SharePoint Engineer in Stratford-upon-Avon

£44,000 - £54,000

Reports to: Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Department: Chief Operating Office

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London. Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Closing date: 25 February

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact us as soon as possible.

Recruitment process: One competency-based interview

Interview date: From the week commencing 02 March 2026

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

Cancer Research UK has an ambitious Engineering Strategy and modern infrastructure underpinning an extensive technical estate. Our Microsoft 365 stack is a core strategic platform that enables better communication and collaboration across the organisation in an increasingly hybrid environment. As part of our strategy, we aim to maximise our investment and use of SharePoint by ensuring that our employees have access to and training in the very best tools and services the platform has to offer.

As a SharePoint Engineer, you will be part of our highly skilled, cross-disciplined, and diverse Platform Engineering team which supports the charity’s product development whilst establishing an agile, secure, and smooth-running digital workplace across 4,000+ end-users. The purpose of your role will be to be the subject matter expert managing the day-to-day operation of our SharePoint infrastructure. This will include preparing and planning for new or revised services; maintaining regulatory, legal, and professional standards; monitoring services and business performance, and championing best practices and technical skills across the organisation. Furthermore, you will gain the opportunity to broaden your technical skills by supporting the team on Power Platform & App projects whilst supporting each other and cross-skilling where possible.

If you are an experienced Engineer who has delivered SharePoint Online Administration from top-to-bottom (including Intranets and Microsoft 365 technologies such as Teams and OneDrive) with strong end-user management skills, we would love for you to join our mission.

• Managing the day-to-day operation of Cancer Research UK’s SharePoint infrastructure to meet the needs of the business (this includes Intranet and Microsoft 365 technologies such as Teams and OneDrive).
• Administering, supporting, and configuring the charity’s SharePoint Online environment.
• Preparing and planning for new or revised SharePoint services.
• Monitoring SharePoint systems ensuring critical services continue to operate at expected levels and are appropriately scaled to meet demand.
• Championing and strengthening SharePoint IT best practices and knowledge across the organisation by creating and maintaining a culture of sharing and developing new technical skills. This includes:

• Handling SharePoint queries from across the organisation (technical teams and end users).
• Providing technical expertise to senior leaders to inform our strategic approach to SharePoint.
• Producing and maintaining high-quality documentation such as design documents in collaboration with Architecture, process guides, project documents, and articles.
• Collaborating and building relationships with other technology teams and stakeholders using SharePoint throughout the charity (e.g., Internal Communications, Senior Leadership).

Experienced Engineer who has delivered full SharePoint Online Administration (including Intranets and Microsoft 365 technologies such as Teams and OneDrive).

Strong end-user management skills with the ability to build relationships and deliver training across the organisation.

Knowledge of using Microsoft Azure (including Azure AD and external user management).

Continuous improvement mindset with experience using PowerShell to automate SharePoint tasks.

Has some knowledge of Power Apps & Power Automate.

Document Lifecycle Management experience (including both creating and maintaining documentation).

Ideally, has some knowledge of Purview with an understanding of data governance standards. This is desirable, but not essential, meaning we welcome applicants without Purview experience.

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.

• Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination
• Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
• Human: Act to have a positive impact on people
• Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you.

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.