Stuart MacDonald

Currently supporting the continued growth of UKTL.

About UKTL: UKTL is the telecoms security lab, established by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and operated by NPL. This national facility, located at the heart of the fast-growing West Midlands technology hub in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, will provide test and evaluation capability to enhance confidence in the resilience and security of telecoms systems deployed in the UK.

UKTL has been… Show more

Currently supporting the continued growth of UKTL.

About UKTL: UKTL is the telecoms security lab, established by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and operated by NPL. This national facility, located at the heart of the fast-growing West Midlands technology hub in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, will provide test and evaluation capability to enhance confidence in the resilience and security of telecoms systems deployed in the UK.

UKTL has been established to support the UK government’s security and diversification policy and help drive UK supply chain diversification ambitions. UKTL will engage with industry to ensure that its activities remain relevant as networks and the technology that underpins them evolve.

About NPL: It’s never been a more exciting time to explore opportunities with NPL. As a public sector research establishment, we deliver extraordinary impact by providing the measurement capability that underpins the UK's prosperity and quality of life. We align our capabilities with the most important national challenges like energy, health, security, net zero and the prosperity of the nation, and lead major national programmes that deliver impact across the UK. NPL is a Public Corporation owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. We work across the entire innovation ecosystem, supporting industry, government and research organisations to achieve their goals. We translate scientific expertise into economic prosperity, skilled employment and impact. Show less

Employed on a contract basis (inside IR35 via Pontoon) to alleviate the recruitment overflow for Operations, Construction, and Assets.

RPO via Manpower Group (Talent Solutions)

Responsible for Presenting Market Intelligence to stakeholders based on the initial requirements. Sourcing, generating passive candidates, and presenting quality candidates to stakeholders with detailed information related to each option. Providing proactive, informative, collaborative, and consultative updates to stakeholders throughout the sourcing strategy. Developing and presenting alternative strategies with additional recommendations for… Show more

RPO via Manpower Group (Talent Solutions)

Responsible for Presenting Market Intelligence to stakeholders based on the initial requirements. Sourcing, generating passive candidates, and presenting quality candidates to stakeholders with detailed information related to each option. Providing proactive, informative, collaborative, and consultative updates to stakeholders throughout the sourcing strategy. Developing and presenting alternative strategies with additional recommendations for vacancies that have exceeded the 50-day service line agreement. Negotiating terms between preferred options and stakeholders. Liaising regularly with the business area project manager to ensure the strategy in place is fit for purpose. Creating attractive marketing material.

Achievements:

• Generated £570,000 of billable revenue for MPG / Talent Solutions through 177 successful options for JLR
• Project lead for the sourcing strategy for JLR’s design function – in turn opening up new revenue options
• Recognised QoQ as a top revenue generator by MPG
• Developed and launched continuous strategy improvements Show less

brought in initially as a day rate contractor to alleviate some of the sourcing pressure Cognizant’s EAS practice were facing, and subsequently brought in as a permanent member of the team in February 2021 to head up direct sourcing for the Salesforce practice, and to take ownership of the entire Mulesoft recruitment process.

• Managed Talent Acquisition across multiple technical domains, including EAS, Application Development, Cloud, DevOps and Digital roles
• Responsible for… Show more

brought in initially as a day rate contractor to alleviate some of the sourcing pressure Cognizant’s EAS practice were facing, and subsequently brought in as a permanent member of the team in February 2021 to head up direct sourcing for the Salesforce practice, and to take ownership of the entire Mulesoft recruitment process.

• Managed Talent Acquisition across multiple technical domains, including EAS, Application Development, Cloud, DevOps and Digital roles
• Responsible for utilising relevant channels for each requirement which included internal database searches, talent pools, job board advertising, CV database searches, promotion of employee referrals, LinkedIn campaigns, social channels
• Participated in and attend Recruitment Events and Meetups
• Worked closely with the Talent Supply Chain team to ensuring balance between sourcing internal and external talent, whilst ensuring business need was met
• Ensured full compliance with external legal and Cognizant internal processes (e.g. right to work verification, offer approvals, initiating Visa processes, system compliance etc.)
• Conducted HR interviews, collated and shared interview feedback and utilised this information in management of the offer approval process
• Looked at ways to continually promote Cognizant’s employer brand, improve the candidate and hiring manager experience and delivered talent on time and to budget

Achievements

• Saved Cognizant in the region of £325,000 in agency fees so far (avg. salary £80,000)
• Placed 26 candidates into the business between the period of December and May
• 70% of candidates placed were diverse hires
• 84% of candidates were from BAME background Show less

RPO via rethink/RTM. An extension of Sky’s HR and talent acquisition function, helping to create future-proof strategies that ensure Sky attracts the skilled people needed to achieve their digital and professional hiring goals.


Achievements

• Populated the Ops Engineering tribe with 151% more candidates than the 340 target during phase 2
• Increased the BAME population disclosure rate from 12.5% to 33.2% during phase 2
• Increased the Tribe Diversity by Gender to 56%… Show more

RPO via rethink/RTM. An extension of Sky’s HR and talent acquisition function, helping to create future-proof strategies that ensure Sky attracts the skilled people needed to achieve their digital and professional hiring goals.


Achievements

• Populated the Ops Engineering tribe with 151% more candidates than the 340 target during phase 2
• Increased the BAME population disclosure rate from 12.5% to 33.2% during phase 2
• Increased the Tribe Diversity by Gender to 56% from 9%
• Received a “Sky Stars” Award for my work on the Sky-funded recruitment project for the R&D team
• Saved Sky in the region of £120,000 so far in agency costs
• Created onboarding and training tutorials for new starters
• Completed 75% of my annual performance development plan by the end of Q1 Show less

Rovco is an independent provider of hydrographic survey and adaptive ROV solutions. We are also market leaders in the application of 3D vision and Artificial Intelligence in subsea survey.

To view our current opportunities please visit https://www.rovco.com/about-us/careers/

Interested in connecting with:
★ Front-End JavaScript & React Developers
★ C++ Software Engineers
★ Software Project Managers
★ Agile Project Managers
★ AI & Machine Learning Engineers
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Rovco is an independent provider of hydrographic survey and adaptive ROV solutions. We are also market leaders in the application of 3D vision and Artificial Intelligence in subsea survey.

To view our current opportunities please visit https://www.rovco.com/about-us/careers/

Interested in connecting with:
★ Front-End JavaScript & React Developers
★ C++ Software Engineers
★ Software Project Managers
★ Agile Project Managers
★ AI & Machine Learning Engineers
★ DevOps Engineers
★ Python Engineers
★ Robotics Engineers
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Helping organisations hire and retain the right people by leveraging their employer brands. I'm a leader in conducting ad-hoc and competency based interviews with the clients brand in mind. Since joining in October 2016 I've developed a vast array of resourcing skills from CV sifting, Boolean search, offer calls and a natural ability to build rapport with my candidates.