Jobs at Olive Jar Digital

Writes and edits technical bid proposals for UK public-sector digital transformation projects. Translates complex concepts into clear, compelling content, analyzes tender requirements, researches clients and competitors, collaborates with bid managers and technical teams, and ensures proposals are accurate, compliant, and tailored to buyer needs.

The Talent Manager will source and recruit digital professionals across contractor, permanent, and fixed-term roles. Responsibilities include headhunting, managing recruitment pipelines, building specialist talent communities, partnering with clients and delivery teams, advising on talent-market conditions and rates, maintaining CRM/ATS data, and supporting workforce and commercial planning. The role requires balancing candidate quality, client needs, recruitment timelines, and commercial parameters.

Develop and maintain secure, scalable web applications using Python and Django. Build RESTful APIs, integrate third-party services, improve performance and reliability, and contribute to testing, code reviews, technical decisions, and Agile delivery. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to deliver accessible, user-focused digital services meeting GDS standards across public-sector transformation projects.

Build and improve DevOps automation for a public sector project, focusing on GitHub repository compliance, code security controls, Terraform configuration, and CI/CD integration. The role involves reviewing repositories, identifying control gaps, documenting compliance evidence and exceptions, maintaining tested production-quality code, troubleshooting tooling, and collaborating with engineering and security stakeholders. Active SC clearance and strong GitHub, Terraform, infrastructure automation, and DevOps experience are essential.

Plans and conducts qualitative and quantitative user research for a public sector digital project. Facilitates interviews and usability testing, analyzes findings, identifies user needs, and communicates actionable recommendations. Collaborates with multidisciplinary agile teams, including content designers, interaction designers, and product teams, to improve digital services and ensure research informs service decisions throughout the lifecycle.

Design intuitive, accessible interactions and end-to-end user journeys for digital services. Create wireframes, prototypes, and design specifications; use research and usability testing to validate solutions; resolve usability issues; collaborate with researchers, content designers, and developers; apply accessibility and design-system principles; and present recommendations to stakeholders.

Lead content design for complex public-sector digital services and user journeys. Establish content standards, apply user research and analytics, ensure accessibility, usability, and plain English, and collaborate with multidisciplinary agile teams. Present recommendations to senior stakeholders, influence service direction, and drive continuous improvement and consistency across services.

The Data Governance Manager will lead the implementation of data governance frameworks, manage data ethics risks, and engage with stakeholders to enhance data stewardship across the organization.

Lead technical architecture for UK Central Government digital services: define solution designs, produce architecture artefacts (C4, ADRs), assess legacy systems, design TO-BE architectures, ensure GDS/TCoP compliance, provide technical leadership, manage risks, and support bids and stakeholder engagement.