Opencast | B Corp™

Measuring the environmental impact of your software is a complicated task. Our Head of Sustainable Services, Adam Coles looks at how best to obtain estimates of software energy use – and how focusing on actionable insights rather than perfect data can be used as the basis for improvements in sustainability. #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware https://lnkd.in/drgqvAFF

Last week, Opencast | B Corp™ people delivered workshops as part of Social Mobility Business Partnership Work Insight & Skills Experience (WISE) week 🙌 This volunteer-led initiative by Social Mobility Business Partnership brings together over 200 organisations across the UK, all dedicated to supporting students from low-income backgrounds in their pursuit of a career in business. Opencast | B Corp™’s Senior Product Manager Richard Hodgins, Product Manager Ben Rathbone-Wells and Senior Business Analyst Eszter Brooks delivered an interactive workshop to Year 12 students at Durham Law School. In this session, students explored roles across software development and the methods used in their work. They used Lego games to compare and contrast different approaches to processes, as well as understand the power of teamwork. One student shared: “I enjoyed working on building the Lego in a fixed timeframe. I learnt that everyone in a team must pull their weight.” Thank you to Social Mobility Business Partnership for the opportunity to take part. Plus thank you to Richard, Benjamin and Eszter for delivering an inspiring session 👏

Looking for a new challenge? Join Opencast | B Corp™ and develop your career as part of a fast-growing, purpose-driven technology consultancy 🌍 We’re hiring for some exciting roles across the UK, including… 🚀 Digital Performance Analyst 🚀 Solutions Architect – Senior and Lead Consultant roles 🚀 Technical Architect – Senior Consultant 🚀 Software Development Consultant, Financial Services - Lead, Senior and Consultant roles Start your journey with Opencast | B Corp™ 👉 https://bit.ly/4ch4RFU

We’re excited to announce that Opencast | B Corp™ has been named as a finalist in the 2024 IHR - In-house Recruitment Awards 👏 We’re shortlisted in the 'best recruitment team under 1000 employees' category.    Since winning the same award in 2022, our recruitment team has made huge strides, transforming our hiring strategy, improving efficiency and candidate care, as the team has responded to our business scaling from 80 to 500 people.    We're looking forward to the awards ceremony in London later this year #IHRA24   Explore all IHRA categories and finalists here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYyudAnJ

Are you involved in delivering UK government digital services? Are you on a commercial team that procures consultancy services? Or are you responsible for recruiting and retaining people with digital skills to improve public services?   We know the digital skills gap is a major challenge and a key priority for UK government. And we understand that it is a major pressure point for civil servants tasked with delivering the new digital public services citizens need.   If you’re grappling with the challenges of government skills shortages, or considering how to boost in-house skills through knowledge transfer, Opencast | B Corp™'s latest report is for you. ‘Bridging the gap’ offers ideas and approaches to help you understand and navigate the skills challenges you face. And it suggests clear actions that you can take to accelerate delivery.   Download now 👉 https://bit.ly/468NOnn

International Non-Binary People’s Day takes place annually on 14 July and celebrates the wide range of people worldwide who identify as non-binary 💫 In this short film Tim Knight, Opencast | B Corp™ Lead Software Developer, joins Emma Clark, Director of Brand and Marketing, for a conversation about their identity and being non-binary. Tim discusses working in the tech sector, communication and inclusive language, plus their love of sports. Watch the full Opencast Voices conversation 🎬 https://bit.ly/3sjDvNb

Want to develop your career as part of a fast-growing, purpose-driven technology consultancy? 🌍 Opencast | B Corp™ are hiring for a range of exciting roles, including: ⚡️ Digital Performance Analyst ⚡️ Software Development Consultant, Financial Services - Lead, Senior and Consultant roles ⚡️ Solutions Architect Consultant – Senior and Lead roles ⚡️ Technical Architect – Senior Consultant Find out more and apply 👉 https://bit.ly/4ch4RFU

Renewable energy startup Swarm, supported by an embedded Opencast team, has launched a UK first – a home energy management system that works across renewable devices from different providers. Opencast people working on Swarm’s Hub:One share their personal perspectives, and their hopes for its impact overall, with contributions from: 1️⃣ Andrew (Frankie) Howard, Director of Private Sector Growth 2️⃣ Clare W., Senior User Researcher 3️⃣ Barbara Mertlova, Senior Service Designer 4️⃣ Rosalind Grindrod, Head of Security Services 5️⃣ Ashton Carter - Ridgway, Talent Manager 6️⃣ Andrew Murray, Solution Architect 7️⃣ Oli S., Lead Software Developer 8️⃣ Chris McKie, Senior Product Owner Read the blog now 👉 https://bit.ly/4f1kvqS

Our people headed to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)’s Innovation Festival 2024 this week – joining businesses and individuals from across the science and technology sectors to explore the theme ‘Speed and Scale’ 🚀 The #InnovationFestival brought together innovators to tackle business challenges and issues facing the water industry, as well as global issues like climate change and water poverty. Opencast’s Business Analyst Keith Lisle, Senior Enterprise Architect Paul Crisp and Senior Product Manager James Waters took part in HydroDigital, LLC’s Daily Dash ‘Citizen Water Bank’. The session explored smart sewer systems and considered NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)’s stakeholders, their needs and how to engage with them to ensure they were informed about NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)'s ambitions. Opencast’s Interaction Designer Al Robinson participated in a sprint focused on improving customer experience, facilitated by Cognizant. Collaboratively the team explored how to tackle a database lacking customer contact details, across four festival days. Together they found a solution that would bring benefits to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group), including improving customer satisfaction and lowering costs. Thank you to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) for inviting us to be part of this incredible event 👏

Congratulations to Opencast’s Chief People Officer Cate Kalson who features at number 27 in HR magazine’s Most Influential Practitioners list 2024 👏 HR magazine shared that: "Cate is advocate for building deliberately developmental organisations that put skill development at the heart of their purpose...Kalson believes that one of the biggest social impact levers any organisation has is to build their employees’ skills". The annual list celebrates the most influential players in the field of people strategy, whose ideas and actions are shaping practices in HR, both in the UK and globally. Well done to the inspiring practitioners in this year’s list 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXqSJ7UR