Working at Mason Advisory
We recognise the need to offer our clients more than just an understanding of technology, we need to be commercially aware and sensitive to the needs of the wider business too.
Technology is playing a bigger role in the day to day running of businesses of all shapes and sizes, and our mission is one of helping our clients to get the best possible value out of technology, rather than using technology for technology's sake.
Ideally, we are looking for experienced IT professionals from consulting, IT services or blue chip end-client backgrounds. Our clients work in fast-paced, high stakes industries, and as such, client engagements are often challenging, but varied.
Mason Advisory is a digital and technology consultancy, known for its unique approach of combining IT expertise with a deep understanding of commercial and business dynamics. While officially launched in 2014, our team boasts a legacy of over 25 years in providing independent, practical advice and support to clients in both the private and public sectors. Clients place their trust in us to craft their strategies and execute on those decisions. Leveraging our skills in operating model and organisational design, sourcing, architecture, service management, and cybersecurity, we are dedicated to nurturing, safeguarding, and enabling sustainable success for businesses.
Read job description Send your CVJob Title: IT Lead
Salary: £40,000 – 45,000 per annum
About Us: Mason Advisory is an award-winning IT management consultancy that does things differently. We offer experts in IT who match technology know-how with commercial and business sense.
Located in the heart of Manchester, we are a multi award-winning firm, recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech, as well as various other accolades, such as the FT Leading Management Consultants.
Role overview: We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Lead to join our Manchester team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing day to day 2nd line support with most 1st line helpdesk services provided by a 3rd party vendor. You will have admin responsibility for Teams \ SharePoint \ Intranet etc. You will also act as the interface with and be responsible for managing suppliers both for day to day service performance and improvement and on projects.
Key experience:
- Hands on experience supporting and managing SharePoint including design, administration and fault finding as well as a solid understanding of best practice in SharePoint design and architecture.
- Microsoft Power Apps and the Power Platform
- Microsoft Office 365 administration management, and support including SCCM, inTune and Azure Active Directory
- Managing external service providers including service level management, service delivery, contracting and sourcing
- Working unsupervised, managing their own priorities in accordance with the requirements of the role and pro-actively owning the strategy and managing stakeholders effectively
Requirements
- A willingness and ability pro-actively support and manage the expectations of internal users in conjunction with a managed service provider.
- A willingness to get involved with projects as required.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- A genuine curiosity for technology innovation and roadmaps
- Experience in providing 2nd line support in a Microsoft based environment.
- An understanding of what’s involved in the Installation and configuration of desktops, laptops, and printers
- An understanding of what’s involved in the delivery and managing onsite services
- An understanding of what’s involved in Windows 10/11 OS and device builds.
Benefits:
- Flexible working practices.
- 25 days of annual leave.
- 1 celebration day.
- Holiday purchase scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Private healthcare.
- Team away-days.
- Charity giving opportunities.
- Modern office with complimentary drinks, snacks, and breakfast.
- Additional perks and benefits.
Join Our Team: IT forms an integral part of our business, supporting our ambitious growth plans. Join us on our journey, and become a valued member of a team where 97% of colleagues say they feel like part of a family.
Mason Advisory is a digital and technology consultancy, known for its unique approach of combining IT expertise with a deep understanding of commercial and business dynamics. While officially launched in 2014, our team boasts a legacy of over 25 years in providing independent, practical advice and support to clients in both the private and public sectors. Clients place their trust in us to craft their strategies and execute on those decisions. Leveraging our skills in operating model and organisational design, sourcing, architecture, service management, and cybersecurity, we are dedicated to nurturing, safeguarding, and enabling sustainable success for businesses.
Read job description Send your CVJob Title: Bid Coordinator
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 per annum
About Us: Mason Advisory is a dynamic and forward-thinking consultancy specialising in digital and technology solutions. We are looking for a Bid Office Coordinator to join our team and play a pivotal role in supporting our growth plans.
Located in the heart of Manchester, we are a multi award-winning firm, recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech, as well as various other accolades, such as the FT Leading Management Consultants.
Role Overview: As a Bid Office Coordinator, you will be a key contributor to our business success. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment, where your skills in administration, communication, and attention to detail will shine.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update bid processes and templates.
- Support bid pipeline planning, reporting, and data analysis.
- Coordinate and administer bid-related compliance.
- Collaborate with other departments on bid work, including contractual and marketing aspects.
- Assist in triaging opportunities and support consultants with client tenders and queries.
- Manage the library of reusable bid content and related resources.
- Co-ordinating and managing bids when needed.
- Undertake general bid administration activities.
Key Experience:
- Previous experience within a bid function, supporting formal procurement processes.
- Proven administration experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Strong written and editorial skills.
- Impeccable attention to detail.
- Digitally savvy and proficient in the Microsoft suite.
Requirements:
- Robust understanding of commercial and contractual elements.
- Comfortable with reviewing and drafting basic terms.
- Flexibility in working practices.
- Strong sense of responsibility and professionalism.
Benefits:
- Flexible working practices.
- 25 days of annual leave.
- 1 celebration day.
- Holiday purchase scheme.
- Life assurance.
- Private healthcare.
- Team away-days.
- Charity giving opportunities.
- Modern office with complimentary drinks, snacks, and breakfast.
- Additional perks and benefits.
Join Our Team: The Bid Office forms an integral part of our business, supporting our ambitious growth plans. Join us on our journey, and become a valued member of a team where 97% of colleagues say they feel like part of a family.
Mason Advisory is an IT consultancy that does things differently, providing experts in IT who match technology know-how with commercial and business sense. We launched in 2014, but the team has over a 25-year heritage in providing independent, pragmatic advice and support to finance services, life sciences, professional services, retail, FMCG, emergency services, health, energy, water, education, government and transport.
Read job description Send your CVAt Mason Advisory we enable organisations to deliver business value through digital and technology transformation. In a competitive market our people are our greatest asset and we are proud to have built a team of experts who are specialists in digital and technology transformation – bringing a blend of business, commercial and technology capability with consulting and senior client-side experience – enabling us to provide trusted advisory services through the lens of our clients.
With a proven track record of delivering value to large and small organisations across the private and public sector, we objectively find business solutions that are best suited to the needs of our clients.
We are growing quickly but continue to set the bar high, looking for Technology and Digital Consultants who share our values and approach and bring subject matter expertise, passion and a desire to do the right thing for clients. We offer our people the opportunity to act as a trusted advisor to a range of impressive clients, working on complex and varied digital and technology engagements and making a real difference. Our consultants will be required to demonstrate:
- Proven business understanding and technical knowledge, combining technical skills, sector insight and awareness of the external environment.
- Excellent consulting skills – these are the core skills, tools and techniques that are essential in delivering IT consulting services.
- The highest professional behaviours and attitudes to enable the achievement of sector capability and consulting competence.
Mason Advisory is proud of the diversity within our business which gives us the best opportunity to deliver fantastic results to our clients. We aim wherever possible, to balance the demands of consulting with the flexibility to deliver a good work-life balance. As a result, we are actively encouraging applications from candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and this will always remain a key part of our growth strategy.
We offer great salaries commensurate with knowledge, skills, experience, and enthusiasm, coupled with the opportunity to join a growing organisation with a fantastic team culture that allows everyone the opportunity to contribute and make an impact. The environment is both challenging and supportive and progression is based entirely on merit.
We pride ourselves on the quality of service we offer to clients, and the great workplace culture embedded at Mason Advisory. Some of the recent awards that highlight this are:
MCA Awards
- Finalist 2023 – Project category – Northumberland County Council with Social Value
- Finalist 2023 – Experienced Leader
- Finalist 2023 – Rising Star
- Finalist 2023 – Technology Consultant of the Year.
- Finalist 2022 – Projects category – London Ambulance Service – Change and Transformation in the Public Sector
- Finalist 2022 – Young Consultant of the Year
- Finalist 2022 – Team Leader Consultant of the Year.
- Winner – Best New Consultancy in 2021
Great Place to Work®
- Best Workplaces™ 2023 (Medium business category)
- UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2022 – In Tech
- UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2022 for Women
- UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2023 – Excellence in Wellbeing
Ranked one of the FT’s Leading Management Consultancies 2023
CEO named among UK’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders for 2022
Mason Advisory is an equal opportunities employer and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Mason Advisory is a proud signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant and are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community.
If you are looking to join a growing, more agile organisation where your contribution will be truly recognised, click the ‘send your CV’ button.