Total 51 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 2BG

Are you an experienced School Business Manager with a dynamic outlook?

I am working with a inclusive and innovative KS3 and KS4 Pupil Referral Unit who is looking for a committed School Business Manager who can make a difference in the workplace.

This school is a centre of excellence in alternative provision offering academic and vocational qualifications to students from within the local authority, alongside a short stay provision to provide supportive interventions for identified mainstream students, and an outreach team providing targeted support to secondary students within mainstream schools.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

- Management of the strategy and operation of business functions within the school, including ICT

- Financial Management, including budget and procurement

- Ensuring maintenance of Health and Safety, facilities management

- Human resources management

- General management of team and administration

Experience required:

• Experience of managing a budget of £3.5million +
• Experience of proactively commissioning and developing partnerships with external providers of services
• Experience of negotiating and agreeing contracts
• Experience working in a school or college setting at a management level
• Experience of working with local authorities, parents, professionals and other stakeholders within an educational setting
• Experience of effectively leading and managing people

This is a full time, 52 week permanent role with the opportunity to work from home during the holidays.

If you have the relevant experience in a role like this and you would like to work in a diverse school that offers opportunities to grow as a leader, we would love to hear from you. If you know of anyone who would be, we have a fantastic refer a friend scheme.

A specialist contact lens manufacturer based in Leighton Buzzard are looking for a full time Contact Lens Technician to work within the tinting department.

Contact Lens Technician- The Role

• To receive inspected product from QC Laboratory and to tint the product according to customer requirements, ensuring finished work is to a good quality and tint parameters measure within set company tolerances pre-sterilisation.
• To reject any non-conforming product.
• To prepare product for final packaging.
• To complete final checks of the product post-sterilisation before despatch (colour checking, labelling/completion checking)
• To adhere to all Health and Safety policies/procedures.
• To process orders through the Tinting Department in a timely fashion.
• Assist in the smooth running of the company by assisting other areas when required.

Contact Lens Technician - Requirements

• Previous experience of working in optics
• Must have experience of handing contact lenses
• Able to understand optical terminology
• High level of accuracy

Salary and Further Details

• Salary -£ 23,795.20 - £24,984.96 DOE
• Monday to Friday - 8am to 4.30pm
• Working 40 hours a week
• Extensive Training Programme
• 2 x 15 mins tea breaks - paid
• 1 x 30 min lunch - unpaid
• Pension salary sacrifice, 3% / 5% ratio
• Eye care vouchers for annual eye tests
• Free "company made" contact lenses
• Company Wellbeing program

To apply for this role please send a copy of your CV or call 0114 238 1726 for more information.

Salary Range: Band 7 £29,777 - £33,945 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2027

What is the role?

The Transport Planning Team is looking to recruit a Technical Transport Planner to support delivery of our residents' parking programme. As a Technical Transport Planner, you will be responsible for supporting the provision of advice on transport planning issues, contribute to the development of transport policy and strategy, deliver solutions to varied and complex parking issues, and engage and consult with councillors, community groups and residents.

What you’ll need to succeed

You will have a relevant degree level education such as geography or transport planning preferred OR demonstrable equivalent professional experience is essential. You will have an understanding of the social and environmental impacts of transport.

You will have excellent writing skills including the ability to write clear, basic and appropriate information for reports, articles and briefing papers including technical and Cabinet reports where necessary as well as financial and budget management skills.

You will also have well-developed project delivery skills, including skills for coordination, liaison, and the ability to plan and monitor project plans in order to achieve major projects on time and within budget. If you can work independently and proactively, along with the ability to prioritise and are able to make decisions and think through complex and conflicting issues whilst managing competing priorities then we would love to hear from you.

What next

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• 27 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view the benefits of working with us!

https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

A commitment to our values

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours

How to apply

To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.

When completing your application please also upload a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section, giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. This is really important or you are not likely to be shortlisted

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Salary Range: Band 10 £40,220 - £44,428 p.a.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2027

Your new role

The Transport Planning Team is looking to recruit a Principal Transport Planner to deliver our residents' parking programme and support other transport projects such as our car club and mobility hubs. As a Principal Transport Planner, you will be responsible for the provision of expert advice on strategic transport issues, particularly those regarding parking provision. This role has a focus on the development of transport strategy, including delivery of our Portsmouth Transport Strategy and Parking Strategy. As well as developing emerging transport policy and strategy, your work will help to shape a number of high-profile pieces of work. You will engage and consult with councillors, external stakeholders and residents on transport planning issues addressing varied and complex issues.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have a relevant degree level education OR demonstrable equivalent professional experience. Membership of a professional body is desirable but not essential. You will be able to communicate messages (which may be complicated or sensitive) clearly, concisely and at a level appropriate to the audience, who may not be specialists in transport planning.

You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to represent the service with direction at highly challenging internal/ external meetings, with integrity and confidence. You will be able to put forward persuasive and compelling arguments. You will also have excellent writing skills including the ability to write clear, basic and appropriate information for reports, articles and briefing papers including technical and Cabinet reports where necessary.

You will have the ability to work independently and proactively, with the experience of working in a politically sensitive or with potentially controversial issues. You will also advance the provision of shared transport modes within the city through the development of effective working relationships with operators, other local authorities and key stakeholders.

If you have a customer focused approach to work which promotes your passion to deliver excellent service and continuous improvement on transport issues for the City's residents, then we would love to hear from you.

Please review the full job profile for all the details of the role.

What you'll get in return

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• 27 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view all the benefits of working with us!

https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

A commitment to our values

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours

How to apply

To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.

When completing your application please also upload a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section, giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. This is really important or you are not likely to be shortlisted

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Based in Luton, Capability Green

We Put People First so you can Deliver Outstanding Service

We are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our team in Luton, acting as the trusted advisor to the Operations team and supporting the Finance Business Partners.

You will be expected to create legible and informative reports, ensuring that the financial aspects and impact of contracts are clear to all parties, supporting the delivery of projects.

At Churchill, doing right is at the heart of our values. This is why we will provide you with all the tools, training, support and resources that you need to develop in your career.

As an Assistant Finance Business Partner you’ll be:

• Assisting in providing financial business partnering to the Operational Leads to ensure their strategic and operational financial goals are delivered.
• Ensuring that that all contracts are correctly accounted for, and closely monitored.
• Assisting in completion of month end and subsequent delivery of high-quality monthly management accounts and reporting, including headcount reporting, variance analysis and appropriate commentary.
• Monitoring and reporting of commercial issues and procedures through monthly contract reviews.
• Supporting management of budget and continually identify ways to improve cost performance.
• Ad-hoc analysis and projects to support the needs of the business.

As an Assistant Finance Business Partner you’ll have:

• Ability to work with transactional detail with management reporting, budgeting, and forecasting experience.
• Experience with translating large amounts of data into tables and legible reports.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and intermediate MS Excel including Pivot Tables and V-lookups
• Initiative and influences change through an “investigative” and “can do” approach and attitude to all tasks
• Resilience and able to work in an organisation that is undergoing change due to development and growth.
• An accountancy qualification ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA is preferred

What we offer you

The opportunity to be part of one of the fastest growing specialist FM providers in the UK. This means that as our teams continue to grow, so can you.

The good stuff

• We are employee-owned, making you a beneficiary of our future success
• 33 days leave including bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and sick pay
• 24hr online GP access as well as mental health, wellness, financial and legal support
• Two paid volunteering days annually – from beach cleans to supporting your local community. You choose…
• More than 250 perks and hundreds of exclusive deals and discounts
• Lots of training, development and apprenticeships opportunities programmes to grow and progress your career
• Our Mosaic committee and Mental Health First Aiders leading the change on all things Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion at Churchill
• All year-round recognition and annual awards programme to thank our shining stars

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Churchill is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer and seeks to attract, develop and retain the best people from the widest network. We’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly, and with respect and dignity.

Reasonable adjustments

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to support you during our recruitment process. We’re happy to help..

Qualifications:

Key Qualifications

• AAT
• Degree and or Project Management qualification desirable
• GCSE A-C or equivalent (at least 3)

Keywords:

Finance ManagerLutonCapability Green

We are recruiting an HR Business Partner to support our Operation Centres in the South of the country, to work remotely and ideally be based in the Beds & Bucks areas.

Copart UK employs approximately 1,200 teammates in 15 national operations centres and 3 head office locations based in Bedfordshire. The Human Resources team is responsible for contributing to the development of people strategy, through close cooperation with business leaders and a comprehensive framework of policies and procedures. This includes responsibility for the following areas:

• End to end employment life-cycle
• Performance management
• Employee relations
• Employee engagement
• Development and retention

Reporting to our HR Manager, as HR Business Partner you are responsible for working in close partnership with a number of stakeholders, at varied levels of seniority, in relation to the business's strategic people priorities.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Providing the strategic link between HR and management, through the provision of high-quality support, advice and guidance.
• Driving a culture of high performance, continuously reviewing processes and procedures where necessary.
• Partnering managers in the recruitment process and having personal involvement in management hires.
• Being an active and influential player, enabling the effective diagnosis of people issues and developing effective people management solutions.
• Partnering managers in areas such as reward, employee relations, talent, performance, organisation development and change, culture, leadership and learning and development.
• Challenging, provoking and coaching managers to engage employees and build effective people capabilities.
• Driving the raising of the performance bar and building a strong and rigorous development culture.
• Providing employee relations advice to managers with practical support and overseeing end to end ER casework.
• Delivering HR projects, as and when required by the HR Director, or other senior management.
• Liaising with Human Resources teammates to ensure training is consistent and adequate.
• Monitoring, measuring and reporting training issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.

Essential attributes

• HR degree, or equivalent CIPD qualification
• At least 3 years experience in an HR Business Partner, Generalist or Advisor role
• Passionate about engagement
• Complete knowledge of the employee life-cycle
• An ambitious, energetic and dedicated individual, with a passion for driving positive people-related change
• Stakeholder management experience
• Able to interact and influence at all levels
• Excellent communication skills
• IT literate, with strong skills in Microsoft Office and computerised HRIS
• Comfortable presenting HR data to stakeholders
  
  

Desirable attributes

• Experience working with Ceridian Dayforce, or other HRIS

What we offer you in return

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an additional day per year to be used on something special to you
• A further paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Car allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Medicash Cover - look after you and your family by providing a range of positive health care benefits
• Contributory workplace pension plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance cover
• The ability to purchase shares in our successful global company at a discounted rate
• Access to an exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out, and utility bills for the home
• Access to our employee assistance programme

Copart are an equal opportunity employer, proudly hiring a diverse workforce. Discrimination is expressly forbidden and we therefore kindly welcome all applications.

An exiting opportunity has arisen within the Bedford Borough Council Finance team for a CCAB/CIMA qualified Finance Business Partner working in the Technical Team. Bedford Borough Council is one of the fastest growing unitary authorities and there are some inspiring projects in the pipeline, where a determined, detail focused candidate could make a real difference.

Bedford's Finance team is designed to be an effective partner to the service: driving decisions upfront to improve performance, including Bedford's diverse capital programme, which includes road and rail upgrades. We are now looking for a motivated and enthusiastic finance professional to join our team.

You will be responsible for delivering the Councils Financial Statements in line with statutory requirements and timescales, managing the Council's Technical Accounting functions including Capital Strategy and Planning and Treasury Management.

You must be able to work at pace and have excellent communication skills as you will be talking to a wide range of financial and non finance stakeholders. You will have a broad remit, access to wider developmental opportunities and the support of experienced finance professionals throughout the team.



The Council is committed to offering you a good work life balance, which includes its flexitime and agile working arrangements, including the ability to work both from home and the office.

The role is full-time (37 hours) and permanent, applications for flexible working will be considered. Applications are made via CV, however candidates are encouraged to tailor their CV to demonstrate their experience in similar roles and how they meet the person specification.

For an informal discussion please contact Rhiain Bevan on 01234 276740 or rhiain.bevan@bedford.gov.uk

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Finance Project Support Coordinator

Permanent

Location: Hybrid, Luton- X2 days a week

Salary: £30, 000 - £35, 000 DOE

The Role

We are looking for a Finance Project Support Coordinator to join our Global Managed Services Finance Team. The Finance Project team support the business by working closely with Project Managers, Developers, Operations and back-office Finance teams to efficiently deliver the finance workstream for projects such as Implementation of new customers, local and global expansions, customer exits, internal finance system improvements, process reviews, troubleshooting management and supporting the wider finance team as required

Key Responsibilities:

• Support finance project lead in the planning and delivery of projects ensuring timelines are met
• Assist with the coordination of project activities, resources and deliverables
• Organise meetings and record minutes ensuring key decision points and actions are accurately captured
• Maintain project and process documentation
• Serve as a point of contact for project stakeholders, providing updates and addressing inquiries
• Liaise with project SMEs to follow up on outstanding actions
• Support with the hyper care of delivered projects and process handover to the business
• Appropriate escalation of issues that impact on completion of tasks within set timescales
• Administrative tasks to support the Project lead and Finance teams as required

About You:

• Knowledge of project planning or experience working in a project support environment
• Intermediate excel skills
• Proficiency in math and English
• Excellent organisation and planning skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with various stakeholders
• Motivated and conscientious with desire to lead by example and demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible and confident working in a fast-paced environment with competing demands and priorities
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to pick new systems up quickly
• Fast learner with appetite for problem solving
• Demonstrates understanding of when a decision can be made and when to involve others

We welcome applications from individuals requiring varying levels of flexibility, our supportive and highly experienced team will provide you with the full details of the role.

You are guaranteed an interview if you can demonstrate that you can meet the role requirements above and have a disability /long-term health condition - just tell us when applying for the role. Our interview guarantee also applies to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses applying. We also recognise the value people with previous convictions can bring to society and are proud to be a "Ban the Box" employer.

We genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team and we welcome people from all backgrounds, with different perspectives and experiences to work with us. We cannot, and will never discriminate against anyone based on, race, ethnicity, national origin, colour, sex, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, disability status, family or parental status, age, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity. At Guidant Global everyone has the freedom to give their opinion, build their career path and be part of a cooperative and supportive team. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process please do let us know. In your application please feel free to note which pronouns you use.

Your new role

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Planner to join our team in the East region. As a Planner within the Performance Assurance and Business Services team, you will develop, manage and maintain the master schedule delivery programme for the region for in-year and future year programmes.

Please note that this position can be based from either of our Bedford or Cambridge offices.

What you'll be leading on

• Compile and maintain the master view of yearly scheme schedules and delivery plans for the region, supporting the 'one programme' vision.
• Proactively challenge project plans and identify opportunities to optimise the combining of works as part of regional collaboration initiatives or efficiency opportunities.
• Maintain and update the scheme progress on a regular basis with consistent use of project controls.
• Provide programme status and variance reports including those to fully support internal month end and year end reporting
• Lead on provision of key programme information including forecast/actual dates and outputs.
• Develop strong working relationships and ensure continual liaison and collaboration with Scheme Delivery and Service Delivery colleagues, other National Highways stakeholders and third-party suppliers in producing, reviewing and updating the in-year programme.
• Take an active role in collaborative planning initiatives, visual planning meetings and meetings that seek to maximise efficiencies across Operations to co-ordinate works and opportunities identified.

To be successful you'll need

• Advanced use of planning project software e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6 and appropriate Time/Location GIS Visualisation tools
• Understanding of planning theory; critical path analysis, linking, float, re-scheduling, maintaining and tracking base-lines, etc is desirable
• Understanding of project management disciplines
• Experience in developing, maintaining and scheduling complex programmes
• Understanding of Collaborative Planning techniques is desirable
• Recognised qualification in a programming discipline or similar

A bit about us

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Must have Clinical Coding experience.

The post holder will provide an effective, accurate, timely, and consistent clinical coding service to the Trust and ensure all coding expectations are achieved, assisting in business intelligence outcomes and audits where appropriate.
• You will be expected to promote continuous improvement in data quality by keeping abreast of development and innovations in the medical, surgical, and coding disciplines. This role forms a key member of the data quality team, which aims to provide credible, accurate, complete, and timely data for the Trust.
• To review deceased patients and maintain higher SHMI performance for Bedfordshire Hospitals;
• To be proficient in the Trust’s many IT systems, including iPM, Viper, Medicode, ICE, Clinical Correspondence, MediViewer/Evolve (for ERDMS) and the Clinical Income Dashboard system;
• To review, on an on-going basis, clinical coding standards adopted within the Trust and to ensure by personal monitoring and peer review that these standards are being achieved by all coding staff;
• To liaise with other disciplines as required regarding data clarification, in order to support data quality;
• To have a comprehensive understanding of the Hospital Administrative systems to validate and correct errors, to ensure patient information is recorded accurately to support Information, Clinical Governance and Data Quality standards;
• To investigate, and correct complex clinical coding data rejected or queried by recipient information systems and advise the Data Standards Manager of such problems that could impact on Trust Performance.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.
• To abstract and analyse complex information in the patient’s case notes or other source of documents and translate the medical terminology into clinical codes to the provisions of ICD-10 and OPCS-4 and Clinical Coding Manual, and to input the coded information on to the organization’s clinical information system.
• To maintain national coding standards and adhere to national and international conventions to assign uniform codes, which represent a complete picture of the patient’s hospital stay.
• In accordance with expertise and knowledge gained through all training/educational processes, code to profession standards and conventions, and to ensure the high quality clinical coded data are provided with agreed time scales. This will require focus, motivational negotiation, and judgement.
• To be able to work under pressure maintaining accuracy especially around monthly closedown and the refresh period.
• To check the accuracy of admissions, transfer and discharge details in the patient’s medical record and to identify errors on the clinical information system.
• To answer Clinical Commissioning Group challenges in code assignment in a timely manner.
• Coding business analysts are required to create and maintain strong stakeholder engagement with Consultants and their clinical teams to ensure quality and depth of clinical coding is achieved. In order to achieve this they are required to communicate complex coding rules to various medical, clinical and administrative staff at all levels. Communication can be via telephone, in person, written, or by email.
• The ability to challenge, question and clarify by reasonable argument the adherence to national standards relating to clinical coding.
• To act as mentor to less experienced coding staff in understanding clinical coding rules. PbR and HRG (Healthcare Resource Groups), therefore having a sound knowledge of these processes themselves.

Failure to code accurately could lead to hundreds of thousands of pounds of lost income for the Trust.
• To manage and prioritise own workload for designated areas within the department.
• To be proficient in the Trust’s many IT systems, including iPM, ICE, Clinical Correspondence, Evolve (for ERDMS) and the Clinical Income Dashboard system.
• To access the Trust histopathological database (ICE) to extract the relevant information when assigning appropriate clinical codes.
• To liaise and attend meetings with clinicians and other medical staff on a regular basis to ensure that defined data quality standards are met, and maintain an ongoing expertise in order to discuss and validate complex clinical data and procedures with clinicians.
• Understand the impact of coded data on the business aspects of the Trust, and thus be able to provide the information and advice to all health professionals and administrative staff of the nature and complexity of clinical coding and its purposes in areas such as patient care, clinical governance, clinical audit, finance, budgeting, data quality and research.
• To maintain a portfolio of evidence and professional accreditation through attendance and participation in ongoing internal and external training programmes; continuously updating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology and its applications to clinical coding.
• To work as part of the team to supervise and support the training of new and less experienced coders; providing cover for colleagues as and when required; assisting with regular internal audits of clinical coding and in the customisation of the coding process (systems and procedures) to further the efficiency within the Trust – with awareness of local agreed variations to coding rules on proposed changes, as well as report to the Clinical Coding Manager any contradictions to national guidelines.
• Maintain a flexible attitude and response to change in job content or organisation in order to maintain or improve the quality of service provided to patients, the Trust, and to other customers.
• To visit hospital wards and other departments as necessary to view source documents (case notes) required to complete coding; to collect source document sheets (e.g. discharge summaries); to take reasonable steps to chase up outstanding source data. Source documents will increasingly include electronic records.
• To participate in discussions within the coding business group to facilitate improvements surrounding coding problems and issues with data quality, as well as providing meaningful reports and presentations at monthly departmental and stakeholder meetings.
• To plan and prioritise own workload to meet departmental expectations and to advise the leadership team of any hindrance to the achievement of desired outcomes for the coding service.
• To assist in the continuing development and expansion of the Clinical Coding Department in order that high quality data can be collected and produced without delays.
• Quality and Assurance checks on junior and senior coders. Providing a detailed report based on 15 case studies a week highlighting areas of concern.
• Participating in monthly Income Recovery projects.
• Working alongside the Waiting List team to provide them with accurate codes for diagnosis and procedures.
• To assist with the development of departmental policies.
• To undertake all reasonable requests from the Head of Clinical Coding Services.
• To maintain the strictest confidentiality.


This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Oct 2024

Salary Range: Band 10 £40,220 - £44,428 p.a.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Why work in Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With a fast-growing university, high-tech industries and a vibrant cultural scene, Portsmouth is a modern city that looks to the future, but which is proud of its unique heritage as the home of the Royal Navy and historic dockyard. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work.

Your new role

The Transport Delivery Team is looking to recruit expertise in project management to enable delivery of a portfolio of strategic and high-profile projects across the spectrum of its services, including digitisation, active travel, road safety, parking management and future transport solutions such as electric vehicle infrastructure.

You will own, develop and deliver the total lifecycle of Transport projects to the agreed time, quality and budgets in support of the vision and objectives of the Portsmouth Transport Strategy and national transport priorities. You will manage projects that are complex, introducing novel technology or new business tools.

You will enable effective reporting of the performance of projects to the Project Board, Programme Manager and to the Senior User(s), identifying issues and providing potential solutions.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have a recognised project management qualification or demonstrable equivalent project management experience.

You will be able to demonstrate effective delivery of the project lifecycle from brief through to closure.

You will be able to communicate verbal messages (which may be complicated or sensitive) clearly, concisely and at a level appropriate to the audience. You will be able to manage multi-disciplinary teams, work with external consultants and procuring contractors. You will be able to demonstrate successful management of large and complex project budgets.

You will have the ability to represent the service at challenging internal/ external meetings, with integrity and confidence and have excellent communication skills to put forward persuasive and compelling arguments.

You will keep up to date with best practice in the profession, seeking innovative approaches to transport issues and developing best practice solutions. You will be able to lead and manage transport projects strategically with the ability to make connections between disparate issues, and creatively combine solutions to solve multiple problems.

If you have a customer focused approach to work which promotes your passion to deliver excellent service and continuous improvement on transport issues for the City's residents, then we would love to hear from you.

Expertise in delivering transport projects is desirable, but not essential.

The role is offered with hybrid working, but all staff are contractually required to spend a minimum of two days in the office.

What you'll get in return

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• 27 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view all the benefits of working with us!

https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

A commitment to our values

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours

How to apply

To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.

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At K3 Capital Group we're undergoing a transformation of our IT function, a combination of insourcing infrastructure services and
building bespoke applications (including no/low code). A particular focus includes data services and driving business process
efficiencies through automation / digitisation.




To support this we have created a brand new position as Business Analyst, with typical responsibilities such as:

* Gathering / clarifying scope of requirements, ensuring full understanding of the business problem that needs to be addressed
and what outcomes need to be achieved for a successful delivery.
* Analysing business processes, identifying areas for improvements and developing strategies to enhance efficiency and
productivity.
* Actively working with key stakeholders to understand their business areas and use of technology to support their business
processes. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
* Gathering information from a variety of sources using the most appropriate techniques for the situation, including facilitating
workshops to capture current process, user stories or future operational models.
* Analysing and documenting current business processes and systems functionality using a variety of methods and sources to
validate the information given.
* Driving the effective adoption of solutions by ensuring their impact on business capabilities, business process and the
customer is fully defined and in line with the business and IT strategies.




A key focus will be on stakeholder engagement, requiring someone:

* Skilled at building relationships across operational and delivery teams.
* Has the ability to communicate effectively with both internal IT teams and external solution suppliers to ensure successful
systems integration and clear documentation of end-to-end business processes (technical and non-technical).
* As someone aligned to key business areas, comfortable as the go to person for business requirements and process improvements
becoming an integral part of the team.




Qualifications & experience




Essential

* Relevant Business Analyst experience in a similar role, preferably for a professional services / business advisory firm.
* Proficient in a range of analysis tools including stakeholder analysis, MoSCoW prioritisation, process mapping, gap analysis,
root cause analysis and use case modelling.
* Able to run requirements workshops with groups of senior stakeholders.
* Experience at applying data and insight to inform decision making
* Proven experience in embedding change into operational environments offering coaching a support to individuals if required.
* Experience of the full IT development lifecycle.
* Knowledge of Process Mapping Software such as Microsoft Visio, Miro, Lucidchart or BPMN Tools




Desirable

* Partial or full ISEB accreditation in Business or Systems Analysis.
* Experience of business process improvement using formal methods such as Lean Six Sigma.
* Knowledge of CRM, workflow systems and / or data platforms / BI & MI tools.
* Experience of hands on use of low/no code tools such as Pega, Saleforce, Creatio, MS Dynamics & Power BI.




This role is aligned to our hybrid workstyle, predominantly based from home with travel to the Bolton office 1-2 days per week and
potentially other UK offices such as London on an infrequent basis.

The Role:

• Managing a team of Drivers who deliver across the UK but predominately within London and the M25 zone.
• You will have autonomy and responsibility for managing the costs and purchases within transport (buying new fleet, maintenance contracts, purchasing of fuel and ad-blue) etc
• Utilising your knowledge to maximise efficiencies in planning routes (considering, the relevant zones and charges for driving in London and M25 areas)
• Support, training and assisting drivers with daily issues (VOR's, delivery queries)
• Manage all transport compliance (Driving regulations in line with legal requirements
• Plan and communicate multi drop routes.
• Scheduling all servicing and MOTs of the fleet.
• Recruiting and managing all staff within transport (currently a team of 3 people)
• Communicate and work with the General Manager and Operations Manager to maximise efficiencies across the department and to work with internal teams (Warehouse & Sales) to help meet the overall objectives of our company.

We are seeking a Junior Project Manager to join the Business Change and Implementation team.

You'll be using your project management skills to assist and manage projects on a day-to-day basis, ensuring project briefs are fully delivered and the appropriate solution landed.

Blue Arrow is a leading global Talent Acquisition and Managed Workforce Solutions provider. Blue Arrow specialises in staffing for Admin & Secretarial including Call Centre, Transport & Logistics, Hospitality & Catering, Manufacturing & Production and Public Sector.

We have been named as a Financial Times Diversity Leader, awarded Best Companies three-star rating, the highest possible level representing organisations that excel at world class levels of workplace engagement and we continue to be an Investors in People Platinum employer - the highest accolade that can be achieved. Making Blue Arrow a truly great place to work.

At Blue Arrow, we genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because we know it makes us a stronger, better business. We are searching for people that share our excitement and passion for what we do, and we will continue to grow our #OneBlueFamily with brilliant people from all different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, celebrating our differences and knowing that collectively we make the difference.

We're a team of high-achievers we're also parents, mentors, gym-goers, animal-lovers, bakers, music-lovers and so much more. We're Blue Arrow, and we're dedicated to Enhancing Your Everyday with our people-first priorities, Progression, Purpose, Teamwork, Rewards and Performance.

Sound like something you want to be a part of? Here's what you need to know about being a Junior Project Manager.

You'll be supported by our advanced technology systems; at Blue Arrow we embrace hybrid working and are committed to maximising wellbeing and offer our people the flexibility to work remotely from home after onboarding.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce and manage the project plan
• Attending client meetings nationally with some overnight stays so you'll need to drive and have access to a car
• Working from our Luton offices occasionally for project related tasks
• Coordinate project management activities and resources
• Liaise with clients to identify and define project requirements, scope, and objectives
• Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management
• Make sure that clients' needs are met as projects evolve
• Analyse risks and opportunities
• Monitor project progress, handle and/or escalate any issues that arise
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Project Manager to define project strategies and objectives
• Report progress to key stakeholders and plan the handover to business as usual
• Arrange and conduct a wash up meeting at the end of each project and document outcome
• Facilitate effective communication among project teams, stakeholders, and external vendors
• Ensure resource availability and allocation to meet project timelines and deliverables
• Make sure all customer relationships are on a journey to achieving high road recruitment practises
• Be certain all current employment laws, legislative is maintained during every project

Some of the Benefits we offer:

• Salary 30-35k
• Hybrid working from home and occasionally from our Luton office
• Dedicated structured support for new starters, including performance and development support, goal setting and advice on navigating your way through your new job
• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) increasing by length of service until it reaches 30 days
• Focused wellbeing programme, including access to a network of mental health first aiders and a full subscription to the Calm mindfulness app
• Your Birthday off and you can buy extra holidays
• Fully paid day off for charity work of your choice
• Wide range of flexible and lifestyle benefits

Proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer, we are committed to being a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying. We are also a forces-friendly employer and extend the same interview guarantee to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses/partners applying.To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

RSS Global is a portfolio of brands specialising in staffing and workforce solutions in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific. Our brands include Blue Arrow, Career Teachers, Chadwick Nott, Global Medics, Litmus, Medacs Healthcare and Tate.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here https://www.rssglobal.com/privacy-policy/

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are seeking a Project Manager to join the Business Change and Implementation team.
You'll be using your project management experience and skills to manage projects on a day-to-day basis, ensuring project briefs are fully delivered and the appropriate solution landed.

Blue Arrow is a leading global Talent Acquisition and Managed Workforce Solutions provider. Blue Arrow specialises in staffing for Admin & Secretarial including Call Centre, Transport & Logistics, Hospitality & Catering, Manufacturing & Production and Public Sector. We have been named as a Financial Times Diversity Leader, awarded Best Companies three-star rating, the highest possible level representing organisations that excel at world class levels of workplace engagement and we continue to be an Investors in People Platinum employer - the highest accolade that can be achieved. Making Blue Arrow a truly great place to work.

At Blue Arrow, we genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because we know it makes us a stronger, better business. We are searching for people that share our excitement and passion for what we do, and we will continue to grow our #OneBlueFamily with brilliant people from all different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, celebrating our differences and knowing that collectively we make the difference. We're a team of high-achievers we're also parents, mentors, gym-goers, animal-lovers, bakers, music-lovers and so much more. We're Blue Arrow, and we're dedicated to Enhancing Your Everyday with our people-first priorities, Progression, Purpose, Teamwork, Rewards and Performance.

Sound like something you want to be a part of? Here's what you need to know about being a Project Manager.
You'll be supported by our advanced technology systems; at Blue Arrow we embrace hybrid working and are committed to maximising wellbeing and offer our people the flexibility to work remotely from home after onboarding.

Key responsibilities will include:

* Responsible for the overall management and successful delivery new client change projects
* Attending client meetings nationally with some overnight stays you'll need to drive and have access to a car
* Working from our Luton offices occasionally for project related tasks
* Build and maintain strong relationships between key stakeholders
* Complete analysis of internal, existing and prospective clients' challenges (due diligence)
* Conduct gap analysis on both internal and external projects (Organisation, Process and System)
* Support with client contractual negotiation on business wins
* Ensure that all customer relationships are on a journey to achieving high road recruitment practises
* Identify, manage and communicate to internal and external key stakeholders throughout the project
* Create Business Cases and produce and manage the project plan
* Produce, build and challenge the project brief
* Implement a communication plan bespoke for each project
* Identify and manage risks and issues
* Procure required resources
* Lead the project team and manage cross functional teams throughout the project lifecycle
* Build and trial potential solutions
* Responsible for ensuring that costs are implemented in-line with the costing model and account P&L
* Ensure that all current employment laws, legislative or otherwise is maintained during every project

Some of the Benefits we offer:

* Salary 40-46k
* Hybrid working from home and occasionally from our Luton office
* Dedicated structured support for new starters, including performance and development support, goal setting and advice on navigating your way through your new job
* 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) increasing by length of service until it reaches 30 days
* Focused wellbeing programme, including access to a network of mental health first aiders and a full subscription to the Calm mindfulness app
* Your Birthday off and you can buy extra holidays
* Fully paid day off for charity work of your choice
* Wide range of flexible and lifestyle benefits

Proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer
We are committed to being a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying. We are also a forces-friendly employer and extend the same interview guarantee to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses/partners applying.
To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use.We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

RSS Global is a portfolio of brands specialising in staffing and workforce solutions in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific. Our brands include Blue Arrow, Career Teachers, Chadwick Nott, Global Medics, Litmus, Medacs Healthcare and Tate.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here https://www.rssglobal.com/privacy-policy/

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme