solution, and vital component of Concentra’s go-to-market proposition.
Specifically this means you will spend much of your time and focus:
- Working with clients and sales teams discover and analyse requirements (through interviews, workshops etc); analysing requirements to drive an understanding of business and user needs; communicating the needs of end users using user stories, use cases and scenarios; understanding the scope and complexity of requirements to facilitate / lead the estimation process ; providing knowledge and expertise in a pre-sales capacity on software solutions.
- User interface design: translating business requirements into design specifications following an agile methodology; designing highly useable solutions, using wireframes, storyboards and paper prototypes; adopting different techniques to define compelling and innovative user experiences.
- Architecture and design of solutions: providing advice on technical development of SharePoint solutions for clients. Working with Account Managers and Project Managers to advise on resources required for each project & to identify gaps between the business requirements and SP functionality, highlighting and estimating custom development activities; devising possible solutions to predicted problems and evaluate other options.
- Development of Client solutions: ensuring Client requirements and expectations are met through contact with the client and diligent management of the team.
- Knowledge Sharing: as part of the peer group of Lead Developers, maintain coding standards, processes, guidelines and principles, and ensure these standards are met by the development team; providing technical support to colleagues and ask for assistance where appropriate.
To qualify for this role, you should possess a Degree (2:1 or above) in Computer Science or related subject; strong understanding of the SharePoint product and related technologies (to include workflow, forms, dashboards, document management, records management); good understanding of Agile development methodologies; advanced level in WSS, MOSS 2007, and SharePoint 2010; advanced level of skill in.NET Framework, particularly C#.NET, SQL Server and related technologies such as LINQ; strong verbal and written communication skills: both to technical and non-technical audience; strong analytical skills - algorithms and bug fixing; passion for innovative technology and continuous learning; extensive experience in developing applications built on the Microsoft .NET framework, and in particular SharePoint, in a commercial environment.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Design of Client Projects
- Work with solutions designers, consultants and account managers to provide advice on technical development of proposed bespoke applications/ solutions
- Work with Account Managers and Project Managers to advise on resources required for each project
- Clarify what actions the solutions is intended to perform
- Devise possible solutions to predicted problems and evaluate other options
- Translate software requirements into precise and robust programming code which meets the needs of the client requirements
2. Development of Client Projects
- Take a senior role within each project
- Support the lead to ensure accurate estimation for all development tasks
- Work with project managers and other team members to ensure accurate quoting on all resource requirements to input to project costing
- Develop client solutions within agreed deadlines, raising awareness of and mitigating risks within own projects and keeping track of any potential overruns in project by ongoing communication so that client expectations may be managed
- Significantly contributes on creation and ongoing review of CDS coding standards, processes, guidelines and principles, ensuring project team are upholding these standards as well as self
- Work with Quality team to ensure creation of test scripts are accurately done and testing of applications/ systems are undertaken in a timely fashion
- Conduct technical feasibility studies
- Supports in the architecture for all projects
- Work with project team to implement developed solution
- Occasional support of applications/ systems when required by client
3. Knowledge Sharing
- Help to sustain a productive working environment by encouraging communication and feedback on initiatives and offering recommendations
- Contributes to the team and shows awareness of Concentra tools and processes available
- Contribute to knowledge sharing sessions within and outside CDS team
- Consult manuals and technical reports to learn new ways to develop programs and maintain existing skills and knowledge
- Improvement of Concentra libraries and technical process.
4. Team engagement
- Mentoring and support of junior members of team
5. Other
- Ad hoc duties as reasonably expected by your manager
To apply for this opportunity or to find out more about it, please contact careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates for all roles must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
Strictly no agencies.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
We have opportunities to join our development teams at a graduate level, contributing to the continued success of our technical solutions and products. There will be opportunities to work at all stages of the development cycle including design, implementation and testing as well as providing feedback to evolve our development processes.
Concentra's number one requirement is for people with a passion and enthusiasm for technology as this is the foundation of our business. Strong communication skills are required to maintain professional relationships with our clients and also communicate technical and complex problems to other employees. You should be able to learn new skills and must be able to understand our client's business objectives. You'll also have the chance to work with cutting edge technologies including Microsoft Beta's and will be given time to research and assess new technologies such as .NET Framework 4, Office 14, Windows 7, SQL Server 11, Cloud Services and Silverlight. Our primary technical skills include C#, ASP.NET, .NET Framework 3.5, SQL Server, Silverlight, XML, Object-orientated design, SOA, web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, and JQuery).
All developers are encouraged to become Microsoft certified and ample training will be provided.
Graduate developers are required to have achieved (or be expected to achieve) a strong university degree(2:1 or above) in computer science or related field and in addition, a ‘A’ grade at Maths or Computing Science is highly desirable. Some commercial experience is preferable but not necessary as is familiarity with an agile development methodology. Concentra will provide you with the skills you require to progress in your career, whether that is the technical skills required to work in some of the most demanding environments, the personal skills needed to lead or extensive business knowledge.
Concentra are offering a competitive base salary of £26k per year in addition to other benefits, which include 25 days holiday, cycle to work scheme, childcare voucher scheme, employee referral scheme and access to stakeholder pension. In addition, we place strong emphasis on learning and development and all employees are encouraged to attend a range of internal/ external training courses and learning opportunities we provide, each aimed at maximising potential and developing careers.
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates for all roles must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level. STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
To establish, manage and grow a world-class application support team, providing first and second line support to clients and end users for Concentra products and bespoke applications.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Structure, manage and grow a dedicated team in all day to day activities of first
and second line support for Concentra clients to meet agreed SLAs and performance
metrics including Customer Satisfaction measurements.
2. Ensure that processes and workflow between tier 1/2 and 3 teams are fully defined,
embedded and rigorously maintained.
3. Work with the Account Management and Product Development teams to understand
support needs now and in the future, taking action accordingly including the development
and delivery of new offerings.
4. Grow the Client Support team with the Concentra business, recruiting and developing
new talent, to ensure the correct mix of skills for application maintenance and
support and product/domain knowledge.
5. Implement and manage robust quality assurance processes with awareness of the
application development lifecycle in other areas of the company.
6. Work with marketing to develop support offerings in response to changing client
profiles and market conditions.
- Commitment to providing the highest levels of customer service in all circumstances.
- Logical problem determination skills and process-oriented
- Commercially astute – both in the management of client accounts and relationships and also identifying new business opportunities (to enhance supported solutions).
SKILLS
- A detailed understanding of application support and operational processes
- A detailed understanding of the software development life cycle, techniques and tools
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong relationship building skills
- In depth customer management skills
KNOWLEDGE
- In-depth ITIL v2/v3 (ideally supported by qualifications)
- Service desk tools (ideally ICCM) and Metastorm BPM
- Web technologies and frameworks including .NET. Microsoft SharePoint 2007/2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 (including stored procedures, optimisations and management).
- Understanding of the following is also desirable - C#, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VB6, Cold Fusion, ASP.NET
EXPERIENCE
- Managing a Service Desk supporting multiple applications and/or configurable software products
- Implementing and measuring key Service Desk metrics
- Developing and implementing procedures to provide high quality services both internally and externally
- Improving efficiency and effectiveness of the Service Desk activity by analysing and proposing recommendations
- Developing a customer care philosophy that ensures client satisfaction
- Management and co-ordination of Change implementation
- Managing and working with technical teams
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
Concentra’s Client Support team provides dependable and professional support to clients in order to keep business applications running smoothly by supporting end user activities, providing technical advice and guidance, and maintenance of applications with defect identification, analysis and resolution.
The Application Support Analyst primarily carries out problem determination and technical analysis in order to develop, maintain, change and fix existing applications developed on various platforms and with different technologies. The role would suit someone who enjoys a dynamic multi-faceted role incorporating the challenge of technical problem solving with application development and client contact.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Working as part of the Client Support team, provide a Tier 2 technical support for Concentra client systems and applications.
2. Develop and maintain a technical knowledge of industry and bespoke applications to ensure the best service offering to our clients.
3. Work closely with the Tier 3 development teams in the assessment and fixing of defects, and implementation of new or changed functionality.
4. Communicate directly, and through Tier1, with clients, ensuring that problems, change requests and additional functionality is completely and correctly understood and that clients are kept informed throughout the lifecycle of the request.
5. Solve complex problems following a defined trouble shooting methodology, using initiative to understand the applications, utilising existing application documentation and liaising with other technical staff.
6. Maintain an effective working relationship with all clients.
7. Develop own technical knowledge on applications/technologies.k
8. May be required to partake in out of hours support rotation
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Commitment to providing the highest levels of customer service in all circumstances.
- The ability to work within a team focussed on maintaining the highest levels of operational effectiveness and efficiency.
- Problem determination + identifying enhancement requests
SKILLS
- A detailed understanding of application support and operational processes
- Excellent communication skills - face to face, telephone, written
- Able to query using both SQL and T-SQL (SQL Server 2000 – 2008)
- create functions, stored procedures and views
- Ability to develop/ support SSRS reports using BIDS or Report Builder (basic to advance level)
- Understanding the execution of SSIS packages (control flow)
- Ability to query using the MDX language
- Microsoft Excel functions and creation of workbooks
- Tableau 5.2 to 6.0 (able to query) - this is not essential
- Knowledge of ASP.net and C# (understanding)
- BPM (Business Performance Management) ability to develop and support the ICCM application by improve the workflows within the company (change, incident and problem)
- Knowledge in using Microsoft CRM Dynamics
- Ability to comprehend multiple applications which belong to many industries (logical thinker!)
- Possess a strong data analytical mind
- Good management of user requests (calls) and making sure they are answered within SLA
- Understand SLA deadlines dependant on client
- Ability to multi-task
KNOWLEDGE
- Working knowledge of the following technologies, tools, applications and languages is essential - Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 (including stored procedures, optimisations and management), TCP/IP, Internet Information Server 6.0, Windows 2003/2008. Development languages T-SQL, Net Framework 2.0, C#, HTML, XML, CSS.
- Working knowledge of some or all of the following technologies, tools, applications and languages is desirable - Knowledge of SharePoint 2007, Project server, Reporting services, ICCM Service desk software, Development languages JavaScript, VB 6, Cold Fusion, ASP.NET, AJAX, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia ColdFusion MX7, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server
EXPERIENCE
Demonstrable experience of –
- Working within an application development or support environment involving multiple applications or configurable software products.
- Providing tier 1 and 2 end user support with focus on customer service.
- Working with technical teams.
RELATIONSHIPS/INTERACTIONS
EXTERNAL
- Clients – Stakeholders/sponsors, project managers, power/super users, end users.
INTERNAL
- Development and delivery teams for new and existing applications.
To apply for this opportunity or to find out more about it, please contact careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates for all roles must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
To be the lifeblood of our data-driven and analytical projects, providing data modelling for complex projects; design and build out data warehouses; and design and build out ETL solutions to extract, clean, conform, and design and built of multidimensional cubes, and deliver data to the warehouse.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Committed - doing what it takes for lasting results.
- Together - combining our expertise to create smarter solutions.
- Driven - personally aiming high and wanting better.
- Smart - being smart with common sense.
- Passionate - about what we do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1.Development and Delivery
- Work on teams of 2-8 people to deliver superior clients results using an Agile development methodology
- Perform data modelling for custom solutions projects
- Design and develop data warehouses and ETL solutions
- Design and develop multidimensional cubes
- Design and develop data mining solutions (and advanced algorithms depending upon experience)
- Design and develop business intelligence applications and objects (reports, dashboards, scorecards, etc.), including customising of off-the-shelf solution
- Design and develop dynamic dashboards, reports, and other BI delivery solutions (e.g. SMS alerting).
2. Personal and company growth – c. 20%
- Support the sales process by identifying leads, identifying opportunities for project extensions and add-ons, and by supporting proposal development (pre-sales solution architecture)
- Drive intellectual capital by getting involved with internal projects and personal projects, including personal research, white papers, pro bono, etc.
3.Team engagement
- Mentoring and support of junior members of team
- Assist in growing the organisation by getting involved with recruiting
4. Other
- Ad hoc duties as reasonably expected by your manager
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Degree (2:1 or above) in computer science, mathematics or related subject
- Expert knowledge of Business Intelligence / Data warehouse theory (Kimball method strongly preferred)
SKILLS
- Technical skills including:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database engine
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services
- Strong analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Microstrategy (desirable)
- Other database platforms, including Oracle, MySQL (helpful but not required)
- Other BI applications, including Cognos, Business Obj., Hyperion (helpful but not required)
- C#.NET, ASP.NET, or other traditional coding
EXPERIENCE
- Extensive experience in BI
- Hands on success delivering business intelligence is required
- Prior experience in DBA role helpful
- Experience of creating OLAP cubes (highly desirable)
- You must be a self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision as well as being a strong team player
To apply for this opportunity or to find out more about it, please contact careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates for all roles must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
Strictly no agencies.
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced SharePoint Senior Developer/ Developer to join our innovative and award winning company (recognised as Times Top 100) based in London Bridge to strengthen and develop our SharePoint practice. The role will include the full lifecycle of projects, including pre-sales, analysis and system design, development and support. If successful, you will be contributing your technical expertise and vision to ensure our clients achieve only the highest quality solutions. We pride ourselves in developing high quality products and solutions and deliver value for our clients by combining the latest technologies with the best ways of doing business and have recently experienced considerable client growth in projects which will be utilising Share Point technologies.
For these reasons we are seeking an exceptional individual who can play a critical role our team of existing SharePoint experts, developing and delivering solutions for clients that provide real value to them. No two projects are the same and you will be working with a team of consultants and developers across a variety of industries. Curiosity and a keenness to learn are just two of the common denominators shared by all of our staff at Concentra, meaning that we would both welcome and encourage you to apply your innovative streak to our applications and processes.
To qualify for this role you will need a Degree (2:1) or above in a related discipline; extensive experience of developing Share Point 2007/ 2010; strong understanding of SP products and related technologies; strong verbal and written communication; innovative thinking; consistent track record of delivering solutions either in-house or for external clients. And last, but by no means least, you should be able to demonstrate our values as shown on the homepage.
You will be rewarded in this opportunity not only by working with a brilliant team and with some of the most well-known clients in the UK, but also by an extremely competitive salary.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
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We are seeking a smart and articulate business intelligence developer to be the lifeblood of our data-driven and analytical projects, providing the horsepower for business intelligence projects.
The role is a fast-paced, exciting position and an opportunity to develop a broad range of high-demand skills. Projects are team-based and highly collaborative, and the solutions being developed for their clients are driving tremendous value—and developers get to share in that excitement.
You will perform data modeling for complex projects; design and build out data warehouses; and design and build out ETL solutions to extract, clean, conform, and deliver data to the warehouse.
Specifically this means that much of your time and focus will be spent: working with teams to deliver superior clients results using an Agile development methodology; performing data modeling for custom solutions projects; designing and developing data warehouses and ETL solutions; designing and developing data mining solutions (and advanced algorithms depending upon experience); designing and developing business intelligence applications and objects (reports, dashboards, scorecards, etc.), including customising of off-the-shelf solutions; supporting the sales process by identifying leads, identifying opportunities for project extensions and add-ons, and by supporting proposal development (pre-sales solution architecture).
To qualify and be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate hands on success delivering business intelligence; business Intelligence / Data warehouse theory Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database engine/ Integration Services/ Analysis Services/ Reporting Services. And last, but by no means least, you should be able to demonstrate our values as shown on the homepage.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
A Senior Business Analyst is needed to join our highly decorated and respected software development consultancy ranked as one of the fastest growing in the UK. As Microsoft Gold Partners, members of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and recognised as “Ones to Watch” by the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For‟ we lead the way as true innovators.
Mirroring their progressive style the Senior Business Analyst will work closely with external clients and internal technical teams managing requirements across the Software Development Lifecycle. Combining, to great effect, business insight with the latest technologies and software development techniques our client solves high profile, real-world business problems with outstanding results. Your input will play a key role in helping them continue to achieve this.
In summary, your role as Senior Business Analyst will be to analyse client problems before creating the innovative user centric solutions that help solve them. In more detail, this means:
- Requirement gathering, including the analysis, discovery and definition of the project in hand.
- Translating business requirements into full design specs, wireframes, storyboards etc. (following agile methodology).
- Taking responsibility for the solution across all stages of project lifecycle. Pulling teams together to deliver a truly great outcome.
To qualify and be successful in this role, we are seeking a degree educated Business Analyst with impeccable communication skills, a can-do attitude and a passion for the IT industry. You must be capable of proposing innovative and creative solutions to complex technical problems and be comfortable presenting your ideas to senior clients.
Demonstrating a strong background in the field of business analysis, you should be as au-fait discussing the technical complexities of Microsoft web technologies as you are researching project particulars in workshops or interview environments.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
We are looking for a wonderfully articulate and talented Quality Engineer with experience in testing SharePoint applications, to detect defects in the products and applications we create for our clients and build on the excellence of our existing QA function.
If successful, you will work with the existing quality and development teams to assist in the preparation of test plans and test scripts for some of the most complex and exciting client projects we have, ensuring that high quality and accuracy is maintained through to product release.
Specifically this means that much of your time and focus will be spent: preparing and maintaining test plans ; providing feedback to the development team and ensuring the work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and the quality requirements; keeping track of all defects, ensuring that they are resolved in a timely manner; providing estimates and feedback to the Software Development Manager for project scheduling purposes; working with software developers on the design and specification of features; writing easy-to-understand test case steps and expected result descriptions; critically think about how consumers will interact with the software being tested and turn those thoughts into finding bugs, listing action items, and opening avenues of discussion; developing great working relationships with other team members (internal and external) through effective communication and regard for what our clients need.
To qualify and be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of testing of SharePoint Applications ; proven experience of software QA testing with complex user interfaces; be educated to degree level ( preferably in a software related field) ; have top notch verbal and written communication skills, with an eye for detail and a commitment to quality throughout all the work you undertake; knowledge of best practice QA methods and processes; the ability to develop credible and supportive working relationships with others; experience of testing Windows Software Applications / Database applications produced using VB, C#, Access, SQL Server Experience in testing web based systems. And last, but by no means least, you should be able to demonstrate our values as shown on the homepage.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
We are seeking a highly talented SharePoint Consultant / SharePoint Business Analyst to join Concentra, a highly decorated and respected software development consultancy ranked as one of the fastest growing in the UK. As Microsoft Gold Partners, members of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and recognised as “Ones to Watch” by the Sunday Times „Best Companies to Work For‟ we lead the way as true innovators.
Mirroring our progressive style, the SharePoint Consultant / SharePoint Business Analyst will liaise with clients, agile software development teams and user experience designers to ensure SharePoint solutions are scoped and effectively delivered. Combining, to great effect, business insight with the latest technologies and software development techniques our client solves high profile, real-world business problems with outstanding results. Your input will play a key role in helping them continue to achieve this.
In summary, the SharePoint Business Analyst/Consultant will analyse client problems before creating the innovative user centric SharePoint solutions that help solve them. In more detail, this means:
- Requirement gathering, including the analysis, discovery and definition of the project in hand.
- Translating business requirements into full design specs, wireframes, storyboards etc. (following agile methodology).
- Taking responsibility for the solution across all stages of project lifecycle. Pulling teams together to deliver a truly great outcome.
- Actively contributing to the wider SharePoint community, continuously improving SharePoint solutions and approaches.
To qualify and be successful in this role, we are seeking a degree educated Business Analysts with: impeccable communication skills; a can-do attitude; a passion for the IT industry. With a practical knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint technologies, and related 3rd party software, you must be capable of proposing innovative and creative solutions using these technologies in large scale deployments. Demonstrating a strong background in the field of business analysis, you should be as au-fait discussing the technical complexities of SharePoint features as you are researching project particulars in workshops or interview environments. Last, but by no means least, you should be able to demonstrate our values as shown on the homepage
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
We are looking for a superstar project manager with extensive experience of project managing software solutions in an Agile environment (ideally with some BI projects in the mix as well), to join our team and help it become even better. Most of our work is project based, and this requires a strong leader to maintain and develop (where required) the right processes and resources to enable high quality project delivery. This role is highly visible role within the company with significant client facing time. You would also be required to support sales when the element of project management is important (nearly all of our complex deals and around a third of the remaining ones) and be a bridge between the sales and development teams.
Mirroring our progressive style, the SharePoint Consultant / SharePoint Business Analyst will liaise with clients, agile software development teams and user experience designers to ensure SharePoint solutions are scoped and effectively delivered. Combining, to great effect, business insight with the latest technologies and software development techniques our client solves high profile, real-world business problems with outstanding results. Your input will play a key role in helping them continue to achieve this.
Specifically this means that much of your time and focus will be spent: working closely with internal (development teams and account managers) and external teams to ensure all projects are kept on track through the project lifecycle; actively managing several concurrent projects (depending upon the size and complexity of projects—initially the Project Manager will manage the complex projects and delegate the less complex); effectively managing, escalating, and resolving issues and risks during project lifecycle; creating and maintaining strong, lasting relationships with clients and suppliers alike.
To qualify and be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate: a Degree (2:1) or equivalent; extensive and consistent experience of delivering complex projects throughout lifecycle, specifically: Project planning and progress monitoring including budget control and milestone control; issue and risk management; stakeholder management (within an Agile environment); be highly process driven and detailed orientated; have a tenacity to drive projects through; have excellent communication and relationship building skills, both internally and with clients. And last, but by no means least, you should be able to demonstrate our values as shown on the homepage.
Get in touch now… email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
We are looking for a talented Technical Director to join us. Reporting to the Managing Director, this is a business critical role, with overall technical direction and management of the business. This means… Setting standards, defining technologies and development processes, driving technical strategy at all levels and managing a team of 25 developers covering expertise in.NET, SharePoint, Flex & Java. Overseeing client solutions you will also play a lead role in ensuring that project lifecycles, architecture, design, development and deployment is managed smoothly (which may require a hands-on approach from time to time).
In summary, the Technical Director will be instrumental in the following:
- Solution Design and Architecture.
- Technical Strategy.
- Development of Solutions.
- Standards Development.
- Line Management of Developer (up to 25).
- Knowledge Sharing.
To qualify... You will need to possess extensive commercial experience of building bespoke applications on the .NET framework backed up with exceptional leadership, problem solving and analytical qualities. A degree education (2.1 or similar in Computer Science), brilliant all round technical skills (.NET, Java, OO, RIA etc.) and a good understanding of Agile methodologies completes the set. You should also possess strong commercial acumen, drive and self motivation & product development experience (desirable) This is a unique opportunity that will see you join an award winning organisation that prides itself in building brilliant IT solutions for some amazing client names all within a fun and rewarding working environment! Get in touch...
Get in touch now... email us with your CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for us and detailing your current and/ or desired salary levels to careers@concentra.co.uk
All candidates must be eligible to work in Britain and be fluent in written and spoken English, at a business level.
STRICTLY NO AGENCIES (please note, that means we will not accept any speculative cv’s or any terms relating to cv’s sent to us that haven’t been agreed with us and will treat any sending of such cv’s as a personal gift to help our recruiting efforts out..)
Concentra are an Equal Opportunities employer
