Software Development Recruitment
The economic climate has put pressure on software development budgets across the board. Businesses are trying to achieve more for less – they want the best people for less money. Yet many organisations are trying to catch up with the projects that they put on hold last year, which is again increasing demand for the most talented developers.
Many employers appreciate having a recruitment service that is truly consultative. They want to work with our consultants because they understand the tensions between supply and demand, the state of the enterprise market and open-source market, and can advise them on key issues like contract rates and availability of skills. We make an effort to stay close to the developer community. It's not unusual to find us hanging out at the Django meetups in London, buying the pizza and beer and taking time to network.
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Jobs | Testimonials
Motors.co.uk
Motors.co.uk is the UK’s second biggest on-line used-car classified network, selling over 150,000 cars for dealers and private sellers. Currently one in four buyers uses motors.co.uk in the search for their next car.
“I am very happy to recommend Austin Fraser. They helped me to recruit all of my team members. The specialist candidates that where sent through to me are all very talented individuals with positive attitudes. This has saved me so much time.
Austin Fraser seemed to always be able to find the right people within a short notice period as well. I know I can rely upon them when I need to recruit people urgently. They also follow up to check if people are performing well. I have used four or five other recruitment agencies in the past years, Austin Fraser is considered to be the best one by far.”
Aviva
Aviva
Aviva is the world’s sixth largest insurance group and the largest insurance services provider in the UK. Its web presence is critical to its overall business operations and the company depends on having dependable and expert web technical specialists for it busy web operations unit.
When Aviva came to us for contract software developers to support a major rebrand, we took time to understand its business requirements and how it operates in order to ensure a fast and successful recruitment process.
“Austin Fraser is the first recruitment agency that has managed to live up to their promises delivering high quality candidates, pre-screened consistently and on time.
Their consultants are both diligent and proactive, while remaining personable. This approach has gained them a great deal of respect from both the candidates that they have supplied and from me.
They provide a high quality personalised service that has not only eased my work load but has exceeded my expectations as a supplier, and I look forward to continuing to work with them in the future.”
eLINIA
eLINIA is a managed service provider that delivers services and solutions centred around security, availability, trust, flexibility and value for money. eLINIA aims to operate as an extension of its customers’ IT departments, and so insists on recruiting people who can fill specialist support positions and build excellent customer relationships.
“eLINIA has been working closely with Austin Fraser for the past six months. During this time they have successfully found placements for a number of junior and senior Microsoft/Unix specialist roles. The CVs we receive are of a very high standard and they make the whole recruitment process seamless. We are very happy with the service we get from the guys at Austin Fraser and look forward to working with them in the future.”
Programme Manager - Business Transformation
Programme Manager - Business Transformation - Fleet - Pan-European - Project Initiation Documentation, Leadership, Identify, Planning, full Lifecycle - £60,000.... More
Start your recruitment career in Fast Track 100 company!
So, you think you want to be a Recruitment Consultant? Here is some key information for your viewing pleasure... The Facts: -Established in 2007.... More
Lead Java Developers 55-62K
Austin Fraser has the pleasure of appointing a 3 Lead Java Developers for a company who are at the forefront of their domain and have some exciting growth plans.... More
Programme Manager - Business Transformation
Job Reference: BBBH6665_12688
Employment Start Date: asap
Location: Fleet
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
******** URGENT REQUIREMENT *************
Austin Fraser have an immediate opportunity for their Fleet based client who are leaders in specialist IT Infrastructure and Solutions. We have an immediate opportunity for an experienced Programme Manager who has at least 7 years Project Manager experience and has moved in the last 2-3 years in a Programme Manager role.
Main Duties / Key Accountabilities
• Overall responsibility for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of programs/projects. This includes managing the designated program/project towards agreed Key Success Indicators and managing trade-offs between scope, quality, time and cost by applying ALL Project Management disciplines
• Ensure that their Data Methodology for Project Management is followed, standard PM tools and ways of working implemented
• Ensure all program requirements and/or objectives are properly documented (e.g. Project Initiation Document); maintain structure & coordination of the project documentation across the complete program/project lifecycle. Write documentations where appropriate.
• Identify and plan required resources for program/project implementation and ensure timely activity, integration, productivity and efficient use of resources to meet the requirements
• Own the communication around the programs, internally within the European team and externally towards the countries
• Track and report progress including realistic forecasts of final target positions for delivery dates and costs
• Manage risks, resolve issues and concerns
• Obtain approval for required commitments in line with EU Governance principles
• Release management where a number of system changes need to be undertaken. These include testing / regression testing, roll out and training, etc.
• Ensure program / project is transitioned into the relevant business area on completion.
• Program/Project closure as defined , including e.g. review actuals vs. baseline, outstanding topics, lessons learned archiving of program /project documentation, communication of program/project closure and review outcome
• Update Project Register and internal PMO Community (where applicable)
Requirements: Education, Training and Experience
• Degree and/or
• Relevant certification in project management AND
• Min of 5 - 7 progressive years in project management of which a min of 2 years in complex program management in Business Transformation
• Excellent knowledge of English (working language)
• Good knowledge of any other major European language spoken within the region (preferably French or German)
• An understanding of their Data’s Services Value proposition and go-to-market is also an advantage
Please send me your up to date Word Format CV and contact details for immediate consideration.
Skills
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Start your recruitment career in Fast Track 100 company!
Job Reference: NTAF18_64020
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Reading
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £18000 per annum + OTE up to 40k+12 week inducti
The Facts:
-Established in 2007 with a team of two, turning over £900,000 in year one
-Now at a team of 48 and currently turning over £16m+ per year
-Market leaders in ICT, Engineering and Renewable Energy markets
-Placed 12th in Sunday Times Fast Track 2011 (No.1 Recruitment consultancy)
-Expansion into European market in 2012 with offices secured in central Munich
When joining Austin Fraser as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant, it\'s important the company you go into works for you also.
What\'s in it for you:
-All singing, all dancing, 12 week induction programme
-Second to none training and coaching from our on-site Training Manager
-Fantastic support network from peers, Team Leaders and Directors
-Genuine progression opportunities based on merit
-\'Break out area\' including Table Tennis, Xbox, Mini Bar
-Great working atmosphere and office buzz
-Outstanding earning potential - uncapped commission structure
-Having a voice that\'s heard in the company
Incentives:
-Holiday targets: these have included Las Vegas, New York, Monaco and skiing in Austria
-Lunch Club targets: outstanding consultant performances mean outstanding restaurants, monthly
-Quarterly car target: VW Golf 2 TDI Sport based on £60k billing(perm)in any quarter and £45k (contract)
-Other mini incentives including Go Karting, clay pigeon shooting, Dune buggies
When taking on Trainee Recruitment Consultants, Austin Fraser really takes it\'s time to find the highest calibre of people, which contributes to the continued success of the company.
What Austin Fraser look for:
-Passionate people
-Resilience
-Intelligence
-A good sense of humour
-Drive
-Confidence
-Motivation
-Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
If you\'re interested in the next steps and think you have what it takes to be a part of the future of Austin Fraser, then apply today
Skills
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Lead Java Developers 55-62K
Job Reference: GXS-78563_60491
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hampshire
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £55000 per annum + Great Benefits!
They are a household brand and offer some great benefits, career progression and the opportunity to learn new cutting edge technologies.
As one of the lead developers for design, development and support of large-scales and complex Service Orientated Architectures SOA projects and releases. You will provide day to day management of your team and be responsible for the development, integration, support and maintenance of internet and provisioning based applications/services written in Java.
These roles are different to most as there will be lots of opportunity to progress in these roles as the company promote from within only and reward hard work.
They are willing to invest heavily in you and enable you to have the environment to use the latest technologies whilst providing the very best resources and a great location easily commutable from Hampshire, Berkshire and west London.
As one of the lead developers you will have experience and or/ knowledge of the following technologies and methods;
-Experience of development for large scale projects, ideally in a lead role
-Solid JAVA experience with J2EE technologies especially Servlets/JSP
-Experience developing in Services Oriented Architecture (JAX-WS SOAP)
-Experience of Spring framework
-Experience of Agile methodologies (mainly TDD, Iterations and pair programming)
The ideal person for this role would be a proactive and enthusiastic developer that loves problem solving. The teams work very closely and there is a really good culture across the 4 development teams.
There is a casual but 100% focus within the company and they offer flexible working hours so that one can enjoy a great life/work balance accompanied with some outstanding benefits across the companies groups.
Please do not hesitate to apply for this new opportunity as a shortlist will be presented to my client next week.
For further information and a full spec please contact Gavin Stephens at Austin Fraser on
0118 952 0151 or email me; g.stephens@austinfraser.com
Skills
java; j2ee; spring; hibernate; jsp
