StrataFSC
Programme and Project Management Services for Investment Platforms
This service provides programme, project and PMO support for investment platform change initiatives.
Strata supports governance, delivery oversight and coordination across enterprise and private market investment platforms, ensuring controlled delivery, risk management and alignment with regulatory, operating model and assurance requirements.
Features
- Programme management for investment platform initiatives
- Project management across enterprise and private market platforms
- Project Management Office (PMO) setup and operation
- Delivery governance for platform implementation and optimisation
- Multi-vendor coordination across platforms and delivery partners
- Implementation oversight for enterprise investment platforms
- Implementation oversight for private market platforms
- Risk, issue and dependency management
- Delivery planning and milestone tracking
- Independent delivery challenge and assurance
Benefits
- Independent delivery challenge and assurance
- Reduces risk of programme overruns
- Strengthens governance and accountability
- Improves coordination across vendors and stakeholders
- Increases delivery transparency for senior stakeholders
- Enables early identification of delivery risks
- Supports regulatory and assurance expectations
- Accelerates decision-making and issue resolution
- Improves outcomes across complex platform programmes
- Aligns delivery to operating model and data strategy
Architecture roles
Business architect
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Data architect
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Enterprise architect
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Security architect
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Solution architect
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Technical architect
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Chief digital and data roles
Chief data officer
| £2,750.00 |
£2,750.00 |
Chief information security officer
| £2,750.00 |
£2,750.00 |
Chief technology officer
| £2,750.00 |
£2,750.00 |
Data roles
Analytics engineer
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Data analyst
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Data engineer
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Data governance manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Performance analyst
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
IT operations roles
Business relationship manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Incident manager
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
Problem manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Service desk manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Service transition manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Product and delivery roles
Business analyst
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Delivery manager
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Digital portfolio manager
| £2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
Programme delivery manager
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Service owner
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles
Quality assurance testing (QAT) analyst
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Test engineer
| £1,300.00 |
£1,300.00 |
| £1,550.00 |
£1,550.00 |
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
| £2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
Test manager
| £1,750.00 |
£1,750.00 |
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
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ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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No
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ISO 28000:2022 certification
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No
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ISO 9001 certification
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No
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Quality management systems (QMS)
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No
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CSA STAR certification
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No
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PCI certification
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No
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Cyber essentials
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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None of the criteria
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Cyber essentials plus
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No
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Cyber Essentials Alternative
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None of the criteria
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Other security certifications
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No
Social value
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Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
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Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
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Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
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Ensuring new workers are informed of their right to join a trade union
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Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
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Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
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Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
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Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
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Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
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Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
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Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
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How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
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How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
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Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
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Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
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Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
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Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
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Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
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Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
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Plans for engaging a diverse range of businesses in engagement activities prior to appointing subcontractors (including activities prior to award of the main contract and during the contract term)
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Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
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Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
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Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
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Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
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Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
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Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
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Offering a range of quality opportunities with routes of progression if appropriate, e.g. T Level industry placements, students supported into higher level apprenticeships.
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Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
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Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
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Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
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Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
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Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
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Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
Service documents
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