Analytical and Judgement skills Interpret statistical data in order to inform service delivery and support the development of option appraisals where appropriate. To analyse and interpret information and indicators, evaluating a range of options in respect of health and social care need, working with ELA CIC CEO and Chair. To be able to interpret and filter information from a range of sources to support the produc-tion of service plans and strategies, business case production and other service development initiatives. To support the evaluation of service provision using information sourced internally/external. To provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information; barriers to understand-ing, present complex, sensitive or contentious information/significant barriers to acceptance Planning and Organising To support the formulation of service business plans for ELA CIC involving partners where nec-essary. To support the development of operational plans as a basis for monitoring performance against objectives. To support detailed service reviews on service areas within ELA CIC. To engage in the review of plans and contribute to the proposal of adjustments or changes in response to national policy guidance. To undertake key tasks in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of patient and pub-lic involvement. Participate in the development of new ways of working. Contribute to the formulation of public documents, consultations, external and internal audits (as required) Be able to communicate clearly; written, orally or electronically. Maintain knowledge and skills in the area of health care services and demonstrate a knowledge of the wider NHS agenda Policy and Service Development To support the development of a range of initiatives and strategic service developments for ELA CIC that facilitate improved care. To support the development of Service plans which are informed by analysis of activity, per-formance information and evidence of good practice. Support the implementation and development of a range of policies for ELA CIC. To support the development, implementation and monitoring of service frameworks. Develop an appropriate governance framework for the smooth operation of the Alliance and the delivery of its plan. General Responsibilities All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements (e.g. health and safety, equal treatment and diversity, confidentiality and clinical governance). Codes of Conduct All clinical staff must comply with their respective Code of Professional Conduct set by their registration body. Conflict of Interests ELA CIC is responsible for ensuring that the services for patients in its care meet the highest standards. Equally, it is responsible for ensuring that staff do not abuse their official position, to gain or benefit themselves, their family or friends. Equality and Diversity ELA is committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity. All staff have a personal responsibility to contribute towards an inclusive and supportive environment for patients, carers, visitors and other colleagues from all the equality strands (race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability). Staff have a personal responsibility to: Ensure their behaviour is not discriminatory Does not cause offence Challenge the inappropriate behaviours of others Adhere to the ELAs values. Vulnerable Groups All staff must: Carry out responsibilities in such a way as to minimize risk of harm to children, young people and vulnerable adults and to promote their welfare in accordance with the Children Act 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006) and No Secrets guidance (DH 2000). Demonstrate an understanding of and adhere to the organisations child protection and adult protection policies. Health and Safety Under the provisions contained in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, it is the duty of every employee to: Take reasonable care of themselves and for others at work To co-operate with ELA as far as is necessary to enable them to carry out their legal duty Not to intentionally or recklessly interfere with anything provided including personal pro-tective equipment for Health and Safety or welfare at work. Management is responsible for the implementation of suitable arrangements to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all employees at work and the health and safety of other persons who may be affected by their activities. Where health and safety matters cannot be resolved the Chief Executive must be notified. Managers are responsible for the health and safety management of all activities, areas and staff under their control. This includes responsibility for ensuring risk assessments are completed and implementation of suitable and sufficient control measures put in place. Health and safety issues are dealt with at the lowest level of management practicable. Where health and safety matters cannot be resolved at a particular management level the appropriate Senior Manager must be notified. Everyone has a responsibility for contributing to the reduction of infections. ELA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults, and as such expects all staff to share this commitment. Quality and Clinical Governance Quality in Health Care delivery has three core dimensions: Patient Safety, Patient Experience and Clinical Effectiveness. Clinical Governance is about the systems, processes and behaviours to ensure that high quality services are provided to patients. Every member of staff has a role to play in striving for excellence: it is important that everyone is aware of and follows policies and procedures that govern their work; and if something goes wrong, everyone has an obligation to report it so lessons can be learned from mistakes, incidents and complaints. If any member of staff has concerns on any clinical governance matters, they should raise them with their line manager, professional adviser, or a more senior member of management. Information Governance It is the responsibility of all staff to respect the confidentiality of patients and staff, as specified in the Caldicott Principles, Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act. It is the duty of every employee to: Only access person identifiable information as required in the execution of their duties. Only disclose information appropriately, in line with the Data Protection Act 1998. To ensure good quality data by recording, promptly and accurately, clinical and nonclinical in-formation within agreed timescales to PAS, the health record or the appropriate clinical or non-clinical information system Maintain the confidentiality of their password / username and if in possession of a Smart-card abiding by the terms and conditions of its use. For more information on this job please see supporting information for Job Description.

Your New role

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join our construction projects delivery team in the North West Region. Within this role, you will be supporting the delivery of a portfolio of highway construction, maintenance and improvement projects on our large variety of roads and structures within the North West.

The Assistant Project Manager will support planning management and delivery of allocated highway construction projects within the Region’s 5 year rolling capital programme. Monitoring the performance of project teams, multiple external contactors and consultants. Ensuring adherence to effective governance, quality assurance, health and safety, technical and specialist standards across the supply chain and National Highways ensuring successful delivery of agreed project outcomes and acting in line with mandatory and delegated responsibilities. This role plays a pivotal part in supporting the local economy making sure transport links run safely and smoothly.

What you’ll be leading on

Support the delivery of complex highway construction projects whilst managing standard allocated projects within the Region’s rolling 5 year capital programme, across all stages of the project lifecycle, from design to introduction into service
Develop, support and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Project Managers, key stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and across National Highways teams, to ensure full mutual understanding for the allocated projects. Report on and review delivery performance, to develop solutions that resolve issues and to prepare project business cases
Comply with National Highways Operations Quality Management System (QMS) on all projects in scope to enable delivery within agreed parameters for quality, cost and time ensuring they meet intended outcomes, customer service levels, corporate technical, specialist health and safety
To support the delivery of scheme specific Communication Plans, proactively managing customers’ perception of the schemes in scope, to maintain or improve customer satisfaction scores; respond to customer enquiries and other scheme related matters as and when required.
Assist in programme management, reporting and risk management against the capital expenditure budgets for all projects in scope, ensuring effective financial and contractual practices are in place and adhered to by all project resources
To be Successful

Awareness of relevant legislation, practices and policies for health, safety, environment and wellbeing in construction, including CDM Regs 2015.
Recognised qualification in relevant engineering discipline or significant experience in the delivery of their allocated Civil Engineering projects (desirable)
Project management experience – related qualifications, e.g. APM, Prince2. (desirable)
Awareness of Understanding contract management under the NEC3 and NEC4 forms of contract
Excellent stakeholder management and communications skills
Ability to execute tasks independently, yet work collaboratively within a team
A bit about us

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.

Want to know more?

To request a copy of the role profile, please contact hrhighwaysengland@mailgc.cx.ukg.oraclecloud.com quoting reference number #4594

Job Outline The Project Support Officer is a key role in the team providing efficient, effective, and timely administrative support. The post holder will be expected to manage confidential information, exercising discretion and upholding high professional and ethical standards The post holder will provide programme support to assist the PMO team with or lead aspects of the following: Undertake duties as directed by the CEO / Programme Manager to support the delivery and implementation of specific projects. Compile data and produce reports as required. Support the team in the management and updates of project plans, risk and issues logs, communication and engagement plans and other project related documentation. Provide general support to a wide variety of projects. Prepare project documentation and communicate with the CEO/ Programme Managers. Organise and coordinate project meetings, including creating agendas and supporting outputs documents. Arrange and plan events, managing all event administration, documentation, attendees etc. Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload. Administration Provide day to day project support to the CEO / programme manager. To objectively deal with difficult and complex enquiries from Executives, Clinicians, senior managers and stakeholders regarding the programmes Provide project support for the various programmes including but not limited to transcribing content from workshops (e.g. flip charts), creating project documentation (risk, issue and action logs), arranging meetings and events. Prepare agendas and support outputs from meetings and events To source and gather information to assist the team in prioritising their workload effectively to ensure deadlines are achieved Assist the team in the preparation of presentations and reports, including visuals using a variety of digital platforms and technology. To work in a flexible way and be willing to undertake other duties as commensurate with the grade and role as agreed with line manager Environment East Lancashire Alliance is a community interest company currently providing innovative primary care services designed to deliver quality and affordability. The Alliance is solution-focused, providing services aimed at improving access and reducing the demand on primary care services. Going forward, the company is committed to supporting and enabling better integration between health and social care and more effective alliances between partners from different sectors as essential to delivering seamless services. The Board is keen for the organisation to be proactive in improving standards of care and patient safety, while delivering value for money too in the health economies it which it operates. Critical to this is building strong professional relationships and alliances with third parties; working with them in a way that maximises the benefits of their involvement. Mandatory Training Be aware of and undertake mandatory and other training requirements necessary for the successful and safe performance of your job, including relevant updates. Health and Safety: The post holder will be required to comply with the duties placed on employees of the Alliance as set out in the Health and Safety at Work Policy and related procedures. The post holder has a legal obligation to make positive efforts to maintain their own personal safety and that of others by taking reasonable care, carrying out requirements of the law and following recognised codes of practice. Equality and Diversity: The Alliance has a Diversity and Inclusion Policy to ensure that no job applicant or employee is discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of disability, marital status, sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, age, religion, or political opinion, whilst attracting talented recruits and retaining experienced employees. The Alliance is committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity and will keep under review its policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that, in addition, all users of its services are treated according to their needs. Information Governance: Information is vitally important for the safe clinical management of patient care and the efficient administration of services and resources, including our workforce. Information Governance is a framework to enable the Alliance to handle personal and corporate information appropriately. It is the responsibility of our entire workforce, regardless of employment status, to ensure they abide by the requirements of Information Governance as set out in the Data Security & Protection Policy. Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults: The Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All colleagues and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. You will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who you come into contact during your work. To fulfil these duties, you will be required to attend training and development to recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse or individuals at risk, to follow local and national policy relating to safeguarding practice and to report and act on concerns you may have appropriately. Disclosure and Barring Service Checks: The Alliance will require a DBS check for appropriate roles which is a mandatory requirement and a condition of the employment offer. All posts are assessed on their eligibility for the post holder to be required to undertake a DBS check. For posts that have been assessed as exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the Alliance will require the post holder to undertake an enhanced DBS check with barred list checks. For posts that have been assessed as being in a position of trust, the Alliance will require the post holder to undertake a basic DBS check. This post has been assessed as requiring an enhanced DBS check with barred list checks. Rehabilitation of offenders act 1974: Some posts have been assessed as being exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and in these cases the Alliance will require the post holder to disclose all convictions, whether spent or unspent. This post has been assessed as being exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Alliance therefore require the post holder to disclose all convictions, whether spent or unspent. Performance and development review This job description will be used as a basis for conducting an individual Performance and Development Review between the post holder and the manager. Variations: This job description describes the main purpose and key responsibilities and accountabilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake any additional duties or responsibilities as may reasonably be required. This job description is a guide to the nature and main duties of the post as they currently exist, but it is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent schedule, and it is not part of the contract of employment. To reflect changing needs and priorities, some elements of this post may be subject to change and where required, any appropriate communication or consultation with the post holder will be undertaken prior to making any changes.

Role: Senior Service Delivery Specialist (Project Co-Ordinator)
Fixed Term Contract 12 months initial (FTC)
Location: Lancaster - commutable

In this role you will act as the first point of contact and providing high quality support to specified clients. Your focus will be to co-ordinate internal resources to ensure key tasks are delivered in line with required learning outcomes and in accordance with contract terms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain project plans and track progress to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Liaise internally with colleagues to ensure all quality standards are achieved.
• Maintain strong relationships with members of the client team.
• Produce insightful reports for clients to support the management of their programmes and events.
• Raise issues that may impact the RAID log
• Escalate risks to ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate them.
• Deliver high levels of customer service to assist the wider sales team in developing strategic client relationships.

Key Skills / Experience Required:

• Great Microsoft Office - including Excel using vlook up, pivot tables highly desirable
• Experience within a highly client-centric environment, servicing a wide range of offerings
• Working to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy
• Experience of implementing improvements to business process
• Experience in offering solutions to more complex queries

#LifeatQA #QA #theresnoplacelikeqa #LI-TH1 #LI-hybrid #hiring

About QA:
QA is one of the largest learning services organisations in the UK, developing skills and capabilities for everyone from apprentices to business leaders. Headquartered in London, with a nationwide network of state-of-the-art training centres, we deliver innovative and cutting-edge skills solutions to UK organisations.

Down time:
Taking time for ourselves is so important these days, which is why we dedicate some of our benefits to support your health and wellbeing. These include: 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave. 

How we'll help with finance matters:

In addition to pension, group income protection and life insurance, QA are offering you an annual pay review, access to our employee discounts benefit hub with hundreds of deals and savings on goods and experiences, season ticket loan, tech scheme and an employee referral scheme. 

Personal growth:
Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too! 
You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you'll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content from Circus Street and Cloud Academy on a variety of tech and business topics.  

Our people:
We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual preference, or if you are disabled or a career, we welcome you and the alternative perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We're proud of the progress we've achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity - our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require. 

If this is what you're looking for, here are the next steps: 
Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form. If you'd like to hear more about the role you can find me on LinkedIn - or email me: - happy to help!

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We have an exciting career opportunity!

We have a 2 x Business Development Advisor roles available, with a superb local established business in Lytham.

Business Development Advisor salary: c£22000 - £25000 basic salary + £7500 bonus - uncapped

Business Development Advisor hours: Flexible working options available -37.5 hours Monday - Friday - flexi time

Some of the perks you can expect as a Business Development Advisor:

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Performance bonuses
Onsite canteen and coffee shop (gorgeous food!)
Bupa Cash Plan (including dental and optical care) and Bupa Select Health Scheme (including
inpatient and outpatient services)
Pension (up to 4% contribution match)
Onsite subsidised gym
Death in service benefit
Long service award
Workplace listener scheme
Free onsite parking

The role of a Business Development Advisor:

• Maintain regular communications with customers to remain 'front of mind' and encourage increased business
• Develop communications plans for agencies and ensure planned activities are completed
• On-board new customers, assess business potential and develop plan with Head of BD to secure additional customers
• Fielding incoming calls and emails
• Attend presentations and training sessions to improve business development relationships and skills
• Ensure that the CRM system is kept up to date with accurate and relevant information to assist with Business Development and Marketing communications
• Liaise with internal departments

Our ideal Business Development Advisors will…

• Have excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Be confident
• Have the ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
• Have great time management skills and be able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• be a good team player
• Be IT literate

Join the team! Click apply now - we look forward to receiving your application.

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The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Heating Engineer / Plumber

The Company:
A well respected renewable heating supplier requires an experienced Plumbing and Heating Engineer to help commission, service and fault find systems, predominantly throughout East England. Using your excellent Plumbing and Heating knowledge, combined with your customer service skills, you will be able to ensure that renewable heating systems are correctly installed and commissioned in line with company and industry guidance.
As an organised and self-motivated individual, you will manage your own van, van stock and diary, whilst maintaining a high visit rate. You will also ensure that any post visit documentation is completed accurately and quickly to ensure a smooth journey for the customer.

Job Responsibilities:

- Commission heat pump and underfloor heating systems. Check the installation against the design, set up the system according to the commissioning document provided, test for correct operation and provide the customer with a system handover
- Servicing systems in line with the documentation provided, answering any queries the customer may have
- Trouble shooting on systems. Identify, resolve and test the system, aiming for first visit resolution
- Provide telephone support to our customers for trouble-shooting problems as required
- There will be a requirement to stay away an average of three nights per month although this may be increased in winter months
- Ensure that van stocks are managed according to the process, are kept up to date and are accurate

Preferred Skills:

- City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in plumbing and heating
- G3 unvented qualification highly desireable
- Minimum 3 years practical knowledge in the heating and plumbing industry
- Renewable industry knowledge preferable
- Full driving license essential.

Associated Benefits:
Company van, equipment, mobile and laptop provided
Individual Performance Related Bonus up to 2% of salary
Up to 3% matched pension contributions
23 days holiday (rising to 28 with tenure) plus bank holidays
10% membership discount for LED leisure

Working Hours:
8.30-5pm Mon-Fri with overnight stays required approximately 3 times per month (possibly more in the winter months)

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Senior Business Analyst: up to £63,517, 27.9% pension, hybrid working, flexible hours, investment in your L&D and career growth and lots more… 

 

• Are you a skilled and experienced Senior Business Analyst?
• Can you work with a wide range of stakeholders?
• Want to use your skills, as part of purpose driven multidisciplinary team, on projects and services that will make difference to millions of people?

DWP. Digital with Purpose. 

In DWP our expert technologists are working on stuff that is genuinely massive. And we're driven by a unique and extraordinary purpose. 

We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages.

Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK's adult population - access our services daily to get support, access benefits and find work. 

Over 110,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools, and systems we roll out. 

We're one of the biggest payers in Europe with over £195bn payments made annually. 

And you'll be part of the biggest, best established BA community of practice in UK government with access to all the support and learning you need to be at your best and grow your career. 

Your role: 

We're growing our team so we have a number of opportunities.  

You might work on one large, complex product or service, or across a number of products or services simultaneously.  

Few other organisations globally can offer an opportunity to work within a service at this scale and to make such a critical difference to millions of people.  

You might work on a service that enables people to access the payments they need to live independently, you might help lower the risk of fraud and error, you might help people make better pension choices, or put better tech in the hands of users and DWP colleagues. 

Whatever you're working on you can be sure you'll be taking on huge and complex technical challenges, where your expert Business Analysis insights can make a real difference. 

Day-to-day you'll be leading business analysis activities within your project area(s),ás part of an agile multi-disciplinary team. You know which tools and techniques to use to identify improvements and make recommendations. 

And you'll have a chance to share your skills. You'll manage our junior BAs, develop your leadership skills, and pass on your knowledge and experience to the BA leaders of the future. 

What you'll need to be successful 

• Significant experience of working at Senior BA level. 
• Using a wide range of tools and techniques to identify improvements and make recommendations.  
• Leading business analysis activities within complex projects/environments. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders. 

Details. Wages. Perks. 

You'll join us in either our Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield digital hubs. 

We offer hybrid working with a mix of working in the office/home, flexible hours, and flexible working so you can do your job in a way that works for you. 

Pay for this role is up to £63,517 per annum.

Our pension offer is great too - with 27.9% pension contributions worth over £17,000 in your pension pot every year. 

Some of the benefits our team love: 

• Generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising further with service 
• Extra days off using flexi time (up to 3 a month) 
• Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that is right for you including part-time, flexi time and job sharing 
• Civil service pension with employer contributions of over 27% 
• Training and development opportunities 
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more 
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket 
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. 

 

CLICK APPLY for further information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Reference No: EDP78
SO1/S02 (scp 26-32) £34,834 to £40,221 per annum
37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our ambitious, forward thinking, and proactive Development Management team; seeking to shape and create sustainable communities whilst protecting and enhancing the rich cultural heritage and landscape of the beautiful Ribble Valley.

The successful candidates will determine a varied caseload of planning applications throughout the Borough and be responsible for mentoring the Assistant Planning Officers.

The position includes a host of benefits including flexible working hours (flexi-time scheme in operation with no core hours), generous leave entitlement, occupational pension scheme, job security, and training/development opportunities.

For further information please contact Lyndsey Hayes, Head of Development Management & Building Control, 01200 414502.

To apply
You can download the application pack from our website www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/jobs
Alternatively, you can email: HR@ribblevalley.gov.uk and quote the reference number or call 01200 414596 (24-hour answerphone)

Closing date for applications: Friday, 12th January 2024
Interviews will be held on: Monday, 22nd January 2024

If you need reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please contact us on the details above or provide further information on your application form.

Ribble Valley Borough Council reserve the right to close job vacancies before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

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Abbey Court Solicitors in Accrington are recruiting for an Apprentice Business Support Assistant. The successful candidate will work towards their Level 3 Business Administration qualification which will take approximately 18 months to complete.

Job duties:
•Answering all phone calls
•Dealing with voicemails
•Emails
•Post, franking allocating post
•Creating letters
•Use the case management system, updating case files, opening files and inputting data
•Process of medical records
•Assisting solicitors and team
•Preparing documents for court
•General admin duties

Requirements:
•Must be willing to learn
•Friendly and approachable
•Punctual
•Reliable
•Good communication skills
•Keen and Willing

Grades:
Must have GCSE grade A* - C or 4 or Functional skills level 2

Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00pm / 1 hour unpaid lunch

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• Support the Senior Leadership Team on a day-to-day basis alongside other Business Support Officers.
• Delegate tasks where appropriate and make sure workload is shared amongst the team
• Follow support systems and processes
• Work as a team to handle difficult situations and responses to complex issues
• Understand when to escalate problems when necessary
• Ensure the VIP function runs effectively and follows procedures, escalate to management when appropriate
• Communicate with Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Directors and Heads of Service effectively to acquire urgent responses and build a good rapport with internal services

In addition to the skills knowledge and experience described above, you may be required to undertake a lower graded role as appropriate.

Due to the changing nature of the business, this job description serves as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility. It is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive and will inevitably change. You may be required to undertake other activities of a similar nature that fall within the remit of your area of work, as directed by service management, and this may entail working from other locations.

Senior Digital Project Manager: Pay up to £63,517 plus up to 27% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

• Are you an experienced Digital Project Manager?
• Do you want to manage large scale projects that will improve services for millions of people
• Do you want career opportunities, learning and development that works for you, and great work life balance?

We want a Senior Digital Project Manager to join our DWP Digital team.

You'll be part a supportive and expert project delivery community, and contribute to one of the biggest digital transformations around.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, to support millions of daily users.

Our Digital Project Managers use a range of skills and methodologies to manage multi-functional delivery teams.

We deliver change, maintain our core applications and build new services that help DWP users get support, find jobs, and access payments.

The scale of what we do is outstanding, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

As a Senior Digital Project Manager you will lead the end-to-end delivery of large scale and complex digital change projects.

One of the great things in DWP is the scale and breadth of activity we're taking on. It is massive. This is a career path with no dead ends.

There is a real variety of projects and teams who want your coaching, leadership and empowerment in DWP and across the civil service. This is a career path with no dead ends.

You'll manage a varied stakeholder environment and lead your project team, setting the pace for delivery. You'll work with internal teams and external suppliers to deliver successfully.

You will manage appropriate governance and reporting, to Digital Directors - communicating and taking ownership of complex issues and influencing decisions that require board level approval.

We're a continuous learning organisation. You'll take responsibility for your own learning and development, especially in project management practice, digital frameworks and technologies and agile ways of working.

You'll also coach and mentor your team and the wider delivery community to build capability and set standards for Project Management in the public sector.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience of taking full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of large-scale complex projects, utilising internal and external suppliers
• You ensure project control, change control, risk management and testing processes are maintained, responding to what the data is telling them appropriately.
• You can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks, using data to inform planning decisions and managing complex internal and external dependencies
• Ability to communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way in order to build trust.
• Able to explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand and influence Senior level decision making
• Experience in identifying appropriate development for both themselves, and their team to improve the delivery outcome.

Details. Wages. Perks.

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs either in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work flexibly. We work a hybrid model with some time in the office and some time working at home.

In return for your skills, we offer competitive pay of up to £63,517.

You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 27.9%.

You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days (rising to 31 days over time) plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
• Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
• Family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket
• Sports and social activities
• Working in an award-winning environment and culture
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs.

Summary

Job Description for Project Controls Lead:

NNL is where your project management helps deliver our purpose. As part of our Project Management Authority, you'll play a critical role in managing projects that deliver nuclear science to benefit society. Your project management skills and attention to detail will enable industry-leading scientists, engineers and analysts to work together to deliver unique projects using cutting edge technology. It's a challenging role but it's an opportunity to grow, adapt and develop new skills in a fast-moving area.

The NNL PMO team are looking for an individual who will be accountable for leading and managing the day-to-day operations, development, and support the growth of the Project Controls team. Responsible for the provision of Project Controls support services on NNL projects, and programmes. The role will include stakeholder interface with the Project Management Authority, to ensure smooth transition of information is supplied to establish effective reporting.

Main Responsibilities

Main Responsibilities for Project Controls Lead:

• Line management responsibility within the Preston Project Controls team, providing day-to-day leadership, mentoring and support as required ensuring that the portfolio PC services are being effectively discharged.
• Support the development and embed a Project Controls framework (aligned to the UK PMA and Delivery Operations delivery strategies) and drive the correct behaviours across the PC team; to maintain an effective Project Controls service to the NNL PM community.
• Oversee, motivate and monitor the performance of the Project Controls team, working with the 'senior' team to identify capability improvement and team development opportunities, addressing any performance gaps as required.
• Lead on Functional continuous improvement activities / initiatives relating to Project Controls operational governance procedures, processes, tools and systems.
• Attendance at, and provision of input into, Project Management Authority (PMO) Senior level management review meetings, and responsibility for the management of Project Controls related actions arising.
• Support and manage the Project Controls framework, systems and resources to deliver an effective cost control and reporting service to Project Managers and Sponsors within the portfolio.
• Provide senior-level Project Controls oversight on more complex NNL projects / programmes (Class 3 &4) and Risk Reviews / workshops as required, providing assistance to Project Managers as required to discharge their duties; leading on schedule risk analysis activities, and development of risk mitigation strategies to increase the chances of successful project outcomes.
• Ensure the generation of fully detailed project forecast cost estimates, work breakdown structures (WBS), and 'quantity tracking' tools / mechanisms, to enable projects to be delivered within a robust project controls framework.
• Implement effective project control techniques (in line with best practice), including where appropriate monitoring of 'earned value'; cost and schedule variance; estimates at completion (EACs); critical path analysis, and risk, to deliver projects effectively.
• Prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles and provide accruals where needed.
• Prepare cost and progress reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options; ensuring the accuracy of data.
• Communicate and report any current and potential issues to the Project Manager and key stakeholders (as required).

Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for Project Controls Lead:

• Demonstrable experience of senior line management / leadership responsibility in a Project Controls delivery environment.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering / leading Senior Project Controls services on complex projects / programmes / portfolios.
• Experience of involvement in strategic-level discussions and development of Functional / service delivery strategies.
• Ability to confidently present and converse at all level of seniority within organisations.
• Commercial awareness to support the Defence Portfolio.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Project Controls Lead:

• A relevant qualification associated with one of the cost engineering / project controls professional bodies, e.g. AACE, APM, APMG International, ACostE, ECITB, and PMI.
• Demonstrable experience of developing systems of work; governance and / or delivery processes, tools & systems.
• Good level of understanding of schedule risk analysis techniques and interpretation of output data, and development of mitigation / recovery strategies.

The Westleigh School are looking to recruit a Business Support Assistant. Under the guidance of senior staff and as an integral part of the SEND, Admissions and Pastoral Teams you will be responsible for undertaking administrative, and organisational processes within the school, and to assist with the planning and development of support services.
Our ethos is ‘Aspiring and Achieving Together’. Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring The Westleigh school is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Westleigh School is a great place to learn and a great place to work.
Uniting with The Shaw Education Trust brings with it new opportunities and a wealth of resources to supplement our mission to improve outcomes for all our students. Colleagues will have access to a large range of well-established training opportunities, such as a fully funded L5 Instructional Coaching qualification or Accelerated Leadership training, for those aspiring to Middle Leadership. Outstanding teachers will also achieve Trust Professional Advocate designation, which provides exciting opportunities to support colleagues within both The Westleigh School and across other SET schools to share best practice. With this brings the opportunity to engage in the cross-trust peer review and Trust CPD programme.
All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff)/Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
Cycle to work scheme
Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw
Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status. In doing this, we can help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally.
In our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all pupils, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all pupils, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our pupils to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment checks.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
Salary Grade: G4 (SCP 13-16) £23,115 - £23,893
Actual Salary: £21,181.30 - £21,894.22
Closing date: Thursday, 23rd November 2023 at 12 noon
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.