We’re partnering with a leading international law firm to find a Talent Acquisition Advisor who knows their way around the legal market and thrives in a fast-paced, stakeholder-driven environment. Talent Acquisition Advisor Manchester based Hybrid Up to £45k per annum 12 Month FTC This is more than just recruitment. It’s about owning the end-to-end hiring journey, influencing senior stakeholders, and delivering a best-in-class candidate experience across the UK & EMEA. If you’re commercially minded, proactive, and love building relationships – keep reading What you’ll be doing You’ll take full ownership of the recruitment lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor to the business and delivering high-quality legal hires. Managing end-to-end recruitment from brief to offer Partnering closely with hiring managers to shape hiring strategies Developing innovative attraction and sourcing plans Proactively sourcing talent via LinkedIn Recruiter, networks, and databases Building strong talent pipelines for future hiring Delivering engaging, inclusive candidate experiences Supporting fair and consistent selection processes Providing market insights and salary guidance Continuously improving recruitment processes and tools What we’re looking for Proven experience in legal recruitment (in-house or agency) Strong direct sourcing and market mapping experience Confidence working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions A highly organised, proactive approach with the ability to juggle priorities A commercial mindset with a passion for delivering insight-led hiring Experience using ATS systems and sourcing tools If you would like to know more, please click the link to apply or contact Alex Wright @ Forward Role for more details As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Our client is looking an Artificial Intelligence Security Researcher to join their well-established team, to focus on Defence & National Security clients   AI Security Researcher Salary- £65,000-£85,000 + bonus + excellent benefits Location - Hampshire or Surrey - hybrid Security Clearance - Candidates must hold an active SC clearance. Existing DV clearance is strongly advantageous. About the role Work at the cutting edge of AI and cyber security, researching and prototyping innovative solutions that protect critical national systems against sophisticated threats. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on hard technical problems, enjoys experimentation, and wants to make a tangible impact in high-stakes environments. You'll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team tackling mission-critical national security challenges - helping customers understand, assess, and defend against emerging AI-enabled risks. What you'll be doing Conduct in-depth research into emerging AI security threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques Design and develop novel tools and prototypes that protect systems and inform customer decisions Perform vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, and security assessments across a range of platforms Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to transition research into real-world capabilities Contribute to technical reports, white papers, and customer deliverables Present complex findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Stay ahead of the latest AI security developments and share insights with the wider team What you'll bring We'd love to hear from you if you have experience in one or more of: Exploit development Malware analysis Secure software development Vulnerability research ML model development Vulnerability research tools and frameworks OS/networks/system architecture Reverse engineering Nice to have Experience researching AI, ML, or LLM security risks Track record turning research into working prototypes or customer-facing demos Ability to communicate complex findings to specialist and non-specialist audiences Security clearance Candidates must hold an active SC clearance. Existing DV clearance is strongly advantageous. As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

A fast-growing crypto prop trading firm is scaling its trading platform and needs serious C++ engineering capacity to keep up. C++ Engineer — Low-Latency Trading Infrastructure — Dubai (relocation and visa paid for) Microseconds aren't an abstraction here. They're the job. New market connectivity, latency reduction, core infra that doesn't blink under load — this is the hire that stops the roadmap from stalling and the current team from burning out. What you'll be doing (first 6–12 months) Designing and building new market links and connectivity tools from scratch Improving and maintaining high-load, low-latency C++ systems already in production Hunting latency wherever it's hiding and killing it Keeping systems reliable and operationally solid as the platform scales Working tightly with engineering, data, and trading teams — not in a silo What you need 3+ years (4+ preferred) software development, primarily modern C++ Real experience with high-load, low-latency systems — not theoretical Strong grip on algorithms, data structures, design patterns — the fundamentals that actually get tested in this kind of role Solid networking fundamentals — REST, WebSockets, the works Bonus points Knowledge of financial markets, HFT, or distributed systems Exposure to FIX or similar protocols Familiarity with AWS, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, or Kubernetes Basic Python and Kafka Who you'll work with The Python team Trading Operations Who fits Proactive, detail-obsessed, doesn't wait to be told twice Fast learner with proper troubleshooting instincts Collaborative, takes feedback without sulking Communicative and reliable — if something's on fire, you say so Why this one's different Real exposure to live HFT systems, not a sandboxed version Direct influence over latency-sensitive infra that actually matters to P&L Flat structure, strong engineering culture, no dead weight Genuine growth path inside a world-class engineering team   As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.