Explore a rewarding career as an IT consultant working for our innovative clients or join our operations teams to help grow our mission.
Every autistic person and their autistic traits are unique. The truth is, autism has no “look” or even one set of traits, strengths, or struggles. At auticon, our team members have broad and diverse interests – including as technology experts – and we are respected for it.
We know that your personal autonomy is important, so we provide benefits to help you thrive at work and at home. Each of our global offices provides a competitive benefits package that may include: flexible work schedule, competitive medical, dental and vision benefits, paid vacation, holidays and retirement investments.
We provide resources and guidance to help you prioritize your mental health, so you can maintain a long and healthy career at auticon.
auticon’s consultants and clients are supported by our Neuroinclusion Coaches who ensure that the consultants’ work environments enable them to deliver to their full professional potential. Our coaches promote inclusion and wellbeing and are integral to making sure our consultants feel supported in their assignments.
Coaches typically have a background in clinical psychology, performance coaching, managing anxiety disorders, special education, and vocational rehabilitation.
We are always interested in hearing from autistic people with strong tech and data skills who would like to join our Consulting Team – please apply to the location of interest via the link below.
Current Operations Team roles are also listed below. We operate a Talent Pool for anyone interested in joining the auticon Operations Team as a Neuroinclusion Advisor.
We are a proudly diverse company and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do at auticon UK and that starts with our recruitment process, which has been designed to make you, and all of our autistic candidates, feel comfortable to be your authentic self. For our operations roles, the process will vary but the job advert will provide more details on what to expect. For our consulting roles, we will support you throughout our 4-stage recruitment process and you will receive information about each stage, and the order to expect them, when you apply. Our aim is that you are able to demonstrate your skills and capabilities and feel like the process itself has been a positive experience. Our recruitment process is a vital part of the initial work we do with you to understand what support we can give to enable you to succeed as a consultant. Understanding your individuality helps us place you in work environments suited to your strengths and informs us as to the adjustments that our clients may need to make to ensure you thrive when you join them. More information about the key elements of our process is provided below.
A short application form and initial checks
You will be asked to upload a CV and answer some quick questions about how you learned about auticon, your working preferences, your right to work in the UK and if you have an autism diagnosis, or are yet to obtain a diagnosis. This is our first check to ensure you have relevant qualifications / experience and if you meet our criteria as a social enterprise. If you do, we will invite you to complete an IT Skills Survey, which is a simple self-assessment of your technical skills and can highlight strengths that may not have been obvious on your CV.
Cognitive and Technical Skills Assessments
You will be asked to complete some online cognitive and technical assessments. We use these to determine proficiency with different tools and skills in order to match them to our client requirements. These are not “tests” but a means of evaluating talent in various domains. These assessments help us further understand your strengths and support needs to optimise possible/potential future work environments and projects for you.
Virtual conversations
The online technical and cognitive assessments help us to assess your suitability for the role of Consultant, but we also do this in more depth through virtual conversations. This part is as much for you as it is for us. auticon’s success is only possible when our consultants feel understood and supported. You will have informal virtual conversations with our technical and coaching team members, who all have many years of experience working in the autism community. Their goal is to learn who you are, what you are passionate about, and the type of environment you need to thrive. They are also ready to answer questions you may have about auticon and our support model. We use these conversations to better understand your technical skills, strengths, reasonable adjustments and what supports you may benefit from if you join our team.
In-person Conversations
Most of our recruitment process is virtual but we feel it is important to meet in person before starting to work together. This is an opportunity to meet the broader auticon team at one of our office locations and discuss any outstanding questions you may have. Our operations team will also provide some more practical details on starting employment with auticon.
Once you have completed the process our team will provide feedback. If successful we will then begin the process of identifying consultancy opportunities with our clients. Our goal is to find the perfect match for your first project. Sometimes this is immediate and sometimes it can take time, however auticon encourages consultants to take advantage of this time to continue development and can advise on good resources for upskilling. As soon as we have a first consultancy opportunity lined up for you with one of our clients, we will offer you a permanent contract with auticon.
auticon is more than a job – it’s a community!
We would love to hear from you. If you don’t have a CV or didn’t see a job opening that is right for you – you’re welcome to use the form on the right to contact us. Upload a video or MP3 file, share your story and be creative. We understand that there are non-traditional ways to apply for a job and now is your chance.
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At University, Sarah felt understood and supported. However, after finishing her Ph.D., she found it hard to find a job; “Much of it was down to not knowing how to transfer my skills from my degree into a workplace setting. Job adverts for entry-level jobs were often worded in a way that asked for several years of experience as a requirement.”
Her pre-diagnosis experience had been draining; “I was in a job which required me to mask all day long, learning a script to cope with all the communications and interactions, and suppressing my sensory needs. It eventually led to burnout and having to leave the job.”
The adjustments Sarah now has in the workplace greatly increased her energy levels and reduced her anxiety, allowing her to be happier, cope with daily life tasks, and enjoy her free time. Working with auticon’s job coaches has helped Sarah develop coping mechanisms and identify her anxiety and potential burnout behaviors. The accepting community at auticon is also a significant factor, as it frees her from having to mask.
“I would also add that working in this understanding and supportive climate has helped me with my confidence and assertiveness,” She adds.
We believe affecting change in one life is the starting point for changing society. We therefore measure our social performance through the difference auticon makes to the lives of our autistic colleagues, the impact on our customer organisations, and the role we play in creating awareness of neurodiversity in society.
Between 15-20% of the global population are neurodivergent. 2% are estimated to be autistic. Despite many autistic people being talented, qualified and keen to work, only 29% of autistic people are in full time work. Within the autistic workforce, a vast majority are under-employed, working in jobs that they are over-qualified or over-skilled for.