Modern Workplace Consultant
Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid
Some travel to client sites and Travel to office once a month
Up to £55,000
Our client is a one of the UK's Top Technology Consulting Firms.
We have an exciting opportunity to join their dedicated Microsoft consulting team.
As a Technology Consultant, you'll work with clients to help them transform the way they use technology – from digital strategy to technology change projects. The role plays a huge part of the company’s overall development, enabling the expansion of their business and technology consulting services.
You will be joining a growing company that is genuinely passionate about development, offering a career path with over 70% of their team progressing within their first year in the business.
Key Responsibilities
* Advising management executives and the broader senior stakeholders, to transform their organisations for the digital age.
* Meeting clients to perform assessments of problematic situations and fully understand the client's business needs.
* Collaborating with technical and non-technical teams to ensure familiarity with the client’s business.
* Collect information about the client’s business through a variety of methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, reading reports etc.)
* Analyse and interpret data to unearth weaknesses and problems and comprehend the causes.
* Diagnosing IT system problems and inefficiencies.
* Analysing and determining risks and mitigations such as security threats, data risks, human risks etc.
* Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to a client’s objectives, strategy, capabilities, and limitations.
* Writing technology plans and articulate project scopes.
* Organise and execute assigned business and technology projects on behalf of clients aligned to the roadmap.
* Present findings and suggestions to clients with ample justification and practical advice.
* Assist the client in implementing the plan, resolve any occasional discrepancies and provide guidance for any occurring problems and issues.
* Monitoring the success of technology solutions.
* Training staff to use the new technology, processes, and IT systems.
Essential skills & experience
* Experience using Modern Workplace and providing M365 solutions.
* Established experience in technology with a minimum of 2nd/3rd line IT experience.
* Experience of developing technology solutions or being involved in projects where solutions have been designed.
* Demonstrable experience in analytical thinking, communication, written and presentation skills.
* Ideally, experience in providing consultative technical solutions to clients as an M365 expert.
* Experience in working with technology in core business functions such as Finance, HR, Operations, Sales, Marketing etc.
* Experience of technology operations, project management, service delivery.
* Experience of understanding and articulating the impact of emerging technology trends.
* Experience in the delivery of technology transformation programmes incorporating people, process and/or technology changes.
* Experience of managing client relationships.
Benefits include:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay.
* Paid leave for training.
* Paid charity volunteer days.
* Enhanced Sickness Scheme.
* Annual well-being allowance.
* Employee Referral Programme.
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 50% off gym memberships + discounted spa treatments.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Death in Service.