The UK Forces Job Seeking,
Networking and Recruitment Service

The List is the only job-seeking and business network providing for the serving and Veteran UK Forces community and their personal employment and business needs in the global workplace.  With an established brand of 25 years, the cornerstone to The List is a networking membership organisation of many thousands of Members (all Veterans) who join for the remainder of their employed life.

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Featured Jobs

Posted Job Title Location Salary
09/09 Software Solution Engineer Surrey Neg
 

Software Solution Engineer

Farnborough (office 3 days/remote 2 days per week)

Neg up to £80k

A key role to deliver/support defence software C4I solutions through installing and configuring COTS software products; solving technical problems, incl troubleshooting; delivery of technical training; providing remote/on-site support.

Technical expertise must incl Windows and Linux sysadmin experience; network management; software fault-finding and debugging.

Ideally have:…

09/09 School Estates Assistant London £35,000
 

School Estates Assistant

West London

Salary: £35,000 + overtime

Retained by our client, we seek applications for a School Estates Assistant to work under the Head of Estates in all aspects of maintaining an inspirational independent school. The site includes historic buildings, sports pitches, meadow, and a farm. The incumbent will be practical and resourceful, a great team player, who will embrace the opportunity to work in a small and committed team that is one of the cent…

09/09 CEO – Multi-Academy Trust (part-time, 3 days a week) Berkshire Neg
 

CEO – Multi-Academy Trust (part-time, 3 days a week)

Berkshire

Negotiable

Exclusively retained by our client, we seek an experienced and dynamic part-time CEO who will provide visionary leadership and strategic direction to an established and thriving Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). The CEO will be responsible for driving growth through the acquisition of new schools, enhancing educational standards, and ensuring the Trust's long-term sustainability and success.

This is a k…

05/09 Managing Consultant Surrey £100,000 - £110,000
 

Managing Consultant

Polar Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading global brand in the Technology sector for a Managing Consultant to join the team.

Reporting to Director level, this is an exciting new role which will initially focus on major account management for a highly prestigious pan-European customer, before broadening into seeking new business opportunities and building a small team of technical, business development and project specialists to sell, design …

28/08 Chief Executive Highland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association Scotland £67,820
 

Chief Executive Highland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association

Based Dundee

£67,820 p.a.

Applications are invited for the full-time post of Chief Executive, Highland Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (HRFCA) based in Dundee. This Crown Service (Civil Service Grade 6/Grade B1 equivalent) post becomes vacant on 5 April 2025.

HRFCA. HRFCA is one of 13 autonomous RFCAs, which are arms-length bodies of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with Crown status, whose r…

01/08 Management Consultant Surrey £100,000 - £110,000
 

Management Consultant

Polar Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading global brand in the Technology sector for a Management Consultant to join the team.

Reporting to Director level, this is an exciting new role which will initially focus on major account management for a highly prestigious pan-European customer, before broadening into seeking new business opportunities and building a small team of technical, business development and project specialists to sell, des…

16/07 Senior Business Intelligence Developer Wiltshire £40,000 - £45,300
 

Senior Business Intelligence Developer

Polar Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of a prestigious client in the Public Sector for a Senior Business Intelligence Developer to join the MIS team.

Reporting to the Business Intelligence Manager, the Senior Business Intelligence Developer will be responsible for producing high quality data reports and dashboards for senior stakeholders using appropriate BI toolsets. The successful candidate will also support the Business Intelli…

16/07 Application Packager (SC/DV Security Cleared) Berkshire £50,000 - £58,500
 

Application Packager (SC/DV Security Cleared)

Polar Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of one of the worlds' leading IT Services providers for an experienced Application Packager to join the Software Discovery & Application Packaging Team, who are responsible for the end-to-end delivery and ongoing lifecycle management of applications and operating system gold builds for prestigious enterprise customers.

The successful candidate will have proven experience of software app…

03/07 Head of HR Bristol £50,000 - £60,000
 

Head of HR - up to £60,000 DOE + Benefits - Bristol (Hybrid)

Do you have a passion for creating and maintaining an environment where teams can thrive, innovate and continue to provide the exceptional care and support our community relies on?

The Role

As the Head of HR / Head of People, you will play a pivotal role in developing and executing People initiatives, nurturing internal culture, supporting professional development, and fostering an environment where everyone can achi…

21/05 Technology Project Manager UK Wide Neg
 

Technology Project Manager

Hybrid role, requiring access to Milton Keynes or London/M4.

Salary: up to £54K + bonus and benefits

My client uses forward thinking digital solutions to transform business practises and decision making and seeks to appoint a Technology Project Manager to join an experienced team with responsibility for providing a wide variety of project management tasks.

You will be required to lead both internal and supplier teams to manage all phases of pro…

21/05 Junior Software Engineer - Full Stack UK Wide Neg
 

Junior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Perm hybrid role, requiring access to Milton Keynes or London/M4.

Salary: up to £49K + bonus and benefits

My client uses forward thinking digital solutions to transform business practises and decision making and seeks to appoint a Junior Software Engineer to join an experienced team with responsibility for significant deployment of IT solutions and systems.

You will be required to support the development, integration and roll out of …

21/05 Technical Architect (Satellite Systems) UK Wide Neg
 

Technical Architect (Satellite Systems)

Permanent, hybrid role, requiring access to Milton Keynes or London/M4.

Salary: up to £60K + bonus and benefits

My client uses forward thinking digital solutions to transform business practises and decision making and seeks to appoint a Technical Architect to join an experienced team with responsibility for the design and build of satellite specific technical architecture for a significant public sector procurement.

You will be req…

23/04 LIVE-IN COUPLE AS PROPERTY GUARDIANS AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT Unspecified £12
 

SEEKING LIVE-IN COUPLE AS PROPERTY GUARDIANS AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT, SURREY

A unique opportunity for a couple looking to embrace a rural lifestyle in a beautiful setting in the Surrey Hills in stunning rent free accommodation

Seeking a live-in couple as guardians for our 6 bedroom property in the Surrey Hills. Working for a friendly (midlife) couple who need help to manage their property and surrounding land.

The guardian role involves taking responsibility for the property, id…

The List provides a specialised service to ex-forces job seekers. A major part of that service is to work with other job boards and employers to identify employment opportunities for UK forces recruitment. The positions listed on the ex-forces job board reflect the wide range of opportunities open to those with ex forces talent.

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The List - The Services' Business Network

Ex-Forces Job Searching, Networking, Recruiting & Employing: a unique membership organisation which delivers outcomes and solutions.

Fifteen thousand people, of all ranks from all the Services, leave UK Defence every year; 40% of them under the age of 25 with at least 40 years of employment in front of them.  80% of the annual outflow of Service Leavers is under age 40.   All have passed through selection, initial training and then developed a vast range of skills, trades, competencies, professions and qualifications embracing every facet of the delivery of the UK’s Defence capability.  It is this talent that joins The List, initially as job seekers, and then remain ‘on board’ as in-business Members furthering their own personal and business needs for the remainder of their employed life.  This infinite network enables The List to reach into every sector of the UK economy, and overseas markets, to find the talent that employers seek; talent that has grounding in Defence but is continually being ‘topped-up’ by experience, progression and success in other sectors.  And because of the relative ease with which The List can source this talent, the recruitment offerings are immeasurably abated compared with those normally found in recruitment and HR sectors. 

This network and the connection to over a million people is the USP of The List; no other organisation is able to offer such penetration of the ex-forces Veteran community.  Other suppliers, professional intermediaries and recruitment agencies use The List themselves to source, and deliver, ex-forces talent to their clients – arguably more costly to employers if they were not to engage with The List direct.  Formerly The List was, for many years, the recruiting partner of the Defence Manufacturers Association and, more latterly, its successor the Aerospace, Defence and Security industries trade association (ADS) thus delivering competitive advantage to some 2,600 member companies; The List still honours a beneficial fee commitment to ADS members.   

The List is not a “recruitment agency” along traditional lines, but rather a unique business organisation that is geared up to deliver real value added solutions direct to In-Business Members through the network and to non-Member clients who seek to engage ex-Service human talent.  

This human talent is special because they:

  • Can think, plan, manage & lead at all levels
  • Delegate with trust & confidence
  • Create mutual trust
  • Inspire, empower & motivate
  • Develop potential in people & teams
  • Develop loyalty, integrity & honour
  • Readily assume responsibility & accountability
  • Develop team-working
  • Look for challenges
  • Prioritise & direct work
  • Are personally motivated & driven
  • Are people centric
  • Are responsive, adaptable, & approachable
  • Turn vision into success
  • Create winning cultures & team
  • Listen & seek advice/guidance
  • Willingly work overseas
  • Communicate

Staffed by ex-UK military people, The List serves the immediate personal employment needs of the jobseeker as they leave the UK Armed Forces, and thereafter empowers Members seeking further advancement and change in the job market. The List enables extensive business to business (B2B), employment and recruitment opportunities serving the needs of employers and recruiters in every sector of the economy. Our recruitment offerings to employers make our solutions highly attractive, competitive and effective.

Through its network The List creates personal recruitment, employment and business opportunities for the remainder of your employed life.

The List's network reaches out to over 1 million ex-UK Forces connected people in the global workplace. It is a gateway to employment for ex-UK Forces people and the virtual ‘hub’ for anyone who wants to connect and network with such talent. It affords individual and corporate Members the opportunity for virtual networking and monthly face-to-face business development and job-seeking meetings through The Liquid List.

The List is a warm, tribal, network which builds on the Service ethos of team-work, selflessness in helping others, trust, reliability and commitment. And it is these very same attitudes and behaviours that set ex-Forces people apart and those which employers and businesses seek.

The unique recruitment opportunities and offerings to employers make our services and solutions highly attractive and competitive in the business market place.  Although our focus is on ex-military talent we are equally adept at researching, targeting, approaching, and presenting talent without a military background.  

Corporate List Membership: Whilst The List is a membership organisation made up of individuals it offers Corporate Membership to employers to enable them to derive significant financial benefit and abatements, additional advertising and marketing and direct access to the network along with a presence in the ex-Service community.  Corporate Membership allows The List to be in “the Members mind” and thus be proactive and equally reactive to additional requirements right across that Members business.  See details under Recruiting & Employing.