Total 16 business management project planning job vacancies in falkirk fk2 7rg

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Applicants for the role of planning enforcement officer should have planning enforcement experience or have a sound working knowledge of being an enforcement officer in a related role or have equivalent experience in another relevant area involving regulatory compliance.

You will be an integral part of, and be supported by, a small planning team at Falkirk Council. You will be responsible for providing the Council’s statutory planning enforcement service. This will involve carrying out investigations, providing professional advice and guidance to customers, dealing with and resolving breaches of planning control.

You must be a good team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills, be able to maintain accurate records and be mobile throughout the Council area. A full driving licence is required for this post and the council operates a pool car scheme for site visits. Hybrid home, office and site working is required as part of this role.

You will work 22.2 hours per week on a part time basis.

For detailed information on the role please refer to the Job Profile.

For an informal discussion please contact Bernard Whittle or Donald Campbell, the Development Management Co-ordinators on 01324 504875 or 01324 504707

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Core Group are hiring!

Job Title: Senior Claims Co-ordinator

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled and knowledgeable Claims Handler with a passion for excellent customer service to join our local team. In this role, you will help ensure that every touchpoint is engaging, efficient, and effective. As the first point of contact for our customers, you will manage job lifecycle workflows related to Restoration and Reinstatement following insurance claims. Striving to deliver the highest level of customer experience, you will be a key liaison between the policyholder, the insurance company, our in-house field teams (technicians, trades, and managers), and sub-contractors.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the claims lifecycle from receipt of the initial instruction to job completion.
• Take responsibility for all administrative aspects of each claim, ensuring that client systems/portals (including case notes, logs, and records) are accurately maintained and within agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Serve as a central point of contact for policyholders, insurance clients, field technicians, and office teams to ensure efficient and exemplary job completion.
• Manage the regional administrative resource, providing support and guidance to other administration staff within the team to maintain workflow and quality standards.
• Schedule trades according to job requirements on a day-to-day basis, optimizing time and minimizing travel.
• Order materials in advance when necessary to keep workflows uninterrupted.
• Take lead responsibility for assessing customer satisfaction with service and identifying any necessary remedial action.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Previous experience in administration, claims handling, or customer service.
• Experience in planning and allocating work to field-based staff is preferred.
• Experience overseeing the work of others or supporting team workflow.
• An understanding of claims management tools and systems is an asset but not required.

Preferred Skills:

• Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
• Proficiency in IT skills, including basic Excel use; experience with data analysis is a plus but not essential.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage effectively across all levels.

If you are interested in this role please apply and we will contact you.

Business Development Manager (M8 Corridor)

SALARY: £30,000 Basic + (£30,000 Guarantee for First Year)
Realistic: OTE £90,000 (totally uncapped) Top Earners in excess of £150k

The role of Business Development Manager is to develop new business opportunities for my client through working with Telemarketing and the Services Team and building your own referral network.

They are looking for a dynamic, motivated, high performing new Business Development professional, selling Employment Law and Health & Safety outsourcing solutions to the mid-market sector (30+ employee businesses).

Benefits for a Sales Executive include:
* Basic salary of £30k per annum + (£30,000 Guarantee for First Year)
* Company car or car allowance
* 25 days plus bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday
* An exciting role with great progression plans guaranteed

In return for this, we are looking for someone who has:
* 2 years plus track record of selling in a B2B environment (Industry experience NOT required).
* Confident in value based/consultative selling.
* Ability to sell to different audiences including Business Owners, Board of Directors and HR Managers.

Roles and responsibilities:
* Attending sales appointments booked by your Telemarketing partner.
* Working with the Head of Seminars to generate a quarterly seminar plan to maximise sales opportunities.
* Generating and attending meetings with potential introducers and referral partners.
* Self-generating new leads, appointments and referrals through day to day new business activity.
* Achieve quarterly sales targets.
* Accurately build, manage and maintain your sales pipeline.

If interested in the above opportunity apply ASAP for immediate consideration.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.


University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is looking for proactive experienced individual for the role of Business Manager for the Chief Executive.

The Business Manager for the Chief Executive is a crucial role. You will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer in ensuring the efficient operation of the Chief Executive's Office whilst supporting the wider strategic objectives and in responding to issues facing the Trust. This will include supporting strategic, system wide change which support the attainment of the Trust’s corporate objectives in responding to issues both within the Trust, and the Provider Collaborative and wider Integrated Care system.

The purpose of the role is to work as a key member of the Chief Executive Officer’s team in the management of relationships with internal and external partners and to maximise the effectiveness of the Chief Executive and the Corporate Team.

The role will be a senior member of the Chief Executive Officer’s team and thus will be required to consistently operate with a high level of political awareness, personal influence and skill, working effectively with external partners including providers, NHSE/I regulators, patients, and carers, to deliver programme objectives and in accordance with the aims and ambitions of the Trust and the related portfolio responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer.

To work in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer leading on the development of the Chair & Chief Executive’sannual business plan and refinement of key strategic documents and policies which underpin thedelivery of the Chief Executive Officer’s portfolio of responsibilities interpreting external policies, advice and guidance to determinetherelevance.

To lead on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, the development of effective communication structures for the presenting of updates to various internal and external forums,working with colleagues across the Trust and wider system, to support business planning and monitoring ensuringprogressonthedelivery.

To represent the Chief Executive Officer’s team acting as an ambassador for the Trust to influenceand negotiate change both within the Trust and wider system to minimise the potential for quality service improvements and reduced variation, including for example PopulationHealth and ICS and ICP committees and Boards. The post holder needs to understand the roles, responsibilities and functions of different departments and people as needed.

To contribute to work with senior leadership team in the development, management, and implementation of the Chief Executive Officer’s portfolio of responsibility for the required transformational change for improved quality service delivery across a range of workstreams.

The full duties of the role are set out with the Job Description.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/


This advert closes on Monday 21 Oct 2024

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Can you ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’?

To support the Council’s drive to become Council of the Future we are now looking to appoint on a full time permanent basis a dynamic and enthusiastic Customer & Business Support Assistant who will enjoy working in an environment of continuous change and improvement.

You will be educated to SVQ level 2 or equivalent, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the drive to ‘make it happen’ in a busy working environment delivering a high-quality responsive Customer & Business support service across a diverse range of services.

Ideally you will possess strong written and oral communication skills, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office, Call handling and data protection legislation requirements.

You must be able to work accurately to deadlines within a busy team ensuring excellent customer support to both internal and external customers.

This role will involve some element of hybrid working which will be a combination of home and office working but Service demands will dictate as/when hybrid working will be suitable for the post holder.

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The Falkirk area is experiencing significant economic investment through the Falkirk Growth Deal, Forth Green Freeport, Tax Incremental Finance initiative and other major investment programmes. With significant funding secured and a number of major projects already in development, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of a broad range of roads, flooding, active travel and development-related infrastructure projects. These projects will deliver innovative, greener, more inclusive and sustainable infrastructure, contributing to and supporting economic growth across the Falkirk region.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who has experience of managing and leading professional project teams, both in-house and external, for successful delivery of a variety of transport infrastructure projects.

You will have demonstrable experience of working in a project management environment with experience in managing multiple projects to programme and budget. You should have detailed knowledge of project procurement processes, and experience of managing programmes/projects with conflicting priorities.

You will be responsible for managing the delivery of engineering projects within cost, time, and quality parameters, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will have the ability to work under pressure to meet agreed project deliverables whilst maintaining a customer-focused, innovative and flexible approach. You should demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence others and take initiative in resolving problems.

You are required to be flexible, innovative and reactive to public demands and pressures including communicating directly with elected representatives and public enquiries. You will deputise for the Infrastructure Projects Manager as required.

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Can you ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’?

To support the Council’s drive to become Council of the Future we are looking to appoint a temporary part-time dynamic and enthusiastic Customer & Business Support Assistant who will enjoy working in an environment of continuous change and improvement.

You will be educated to SVQ level 2 or equivalent, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the drive to ‘make it happen’ in a busy working environment delivering a high quality responsive Customer & Business support service across a diverse range of services.

You will have sound communication, planning and organisation skills, and must be able to work to deadlines within a busy team, ensuring excellent customer service to both internal and external customers. Key tasks will include the co-ordination and arranging of statutory child care reviews and child protection planning meetings; and updating/maintaining spreadsheets and in-house bespoke systems associated with these meetings.

You will have knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office including Outlook Calendar and Teams functions, and an understanding of data protection legislation requirements.

This role will involve some element of hybrid working which will be a combination of home and office working but Service demands will dictate as/when hybrid working will be suitable for the post holder.

You will work 18.5 hours per week, full-day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.

This post is temporary until September 2025 to cover a secondment period.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to carry out a Disclosure Scotland check

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Our client is a solutions focused, design and compliance consultancy, with a proven track record of supporting clients in achieving their required goals.

They are seeking a Business Support Administrator who can help grow the Administration / HR function and provide support to the overall business:

Your daily duties will consist of but not limited to:
* Handle all administration and ad hoc tasks.
* Deal with incoming telephone calls passing to relevant person.
* Produce and format letters, fee proposals, minutes of meeting, e-mails and reports, using audio typing equipment where required.
* Attend and minute meetings.
* Diary management dealing with travel arrangements and dealing with incoming and outgoing mail.
* Ad-hoc tasks to support the teams, when and as required.
Human Resources
* Manage the recruitment and leavers process.
* Staff Inductions
* Handle anything Payroll or Finance related
* Keep all personnel information confidential and updated
* Update records on sickness and paternity / maternity leave
* Management of six-monthly staff appraisals, including coordinating appraisal actions and outputs.
* Management and maintenance of the staff handbook.
* Overseeing holiday purchase system
* Support to Directors for following initiatives: Wellbeing, Young Person Strategy, Fair Working
* Organise training for staff as well as medicals and D& A testing
* Ensure training and medical records kept up to date

Required Experience:

* Educated to HNC/HND or Degree level, with minimum 5 years office experience.
* Excellent knowledge of Microsoft packages, in particular Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.
* Experience of diary management.
* Accurate and fast typing required
* HR experience is desirable

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

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You will be a key member of the Transport Planning team within the Transport Planning Unit of Place Services, assisting with the provision of Transport Planning functions and projects in the Falkirk Council area.

Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the implementation and monitoring of the Council’s Local Transport Strategy and assist with the Local Development Plan.
• Providing analysis and feedback to the Council’s Development Management team and developers on proposed developments/planning applications including trip generation and junction suitability, swept path analysis and recommending and active and sustainable interventions required;
• Providing professional advice and comment on transport issues relating to major development.
• Management of Council’s transport survey programme and budget, including the supervision of casual and contract staff and maintenance/ update of databases.
• Assisting with Council’s input and access to national traffic / trip generation databases.
• Assisting with risk assessments for Transport Planning Unit staff.
• Preparation of technical reports and provide transport data to internal and external clients as appropriate.
• Liaison with internal and external bodies when necessary.
• Preparation of project design briefs to define “client” needs in scheme delivery.
• Responding to general enquiries on transport planning.
• Assisting with transport modelling and economic evaluation for transport proposals.
• Liaising with internal and external bodies as appropriate, in particular to secure the implementation of transport projects.
• Providing professional advice on transportation issues to Members and senior managers of Falkirk Council.
• Assisting with developing and managing the Council's Parking Strategy and Blue Badge scheme
• Liaising with internal and external bodies including other Council services, other Councils, ATCO, SCOTS, Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, Community Councils, Scottish Enterprise, Police Scotland, consultants, Scottish Canals, Network Rail, ScotRail, Sustrans, bus and train operators, contractors, Forth Valley NHS and Forth Environment Link.
• Ensuring that the Service’s responsibilities in relation to Health and Safety are achieved by implementing, promoting and monitoring safe working practices and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and the Corporate and Service Health and Safety Policy.
• Assisting in assessing, providing feedback and monitoring implementation of travel plans (internal and external).

This post sits within the context of the Council progressing a major transformation program towards the ‘Council of the Future’, with investment in transport, economic development and infrastructure related projects intended to be a catalyst for the area’s transition to a greener, more inclusive and prosperous future. Working with the Transport Planning Co-ordinator, this Officer post will have a role in delivering the transport elements of this program.

You should be educated to degree standard in an appropriate discipline and have Chartered status (or be working towards) e.g. CMILT, CTPP or equivalent with relevant experience of working in a transport related environment. It is essential that you are self-motivated and able to operate within a team dynamic. You should have IT skills and experience and sound written and verbal communication skills. A proven ability to manage competing demands and to negotiate effectively will also be expected.

You should have the required skills, knowledge and experience that will make a positive contribution to the delivery of the Council’s Transport Planning function.

Further details of the key responsibilities and requirements of this post are shown in the job profile.

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Can you ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’? To support the Council’s drive to become Council of the Future we are now looking to appoint on a permanent basis a part-time dynamic and enthusiastic Customer & Business Support Officer who will enjoy working in an environment of continuous change and improvement. You will be educated to SVQ level 3 or equivalent, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the drive to ‘make it happen’ in a busy working environment delivering a high quality responsive Customer & Business support service across a diverse range of services. You will have the ability to minute complex multi-agency meetings transcribing these accurately and timeously to meet statutory timescales. Meetings and associated data will be of a highly sensitive nature. You will be involved in attending and minuting a high volume of complex statutory review meetings on a weekly basis and high profile or high risk offenders within Justice Services. You will have sound communication, planning and organisation skills, and must be able to work to deadlines within busy teams ensuring excellent customer service to both internal and external customers. You will have knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and data protection legislation requirements with highly developed I.T. skills. You will have knowledge of Local Authority services. Previous applicants need not apply. If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to carry out a Disclosure Scotland check. You will work 18.5 hours per week. (Wednesday afternoon, full-day Thursday & Friday)

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Job Advert

Can you ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’?

To support the Council’s drive to become Council of the Future we are now looking to appoint on a permanent basis a dynamic and enthusiastic Customer & Business Support Assistant who will enjoy working in an environment of continuous change and improvement.

You will be educated to SVQ level 2 or equivalent, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the drive to ‘make it happen’ in a busy working environment delivering a high-quality responsive Customer & Business support service across a diverse range of services.

Ideally you will possess strong written and oral communication skills, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office, Call handling and data protection legislation requirements.

You must be able to work accurately to deadlines within a busy team ensuring excellent customer support to both internal and external customers.

This role will involve some element of hybrid working which will be a combination of home and office working but Service demands will dictate as/when hybrid working will be suitable for the post holder.

If you are the successful candidate, you will be required to carry out a Disclosure Scotland check.

Multiple posts available on a permanent and temporary, full time and part time basis.

Various locations throughout the Council area, combining a combination of hybrid and office based roles.

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Our Graduate Scheme is designed to give you a positive start to your career in local government. You will be mainly based in the Planning Team in Falkirk Community Stadium but as a Hybrid Worker will also work from home.

You will provide support and assistance to the Planning Team. You will gain experience in a range of areas of work and will be required to:

• Support the preparation of the Statutory Development Plan.
• Collect, analyse and present planning and environmental data
• Process local development planning applications.
• Fulfil enforcement duties.

You will have an HND or above in Planning, environmental, social or economic subjects or other recognised relevant subject and should have an understanding and /or experience of land use planning. Knowledge and experience of GIS mapping tools (e.g. ArcGIS) would be advantage, although not essential as training will be given.

You will communicate with internal services, outside agencies and the public.

We look for core skills for all our graduate posts which are:

• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organisation skills
• Project management experience
• Report writing experience
• Team working experience
• Computer skills including use of Microsoft 365
• Ability to use your initiative and organise your own workload

This could be gained through volunteering, internships or student honours projects as well as from previous employment.

For our graduate scheme, it’s desirable for you to have graduated in the last 2 years. If you meet any of the additional desirable criteria below your application will be given priority:

• Care Experienced
• Live in Falkirk Council area
• Currently unemployed/employed for less than 16 hours per week
• Not working in the professional area you are applying for

You will sometimes be required to travel to sites or meetings at other premises and in connection with work activities. A full driving licence is desirable (Pool cars are available).

The graduate programme is designed to give you a broad and diverse experience of how Falkirk works, where you can contribute to the delivery of our vision and values.
Your duties and job roles will vary during your programme.

This post is temporary until August 2026.

Please see the attached job profile and information pack.

This post will start in August 2024.

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Can you ‘MAKE IT HAPPEN’?

To support the Council’s transformation, project the Strategic Property Review, we are now looking to appoint on a temporary basis, a dynamic and enthusiastic Customer & Business Support Officer who will enjoy working in an environment of continuous change and improvement.

You will be helping support the 3 Customer & Business Support teams across Place Services with a range of duties.

You will be educated to SVQ level 3 or equivalent, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the drive to ‘make it happen’ in a busy working environment delivering a high quality responsive Customer & Business support service across a diverse range of services.

You will have sound communication, planning and organisation skills, and must be able to work to deadlines within busy teams, ensuring excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.

You will have knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and data protection legislation requirements with highly developed I.T. skills.

You will have knowledge of Local Authority services.

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Our Graduate Scheme is designed to give you a positive start to your career in local government. You will be mainly based in the HSCP Planning and Performance Team in Falkirk Community Stadium but as a Hybrid Worker will also work from home.

You will provide support and assistance to the HSCP Planning and Performance Team. The role will have a particular emphasis on participation & engagement and communications. You will gain experience in a range of areas of work such as …...

• Service planning
• Project management
• Research and data analysis.

You will work across the HSCP with services such as home care, residential care, assessment and care management teams, mental health services and Allied Health Professionals.

You will have an HND or above in Social Policy, Communications, Data Analysis, Politics or other recognised relevant subject. We’ll also be looking for you to have an understanding and /or experience of health and social care.

We look for core skills for all our graduate posts which are:

• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organisation skills
• Project management experience
• Report writing experience
• Team working experience
• Computer skills including use of Microsoft 365
• Ability to use your initiative and organise your own workload

This could be gained through volunteering, internships or student honours projects as well as from previous employment.

For our graduate scheme, it’s desirable for you to have graduated in the last 2 years. If you meet any of the additional desirable criteria below your application will be given priority:

• Care Experienced
• Live in Falkirk Council area
• Currently unemployed/employed for less than 16 hours per week
• Not working in the professional area you are applying for

You will sometimes be required to travel to sites or meetings at other premises and in connection with work activities. A full driving licence is desirable (Pool cars are available).

The graduate programme is designed to give you a broad and diverse experience of how Falkirk works, where you can contribute to the delivery of our vision and values.
Your duties and job roles will vary during your programme.

This post is temporary until August 2026 due to a temporary project.

Please see the attached job profile and information pack.

This post will start in August 2024.

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Falkirk Council Transformation, Communities and Corporate Services is inviting applications to undertake the role of Management Systems Officer. This is an excellent opportunity to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems across the operational areas of Housing & Communities and Place Services.

You will advise management on the interpretation of British and International Standards and any other Council of the Future initiatives in order that statutory, contractual, and quality requirements are met.

You will develop, implement, and maintain a documented management system including Manuals, Procedures, Work Instructions and associated forms and records together with an appropriate document control system.

You will have sound analytical skills and knowledge and experience to determine opportunities for continuous improvement by analysis of statistical information.

You will be required to Implement the approved audit programme, Conduct Systems Audits, external Supplier, and potential supplier audits to ISO 9001, to ensure that the requirements of the organisation are met.

You will be required to develop and facilitate training of staff to meet the needs of the management system.

You will demonstrate a flexible approach and an ability to work as an enthusiastic and professional advocate for Falkirk Council with a range of stakeholders and users.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please contact Helen Fraser, Management Systems Officer Team Leader at helen.fraser@falkirk.gov.uk

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