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Planning Officer needed in Knowsley Paying £35 per hr Ref 1408510

Full time hrs on a temporary basis

Key responsibilities include:

• 1. Deputise for the Development Control Team Leader as needed.
  2. Manage a varied caseload of complex development applications and appeals, preparing clear and accurate reports.
  3. Ensure planning applications and appeals meet service targets and comply with relevant guidance and legislation.
  4. Prepare reports and recommendations for committees and present them as required.
  5. Present evidence at appeals/public inquiries when necessary.
  6. Stay updated on legislation and best practices, advising the team and ensuring ongoing professional development.
  7. Support Technical Assistants to meet service targets and provide training as needed.
  8. Respond to enquiries and complaints under the guidance of the Team Leader.
  9. Represent the service at meetings with other organizations, maintaining high customer care standards.
  10. Perform additional relevant duties as assigned.
  11. Assist with corporate initiatives, including work on the Local Plan.
  12. Demonstrate commitment to customer care, showing flexibility to achieve service priorities.
  13. Calculate fees and charges for planning applications as necessary.
  14. Validate planning applications as required.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Business Analyst - Education management system software (Hybrid) needed in Preston, £25.25ph PAYE - Reference: RQ1407023

This is a hybrid role working Preston as and when needed.
Hours per week 29.6

You will ideally have experience with education management system software. The project role is a business analyst to support the implementation of a new education management system from Synergy.

The role holder translates senior client business issues into effective Business Improvement projects and programmes that make measured improvements to business performance, service performance and/or customer satisfaction. Using high-level insightful analysis, the Business Analyst designs and manages customer centric Business Improvement programmes that deliver customer satisfaction, cost reduction and business benefits. Acting as an ambassador of Business Improvement the BA influences operational people by adopting different working practices, by closely involving them in the development of Business Improvement activity; and enabling them to implement and sustain the changes.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• To lead and deliver all aspects of strategic improvement and change activity in a defined functional discipline or cross-business process.

• To lead key business improvement and change programmes linked directly to the business strategy.

• To lead and deliver all aspects of analysis that will lead to the identification of programmes and major change initiatives in defined functional disciplines.

• To support the Business Architect/business improvement discipline in building the appropriate business improvement skills infrastructure within Digital Services.

• To embed a 'business improvement' way of working at all levels of the organisation that delivers sustainable improvement including improved customer satisfaction, increased revenues and decreased costs.

• To demonstrate the value of using 'business improvement' techniques by helping people to understand what and how they will help them to achieve their goals.

• To challenge non-fact-based decisions, and create both innovative and disciplined ways of working.

• To communicate business improvements in a compelling, inspiring and interesting way using real case study examples.

• To lead external / internal benchmarking activities in support of improvement initiatives.

• To provide a common point for the migration of best practice/performance into wider activities to utilise best practice activity.

• To ensure a standard and consistent approach is maintained.

• To develop and maintain an excellent relationship with key internal/external customers and suppliers as appropriate for ongoing improvement initiatives/activities.

• To lead and manage a business improvement team including consultants.

• Produce service designs in support of new Digital Services proposals and ensure effective operational handover through ICT Service Transition.

• Be responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities comply with all statutory requirements and with policy and procedure.

• Undertake, wherever required, other responsibilities and duties including work related to 3rd party external business, on behalf of the service, where this is commensurate with the grade of the post.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

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Demand Planning Assistant
£23,400 plus great benefits (Work Level 6C)

12-month fixed term contract
Manchester, hybrid working, minimum one day a week in the office
5/7 working pattern, working up to 12 weekend days a year on a rota basis (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy)

We're looking for a motivated Demand Planning Assistant to join our category team. In this role, you'll be supporting colleagues within category teams, helping to make sure that things are running smoothly, and providing high quality administrative support. This is a great opportunity for you to develop your skills, and to gain valuable exposure across Co-op's Supply Chain. It's an ideal role for someone looking to progress their career in this exciting area of our business.

What you'll do

• Support data integrity making sure that compliance to process is sustained
• Provide continued support to categories through reporting and process compliance
• Support a range of ad-hoc administrative tasks
• Work closely with the Demand Planners, supporting with range events and promotions, helping to make sure that compliance is right
• Support supply chain category management, working collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Work on a range of ad-hoc projects to support the team as required and opportunity to investigate and analyse forecasting queries from suppliers and our store teams

This role would suit people who have

• Some previous admin experience with intermediate Microsoft Office 365 skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) with the ability to learn new systems quickly
• Experience of working in an administrative role
• A high level of attention to detail
• Openness to change and a desire to learn and progress your career within the Coop
• Confident communication skills with the ability to engage with a range of colleagues at different levels

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
  * 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
  * A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
  * Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
  * Coaching and training to support your career development
  * Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

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Your new role

Head of Planning - Major Projects

To drive excellence in Project and Programme Planning through the development, delivery and maintenance of a governance framework for Planning and Schedule management together with Planning and Scheduling management tools and systems and the enhancement of in-house capability; to enable the timely, safe, efficient and customer focused delivery of the Programme.

Location: Birmingham

What you'll be leading on

• Develop and maintain strong, collaborative, working relationships with Programme Senior Leadership Team, Programme Management Office (PMO) management team, and Programme delivery teams; to ensure a strong understanding of business needs, to ensure that the requirements for high quality Planning management tools and systems are fully understood and addressed at both Project and Programme level, to identify key areas for improvement, to share best practices and to resolve complex issues.
• Work with the Programme Management Office, Programme & Project teams and wider Major Projects directorate to develop and deliver the Planning and Scheduling management strategy, consistent with corporate standards and incorporating industry best practices; that ensures control and delivers effective processes, mechanisms and tools.
• Lead the development of Enterprise Planning management tools and systems at a Project, Programme and Portfolio level, to drive measurable results in terms of increasing the efficiency of the Programme and its constituent projects and enable the provision of Management Information (MI)
• To develop processes and procedures that ensure all project schedules provided by designers, delivery partners / contractors and any 3rd party suppliers are provided to a consistently high quality into a centralised location, such that data can be interrogated consistently programme and project-wide and meet Contractual Requirements both internally and externally (NEC3/4).
• Support Directors, Project Managers/Sponsors and their teams through the provision of programme and project analysis, identifying and reporting emerging issues and trends in performance and behaviours related to Planning & Schedule management; to enable the identification of best practices and opportunities for improvement.

To be successful you'll need

• Degree qualification or equivalent experience, with professional accreditations in Planning & Scheduling, Project & Programme Management.
• Extensive operational knowledge and understanding of Project and Programme Management methodologies, tools and techniques (Oracle Primavera P6, MSP, Deltek Acumen Suite of Tools).
• Extensive operational knowledge and understanding of various forms of contract, specifically NEC and the various treatment of Programme time impact, risk & change as a consequence of Change Events (Compensation Events).

A bit about us

We are responsible for major enhancements to our road network. We make roads safer, journeys more reliable and unlock economic growth. At the same time, we seek out ways to create opportunities for sustainable travel, help nature to thrive and support our journey to net zero carbon.

Our team of around 800 work closely with the supply chain to design and construct road projects as well as develop a pipeline of possible projects as we look to the future.

Want to know more?

To request a copy of the role profile, please contact .oraclecloud.com quoting reference number #5712

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