Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. At a certified Great Place to Work® you’ll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment.
We deliver multi-Queen’s Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy.
Our Placement Programme
We want you to be as excited as us about what you are about to embark on. Your opportunity is to work with great people on #tech4good projects solving real world problems across the full project lifecycle. Your commitment and contribution to our teams will allow you to experience a variety of different roles and specialisms – exploring what your career might look like when you graduate.
As well as developing your technical skills and general operational business understanding, our programme allows you to add understanding and experience of world class Queen’s Award-winning technologies and delivery techniques to your university learning.
You’ll see first-hand how the solutions you help to build have a positive impact on society, the environment, and our economy. Added to this, you’ll be given a chance to take part in our industry leading learning and development initiatives at the InformedACADEMY™.
As well as developing your technical skills, we will also help you develop your complementary soft skills, including planning, teamworking, leadership and communication, during your time with us.
What opportunities can you expect from a work placement with Informed Solutions?
- Work on real client problems across the full project lifecycle, allowing you to experience a variety of different roles.
- Build on your university learning with industry leading technologies and delivery techniques
- Develop a deep understanding of User Centric Design and how it influences every part of the software development lifecycle.
- Start to build an awareness of commercial software engineering technologies and disciplines (including Agile and DevOps)
- Develop personal organisation and planning skills as well as wider understanding of project management.
- See first-hand how the solutions you build have a positive impact on our clients and take part in our industry leading learning and development initiatives at the InformedAcademy.
Requirements
We are looking for someone who is:
- Working towards a degree in a STEM related subject (e.g. IT/Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Geography, GIS)
- Outstanding in analytical ability and attention to detail and passionate about problem solving and using technology to making things work better
- Strong in verbal and written skills to communicate effectively and build relationships
- Positive with a can-do attitude that inspires respect from other leaders and professionals and able to work effectively and influence positive team-working.
Join us on our Placement Programme and gain invaluable experience while contributing to transformative projects that make a difference.
Benefits
- InformedACADEMY© – We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
- Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
- Monthly office lunch
- Onsite massage sessions
- Buddy coaching scheme
- Graduate social network
Other information
- You will be based in our impressive Grade II listed office in the centre of Altrincham, South Manchester
- Travel to client sites may be required
- Placement year will commence in June 2025
Culture
We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian.
We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times.
We’re a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important.
Our workplace culture reflects how we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.
We focus both on technical skills and equally importantly, on the cultural fit of prospective new colleagues. Our success relies on fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration produces great outcomes for our people, our clients, and our partners.
