Sopra Steria Recruitment Appointed to Cirrus Consortium Agency Framework

London, 8 April 2019: Sopra Steria Recruitment, one of the UK’s leading staffing companies and managed recruitment service providers, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a place on the Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour & Recruitment Framework to provide staff to public sector organisations.

The Framework covers the provision of temporary and permanent staff, including interim placements. Under the agreement, Sopra Steria Recruitment will be supplying talent through four Lots: Lot 5 – IT; Lot 6 – Finance; Lot 7 – HR; and Lot 12 - Executive Directors. The current agreement runs until March 2023.

Based in North West England, Cirrus Purchasing Ltd is a specialist procurement consultancy which supports the social housing, public and private sectors. The Cirrus Consortium is a group of contracting authorities across England, Scotland and Wales which have joined together to establish frameworks for a range of products and services that comply with the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR). The Consortium is led directly by member organisations and managed by Cirrus Purchasing Ltd.

The framework is available to use for all contracting authorities including local authorities, social housing providers, police & emergency services, NHS trusts, schools, universities and registered charities and offers a shorter and compliant route to procurement.

Daniel O’Mahoney, Senior Account Manager at Sopra Steria Recruitment, commented: “We are delighted that Cirrus has chosen Sopra Steria Recruitment to provide both contract and permanent recruitment services to government and charitable organisations. This appointment offers the opportunity to build on our successful track record in delivering recruitment services to the public sector, which is a market we truly understand.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our dedicated delivery team, without which partnerships such as this would not be possible. To be in a position to help the public sector achieve commercial value is a huge honour, and it is thanks to Sopra Steria Recruitment’s key differentiators – such as superior market knowledge, flexibility in service offering and commitment to getting it right first time for our clients - that we have the opportunity to deliver this.”

Claire Paton, Director of Consultancy at Cirrus Purchasing, added: "We are thrilled to award Sopra Steria Recruitment a place on the framework and look forward to working in partnership over the next four years."

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About Sopra Steria Recruitment

Sopra Steria Recruitment delivers recruitment services which help organisations in the public and private sectors attract people, knowledge and skills to enable business performance and accelerate change. We provide a breadth of solutions, tailored to your specific needs, in permanent, contract, interim and managed recruitment, capable of providing people across all technical and business disciplines.

Sopra Steria Recruitment is committed to minimising its impact on the environment and is certified to the ISO 14001 standard. We deliver through world-class recruitment workflow and compliance processes, certified to the ISO 9001 standard and aligned to all relevant employment and recruitment legislation. We are long-term members and award winners of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies, providing you with an assurance of the highest quality delivery.

Formed in 1979, Sopra Steria Recruitment is a wholly owned company within the Sopra Steria Group; European leader of digital transformation.
Find out more at www.soprasteriarecruitment.co.uk and follow us on Twitter @SopraSteriaRec

About Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria is a European leader in digital transformation providing one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end to end service offerings on the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development, Infrastructure Management and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges. Combining added value, innovation and high-quality services, Sopra Steria enables its customers to make the best use of information technology. With more than 44,000 employees in 25 countries, Sopra Steria generated revenue of €4.1 billion in 2018.

Sopra Steria Group (SOP) is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment A) - ISIN: FR0000050809

For more information, please visit our website www.soprasteria.com

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