Total 106 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in plymouth devon pl6 8bg

Job Title: Training Planner
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £31,290.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55430

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Training Planner at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role:
As a Training Planner, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you'll be vital in providing first point of contact for all matters regarding the implementation of training delivery.

Day-to-day, you'll provide guidance and support to ensure the efficient delivery of training programs and initiatives.

You'll also:

• Maintain and implement the provision of all training provided by the Babcock Central Training Support and Administration Team.
• Support the People Capability Managers by maintaining training delivery plans and training budgets forecasting business training requirements in anticipation of future training needs.
• Act as the key point of contact to provide support to wider People Capability Development projects.
• Provide support to second/third party training audits.
• Scheduling and coordinating of training sessions in all formats (Instructor Led, Virtual Instructor Led or eLearning). Helping to ensure a proactive approach to training delivery.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2-3 days in the office/onsite and 2-3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Training Planner:

• Experience of working in a highly regulated industry.
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and logically, both verbally and in writing.
• Customer focused.

Qualifications for the Training Planner:

• GCSE English, Maths, at Grade C or above or equivalent.

Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

What we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Growth opportunities.
• Potential to develop skills.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 01/05/2024

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Job Description

RS Corporate Services

Modern Apprentice - Business Administration - fixed term for 2 years
Waverley Court

Salary: £23,087 - £23,388
Hours: 36 per week

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Level 3 Business Administration Apprentice to join our Apprenticeship Team at Exeter College. Based in Queen Street, Exeter we are an upbeat, vibrant, positive office with a team focus on offering the very best to our customers and staff. As our Apprentice, we will invest in you and provide you with the technology and resources to help you maintain and deliver excellent service to our customers.

If you are:

- Enthusiastic

- Friendly

- Excellent communicator

- Self-motivated

- and enjoys a challenge

This could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you!

Our values – Ambition, Collaboration, Energy

Our values are what make us, us. Please do take a couple of minutes to learn more about them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcFUB8HvS9M

Your benefits

Support staff: We recognise that taking regular breaks from work is important. The College offers full time support staff up to 44 days off per year (this includes 28 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and a period of operational closure at Christmas closure (which has been 8 days in recent years). You will also have the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension scheme, find out more at www.lgpsmember.org.

Other benefits include:

- College Gym with low annual membership fee

- Cyclescheme (support to purchase a bicycle)

- Excellent discount and benefit scheme to save money on all your everyday shopping!

But do not take our word for it …. Come and speak to one of our current team …

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ann Broome on 01392 400800. We love sharing what we do, so don't hesitate to get in touch.

Your development

As a member of our team, you will also have access to a range of excellent benefits and discounts, along with staff development opportunities, wellbeing services and activities.

If you would like to apply today, please go to http://www.exe-coll.ac.uk/College/Jobs.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Tuesday 7th May 2024 at midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter on Tuesday 14th May 2024.

Key Information

At Exeter College we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our student's including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further inform.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community

We do not accept CVs, no agencies please.

Job Title: Assistant Project Planner
Location: Devonport, Plymouth
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55787

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Project Planner at our Devonport Site.

The role
As an Assistant Project Planner you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be embedded within one of our key programmes or Gunnery project teams and be integral to achieving high-performance delivery to our customers. You will own and undertake project planning & scheduling activities and provide related support to wider project controls activities such as cost, risk, and performance management.

Day to day, you'll create, maintain, and own project delivery schedules, as well as:

• Ensure the project team and related accountable owners have clear visibility of future scheduled activities and milestone to ensure on time delivery of all related work scopes.
• Generate and circulate weekly and monthly schedule performance reports (including EVM), and associated analysis and narrative to inform management of progress, risks, and potential issues with the support of project controllers.
• Provide related scheduling input into project risk reviews.
• Support the undertaking of Schedule Risk Analysis.
• Support on project Earned Value Management reporting.

This role is a hybrid role with 2 days per week onsite at Devonport.

Essential experience of the Assistant Project Planner:

• Practitioner of P6 and / or Microsoft Project - Desirable
• Competent on all Microsoft Packages (Word, PowerPoint etc)
• Application of risk management and use of related tools (ARM/Risk Hive etc) - Desirable

Qualifications for the Assistant Project Planner:

• APM Project Planning & Controls Qualification - Desirable

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 15/04/2024

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My client is a long established, leading, Construction and Civil Engineering Consultancy.

The company are continually recognised as a world class consultant providing engineering, project and programme management and commercial solutions, to their clients within the energy, infrastructure and Governmental sectors.

Providing consistently high results time and time again, they are today supporting many major complex projects and programmes with their skills in commercial and contracts, design and engineering, project delivery and health, safety and environmental services.

Due to planned growth and an influx of work in their Southwestern Region, they are looking to appoint, on a permanent basis, a Project Manager to work on a major water sector framework.

My client will consider those seeking permanent or a long-term contract position.

The ideal candidate will be based within a commutable distance from the client's offices in Exeter. The company will be overseeing projects throughout Devon and into Cornwall so it is essential that the ideal candidate resides in one of these Counties.

There will be a balanced blend of office, site and hybrid working arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

Management of site staff operatives and sub-contractors.

Preparing and monitoring programmes of work

Provide method statements, hazard risk assessments and project management plans.

Understand tender allowances and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets.

Manage design co-ordination.

Assessment and engagement of sub-contractors.

Understand and administer contract change.

Inform, consult, and involve local groups as necessary.

Foster good relations and reputation with clients.

Promote and ensure all work complies with safety, quality and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedures.

Experienced in people management and motivation of staff.

A good organiser, both of self and others with the ability to think in advance.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Due to the nature of the role a full UK driving license is essential and the successful candidate will be happy to travel throughout the Southern Region. A First Aid at Work qualification would also be desirable.

Already experienced as a Site Agent / Project Manager you will have a relevant industry qualification (HND/ HNC/ BEng) or equivalent, an up to date SMSTS qualification, and appropriate CSCS card. A First Aid at Work qualification is desirable.

The ideal candidate will have water sector project experience.

However, those that can demonstrate a strong background in Civil Engineering projects are likely to be of interest.

Benefits Package

Competitive Basic Salary

Life assurance cover

Company car or car allowance

Company pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday)

Extensive training programmes

Cycle-to-work scheme and Free on-site parking

Company social calendar

Training and progression

Are you a recent graduate with a passion for business and the drive to succeed? The UK's largest supplier of electrical equipment to business and trade customers is offering an exciting opportunity to join their comprehensive graduate programme designed to cultivate the next generation of sales leaders and managers.

About the Company

The company you'll be joining recognises the importance of nurturing talent and building a strong succession plan. Their graduate sales and business management programme was established over a decade ago to bring in bright and ambitious graduates who are eager to learn about business operations. They seek individuals who are money-motivated and aspire to become effective salespeople and future managers.

Graduate Training Programme: First 6 months

• Develop a core knowledge of how the business operates - warehouse, logistics, supply chain, administration, IT software, and marketing.
• Get hands-on with the vast product range and learn about different manufacturers and the electrical distribution industry.
• Start building relationships, making deals and advising customers face-to-face over the trade counter e.g. electricians, contractors and tradespeople.
• Begin your formal sales training course, staying overnight alongside other Graduate Trainees from across the company.
• Complete workbook assessments to underpin your learning and development and receive financial incentives for each one passed to a required standard.

6-12 months

• Move to internal sales account management, engaging with business customers over the phone e.g. construction companies, local government authorities, housing developers and hotels.
• Learn business development strategies and how to target and win new trading accounts.

12 months and beyond

• Progress to a diverse business-to-business field sales management position, with increased earning potential and bigger bonuses.
• Travel locally in your company car, meeting clients, discussing projects, and arranging social activities.
• Work towards running your own business in the group, learning about staff management, purchasing, profit and loss, etc. The business operates in a decentralised manner, allowing local managers to make informed decisions that drive the business forward.

Apply Today to Find Out More

If you're ready to kick-start your career in a company that values innovation, autonomy, and career development, this is the graduate program for you. We seek graduates who are money-motivated, relationship builders, competitive, and driven. If you have a passion for sales and the ability to build lasting relationships, apply today!

Team Manager (PRAS) - Project Team *MR

Description
We are currently seeking a highly skilled and dynamic individual to join our team as the Team Manager for the Project Team *MR. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the team, driving project success, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality results.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a talented team of professionals and work on diverse projects in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for managing the team's performance, setting clear objectives, and providing guidance and support to help them achieve their goals. You will also work closely with clients to understand their requirements and ensure that project deliverables meet their expectations.

Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team of professionals, providing guidance and support to achieve project objectives
Ensure the successful delivery of projects within specified timelines and budgets
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and develop project plans
Monitor project progress and identify and address any issues or obstacles that may arise
Conduct regular meetings with team members to review project status and provide feedback
Manage client relationships and ensure customer satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle
Evaluate team performance and identify opportunities for improvement and professional development
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a related field
Proven experience in project management
Strong leadership and team management skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Proficient in project management software and tools

Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Time: 08:30
End Time: 17:00
Pay Per Hour: £43.64
Location: Plymouth, South West England

Should youn wish to apply for this job opportunity, please, send an up to date CV.

Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £56,837, DOE + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56406

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Project Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be contributing to the maintenance of the UK continuous at sea deterrent (CASD). Playing a pivotal role leading various highly complex packages of work, within a highly regulated environment.

Day to day, you'll be creating and undertaking bespoke packages of planning work, working closely with the MOD customer, industry partners and various other Babcock departments, including Production, Commissioning, Supply Chain, Facilities and Commercial.

• Responsible for the leadership, development and coordination of your projects team
• Delivering various packages of work in utilising appropriate project controls and metrics within the area of responsibility, whilst collaborating with project controls team leads to deliver a best for project outcome
• Managing stakeholder engagement with the customer, key subcontractors and the wider business
• Accountable for the time and cost performance while maintaining a best-for-project approach

Essential experience of the Project Manager:

• Experience in operating and delivering in a complex project environment
• Experience in leading and managing multi-disciplined teams
• Experience in managing multi million pound budgets and large complex projects
• Previous experience working with regulators and governing bodies would be beneficial

Qualifications for the Project Manager:

• Degree or HNC in an engineering discipline
• Relevant project management qualification e.g. APMQ

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 03/04/2024

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Planner / Senior Planner / Programme manager

Location -Exeter / Site. (Option for Hybrid arrangement if required with 3 days with Client, 2 days from home.

My client is continually recognised as a world class consultant providing engineering, project and programme management and commercial solutions, to their clients within the energy, infrastructure, and Governmental sectors.

Due to an influx of work in the Southwestern Region, they are looking to appoint a Planner / Senior Planner / Programme Manager to work on water sector projects in the Southwestern region. Their offices are located in Exeter and the projects are located in region.

Role -

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Educated to at least HNC/HND level, or equivalent experience
• Primavera P6 Training
• Demonstrable experience in leadership, resource allocation and general management
• Experience in risk identification and assessment
• Detailed knowledge and experience of managing and maintaining a works programme

Practical Experience

• Experience in the Water industry
• Experience in developing large, multimillion pound programmes
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship building skills
• Primavera P6 -Skilled user
• Project and Programme management knowledge
• Problem Solving

My client is currently considering both permanent employees and those seeking a long term contract position at this time.

My client is a long established, leading, Civil Engineering and Groundworks Specialist Contractor.

They can deliver a vast range of groundwork solutions which include:

• Bulk excavation and land remediation
• Earthworks
• Reinforced Earth Bunds
• Site clearance
• Road construction to adoptable standards
• Sewers to adoptable standards and domestic drainage
• Pond Lining and attenuation tank construction
• Tarmac surfacing
• Retaining structures and tanking systems
• Culverts
• In-situ concrete structures
• 278 Works
• Block paving
• Sheet Piling
• Sub-structure block and brickwork
• Block and beam flooring (including sub-contract design)
• In situ concrete construction
• R/C works including steel fixing and form work shuttering
• Various foundation types including piling, ground beams, rafts and Insulslab.

Due to planned growth and an influx of work in their Southwestern Region, they are looking to appoint, on a permanent basis, a Project Manager to work a major groundworks project which forms part of a major new garden city.

The project has an anticipated lifespan of at least two years and has the potential for at least a further 5 years. The company have been on site for the last 9 years.

The incoming Project Manager will be responsible for delivering infrastructure works for a major new housing estate. This will involve earthworks, Section 278 works, roads construction, new drainage, culvert installation, and much more.

The ideal candidate will be based within a commutable distance from the site which is located in Sherford, near Plymouth.

Key Responsibilities

Management of site staff operatives and sub-contractors.

Preparing and monitoring programmes of work

Provide method statements, hazard risk assessments and project management plans.

Understand tender allowances and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets.

Manage design co-ordination.

Assessment and engagement of sub-contractors.

Understand and administer contract change.

Inform, consult, and involve local groups as necessary.

Foster good relations and reputation with clients.

Promote and ensure all work complies with safety, quality and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedures.

Experienced in people management and motivation of staff.

A good organiser, both of self and others with the ability to think in advance.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Due to the nature of the role a full UK driving license is essential and the successful candidate will be happy to travel throughout the Southern Region. A First Aid at Work qualification would also be desirable.

Already experienced as a Site Agent / Project Manager you will have a relevant industry qualification (HND/ HNC/ BEng) or equivalent, an up to date SMSTS qualification, and appropriate CSCS card. A First Aid at Work qualification is desirable.

The ideal candidate will have water sector project experience.

However, those that can demonstrate a strong background in Civil Engineering projects are likely to be of interest.

Benefits Package

Competitive Basic Salary

Company car or car allowance

Company pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday)

Training and progression

Role: Business Performance Manager Grade: Band 8 Reports to: Chief Operating Officer Role summary: To support and maintain the high quality, cost effective and sustainable delivery of PDSEs business objectives aligned to the vision and values. This role has a broad scope, working across all areas of the business including operations, finance, HR and governance, providing direction and support, driving performance and efficiency. Key accountabilities: Work with the Executive Team to deliver the PDSE strategy Line management responsibility of senior management team supporting co-ordination and delivery of all PDSE activity Optimising business performance of PDSE working with departmental managers to drive efficiency, productivity and value for money across each part of the organisation Working closely with, and deputising for the Chief Operating Officer Supporting the creation of, and using data intelligence to maximise performance and efficiency Communicating performance internally across all areas of the organisation, instilling and maintaining a performance culture Monitoring and maintaining contractual performance and quality delivery Devise and implement performance improvement initiatives Support accounting and finance function Write and present business cases for a variety of areas including capital projects Writing various reports and presenting at executive level Support business development through engagement with existing and potential providers of income for PDSE, identify opportunities Writing and scoring bids and tenders Helping to embed sustainability in all functions across PDSE with financial and environmental benefit Measures of success: High levels of business and clinical performance Performance to contract in all activities Delivery of PDSE strategy High quality data and business tools Demonstration of cost efficiency High quality project management Business growth across all activities Knowledge, Education and Training: Qualified to degree level or equivalent professional qualification/experience Experience: Management/Leadership experience Experience in writing and delivering business cases and proposals Experience presenting at senior level Experience managing contracts and performance Managerial level experience in dentistry or other healthcare environment (Desirable) Skills: Proven decision-making abilities Ability to negotiate and influence, excellent communication skills Good financial understanding with experience of analysing and presenting budgets, profit and loss Ability to manage a variety of tasks, and respond to changing priorities Behaviours: Leadership Assertiveness Self-motivated Competence Self-awareness Time management, ability to prioritise and manage competing demands Ability to respond and react to change Other: This job description provides a general reflection of the key accountabilities associated with the post; it is expected that the role holder will undertake any other reasonable activities to assist in efficient service delivery. This job description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and their manager. Normal working hours are 08:45 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, however on occasions to meet business need you will be required to work revised hours, typically between 08:00 and 18:00. The Working Time Regulations apply to all employees of Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (CIC) In particular, Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (CIC) will not permit staff to work more than 48 hours in any one week except where there are exceptional service needs where an absolute limit of averaging over a reference period of 17 weeks would apply.

Job Description

Place

Business Growth and Inclusion Contract and Programme Manager - Fixed term until 31/3/2026
Waverley Court

Salary: £50,550 - £60,506 per year
Hours: 35 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Employability Manager. You will be part of the Business Growth and Inclusion team who are responsible for managing business support and employability services across the city, delivering on the Council's business plan priorities and the Scottish Government's No One Left Behind ambitions.

Part of the role is also to oversee our contracted and grant funded employability delivery - the team is currently awarding over £4m worth of contracts to third sector organisations, delivering projects ranging from support for those at risk of leaving school and not securing a positive destination, to support to those who have additional barriers such as a disability or long-term health problem to longer term support for individuals who have suffered from homelessness, involvement with criminal justice or are in recovery from substance misuse.

Edinburgh has a very well-established employability strategy, overseen by the Local Employability Partnership, which brings together a variety of statutory and third sector organisations to help people progress into and in employment. You will be an integral part in this network and actively contribute to the continued development of the city's employability strategy.

Leading a small team of staff, this exciting role requires someone with the knowledge, skills and experience to ensure that services contribute to our key priorities, contracts are delivered, targets are met, reports are submitted on time, and our delivery partners are proud to be part of Edinburgh’s employability landscape

From overseeing the delivery of Edinburgh Project Search and the continuous development of the Edinburgh Guarantee, through to planning services to support those with barriers to employment and managing co-production and commissioning, there will never be a dull day.

The role will be suited to someone with an existing understanding of the relevant policies, strategies and issues driving employability, who has an appetite for developing creative solutions and a passion for working in partnership.

Find out more about the Council https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/#!/councils/city-edinburgh-council

If you wish to be considered for secondment you must have your line manager's approval prior to submitting your application.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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Job Title: Project Procurement Specialist
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £42,245.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56424

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Procurement Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Project Procurement Specialist, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary providing a comprehensive supply chain service to the Devonport submarine programmes.

Day to day, you'll have accountability within a defined scope of materials and/or subcontract services, for the Submarine Supply Chain design, execution and performance for a project(s).

• Establish project requirements, including those driven by the future bid pipeline
• Design and engagement of a supply chain that meets project requirements
• Supporting the delivery of project objectives through the rigorous management of contract and supplier performance
• Assuring supplier performance to time, cost and quality for contract requirements against scope of supplier responsibility
• Have responsibility for typically.£10m expenditure within the project(s) scope

This role is full time - 36 hours and will be based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard 3 days per week with hybrid working from home arrangements.

Essential experience of the Project Procurement Specialist:

• Experienced procurement practitioner with knowledge of current strategic procurement techniques and relevant experience in sourcing and procurement
• Understanding of contract terms and conditions and the ability to manage subcontract terms including flow-down terms from customer contracts
• Deep understanding of planning and implementing supply arrangements, managing supplier performance and scheduling of deliveries
• Understanding of cost models, for example in relation to the NEC models, familiarity with accounting practices, commercial audits, forecasting and valuations and supplier costing models
• Delivery focused with a pragmatic, hands-on approach that enables strategies to be fully executed

Qualifications for the Project Procurement Specialist:
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 25/03/2024

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Job Title: Project Accountant
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Up to £43,000 DOE + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54987

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Accountant at our Plymouth site.

The Role
As a Project Accountant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary; providing accurate and timely financial information and advice relating to all areas of responsibility, to the Business Unit and Project Managers to enable them to exercise effective financial control, over the area to maximise value for money, cashflow and profitability.

Day to day, you'll be responsible for the production of monthly Project Status Packs, for management reviews in conjunction with the respective Project Teams. These packs are also to be prepared on a quarterly basis for Senior Management review:

• Production and analysis of accounts in accordance with the issued monthly timetable.
• Maintain the integrity of data that supports the accounts maintaining full audit trails for both internal and external audit purposes.
• Raising customer invoices in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with the contract terms and conditions and management information requirements.
• Production of Cost Certificates / statements for MoD in accordance with the contract terms and conditions.

This role is a full-time position, 36 hours a week, and will be based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, with a hybrid working from home arrangement. The expectation is to work onsite at least three days per week.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience of the Project Accountant:

• Excellent working knowledge of Excel.
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Sound technical knowledge.
• Experience of IFS and / or Business Analytics, is an advantage but, not essential.

Qualifications for the Project Accountant:

• Ideally, you'll hold a recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, ACMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent / similar. If you're not full qualified, you must have suitable experience to compensate.

Please note that this position is subject to national security vetting. The successful candidate must be able to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements (this may include obtaining SC, NNPPI or Developed Vetting (DV) level of security clearances).

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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Job Description

RSHR Human Resources

Modern Apprentice - HR Business Administrator - fixed term for 2 years
Waverley Court

Salary: £23,087 - £23,388
Hours: 36 per week

Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) offer new entrants to the labour market the chance of paid employment combined with the opportunity to do training relevant to the occupational area. They include the opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications as well as starting off in a new career. New entrants include school and college leavers, those with no previous work experience and/or vocational qualifications.

As an MA Business Administration, you will be required to assist in the provision of a range of support services for professional and office activities to achieve service targets and quality customer care. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate looking to start a career in Human Resources and develop the necessary skills and knowledge to progress. The Human Resources team provide a high quality, consistent, administrative, customer transactional service dealing with a range of HR transactions with a customer focussed quality approach and within processing deadlines.

Applicants must be resident of the City of Edinburgh Council area: postcodes EH1-17, EH28,EH29, EH30. Applicants must also either: have left secondary education in the past three years (including those about to leave this year); or currently be on a City of Edinburgh Council employability training programme, or be aged up to 29 with a disability or care experienced.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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