Total 8 Senior Executive business management project planning job vacancies in Accrington, Lancashire

What skills and experience we're looking for

Unity College is currently seeking a highly organised and enthusiastic Senior College Receptionist.

In this vital role, you will be the welcoming face of our college, greeting visitors, staff, and students at the main reception desk. Your responsibilities will include operating a busy switchboard and performing a variety of administrative tasks to support our reception team.

The ideal candidate will have a flexible and friendly demeanour, along with exemplary customer service skills to handle telephone and face-to-face enquiries. You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our reception area in a supportive and professional manner.

The successful candidate will be committed to the vision and values of the College, demonstrating these at all times within their role.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• a high level of support for all new staff
• an exciting and stimulating place to work in a friendly environment
• a modern, purpose-built building and excellent facilities

You will:

• share the College’s very high expectations
• be committed to working collaboratively with colleagues, students and parents
• be enthusiastic about giving young people the best possible start in life

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Online and social media Prohibition from teaching Right to Work in the UK Satisfactory references Suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Business Development Executive - Facilities Sales
Location: Leyland
Salary: Up to £38,000 per year + Benefits
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Are you a motivated sales professional with experience in waste facilities? Search Manchester are working alongside an innovative growing business who are looking for somebody to join their team and drive new business sales!

Key Responsibilities:

* Generate sales leads via cold calling, plus follow-ups.
* Set up and attend client meetings.
* Presenting services to prospective clients.
* Managing your own sales plan to hit targets.
* Ensure sold services meet client needs.
* Maintain records in CRM and Outlook.

Benefits:

* 25 days + Bank Holidays + 1 day off for your birthday
* Company car
* Company events
* Pension scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Personal accident cover
* Life Assurance
* Childcare vouchers
* Employee Legal Assist
* Eye Tests
* Charity Days off with length of service

What You Bring:

* B2B sales experience within waste sales
* Driving licence (required)

Attributes:

* Confident, resilient, and target-driven
* Excellent verbal communication
* Positive attitude and strong relationship builder
* Ability to work on your own initiative and manage pressure

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

Our client based in Blackburn has the need of a Credit Hire Executive

Due to ongoing growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a credit hire fee earner/solicitor to join our Personal Injury/Credit Hire department.

We are a Lexcel accredited, and full-service law firm which is well known for its quality high value work providing clients with an exceptional experience and a high level of sophistication.

There is a steady stream of incoming work due to the firm’s excellent reputation and recommendations.

The firm nurtures a working environment which promotes taking exceptional care of its staff and clients which is shown in its high levels of employee retention and a resoundingly positive working atmosphere.

Job Purpose:
To handle a live caseload of credit hire files.
Ability to work independently and as a team player.
Utilise Case Management Systems to effectively manage and track case progress.
Ability to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal processes
Experience of the OIC/MOJ Portal is essential.
Skills & Qualifications Required

A technically strong fee earner/ solicitor with approximately no less than 2 years’ experience
Have extensive experience in dealing with credit hire more specifically pre and post litigated matters.
Provide excellent client care via regular communication.
Ability to manage relationships and agreements with third parties.
Strong knowledge of relevant case law and the ability to interpret and apply it effectively.
Have a proven track record of handling an independent caseload.
Possess excellent written/verbal communication and research skills.
Excellent drafting/ negotiating skills.
Sound appreciation of client care and service delivery
Motivated, driven, and committed to professional growth

Job Type:
Permanent

Your new company
Your new company is a globally recognised retailer with a real passion for their people. A leading global retailer with a with a true global presence, operating in over 25 countries. Due to a number of recent acquisitions across Europe they're now needing to strengthen their finance function with a Senior Management Accountant
Your new role
In your new role as Senior Management Accountant you'll take ownership of the production of the monthly management accounts whilst also producing regular reports to senior stakeholders across the group. You will lead weekly and month management meetings to create robust action plans. You will assist with the annual budgeting process by providing insights on trends. You will review the sites' performance in order to improve performance and undertake benchmarking exercise at margin and Topex level.
What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this highly progressive role and company you will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified and have experience working within large complex organisation. You'll be a passionate ambitious individual that can influence others. Previous experience operating within a commercial role is essential. You'll be able to demonstrate clear examples where you'll improved processes, maximised margins, identified trends all to improve not only the finance function but overall business performance.

What you'll get in return
You will join one of the most respected businesses in the North of England. You'll join a business who can offer real career progression opportunities both here in the UK and Worldwide. You will receive a salary of circa £55,000 plus bonus and benefits. If your ambitious and looking for a business where their ambitions match those of your own, then this is the business for you!

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Your new company
A well-known manufacturing SME based in Blackburn, who have been established for over 50 years are now looking to recruit an experienced Senior Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent and full-time basis. Now reporting a turnover of over £140million, this business is growing year-on-year and following a recent internal promotion, they are looking to hire their next finance team member.
Your new role
As Senior Management Accountant, you will report into the FC who has been with the business for 7 years and has progressed herself throughout the business. You will be responsible for producing monthly P&L and balance sheets, accruals and prepayments and margin analysis. You will review the P&L with supporting commentary for financial and non-financial directors, with full balance sheet reconciliation. You will join a team of 7, with a mixture of qualified, part-qualified and trainees, providing you with an excellent opportunity to develop yourself and mentor others. This is a full-time position based in the office, working 37.5 hours Monday to Friday with flexible start and finish times.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful for this role, you will have experience in producing manufacturing management accounts or have knowledge of this. Experience of working in a fast-paced and busy office environment is essential. You will be CIMA / ACCA Qualified or be working towards your financial qualification and have strong experience of working in a similar role previously.
What you'll get in return
You will be offered an excellent package including a salary between £45,000 - £60,000 depending on your experience. Other benefits include 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, free parking onsite, access to an on-site mental health first aid team, charity / wellbeing team events, annual staff events / regular celebrations and a range of employee benefits. The FC is a real selling point to this job. She has been with the company for 7 years and is an excellent people manager who has demonstrated an excellent ability to progress her staff.
What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

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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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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