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 0203 355 8005.
APPLICATION SUPPORT ANALYST
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.
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.
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 focused 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; Strong relationship building skills
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.
To apply for this opportunity or to find out more about it, please contact 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 is a senior position in the Solution Design team, working closely with external clients and all internal teams within Concentra.
Key to this role is the ability to quickly understand, analyse and document business and user needs across industries and functions. Applying your experience and attention to detail, you will be required to design innovative user centric solutions to these problems, working closely with internal application development teams in an agile environment. You will be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft based Web 2.0, SOA and OLAP technologies in large scale deployments.
Projects will vary a great deal, both in size and client, across the public and private sector. All projects are coordinated by the Project Management Office.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Requirements discovery and analysis
- Conduct interviews, workshops, contextual enquiry and other business analysis research methods to define business, user and system requirements for projects
- Analyse requirements to drive an understanding of business and user needs
- Understand and communicate the needs of end users using user stories, use cases and scenarios
- Define project constraints, risks and measurable and achievable non-functional requirements
- Understand the scope and complexity of requirements to facilitate / lead the estimation process
- Provide knowledge and expertise in a pre-sales capacity on software solutions.
2. User interface design
- Translate business requirements into design specifications following an agile methodology
- Design highly useable solutions, using wireframes, storyboards and paper prototypes
- Collaborate with the design team to translate wireframes into highly desirable user interfaces
- Adopt Web 2.0 techniques to define compelling and innovative user experiences
- Coordinate and conduct both formal and informal usability testing throughout the project lifecycle
- Work directly with developers to accurately implement solutions
- Collaborate with the quality assurance team to define (and occasionally execute) acceptance test scenarios
3. Work at all stages of the project lifecycle
- Act as an interface between the client and the project team, maintaining a high level of user engagement throughout the project life cycle
- Be an active and influential member of the SCRUM team and fulfil the surrogate role of product owner where necessary
- Manage scope and eliminate requirement ambiguities
- Assist the project manager with change management
- Support the project manager at all stages of the project lifecycle
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- A university-level degree, in a related discipline
- At least six years experience in business / requirements analysis role
- A strong awareness of current technologies and the IT industry trends
- Ability to build and develop credibility and strong working relationships
- In depth and demonstrable knowledge of Microsoft web and reporting technologies in large scale deployments
SKILLS
- Demonstrates an ability to understand and distil complex problems
- Ability to challenge the status quo
- Proactive and innovative, and solving problems whilst managing requirements
- Craves responsibility, rather than shrinks from it
- Excellent communicator
- Managing personal responsibilities: Displaying personal, professional, and ethical conduct as well as the adaptability necessary for individual success
EXPERIENCE
- Proven success in writing requirements documents for custom solutions
- Proven success in designing solutions to complex business requirements.
- A proven track record in software development
RELATIONSHIPS/INTERACTIONS
EXTERNAL
- Clients
- 3rd party suppliers
- Graphic design – internal and external
INTERNAL
- Concentra Board of Directors
- Concentra Management Team
- Concentra staff
- Concentra contractors
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.
Note: Position specifications and competencies may change over time. Jobholders will be notified of any changes. Consultation will take place in the event of any material changes that affect the overall scope, function and possibly size of the role.
We are seeking an individual with a passion for technology and exceptional customer service for the role of Quality Engineer to join our Quality team in an environment which is not only fun and flexible, but encourages you to continuously develop yourself. This role will be suitable for not just any tester, but for one who is interested and experience in test design as well as someone who can use this knowledge to challenge and influence how to increase Quality on the company’s agenda. The business is moving to automated testing and therefore will need someone who has some experience in this area but is able to assist with the transition.
Your communication and influencing skills will be as important as your technical skills within this environment and to be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate a commitment and enjoyment of Quality, be eager to learn about new technologies as well as apply your existing skills to support the business.
Key knowledge, skills and experience required for the role are as follows: degree in related subject; 2 - extensive proven experience and success in similar role; previous software QA experience; proven experience of testing complex user interfaces; / web based systems; excellent verbal and written communication skills; organised and detail orientated; experience of exploratory testing; SQL skills; experience of testing Windows Software Applications/ Database applications produced using VB,c#, Access, SQL Server; a commitment and enjoyment of Quality.
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 manage and develop relationships with existing clients which ensure client satisfaction and increased revenue, including programme management of initiatives
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Account management responsibilities
1. Relationship management within the Healthcare vertical
2. Proactively identify opportunities for revenue opportunity within your account’s
business portfolio
3. Respond to ITT’s/ produce tenders within the Healthcare vertical
4. Ownership of Statement’s of Work for all projects within the programme
5. Creation of all work orders within the programme
6. Responsible for invoicing of all work within the programme
7. Attend relevant NHS events and provide a Concentra presence where appropriate
8. Develop and maintain relationships with existing clients, ensuring you act as
their champion within the business
9. Work with clients to understand the business issues they face
10. Work with internal product and marketing teams to ensure clients are aware of
our solutions and services
11. Participate in learning gained from customer satisfaction surveys
Programme management responsibilities
1. Responsible for delivery and co-ordination of all work streams (projects) simultaneously
to NHS - from Pods, Support, Consulting, Benefits Realisation, Education and Business
Intelligence teams.
2. Budgeting, tracking, reporting, reviewing
3. Responsible for structuring delivery methods for each product internally– including
release planning, scheduling, deployment strategies, quality plans, roll-out
4. Ownership of contractual relationship with client
5. Ownership of, and responsibility for, programme budget – including allocation
and management across all work streams
6. Responsible for risk management across the programme
7. Responsible for successful roll-out of all product releases to clients
8. Escalation route within project delivery for the Project Manager
9. Weekly programme reporting for Clients and Concentra Exec including uptake management
reporting
10. Regular contract, steering group/exec meetings with Clients
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Graduate (2:1) or above or equivalent
- Extensive knowledge of NHS and consulting sales
- Knowledge of Microsoft technologies such as MOSS, SQL Server, .NET and Web services for SOA highly desirable
- Project management certification, PMMI highly desirable
SKILLS
- Relationship building
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Personal drive
- Negotiation skills
- Ability to inspire trust from clients
- Project management
EXPERIENCE
- Demonstrable experience in managing and generating revenue from existing accounts within the IT sector
- Experience of successful relationship building at CXO level
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 provide marketing expertise to the sales team and wider business, monitoring and managing campaigns for this B2B business, creating and driving quality collateral that delivers our key messages throughout the business. This role would be ideal for someone who is looking to step up from a role as Marketing Executive/ Jnr Marketing manager.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Campaign Management
- To provide marketing campaign services to the business in accordance with marketing’s service level agreement
- To work with internal teams and stakeholders to develop new ideas for marketing campaigns that generate leads, raise awareness and reinforce marketing’s value-add within the business with a specific product focus
2. Analysis
- To own management of the PPC campaigns for Concentra including necessary reporting for marketing, business units and management team
- Provide in depth analysis of keywords and messages, always improving CTR and devising strategies for maximising lead generation
- To provide regular report s on marketing campaign activity and provide insights into figures and trends
- Bringing insight to the campaigns and developing strategies for improving campaign effectiveness
3. Corporate website
- To own the website content – including copywriting – to produce material consistent with product and corporate messaging and writing ad hoc copy where required
- To develop content for events and seminars and to help run events and seminars where appropriate as part of the marketing plan
- Define the target audiences and messages. Help generate the content and drive attendance through continuous improvement
4. Team support
- To assist the marketing team wherever possible in delivering the marketing plan
5. Product Marketing
- To identify key vertical sectors for each emerging product offering and develop value propositions
- To conduct marketing analysis and align our products and services with the market
- To work with the product teams in developing and delivery of ‘go to market’ strategies as well as implementing resultant tactical activity plans
- To provide an up to date and ongoing view of the competitive landscape for new and emerging product offerings and advise on product positioning
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Degree or equivalent (2:1 or above) in from a leading university
- CIM qualification/ Masters an advantage
- Demonstrable knowledge of formal marketing planning
SKILLS
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Good attention to detail
- Very strong analytical skills
- Results focussed
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Negotiation skills
- Self- motivated
- Creative thinking
- Ability to manage multiple projects whilst demonstrating creativity and initiative
EXPERIENCE
- Experience of online campaign management
- Experience of working within consulting firm/ technology highly desirable
- Exposure to the healthcare sector advantageous
- Demonstrable experience of creating campaigns with positive ROI
RELATIONSHIPS/INTERACTIONS
EXTERNAL
- Agencies
INTERNAL
- Product development; consulting; Directors; Sales 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.
Note: Position specifications and competencies may change over time. Jobholders will be notified of any changes. Consultation will take place in the event of any material changes that affect the overall scope, function and possibly size of the role.
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
To detect defects in our products, and prevent them from having an impact on the customer.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Assist in the preparation of test plans and test scripts.
2. Ensure high quality and accuracy is maintained through to product release.
- Manage allocated tasks to provide a maximal throughput, having regard to priorities
- Keep track of all defects, ensuring that they are resolved in a timely manner
3. Prepare and maintain test plans for use on automated testing tools.
4. Provide feedback to the development team and ensure the work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and the quality requirements.
5. Provide estimates and feedback to the Software Development Manager for project scheduling purposes.
6. Work with software developers on the design and specification of features.
7. Write easy-to-understand test case steps and expected result descriptions.
8. 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.
9. Continually research new web technologies and incorporate that new knowledge into your ongoing QA process.
10. Developing Relationships
- Provide Project Managers, developers, and the Quality Manager with information on the quality levels of our products
- Foster and develop sound relationships with developers and other team members
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with developers, project managers, solution designers and other members of the team as required
DESIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWLEDGE
- Detailed knowledge of both Manual and Automated Testing.
- A university-level degree (2:1 or above), preferably in a software related field
- Proven extensive experience and success in a similar role
- Knowledge of best practice QA methods and processes including manual and automated testing
SKILLS
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work.
- Organized and with high attention to detail
- Ability to build and develop credibility and strong working relationships
- Proven ability to think strategically
EXPERIENCE
- Extensive software QA experience.
- Proven experience of testing complex user interfaces.
- Experience of QA methods and processes including manual and automated testing
- Experience of testing Windows Software Applications / Database applications produced using VB, C#, Access, SQL Server Experience in testing web based systems
RELATIONSHIPS/INTERACTIONS
EXTERNAL
- Clients (on occasion)
INTERNAL
- Solution Design
- Developers
- Project Managers
- Quality Manager
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.
Note: Position specifications and competencies may change over time. Jobholders will be notified of any changes. Consultation will take place in the event of any material changes that affect the overall scope, function and possibly size of the role.
What we are looking for
Regardless of the role within the business there are certain qualities we look for in the people at Concentra:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
Reports to: Lead Developer/ Development manager
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
Key Relationships
| Internal | External |
|
Pod (Project team): Project Manager, Solutions Designer, Quality Engineer, other
Developers Account Managers, Consultants |
Clients (project specific) |
Personal Specification
| Essential | Desirable | |
| Knowledge |
Degree (2:1 or above) in Mathematics or Computer Science Strong understanding of ASP.NET. Good understanding of Agile development methodologies Basic knowledge of design patterns Knowledge of software architecture, modelling principles and practices Knowledge of business and data modelling Knowledge of normalisation and scheme of design(ERD) Knowledge of ETL and data cleansing, mining |
MA, MEng, MScMCSD |
| Skills |
Technical Skills: Advanced level skills in.NET Framework: C#, ASP.NET; SQL Server 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; Time management |
ORM (Object relational mapping), Functional programming (e.g. LINQ), SOA, Web Services, WCF, Silverlight, AJAX |
| Experience |
Extensive experience of developing within multiple complex solutions(at least one
of which will have been for the full lifecycle) Experience of IIS |
Experience of working in a technical pre-sales capacity Experience of leading teams on project delivery |
| Other |
Passionate about delivering quality software solutions in a fast paced environment Self starter, able to prioritise tasks and manage own and others time effectively |
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.
Note: Position specifications and competencies may change over time. Jobholders will be notified of any changes. Consultation will take place in the event of any material changes that affect the overall scope, function and possibly size 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:
- Entrepreneurialism - We encourage an entrepreneurial attitude at every level of our business.
- Innovation - We apply innovative thinking to solving client problems and through development of our products and services.
- Team play - The whole is greater than the sum. Concentra is committed to successful collaboration, both with the client and internally.
- Excellence - The desire to excel in all its endeavours permeates the whole company.
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 2005 Database engine; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration
Services;
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 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 of working in similar role ; Hands on success delivering business intelligence is required; Prior experience in DBA role helpful; Experience of creating OLAP cubes (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.
Note: Position specifications and competencies may change over time. Jobholders will be notified of any changes. Consultation will take place in the event of any material changes that affect the overall scope, function and possibly size of the role.
1. Overseeing of Quality
- Advise on the performance of the quality management system and produce data and reporting on performance, measuring against set indicators
- Ensure high quality and accuracy is maintained through to product release.
- To provide feedback to the development team and ensure the work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and the quality requirements.
- To advise on providing estimates and feedback to the Software Development Manager for project scheduling purposes.
- Work with software developers on the design and specification of features.
- Write 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.
- Continually research new web technologies and incorporate that new knowledge into your ongoing QA process
2. To provide Project Managers, developers, and the Quality Manager with information on the quality levels of our products
3. Quality Management
- Create standards and establish clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply;
- Define quality procedures in conjunction with POD staff;
- Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures;
- Identifying relevant quality-related training needs and delivering training;
4. Team management
- To promote knowledge sharing within quality team and to ensure learning’s from all projects are captured
- Recruit, retain and develop team members
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.
We are seeking a graphic/ web designer to be responsible for producing digital and print design solutions to communicate internal and external client messages with high visual impact. The role sits within both the marketing and solution design department and will have a mix of c. 40% client work and 60% internal marketing projects.
Working with the Senior Designer and other internal teams on client projects, you will be responsible for developing digital concepts assets and designs for client applications, providing estimates for clients and bringing these ideas to life. In addition to the client work, you will be working with the marketing team on all of our Corporate branding to developer designs for Concentra's marketing and communications material, adapting and applying corporate branding to print marketing materials and maintaining the corporate brand of Concentra across all print and digital marketing materials (in conjunction with the Senior Designer).
The successful candidate should have the following knowledge, skills and experience: Degree in design related discipline; Some experience of working on client accounts; portfolio demonstrating delivery of digital and print designs; experience of basic website development; Advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, and In Design (essential); HTML/CSS/ Flash / Designing for Silver light (desirable); experience of designing for SharePoint (desirable); strong creativity and attention to detail; the confidence to express their ideas
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.
The role will be to develop and deploy SharePoint solutions across the full lifecycle of projects and work with our team to develop and improve our technical capabilities within the company. 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 the successful candidate will be contributing their technical expertise on a range of exciting and new projects.
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.
The following knowledge, skills and experience will be hugely beneficial in your application: extensive experience of developing Share Point 2007; Strong understanding of the MOSS product and related technologies (to include workflow/ forms/ dashboard/ Document Management/ Records Management etc ; Extensive experience in developing bespoke applications built on the Microsoft .NET framework in a commercial environment; strong verbal and written communication skills; innovative thinking; strategic thinking; team working; consistent track record of delivering solutions either in-house or for external clients; Degree (2:1 or above) in a related discipline.
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.
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 22 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.
As a business intelligence developer within Concentra you will be the lifeblood of our data-driven and analytical projects, providing the horsepower for business intelligence projects. You will perform data modeling for complex projects; design and build out data warehouses; design and build out ETL solutions to extract, clean, conform, and deliver data to the warehouse.
Ideally, you will also leverage traditional coding skills to design data mining and advanced analytical algorithms. Finally, you will be involved in delivering business intelligence solutions by designing and developing dynamic dashboards, reports, and other BI delivery solutions (e.g. SMS alerting).
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.
Key responsibilities include: Working with teams of 2-8 people 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).
Essential knowledge, skills and experience for the role are as follows: hands on success delivering business intelligence; business Intelligence / Data warehouse theory (Kimball method strongly preferred); Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database engine; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services; Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
Desirable knowledge, skills and experience: prior experience in DBA role; Microstrategy; other database platforms, including Oracle, MySQL; other BI applications, including Cognos, Business Objects, Hyperion; C#.NET, ASP.NET, or other traditional coding skills.
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to claire.ward@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.
The role of Business Development Director is a role that is critical to the achievement of our business plans and is the perfect opportunity to combine your technical knowledge and experience in C-level sales or business development. You will be rewarded 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 reward package.
Reporting to the Director of Sales, you will seek out, manage and maximise revenue opportunities with new clients, delivering to significant sales targets. You will focus on using your wider network and our existing sales leads to build relationships and identify opportunities where our client’s solutions can add value, paying close attention to technical and business requirements of each potential client.
To be successful within the role, you will need to demonstrate your personal qualities which inspire trust from the clients, and a consistent track record of delivering and exceeding your substantial targets within a software solutions sales environment. You will also need a strong understanding of the market and new technologies, as well as the personal drive and ambition to develop yourself and the business. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, we work primarily with Microsoft technologies such as Office SharePoint Portal, SQL Server, .NET 3.x, XML and web services for SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).
This position offers an excellent opportunity for an individual who has established a strong reputation and consistent track record of delivery within software solutions sales and is keen to build on their success.
To apply, please email us with your CV and cover letter to claire.ward@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.
Concentra is a UK-based consulting firm that brings together advanced analytics and software development to develop tools and solutions that drive quantifiable, on-going business benefits. Founded in 2005 as a software development company, we have grown at a rapid rate by leveraging the skills and experience of a team of management consultants with strong analytical capabilities. We work across a range of different industry sectors and pride ourselves in developing and deploying high quality solutions that are scalable, highly usable and have a positive impact on our clients' bottom lines. We don't stop at just developing the right solutions but are passionate about realising the benefits and support our clients in both uptake management and benefit capture.
The Senior Consultant's role is to deliver measurable value to our existing and future clients. This involves: finding the right solution to often complex business problems; conducting analytical modeling, developing solutions; and deploying of novel tools or processes. The role encompasses both strategy development and 'rolling up ones sleeves' to ensure the any solution or product is successfully deployed enabling our clients to realise the benefits. You will work on projects which are varied in size and industry, across both the public and private sectors. You will also be expected to get involved in business development and contribute to the company's rapid growth.
Key responsibilities and Accountabilities:- Account Management
- Project Delivery
- Analytical Modelling
- Business Development
- Change Management
Knowledge, skills and experience required for this role are:
Education: Degree (2:1 or above in a quantitative/ numeric discipline) from a leading university (essential); MBA/ PhD; Financial management qualification (desirable)
Key skills (include): Strong problem solving and analytical/modelling skills; innovative thinker; good commercial acumen; exceptional at building rapport with clients; strong written and verbal communication.
Experience: Extensive experience of working in a consulting role, focusing on supply chain management; demonstrable experience in financial management (desirable); extensive experience of developing and managing client relationships at a senior level.
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.
If you share our values and wish to apply for the role, please call 0203 355 8055 or contact careers@concentra.co.uk.
