ASSOCIATE
PATTERN WORKED: 4 DAYS PER WEEK
Ramani works within the Atkins London structural engineering team, with responsibilities across design, delivery and new business development. Since joining the company she has delivered a number of technically complex jobs, typically leading the structural design of several £50-£100m projects in parallel. She is also Atkins’ Structural Lead for the education sector in London, in which capacity she has established strong client relationships and won new business across numerous major frameworks. She also leads the team’s Apprenticeship Programme, where her initiatives have mentored and inspired the next generation of engineering talent. Ramani has two children, and works part time in order to spend some of the working week with them. She was initially hired, and subsequently promoted, on a part-time basis.
MARKETING DIRECTOR
PATTERN WORKED: 3 DAYS PER WEEK
As Marketing Director of Delio, an international FinTech company, Ellie is responsible for managing all the company’s marketing activity and implementing it alongside her team. Her varied role includes designing marketing materials, creating blog posts, producing pitch presentations and managing relationships with external agencies. She has also taken on the coordination of global events, including working with the DTI to organise event participation in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the US. Ellie dedicates some of her week to Running the Rift Marathon, an international not-for-profit event she set up in Uganda three years ago. She also promotes organ donation alongside the BBC and ITV and as an ambassador for Blacks, after needing a liver transplant last year.
SENIOR MANAGER, FINANCIAL SERVICES, ASSURANCE INNOVATION
PATTERN WORKED: 3 DAYS PER WEEK
Michael is part of a team at EY that looks at how the firm can employ emerging and disruptive technologies, such as Robotics Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence, to add greater value to its clients. He is also a key driver of encouraging EY’s employees to adopt an innovative mindset and to get involved with the initiatives his team are developing. Michael moved to a part-time role in 2017 to start his own tech business, an app called Tmup, which helps users find people to play sport with. He has launched an internal network for EY employees who are interested in starting their own business, and recently won EY’s EMEIA Better Begins With You award, which celebrates people who have found new ways to build a better working world – EY’s purpose.
TEAM LEADER
PATTERN WORKED: 4 DAYS PER WEEK
Juliet’s role covers three main areas; team leadership, specialist technical advice and project management support. As Team Leader, she has day-to-day oversight of everything from sickness and absence to performance and talent management. Within the technical part of her role, she provides pavement engineering advice on a multitude of projects. She also has project managerial duties for a number of Highways England projects, and is responsible for their collaborative performance framework deliverables. Juliet was employed and promoted on a part-time basis, a choice she made to create space for her family and her own wellbeing as well as pursuing her career. She has supported a number of her colleagues to pursue flexible working to enhance their work-life balance.
FINANCE AND PEOPLE DIRECTOR
PATTERN WORKED: 4 DAYS PER WEEK
As well as implementing the company’s progressive people policies, Kylie has overall responsibility for the financial aspects of Toast Ale’s global strategy and investment. Toast Ale is a fast-growing social enterprise which gives all its profits to charity, and Kylie is keen to ensure that its working environment is equally focused on being a force for good. She has championed an atmosphere of openness around mental health and flexible working, and uses her influence to design part-time jobs which are both achievable and rewarding. Kylie works part time so she can spend more time with her daughter. She is considering reducing her office days further to free up time to develop her youth fitness and nutrition hobby into a second career.
