Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £25,000 to £33,000 per year

Location

Islington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Digital Marketing Executive – B2C
The City - Salary £25k to £33k

An exceptional opportunity to be a part of a marketing team working for a hugely successful and fast growing B2C business. You’ll be a CRM marketer with particularly strong email marketing skills as well as a combination of online and direct marketing (B2C) experience in all aspects of the marketing mix.

The Role

Reporting to the Marketing Manager and working closely with the wider marketing team you will be responsible for implementing and driving the development and delivery of online email marketing campaigns to maintain our client’s strong brand and pre-eminent position.

This is a hands on role and you’ll be expected to take ownership of every stage of a wide range of marketing campaigns and projects from copywriting, testing, data selection and campaign deployment through to analysis of performance. You will communicate plans and results back to the business teams. You’ll write copy for a variety of email campaigns and monitor and analyse campaign performance for both scheduled and ad hoc campaigns.

The Person

Significant hands-on experience of managing email campaigns, and working with broadcast email is essential with at least 3 years’ experience in online/direct marketing in a B2C environment. It would be desireable if you had experience in a number of areas which would include digital advertising, above the line, direct response and CRM and this will have been with a consumer brand; ideally online.

If you are a graduate or equivalent with a marketing/business related degree and/or CIM qualification this will be an advantage, although not essential. You will combine creativity with outstanding communication skills and competence with all MS Office applications. Ideally, you will also be familiar with email deployment software such Maxemail or Smartfocus. The successful candidate will be someone with plenty of initiative who works well under pressure and can hit tight deadlines. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to fit into a close-knit team of other professionals are also important attributes.

If you would like to understand more about this role please contact Jane Johnstone in confidence. Ortolan Group is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client.

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £40,000 to £55,000 per year

Location

Islington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Generalist HRBP
Up to £55K Central London

Employing over 2000 worldwide, our client is a leading provider of business to business services. They have five separate business divisions operating in the UK and are expanding internationally as a result of both organic activity and strategic acquisitions. To assist with this growth they need a HRBP who will play a critical role in helping the organisation to scale and align behind their fast evolving HR strategy.

This is a high profile professional services organisation, full of talented and creative individuals. The successful candidate will work with senior business managers to develop and deliver strategic and focussed solutions with a clear link to the business objectives.

The successful candidate will coach, influence and develop the thinking of the business and drive the development and effectiveness of the structure and operating model for a number of specific business areas. Your focus will be on the strategic HR plan, OD and organisational structure, process, procedure and you’ll lead on a number of other HR projects. You will work closely with other HR professionals specialising in Reward, Recruitment, L&D and Training .

A career HR professional you will have:

• The ideal candidate will be professionally qualified.
• At least four years experience in a HR role gained in a corporate services environment. Your experience may have been gained in Financial Services, Marketing, Technology or Managed Services.
• Experience in developing innovative HR strategies and plans in complex, highly pressurised businesses.
• Demonstrated success in supporting high growth/high change businesses to evolve organisation structures and ways of working.
• Strong Influencing and internal stakeholder management skills are key, as is an enthusiastic and professional approach.
• Experience of working in or in close partnership with all areas of HR globally and in managing complex HR Projects. A project management qualification or practical project lead experience would be desirable.
• Experience of working in a high growth business is desirable but not essential.
• Practical experience of managing HR projects, international recruitment, HR policies, Employee Relations, counselling, benefits, talent management and succession planning.

Closing date for applications is 26th May 2013.

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £30,000 to £35,000 per year

Location

Bristol

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Business Support Analyst

Due to continued growth our client, Hope Construction, a leading supplier of construction materials is seeking two experienced business support analysts to provide the interface between business users and the IT organisation.

This is a new and exciting role, with the critical function of ensuring that IT services are always aligned to business needs, and that business users know how to exploit technology to deliver optimal business efficiency

Key Responsibilities
• Work closely with the business functions (specifically Sales & Operations and Finance & Shared Services) to address functionality and usage issues.
• Co-ordinate with the IT organisation to resolve business concerns and articulate requirements.
• Provide support and training to the business community on new or modified applications.
• Manager the process of user acceptance testing, as required.
Skills and Experience Required
The ideal candidate will be very business focused, but with a good understanding of IT solutions and their value in enhancing business efficiency. Likely to have a background that includes experience in Sales Operations or Finance, combined with good IT knowledge, the additional requirements include;
• Some knowledge of SAP, with the emphasis in Sales or Financial modules
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written
• Solid business acumen, combined with the ability to interact effectively with IT
• Flexibility, resilience and a relentless focus on results.
• A current driving license
There is considerable flexibility with where the position is based, with options to be located in the Midlands, South West or the North East, and some requirement to travel to different sites. A good base salary of up to £35k is offered, plus benefits.

To apply for this position please send your CV to Jane Johnstone at the Ortolan Group. Ortolan Group Plc is engaged by Hobsons to review CVs and submit those which match the employer’s requirements. By applying for this role, you authorise us to pass your CV and details to the employer

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £25,000 to £33,000 per year

Location

Islington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Digital Marketing Executive – B2C
The City - Salary £25k to £33k

An exceptional opportunity to be a part of a marketing team working for a hugely successful and fast growing B2C business. You’ll be a CRM marketer with particularly strong email marketing skills as well as a combination of online and direct marketing (B2C) experience in all aspects of the marketing mix.

The Role

Reporting to the Marketing Manager and working closely with the wider marketing team you will be responsible for implementing and driving the development and delivery of online email marketing campaigns to maintain our client’s strong brand and pre-eminent position.

This is a hands on role and you’ll be expected to take ownership of every stage of a wide range of marketing campaigns and projects from copywriting, testing, data selection and campaign deployment through to analysis of performance. You will communicate plans and results back to the business teams. You’ll write copy for a variety of email campaigns and monitor and analyse campaign performance for both scheduled and ad hoc campaigns.

The Person

Significant hands-on experience of managing email campaigns, and working with broadcast email is essential with at least 3 years’ experience in online/direct marketing in a B2C environment. It would be desireable if you had experience in a number of areas which would include digital advertising, above the line, direct response and CRM and this will have been with a consumer brand; ideally online.

If you are a graduate or equivalent with a marketing/business related degree and/or CIM qualification this will be an advantage, although not essential. You will combine creativity with outstanding communication skills and competence with all MS Office applications. Ideally, you will also be familiar with email deployment software such Maxemail or Smartfocus. The successful candidate will be someone with plenty of initiative who works well under pressure and can hit tight deadlines. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to fit into a close-knit team of other professionals are also important attributes.

If you would like to understand more about this role please contact Maureen Marguerie in confidence at [contact details removed]

Ortolan Group is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client.

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £19,380 to £19,380 per year

Location

Islington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

German Media Researcher – Europe (9 months fixed term contract)

A great opportunity has arisen to join a vibrant, exciting and growing media business. Gorkana Group is now looking for professional and experienced Media Researchers on a fixed term 9 months contract to focus on the German markets within the database team.
Gorkana Group brings together the UK's most recommended Media Database, Multi-channel Media Monitoring and PR Measurement services for PR's and marketers representing all kinds of organisations. Headquartered in the UK, we currently have offices in London and New York.
The company boasts an impressive array of products and the career opportunities are endless. For those with ambition and determination, this company could provide you with a great future.
The primary focus of the role is to be the guardian of the EU Gorkana database and to maintain its accuracy and detail. As the Media Researcher you will establish and build journalist relationships. The role will include researching publications and individual journalists in order to ensure that our database is as up to date. You will also be responsible to help build-out the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) as well as responding swiftly to client requests for particular information.


Your main responsibilities will be:

• Researching and verification of journalist data, and updating the database accordingly in line with Data Protection.
• Researching and verification of publications, updating database accordingly.
• Help to expand European language data into other sectors.
• Maintain the accuracy of the database and your country through productive research.
• Data entry.
• Build relationships with editorial staff and verify information for allocated newspapers and publications through telephone contact and meetings.
• Responsibility for looking after a national newspaper
• Help to support our PR clients across all sectors and various levels, by answering queries including via email and telephone

Skills:

• Fluent German & English (written/Oral), 3rd language desirable (French or Dutch) but not essential
• Interest and knowledge of the media industry in Europe, specifically German/DACH
• Data entry skills
• Computer literate (MS Office)
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in all work
• Ability to conduct productive research via internet and telephone
• Ability to deal with clients/journalists at all levels
• Relationship building and maintain relationships
• Self motivated with ability to time manage
• Confident telephone manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in all languages
• Attention to detail and accuracy in all work

This role is a full time role and the working hours are 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9:00am - 17:30pm.

Alongside a competitive salary (£19,380 per annum) we also offer the following excellent benefits:

Pension Scheme (up to 5% company contribution), 25 Days Holiday + 8 BH, 4 x Life insurance, subsidised canteen, Denplan, Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, Childcare Vouchers, gym subsidy, great training and development opportunities, excellent career progression and much more.

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £40,000 to £45,000 per year

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Resource Manager - Collinson Technology Services

Devonshire Square, London £40K to £45K

CTS is a global technology service provider which provides loyalty and marketing campaign management software solutions to many industries including airline, hospitality, financial services, retail, branded consumer, automobile & technology. Systems are designed and built to exacting international standards and are operated in many locations around the globe. By adopting agile and moving towards a leaner delivery methodology enables CTS to be aligned to market trends and to be more responsive in delivering business requirements.

The Role:

To responsively & proactively plan the internal & outsourced resources to meet product development, deployment and live service projects & support services demand.

Key Responsibilities

•Hearing business cases from managers wanting to hire and approving or declining on the basis of budget and project requirements

•Working with HR to hire efficiently and cost effectively all CTS job roles

•Hiring permanent as opposed to contractors where possible to reduce costs

•Allocate resource to projects

•Manage the time allocated to each project and track efficiency levels

•Meet with Managers and with the FC to discuss future requirements, fixed term staff who are coming to end of contracts, future needs, trends and under utilisation

•Look at the off shore IT staff and map out any risk areas in relation to projects, knowledge, leavers, contractual issues with third party and disaster recovery of loss of supplier etc

•For all CTS resources & CTS contracted outsourced resource & suppliers, maintain (daily) accurate and up-to-date resource plan documenting current & forecast tasks & availability. Ensure that this resource plan is up to date and accessible to all CTS management and Project Managers that need resource allocation and utilisation visibility.

•Maintain accurate and up-to-date skills matrix.

•Own all relationships with outsource resource suppliers (e.g. of software developers) to ensure scalability of supply & quality of suppliers is in line with current and forecast business demand.

•Provide responsive, proactive support to department/discipline managers in CTS departments in order to proactively and productively plan & confirm resource allocation and utilisation for pre-sales activity (focusing on our "proposal to supply" products & services to a client/project), delivery (focusing on allocating resources in line with the signed proposal to supply products or system deployment) & live service (focusing on allocating resources to meet client SLAs).

•Proactive, regular & personal communication with all employees at all levels with objective of maintaining wellbeing and commitment of staff.

•Foster a close & fruitful working relationship with other Collinson Group companies to provide a positive & transparent transition and on-going co-existence for CTS.

•Keep the communication channel between outsourced suppliers and off shore resources in regard to resource issues.

•Front-line HR point of contact for all CTS resources, escalating appropriately any HR issues and collaborating as necessary with the Collinson Group's HR organisation

•For all CTS resources maintain accurate & up-to-date registers of vacation, sickness, work from home, and hold joint responsibility with line managers and project managers to assess vacation requests to ensure no disruption to current & forecast business tasks.

•To support the existing culture of open communication, fair and reasonable treatment of all staff.

•Effectively tracking resourcing position and skill profile including keeping track an accurate picture of new starters and leavers and contractors extensions within the group.

•Work closely with PM and discipline line managers to ensure the provisioning of suitably qualified and skilled resources to vacancies/contractor positions within the group.

•Deliver monthly Resource Report to line manager and Senior CTS management

•Ensure that the actual time spent by resources on tasks is entered according to the time capturing processes. Ensure that the actual timesheet information and reports are available to CTS management and Project Managers on a weekly updated basis.

Knowledge, skills and experience required

The ideal candidate will be extremely disciplined with a can do attitude, and the ability to hit the ground running and actively contribute to the company culture, working independently as well:

Experience in formal resource planning, management and control in an IT company with a good understanding of informal personnel development, self-directed learning and people motivation.

Experience in organising internal (on the job) and external training

Knowledge of Agile project management environment would be beneficial

Microsoft Excel - Intermediate level (VLOOKUP, PIVOT Tables)

Ortolan are engaged to review applications. To apply for this role please send your CV to Maureen Marguerie at Ortolan. We aim to respond to all applicants within five working days.

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £10,000 to £150,000 per year

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

.Net Developers at All Levels - C#, MVC, REST, Agile
£30k - £70k + Benefits
London, City location
The Collinson Group technology division Collinson Technology Services is 150 strong and growing, delivering a wide range of technology solutions to both our internal business customers and our international client list. We are seeking a strong Technical Lead, multiple Senior Developers and multiple all round talented developers to work on greenfield and established product development. We provide a mature Agile environment where we strive to improve our development methods based on core agile principles - CI, TDD, Test Automation, Iterative / Lean delivery. We leverage the latest Microsoft stack to deliver innovative and high business value technology solutions for our customers.
For Senior Developer and Technical Lead roles you must have experience of:
• Designing and developing web applications to meet enterprise levels of performance, availability and scalability
• TDD approach, as well as writing automated tests (both unit and integration tests)
• Designing and implementing ReSTful web services
• Expertise in C# and .NET Framework, MVC4, Web API, NHibernate, SQL Server (2008 R2), Visual Studio 2012
• Solid OO design skills
You'll have an advantage if you have experience of:
• Front end development in CSS, HTML, JavaScript
• Experience in using test automation frameworks Selenium and/or Cucumber with Ruby
• CouchDB database experience
• Deploying to enterprise scale web infrastructure - Cloud, Azure, caching solutions, load balanced & replicating multi server environments
• Experience in Continuous Delivery and 'DevOps’
• Working within an E-commerce, or Marketing/CRM/Loyalty, or Financial Services business
Our delivery teams are passionate about delivering high quality software via best in industry agile approaches. Therefore the candidates need to have solid programming experience and a can do attitude.
We are looking for both experienced candidates for Senior Developer and Technical Lead roles, and also less experienced candidates with a minimum 2 years programming experience with a strong desire to learn and develop in a cutting edge Agile environment.
If you want to develop your career in a dynamic technology organisation, working on interesting projects utilising industry leading tools and agile practices, then, please send your CV to Jane Johnstone at the Ortolan Group. Ortolan Group Plc is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client. We are engaged to review CV’s and by applying for this post your understand that your details may be passed on to The Collinson Group

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £40,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Procurement Manager

Our client, The Collinson Group, is a privately owned global organisation that uses data, customer insight and marketing expertise to the benefit of its companies, clients and their customers. They are now seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to develop policy, process and structure within the procurement function.

The Role:
The procurement manager will design and develop a robust procurement strategy, ensuring that contracts are efficient and cost effective.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious procurement manager to build the function from scratch.

Responsibilities include:
• Design and implement procurement procedures and policies in order to retain financial control
• Define the long term procurement strategy ensuring that it reflects the changing needs of the business
• Engage and negotiate with existing and potential suppliers
• Management of all suppliers, ensuring that SLA’s and KPI’s are consistently achieved
• Manage budgets in line with company policy

The Person:
You will have a keen eye for detail and be able to identify potential savings across the business. Most importantly, you will be able to understand our business and develop procurement strategy that is aligned with the groups commercial direction. In addition you will have

Essential
• Proven experience in two of the following areas; office supplies, IT, telecoms or service industry
• Strong analytical experience with the ability to analyse data and interpret the results
• Excellent relationship, communication and influencing skills and experience of managing senior stakeholders

Desirable
• CIPS qualified (or part qualified)
• Experience within a group or multisite organisation

A competitive basic salary of up to circa £40,000 - £50,000 and above for the right experience, with 25 days holiday and benefits including a contributory pension, private medical insurance and discounted travel. The position is based in London

If you would like to be considered for this role, please send your CV to Chloe Barry at the Ortolan Group. Ortolan Group Plc is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client. We are engaged to review CV’s and by applying for this post your understand that your details may be passed on to The Collinson Group

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

From £40,000 to £50,000 per year

Location

Islington

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

QA Engineer

Our client, The Collinson Group, is a privately owned global organisation that uses data, customer insight and marketing expertise to the benefit of its companies, clients and their customers. They are now seeking an experienced QA Engineer to automate the current manual processes.

The Role:
The QA Engineer will be instrumental in formulating the PTG test strategy, and automating the current processes.

We require someone that is innately curious, with a real desire to understand the business and different department requirements ensuring that the software we build really is fit for purpose.

Responsibilities include:
• Devise the test strategy in conjunction with the Head of Programmes/Development
• Conduct manual and automated testing
• Develop automation frameworks and test automation scripts
• Participate in peer test case reviews, SCRUM meetings, retrospectives etc.

The Person:
You will be a naturally inquisitive person with the ability to really get under the skin of the business, and ensure that we are developing quality software at all times.

Essential
• Experience of Agile/Lean development practices as well as exposure to waterfall
• Deep understanding of test automation and related tools
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases
• Experience of browser automation e.g. QAWizard or Acunetix

Desirable
• Knowledge of PCI-DSS
• Degree in computer science

A competitive basic salary of up to circa £40,000 - £50,000 and above for the right experience, with 25 days holiday and benefits including a contributory pension, private medical insurance and discounted travel. The position is based in London

If you would like to be considered for this role, please send your CV to Jane Johnstone at the Ortolan Group. Ortolan Group Plc is an employment consultancy acting on behalf of our client. We are engaged to review CV’s and by applying for this post your understand that your details may be passed on to The Collinson Group

Recruiter

Ortolan Group

Salary

Competitive

Location

London

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

International HR Manager
Trafalgar Square, London

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We are currently looking for an experienced International HR Manager to join our small, London-based HR team. The role is one with global reach – advising our 7 regional HR Directors on contractual and employment matters; managing the contract process for senior staff at regional office; managing the relationship with key service providers (insurers, medical assistance providers and others) and developing systems and guidelines to improve and extend best practice in international HR. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, you will be involved in high-volume contracting and deployment of overseas aid workers to the affected area. The role may involve occasional international travel, particularly to support and build the capacity of our in-country HR teams affected by humanitarian emergencies.

We are looking for an experienced HR professional with drive, energy and a passion for making a difference to the lives of vulnerable people. The successful candidate will hold a CIPD or equivalent qualification and have substantial experience as a generalist HR Manager within a large, complex organisation, ideally within a global setting. With sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice across the full spectrum of HR activity you will also have experience of dealing with expatriates and working with an international compensation and benefits team.

The closing date for applications is the 7th May 2013 and Interviews will be taking place in London on the 13th and 14th May 2013.

To apply please send your CV with current salary and future salary expectations. The Ortolan Group are engaged to assist with the first stage of the recruitment process and by making an application you understand that your CV will be sent onto our client.