11 government jobs found in Ashford

Health and Safety Manager Astute's Power team are currently recruiting for a Health and Safety Manager to support the Lower Thames Crossing project during the utilities diversion phase. The role will focus on ensuring the safe delivery of high-risk excavation works in proximity to live services and maintaining compliance with company procedures and statutory requirements. Role responsibilities and key skills: Provide day-to-day Health and Safety support to the project team. Review risk assessments and safe systems of work for planned activities. Monitor site activities and intervene where unsafe conditions or behaviours are identified. Support safe excavation and utility works, particularly those involving live services. Work closely with project leadership and operational teams to manage risk and promote safe behaviours. Carry out and support inspections, audits and incident investigations. Drive continuous improvement in Health and Safety performance. Experience in Health and...

Landlord Complaints Investigator Location: East London - Hybrid Rate: £38.31 per hour (Umbrella) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Initial Contract Length: 3 months Start Date: ASAP Working Hours: Full-time - 36 Hours Role Summary The successful candidate will manage Stage 2 Housing Management and Assets complaints, ensuring investigations are completed in line with agreed procedures, standards and timescales. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, detailed responses focused on resolving resident concerns and improving customer experience. The role will also lead relationship management and liaison with the Housing Ombudsman Service, while providing valuable insight to senior management teams and service leads to support continuous improvement across housing services. What You Will Do As A Landlord Complaints Investigator ·Undertake detailed and impartial investigations into complex Stage 2 Housing Management and Assets complaints. ·Gather, review and analyse...

Data Architect 6 months Hybrid working with 2 to 3 days per week on site in either London or Corsham. Active DV clearance required £860 per day inside IR35 Role purpose The Data Architect will specify the target design for the data lake, data ingestion, integration, transformation, governance and security architecture. The role acts as the design authority, ensuring the solution is secure, scalable, auditable and appropriate for operating environments with multiple security classifications. Key responsibilities Define the target data architecture and design principles for the AWS data lake and associated ingestion patterns. Design secure data integration patterns across multiple security classifications and operating environments. Specify API-based, file-based, legacy and bespoke integration approaches for source-system onboarding. Define conceptual, logical and physical data models, including data flows, data domains and data ownership considerations. Specify Apache...

RUN Configuration Manager / Lead - IBM Maximo Location: Remote, with occasional travel to Bristol and London Rate: £750 per day, inside IR35 Start date: ASAP, subject to security clearance transfer Security clearance: Active UK SC clearance required Client: IBM / Ministry of Defence Your new role Hays is recruiting an experienced RUN Configuration Manager / Lead to join an Application Support team working within a secure Defence environment. You will act as a Functional Consultant responsible for the configuration, maintenance and ongoing enhancement of IBM Maximo Application Suite, specifically Maximo v9. The position will ensure the platform continues to meet changing operational and business requirements. Key responsibilities Configure and maintain Maximo v9 modules in line with business requirements Support day-to-day application operations within a BAU support environment Manage incidents, service requests and problem tickets against agreed SLAs Translate business...

A qualified and experienced local government finance professional is required by my London client for a period of circa 6 months. Working as part of the technical accounting team, your role will be focussed on Close Down reporting as well as supporting with the budget strategy and MTFS reporting. Day to day you will report into the Chief Accountant and the main focus of the role will be to provide support for the closure of accounts and notes to the accounts. You will also be responsible for technical updates and audit preparation, including working with external auditors and responding to their queries. The role involves a lot of analysis and solving queries, particularly related to divestments and the correct accounting treatment. To be considered for the role you will need to be a fully qualified CCAB accountant with previous Local Government and closedown experience. The requirement is circa 1 day a week in the London office and the rate is £550 to £650 a day inside IR35

Location: Home-Based or Hybrid (UK) Contract: Interim Day Rate: from £300/day (Inside IR35) Sector: Public Sector / Procurement & Commercial An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Systems & Information Advisor to support a major systems transformation programme within a busy procurement and commercial function within a Government organisation.This role will play a key part in migrating contract data from Atamis into Workday, improving spend visibility, strengthening commercial reporting, and ensuring procurement information is accurate, accessible, and aligned across systems. Your new role Lead and support the migration of contract records from Atamis into Workday Create and maintain accurate contract and supplier records within Workday Review and cleanse legacy contract data to improve quality and compliance Support the alignment of purchase orders with contract records Produce reports on legacy agreements, contract utilisation, and spend under contract...

Technical Architect 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £630 per day London based - hybrid working - 2-3 days a week onsite Government sector - must have active SC Clearance to be considered Key Responsibilities: Assess the technical implications of potential Alpha scenarios, including feasibility, integration, cloud hosting, environments, security, tooling and governance considerations. Work with digital, architecture, platform and technical governance stakeholders to understand existing technical constraints, opportunities, dependencies and assurance requirements. Identify technical dependencies that must be resolved during Alpha, including access, environments, cloud platforms, interfaces, data availability and delivery capability. Support exploration of whether and where a digital service is the appropriate delivery vehicle, including what should be prototyped, simulated, manually tested or technically implemented during Alpha. Define indicative technical options, cloud...

A reputable London housing provider is seeking an experienced Head of Housing Transformation/Delivery to provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of major housing improvement, transformation and service delivery initiatives. Location: London Contract: Interim, 3–6 months Day Rate: £380–£400 per day (Inside IR35) Working Pattern: Hybrid Sector: Housing / Local Government Department: Housing Service This is a high-profile interim opportunity for an experienced housing, local government or public-sector delivery professional who can operate confidently at a senior level and translate strategic priorities into tangible operational improvements. The successful candidate will work closely with a Senior Leader, leading complex programmes and projects that support the continued improvement, modernisation and transformation of the Housing Service. The organisation is undertaking significant improvement activity across areas including Housing Revenue Account (HRA) financial...

This is a long-term engagement until 31/03/2027, based in London on a hybrid model (around 60% on site), and would suit someone who already has strong SOC/incident response experience and is looking to take the next step in a critical national environment. Why this role stands out Length & stability: Contract to March 2027, offering rare long-term security in the contracting market. Day rate: Up to £(Apply online only) (umbrella) inside IR35. Mission-critical work: Protects key government digital services and internal infrastructure. Career development: Mentor and line manage apprentice analysts, strengthening your leadership profile. The role - Associate Security Analyst As part of the Cyber Defence team, you will be central to detecting, investigating and responding to cyber threats and incidents affecting high-profile services. Triage and investigate security alerts and user reports. Analyse systems, files, network traffic and cloud environments to determine the nature...

Job title: Lead DevSecOps Engineering Lead (MOD / MODCloud) Rate: £645 per day inside ir35 Location: Remote Contract 6 months+ Active SC security clearance is required for this role We're looking for a Lead DevSecOps Engineer to take a key role on a major UK MOD digital transformation programme, working with a leading technology partner delivering secure digital products into the Defence environment. This is a genuinely high-impact MODCloud role, spanning multiple cloud estates and products across the MOD digital landscape, you'll help engineer and govern will be deployed across the MOD digital estate (MODCloud), including: Microsoft Azure - MODCloud ACE / i-ACE AWS - MODCloud ICE Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - OCI / MODCloud OCE You'll help establish consistent, secure and automated DevSecOps practices across multiple products and engineering teams, embedding security, compliance and automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Responsibilities: Lead and...

AI Evaluation Engineer Rate / Duration / Location £700-£750/day Inside IR35 | Duration: 4 months | Clearance: BPSS + SC eligible | Location: London, Bristol or Manchester | Hybrid: 2 days onsite per week. Overview We're looking for an experienced AI Evaluation Engineer to join a specialist Public Sector Technology team. This hands-on role focuses on building evaluation frameworks, tooling and harnesses for AI systems, particularly LLM and agentic AI solutions. The role requires ownership, experimentation and rapid delivery. Key Responsibilities Design evaluation frameworks and tooling Develop evaluation harnesses Evaluate model and agentic AI systems Define metrics and methodologies Build repeatable evaluation processes Investigate AI failures Work directly with government teams Prototype and test solutions Present findings and recommendations Contribute to strategic direction. What We Are Looking For Strong software engineering experience Experience building and evaluating...