Role overview
Barnardo's have an exciting opportunity for two full time AI Engineers, who will play a pivotal role in enabling the safe, ethical and value‑driven adoption of AI technologies across the charity. You will design, build and maintain AI solutions—primarily across the Microsoft ecosystem, including Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI services, Power Platform and Microsoft Fabric—to improve digital efficiency, automate processes and enhance data flow across systems.
This is a full‑time hybrid position, with occasional travel to London (anticipated to be no more than once a quarter).
What you'll work on
- Ensure AI initiatives align to Barnardo's organisational strategy and deliver clear, measurable value
- Lead AI strategy design within business functions, managing stakeholders, risks and dependencies
- Lead the design, configuration and deployment of AI solutions using: (Microsoft Copilot (M365, Azure, Dynamics 365)
- Design and implement APIs, webhooks and Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Functions, Service Bus)
- Lead implementation of AI safety and ethical guardrails aligned to Barnardo's policies and Microsoft best practice
- Enforce security standards including RBAC, authentication and authorisation (Azure AD, SSO)
What we're looking for
- Strong experience designing and delivering AI‑enabled solutions in enterprise environments
- Hands‑on experience with Microsoft AI technologies (Copilot, Azure AI, Power Platform)
- Strong understanding of system integration, APIs and cloud platforms
- Experience implementing governance, security and ethical AI practices
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical business outcomes
- Proven stakeholder engagement and change management experience
- Commitment to Barnardo's values and mission
This role is both strategic and hands‑on, contributing to major projects as well as business‑as‑usual support.
If you are passionate about using AI to make a real difference and this role interests you, we would love to hear from you.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits