Total 13 Others level Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Castleford, WF10 2AL

Associate Dentist Jobs in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Four days per week, £14.50 per UDA, large extremely well-equipped site offering excellent private scope. Zest Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

• Associate Dentist
• Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri
• Castleford, West Yorkshire
• £14.50 per UDA
• 4000 UDA
• Large and modern 10 surgery practice, including an in-house lab and implant suite
• High-spec equipment including OPG and 3D Cerec Machine on site
• Established clinical team
• Replacing departing colleague
• Permanent position
• On-site parking
• Excellent career and personal development opportunities
• Established dental practice
• Reference: JG4326

This is a great opportunity to join a large multi-surgery practice, including an in-house lab and an implant suite, with excellent private earning potential. The practice is based in Castleford town centre and offers good links to West Yorkshire and Leeds by car or public transport. The practice has an established clinical team and is also supported by a team of qualified and experienced support staff.

Successful candidates will be GDC registered dentists and have experience of providing NHS dental treatment in the UK.

For further information regarding this dentist position, confidential enquiries can be made by submitting your CV to Zest Dental. All applications and enquiries will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Business Support Officer - Housing, Neighbourhood & Building Services (HNB)

Salary: Band 6 - £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.

37 hours per week - full time - hybrid working can be agreed with the Assistant Director

About the Directorate:

The Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services Directorate is delivering a range of customer-facing services, including building and housing services. It is one of the largest directorates in the city council with a wide and varied mix of functions but all with a core purpose to provide good quality service to our customers, a culture of driving service improvement and generating income.

This role will be part of the building services team who are responsible for the maintenance, repair and construction of assets. You will provide a comprehensive personal support service and report to the Assistant Director of Building Services as well as supporting his management team.

This is an exciting opportunity with a wide-ranging remit and suited to individuals with experience keen to grow and develop.

What is the role?

The Assistant Director for Building Services requires the support of an individual that is up for the challenge, has a desire to learn quickly, interested in building maintenance and construction, dedicated to getting things right the first time and is methodical and organised. You will have excellent communication skills and significant administrative experience to be able to provide immediate support.

The role will support the monitoring and tracking of key actions for the Assistant Director including preparation of materials required for meetings and highlighting any areas of concern. This will include liaison with staff and stakeholders to ensure required actions and activities are carried out.

As a Business Support Officer, you will be a key point of contact for Assistant Directors, Heads of Service and other managers throughout building services and the directorate. Sharing and managing communications, supporting the response to complaints as well as organising, attending, and minuting a wide variety of meetings both in person and via Teams. You will work closely with other Business Support Officers and the Executive Personal Assistant to the Director and will need to establish good working relationships with these and other key contacts across the directorate.

The role is part of the business support arrangements for the directorate, and you will be part of a team of officers with similar roles across the directorate working collaboratively together to ensure the smooth operation of business support arrangements. The role plays a key part in conveying a professional and positive image for the directorate and will be a positive ambassador for the work of Portsmouth City Council.

For full details of the role please click HERE for the job profile!

Who is the person?

You need to:

• Be proficient in the use of IT systems including M365 applications including Word, PowerPoint
• Have a good understanding of the importance of measures and data and the ability to confidently create and use Excel spreadsheets to extract and analyse data.
• Have excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines, adapting quickly to reprioritise workloads at short notice.
• Have the ability to confidently manage multiple diaries, arranging meetings using Outlook while being considerate of conflicting priorities.
• Have excellent communication and people skills, both written and verbal with a confident telephone manner and good literacy and numeracy skills
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Data Protection and the importance of confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
• Show an understanding of Portsmouth City Council's structure and responsibilities.
• Be flexible in the timing of working hours to support the demands of the work.
• Possess a high level of self-motivation, ability to self-manage and use you own initiative to solve problems.
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a busy office environment, performing administration duties to a high standard with a large degree of autonomy.

If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please call Colette Hill on 023 9283 4872 or email at colette.hill@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or Lois.Lanning@portsmouthcc.gov.uk .

Closing date: 15th November 2024.

We may close this advert early if we receive many applications of a good standard.

Assessment Centre: 27th November 2024

Interview date: 28th November 2024

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile!

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays
• We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Salary: Band 5, £24,362 to £26,073 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)

Closing date: Sunday 3 November 2024, 23:59

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

The Children and Families Services helps supports and protects Portsmouth's most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city's Looked after Children. Going forward, the service and its Business Support function will embrace change, have a strong and sharp focus on exceptional customer care, and will respond flexibly and effectively to transformational developments.

Your New Role:

You will provide high quality administrative business support within the Fostering Team. The team recruit new foster carers and provide ongoing support to existing foster carers, and you will play a vital part in the Business Support Administrative functions to ensure the smooth-running of business processes. You will take minutes, deal with inquiries and correspondence, book meetings, maintain files, and carry out a wide variety of administrative tasks. You will also support preparations for Ofsted inspections and for Fostering Panels. You will initially be fully office-based for training, moving to hybrid working later.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You have strong administrative skills with experience of working in an administrative/customer-focused role, and ideally also experience in Children and Families Services. You have excellent communication skills and are a good listener, able to demonstrate empathy and sensitivity when handling difficult and upsetting situations. You can develop a good professional rapport with colleagues, and work flexibly, both independently and as part of a team. You have the ability, drive and enthusiasm to develop and implement new working practices and procedures. You are organised and accurate, and you have experience of using databases and Microsoft Office.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Suzy Zammit, Business Support Team Leader, Suzanne.Zammit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 107

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

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.

Please note that we may shortlist as we receive applications, so this advert may close earlier than the given date.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Salary: Band 9, £36,647 to £40,220 per annum

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Sunday 3 November 2024, 23:59

Interviews in week commencing Monday 18 November 2024

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

The IT Service is a trusted service provider with significant experience in delivering high quality IT service delivery and infrastructure. We pride ourselves on understanding our partners' requirements and ensuring we work with them to deliver the right tools to help them achieve their outcomes. Our service portfolio includes IT service management, business engagement and consultancy, internet and internal network services including data centre commissioning and hosting, applications and system support. As a service, our ethos is to value others and focus on what’s important to Portsmouth City Council and the outcomes for its customers. Working in partnership with our partners within PCC, our aim is to provide them with the technology and support to enable them to deliver the best possible service to the residents and businesses of Portsmouth.

Your New Role:

You will ensure that all solutions are implemented and configured to meet business needs by understanding historical data, business practice, future requirements, system functionality and capability. You will provide application support, advice and guidance to system users and owners to promote efficient, effective and accurate recording. You will carry out change request triage and ensure changes are managed and tested, and that risks are minimised. You will use your excellent negotiation and communication skills to influence positive outcomes, and will be a key member of the Mosaic Support Team, providing expertise and guidance.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You have high-level comprehension of the Mosaic Software Application and of children's social care and safeguarding, and a good understanding of the YJB Core + Software Application Development Life Cycle. You are innovative, creative and an excellent communicator. You are accurate and efficient, with an excellent eye for detail, and are consistent, supportive, proactive and flexible in the way you deliver. You are committed to delivering exceptional customer service. You are educated to degree level or equivalent or have the required relevant experience.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

David Nardini, Business Application Development Manager, David.Nardini@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 688 563

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

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.

We may close this advert early if we receive many good applications.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our fantastic team based out of the Tarmac Whitwood Office in Castleford, near Leeds. As well as Leeds this site is accessible from Wakefield, Pontefract, Rothwell, Dewsbury, Garforth and the surrounding areas.

We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, as the Project Manager, you will oversee and manage the effective allocation of resources and be responsible for the effective management and delivery of more than one project at a time and will include our long-term contract with Amey on the Sheffield PFI. Providing leadership, guidance, and direction to the Operations teams to ensure that all stated objectives, aims, and targets are achieved, including all financial returns & full compliance with safety and business policies and procedures, ensures the effective allocation of operational resources and drives best practice and continuous improvements

The role of Project Manager will also:

• Manage improve and comply with all HSQE requirements

• Lead and ensure delivery of assigned projects

• Drive the effective management of any exposure to both financial and contractual risk, maximising financial return on all contracts and ensuring prompt cash collection within contract provisions.

• Develop & maintain key customer relationships.

• To drive performance improvements and share best practice across the business.

• Effective management, coaching and development of all direct reports and drive full employee engagement.

• Site management

The ideal candidate for the role of Project Manager will be able to demonstrate proven project management experience gained ideally within the Contracting industry and Highways Maintenance. You will also be qualified by experience relating to industry standards and/or possess good Higher Education Achievement (HND/HNC Level) or Degree.

Suitable candidates for the role of Project Manager will also have:

• Project Management process knowledge and experience

• Health & Safety NEBOSH or IOSH Certified

• Operational technical Knowledge

• Ability to estimate and scope work

• Proven ability to collaborate

• Self Awareness

• Resilience

• Ability to manage complex situations in a resourceful manner

• Commitment to ensures accountability and develops talent across the region

• Numerate with good financial understanding

In addition to the role of Project Manager we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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Tarmac Cement Limited

Business Communications Assistant – Portsmouth International Port

Salary: Band 6 - £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Permanent

About Portsmouth International Port:

Portsmouth International Port is the UK’s largest and most successful council-owned port, providing a significant contribution to the council’s budget to support services across the city. We have a thriving continental ferry business and are steadily building a profile as a major player in the UK cruise market.

The port has a long-standing partnership with Brittany Ferries, with destinations to France and Spain, and Condor Ferries which provides lifeline services delivering goods to the Channel Islands. As a result, we are recognised as a major port by the Department for Transport and provide critical infrastructure.

Cruise business has been growing progressively over the years, thanks to investments which help the port handle larger ships and more passengers. A modern terminal extension opened last year, creating a premium experience for customers, and there continues to be opportunity to capitalise on the city’s unique waterfront location to entice more cruise lines.

Underpinning this successful growth is an ambition and commitment to become one of the UK’s leaders in port sustainability and achieve carbon neutral status by 2030, through industry-leading initiatives such as Sea Change, our shore power project which will go live in 2025. In addition to the travel and tourism market, Portsmouth City Council also owns Portico Shipping, Portsmouth’s international terminal and logistics operator and one of the UK’s largest fruit importers.

The role:

As our business communications assistant, you will be helping to ensure the team provides an excellent, best-practice communications and marketing service to Portsmouth International Port by meeting our objectives as set out in the port’s business plan and maintaining and enhancing the port’s reputation with all of its stakeholders.
You will do this by supporting our small but very busy team to raise the profile of the port, and our partners at Portico, in a demanding industry, through delivery of tactical communications including social media and copywriting, administrative tasks for the team and wider port colleagues, and organisation of marketing collateral using our online system.

The role also encompasses reputation and issues management through delivery of an excellent complaints and comments service, in line with corporate complaints policies, and collating and organising responses to Freedom of Information requests. We would like to work with somebody that wants to grow a career in communications or marketing, so you should show an ability to help in the delivery of campaigns, while demonstrating a willingness to learn and thrive .

Who is the Person? What you’ll need to succeed:

We are looking for someone with an understanding of and passion for communications, marketing and public relations, who’s ready and willing to learn while getting stuck into the range and variety of tasks that need to be performed for the team to thrive.

This is a key role in driving Portsmouth International Port’s professional communications service forward, so you should be able to grasp tasks quickly and be able to work across multiple projects simultaneously, have excellent organisational skills, and be unafraid to fail.

As you will be dealing with senior colleagues and members of the public a professional attitude is a must, as is the dynamism that will enable to you adapt to different and changing situations.

You will have:

• Proven marketing communications and/or customer service experience, either through work or education, and an understanding of what marketing, communications and PR are and what professionals in the industry do.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills that will enable you to work effectively and efficiently across multiple projects and support the team in their wide-ranging work.
• Confidence to get stuck in, helping organise and participate in a range of engagement activities with the public and wider stakeholders, whether in person or online.
• A professional, personable and confident approach to your work, as you will be dealing with members of the public via our complaints process, working directly with colleagues across the port – including the senior management team – to gather and disseminate information in a timely fashion.
• Analytical skills and an inquisitive mind, which will help you to develop and improve job functions and processes, as well as professionally.
• An excellent standard of written English, as you will be developing materials for multiple communications channels, both external and internal.
• An understanding of, passion for and ability to use multi-media tools, and demonstrable experience across varying social media channels – as well as an understanding of how to analyse performance across these to improve and develop best practice.

Closing date: 9th October 2024

If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail Adam Grinsell at adam.grinsell@portsmouth-port.co.uk

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please ensure your C.V. is tailored to the role following the advice above. And that it includes include your full work history, explaining any gaps and includes employers name and address. Please click HERE for the full job profile!

All employees and third parties working at the Portsmouth International Port are subject to a Substance Misuse - Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy and the Port reserves the right to carry out with cause and random testing.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Salary: Band 5, £24,362 to £26,073 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm)

Closing date: Sunday 29 September 2024, 23:59

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

The Children and Families Services supports and protects Portsmouth's most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city's Looked after Children. The service and its Business Support function will embrace change, have a strong and sharp focus on exceptional customer care, and will respond flexibly and effectively to the Stronger Futures agenda and other transformational developments.

Your New Role:

You will provide high quality administrative support to the Locality team who provide intervention with children and families so it is important they work in partnership with parents and other professionals so that the right services can be provided longer term. You will be taking minutes, entering data onto our systems, dealing with telephone enquiries and correspondence, maintaining files, raising purchase orders, and a variety of other administration tasks. This is a busy challenging role, perfect for someone who enjoys working as part of a team and wants to do a worthwhile job.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You'll have experience in an admin role, ideally within Children's and/or Young People's Services, and knowledge of safeguarding. You have strong communication, customer service, and organisational skills. You can demonstrate personal resilience and professionalism when dealing with emotionally-challenging information. You have good IT skills and understand confidentiality and data protection. You can take accurate minutes and have good attention to detail.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs; exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Nicci Davis, Business Support Team Leader, Nicci.Davis@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 437 936.

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

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.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Salary: Band 12, £49,497 to £53,658 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week, core office hours with minimum two days per week in office)

Closing date: Sunday 22 September 2024, 23:59

Qualifying Practising Certificate or CILEX Certificate required. You will need to be a qualified solicitor, barrister or CILEX.

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

Portsmouth Legal Services is a friendly hardworking and dedicated team of approximately 40 lawyers and assistant staff who provide commercial and litigation support to the Council departments. We are committed to ensuring an excellent service in all aspects of our work.

Your New Role:

You will work on progressing a caseload of section 106 agreements, section 278/38 agreements and general planning advice for our busy Planning and Highways Departments. You will deal with Judicial Review advice with the assistance of litigation colleagues, and practise across the spectrum, adding value and assisting others providing focussed and insightful advice, comment and consideration. You may also prepare and (if you wish) conduct planning appeals, enforcement and all matters relevant to CPO's and assets of community value. You will provide focussed advice with respect to Cabinet reports along with Committee papers, and deliver updating training to officers and to members.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You have a proven track record of professional achievement and an excellent knowledge of planning law, policy and guidance. You can work on more complex matters and demonstrate an interest in developing inter-disciplinary legal skills. You have excellent communication skills, excellent organisational skills, and good influencing skills. You have a consistent, supportive, inclusive, proactive, pragmatic, flexible and commercial approach to problem solving. You are a qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive, and can identify legal problems and provide pragmatic solutions to them. You are adaptable and understand working in a politically sensitive environment., and you take responsibility for delivering your personal tasks. You work effectively with colleagues and are committed to team success with a positive and energetic attitude. You are committed to continuing professional development and developing skills and knowledge of additional legal disciplines relevant to the work of the Corporate, Commercial, and Regeneration Team. You have a working knowledge of Lexcel and are comfortable with using a case management system and billing. You take pride in your and our successes in delivering exceptional legal services.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Peter Baulf, City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, peter.baulf@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 82 834 041

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

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.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Associate Dentist Jobs in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Four days per week, £14.50 per UDA, large extremely well-equipped site offering excellent private scope. Zest Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

• Associate Dentist
• Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri
• Castleford, West Yorkshire
• £14.50 per UDA
• 4000 UDA
• Large and modern 10 surgery practice, including an in-house lab and implant suite
• High-spec equipment including OPG and 3D Cerec Machine on site
• Established clinical team
• Replacing departing colleague
• Permanent position
• On-site parking
• Excellent career and personal development opportunities
• Established dental practice
• Reference: JG4326

This is a great opportunity to join a large multi-surgery practice, including an in-house lab and an implant suite, with excellent private earning potential. The practice is based in Castleford town centre and offers good links to West Yorkshire and Leeds by car or public transport. The practice has an established clinical team and is also supported by a team of qualified and experienced support staff.

Successful candidates will be GDC registered dentists and have experience of providing NHS dental treatment in the UK.

For further information regarding this dentist position, confidential enquiries can be made by submitting your CV to Zest Dental. All applications and enquiries will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Salary: Band 5, £24,362 to £26,073 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week), Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. The role is initially fully office-based, with options to move to hybrid working later - this can be discussed at interview.

Closing date: Sunday 15 September 2024, 23:59

Interviews week commencing Monday 30 September 2024

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

The Children and Families Services supports and protects Portsmouth's most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city's Looked After Children. The Business Support function supports the Service Quality Team, who work with vulnerable families in Portsmouth to facilitate best possible outcomes for the young people in their care. It is a very busy and a challenging role, for someone who enjoys working as part of a team and wants to do a worthwhile job.

Your New Role:

You will provide high quality administrative support within the Service Quality Team and LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer). The role plays a vital part in the administration and smooth-running of business processes throughout the service and in the support of practitioners in enabling them to undertake their duties in safeguarding vulnerable children in Portsmouth as well as supporting the service to achieve its statutory and corporate responsibilities.

Your duties will include taking minutes, organising meetings, preparing reports, co-ordinating Child Protection conferences, dealing with queries via email and telephone, and managing diaries and correspondence. You will provide high quality customer care, communicating effectively and producing accurate and professional records.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You have experience of working in an administrative role, ideally in Children’s and/or Young People’s Services. You have numeracy and literacy skills, as well as minute-taking skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office. You can demonstrate consistently high standards of customer care and customer service and determination to help service managers and practitioners provide an effective service and support to children and families. You can resource and collate information and work flexibly, prioritising your workload. You have good attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and awareness of Data Protection and Safeguarding Issues. You can respond appropriately to enquiries from parents/carers who may be anxious or emotional, and can demonstrate personal resilience and professionalism when exposed to explicit and emotionally challenging information.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Adam Lambert, Team Leader, adam.lambert@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

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.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Our client is looking for a senior client project manager to join them on a 6 month contract starting middle September 2024. In this role you will be managing medium scale highways construction projects. This role is hybrid working with one day per week at the office.

Key responsibilities:

• Client managing projects or programmes of works throughout the design and implementation stages.
• Ensuring timescales, budgets and specification are adhered to
• Ensuring that team leaders, senior managers and other relevant parties are kept up to date and briefed on progress
• Consulting with Councillors, stakeholders, and members of the public over the development of transportation schemes to ensure all views and options are considered.
• Identifying, collecting and monitoring project resources, progress and financial information.

You will need:

• RQF level 4 or Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant field.
• Good project management skills and experience within Highways and Transportation.
• Post qualification experience in a relevant field.

If you have the skills and experience or would like to know more, please apply now!

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Salary: Apprentice Band, £23,152 per annum

Contract: Fixed-term apprentice contract for two years

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)

Closing date: Wednesday 28 August 2024, 23:59

Interviews will take place in early September 2024.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Why come to live and 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 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. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.

The Service:

Portsmouth Legal Services is a friendly hardworking and dedicated team of approximately 40 lawyers and assistant staff who provide commercial and litigation support to the Council departments. The Childcare team is a small energetic team who work tirelessly in a fast paced and demanding area of work to provide support to Children's Social Care in all aspects of safeguarding children.

Your New Role:

You will learn to provide efficient and effective administrative assistance to the childcare legal team including the preparation of court bundles, filing and serving documents and preparation of application forms under supervision. You will join a large team of busy solicitors, barristers, Chartered Legal Executives and paralegals covering areas of law such as child protection, criminal law, civil litigation, projects, commercial and others. You will correspond with external agencies and keep accurate records and schedules. You will complete a Business Administrator Level 3 apprenticeship as part of this role.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

What you'll need to succeed:

You are organised, with an attention to detail, and ensure your work is completed within agreed timescales. You have good communication and teamworking skills, and are consistent, supportive, proactive and flexible. You are an ambitious and creative individual able to bring fresh new ideas to set us apart from others, and you are committed to team success with a positive and energetic attitude.

You have Level 2 Maths and English (GCSE or equivalent). An interest in working within a legal environment is an advantage but not essential.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return:

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

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

Additional Information:

The full job profile is attached here.

Please also answer the following questions in your application for this apprenticeship:

• Do you have an education, health or care plan provided by the local authority or have you been in the care of the local authority?
• Are you a citizen of the United Kingdom or another country within the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA)?
• Will you have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or another country within the EU or EEA for at least 3 years from current date?
• Do you depend on a visa or other permission to reside in the United Kingdom? If you have answered 'Yes' to this question, please describe what type of visa/permission you have.

You will need to bring in your passport and visa or evidence of immigration permission to interview so that we can assess your eligibility to receive Government funding for the apprenticeship programme.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Peter Baulf, City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, peter.baulf@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 041

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.

Application process:

How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/

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.

Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.

Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps.

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.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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

Salary: Band 6 - £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.

37 hours per week - full time - hybrid working can be agreed with the Assistant Director

About the Directorate:

The Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services Directorate is delivering a range of front-facing services, including building and housing services. It is one of the largest directorates in the city council with a wide and varied mix of functions but all with a core purpose to provide good quality service to our customers, a culture of driving service improvement and generating income.

This role will be part of the building services team who are responsible for the maintenance, repair and construction of assets. You will report to and provide a comprehensive personal support service to the Assistant Director of Building Services as well as supporting his management team. This is an exciting opportunity with a wide-ranging remit and suited to individuals with experience keen to grow and develop.

What is the role?

The Assistant Director for Building Services requires the support of an individual that is up for the challenge, has a desire to learn quickly, interested in building maintenance and construction, dedicated to getting things right the first time and is methodical and organised. You will have excellent communication skills and significant administrative experience to be able to provide immediate support.

The role will support the monitoring and tracking of key actions for the Assistant Director including preparation of materials required for meetings and highlighting any areas of concern. This will include liaison with staff and stakeholders to ensure required actions and activities are carried out.

As a Business Support Officer, you will be a key point of contact for Assistant Directors, Heads of Service and other managers throughout building services and the directorate. Sharing and managing communications, supporting the response to complaints as well as organising, attending, and minuting a wide variety of meetings both in person and via Teams.

You will work closely with other Business Support Officers and the Executive Personal Assistant to the Director and will need to establish good working relationships with these and other key contacts across the directorate. The role is part of the business support arrangements for the directorate, and you will be part of a team of officers with similar roles across the directorate working collaboratively together to ensure the smooth operation of business support arrangements.

The role plays a key part in conveying a professional and positive image for the directorate and will be a positive ambassador for the work of Portsmouth City Council.

For more details of the role which includes the main duties please see the full job profile HERE!

Who is the person?

You need to:

• Be proficient in the use of IT systems including M365 applications including Word, PowerPoint
• Have a good understanding of the importance of measures and data and the ability to confidently create and use Excel spreadsheets to extract and analyse data.
• Have excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines, adapting quickly to reprioritise workloads at short notice.
• Have the ability to confidently manage multiple diaries, arranging meetings using Outlook while being considerate of conflicting priorities.
• Have excellent communication and people skills, both written and verbal with a confident telephone manner and good literacy and numeracy skills
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Data Protection and the importance of confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
• Show an understanding of Portsmouth City Council's structure and responsibilities.
• Be flexible in the timing of working hours to support the demands of the work.
• Possess a high level of self-motivation, ability to self-manage and use you own initiative to solve problems.
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a busy office environment, performing administration duties to a high standard with a large degree of autonomy.

If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please call Colette Hill on 023 9283 4872 or email at colette.hill@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Closing date: 11th August 2024.

We may close this advert early if we receive many applications of a good standard.

Assessment Centre: 20th August 2024

Interview date: 23rd August 2024

When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile!

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 potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays
• We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans