Total 123 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Edinburgh, EH1

Your new company
Hays are delighted to be partnering with a highly reputable organisation within the tourism industry who are looking to appoint a Senior HR Business Partner, initially on a 7 month Fixed Term contract basis. This organisation has offices based all over Scotland so they are very flexible with the location of the candidate and have flexible hybrid/remote working available, with travel required to Edinburgh only once per month.
Your new role
In this role you will be responsible for providing support and advice across the business and will work across various departments and directorates as a dedicated business partner. You will support with both strategic and operational HR duties including the delivery of strategic frameworks and projects, providing specialist internal consultancy, contributing to areas of improvement and supporting line managers with ER cases, recruitment, learning and development, MI analysis and policy implementation.
This role offers a varied, challenging and exciting workload. You will be operating at a senior level within the team and your experience will guide both staff and managers on all HR queries, being a key member of the organisation.
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be an experienced HR generalist who has previous experience operating in a business partner capacity. You will need proactive organisation skills and excellent influencing skills, along with self-management and initiative and a can-do attitude that is willing to get involved and make things happen.
What you'll get in return

• Annual Salary of £45,000-47,000
• Flexible hybrid working - 1 day per month required in the office in Edinburgh or more if preferred in any of their Scottish offices
• Full time hours 35 per week (part time/compressed hours may also be considered)
• 36.5 days annual leave plus buy more sell back
• Extensive L&D opportunities
• Generous Maternity & Paternity leave
• Competitive pension schemes and a range of lifestyle benefits

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.

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Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Business Manager
Various Primary Schools

Salary: £36,312 - £42,717 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 18 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Supporting one of various primary schools across the city onsite, including Gylemuir Primary, Hermitage Park Primary, St. Cuthbert's Primary and Craigroyston Primary.

Hours in each school: 18 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Candidates will be considered for all Primary Business Manager posts currently available. If you wish to combine two posts into a full time position, or are only interested in working in specific areas of the city, please indicate this on your application form.

We are seeking a dynamic, creative problem solvers to support each school onsite and work closely with the Head Teacher.

The main role of a Business Manager is to support the Headteacher in all non-curricular aspects of school management, ensuring these aspects operate effectively, including Finance, HR, Information Governance, Resources, Facilities, Information Technology and Health and Safety and the successful candidate should have experience in these areas. An ability to identify and resolve a wide range of challenges to ensure operational efficiency across the school, will be key to this role.

With a large staff team in each school, the successful candidates will require strong leadership skills to support, guide and develop the individuals to work effectively together.

For full details of Business Manager responsibilities please refer to the attached Job Profile.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

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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Job Description

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Innovation and Sustainability Project Manager
Waverley Court

Applications for these roles will be via NHS Lothian recruitment, if interested please apply via the following link: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=185511

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership in a permanent role (3 posts available), using your skills and experience to drive innovation and change and help to deliver quality and sustainable services for the citizens of Edinburgh.

We are seeking skilled and experienced project managers to work as part of a team to coordinate, develop and manage significant innovation and change projects, with an increasing focus on financial and service sustainability, for the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board. We have three permanent posts, all working within our Innovation and Sustainability team.

You will be responsible for the development and delivery of projects aimed at maximising efficiency and delivering future sustainability through innovation and service redesign. As part of the team, you will be responsible for all aspects of project management and play a key role in leading change and improvement, working with senior managers from across health and social care.

You will be responsible for ensuring that robust business cases and clear plans are developed, risks and dependencies are well-managed, and benefits are realised. You should have previous experience of building successful, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups. You will have strong communication, engagement and presentation skills and the ability to present complex information with confidence.

This is an integrated post and the successful candidate will be able to choose between NHS Lothian employment and City of Edinburgh Council terms and conditions of employment. This includes salary.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

City of Edinburgh Council Terms and Conditions:
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £42,717 - £50,550
Hours: 36

NHS Lothian Terms and Conditions
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £37,831-£46,100
Hours: 37.5

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Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do, and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

In this role you will be reporting into the Incident Team Leader, the man responsibility of the Business Analyst is to review and resolve Corporate Incidents for our clients. You will be investigating and analysing the cause and planning the actions required to rectify the issue by self or relevant parties.

To ensure that Corporate Incidents are delivered in line with client and regulatory expectations.

You'll be:

• Involved in any elements of the CI process from initial investigation, population analysis, planning of activities, calculation of detriment, root cause fix and customer remediation.
• Ensuring rectification is completed in accordance with Life & Pensions Regulations, TCF (Treating Customers
  Fairly) principles and Phoenix Remediation Frameworks
• Taking ownership of activity within individual Corporate Incidents to ensure agreed actions and timescales are met, including handling complex and technical pieces of work.
• Making decisions taken against Incident procedures and regulatory guidelines to ensure customers are put back into the position they should have been.
• Liasing with internal stakeholders, policy holders, advisors and external clients are involved and receive appropriate communications. Meetings with all relevant parties organised and facilitated.

You should apply if you have:

• Strong knowledge of Life and/or Pensions
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient skills in MS Office Word, PowerPoint
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience working within financial services and to FCA Guidelines

The Perks

• Company pension scheme
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools.
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family.

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Teacher of Business Education
Leith Academy

Salary: £32,217 - £48,516 per year
Hours: 35 per week

Leith Academy is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and knowledgeable full-time permanent Teacher of Business Education to work in our dynamic and supportive Technology Faculty.

We aim to foster a passion for our subjects within each of our students. Our Business department benefits from a commitment to deliver all 4 subjects within the Business Management suite of courses to enable our pupils to develop key skills and become successful learners. We look forward to welcoming you to our forward thinking team.

Leith Academy is at the heart of the community in North-East Edinburgh, serving almost 1,000 young people and their families of a diverse range of backgrounds. We are proudly comprehensive and strive to achieve “Success in Learning for All”.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

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.

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Join us as a Senior Technical Business Analyst

• Take on a critical role supporting the bank to achieve customer advocacy by eliciting and understanding the internal and external technology customer needs
• You'll be working in a vibrant, forward looking team and helping us to shape the future of our business
• As a key member of our team, you’ll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work
• This is a leadership role, experience of leading teams or significant deliveries is expected along with developing others and setting guidance and best practice
• We offer a range of flexible working arrangements depending on the type of job you do and the type of flexibility you need, you can join us on a part-time or full-time basis

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll be accountable for producing business requirements to inform future state design, supporting teams in understanding the requirements and their linkages to the overall domain strategy. In the course of your work, we’ll also look to you to build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with stakeholders and third party suppliers across multiple franchises and functions.

You’ll be responsible for understanding, challenging and developing our business, customers, strategic goals and how the teams operates in order to support the realisation of desired outcomes by the team.

You’ll also be:

• Capturing, validating and documenting business and system requirements and making sure that they’re in line with key strategic principles
• Interacting with customers, key business and technical stakeholders and the team to obtain and document functional and non-functional needs
• Analysing existing system documentation to summarise existing system functionality as it relates to the work at hand
• Supporting the identification of team priorities based upon feedback from the customers, key stakeholders and the team as well as dealing with uncertainty where requirements or solution are not clear
• A key player in managing and resolving complex problems both within area and at enterprise level

The skills you'll need

You’ll need to hold an appropriate business analyst certification, such as BAX, CPRE and CBAP, provide functional support for the full end to end development cycle including requirements, testing and implementation. Additionally, you’ll have a good understanding of payments, Agile values, principles and methodologies with experience of working within an Agile environment.

You’ll also need:

• Experience of applying business analysis tools and techniques
• Strong knowledge of payments domain ideally with hands-on experience working with different payment schemes from an application, support or operational perspective
• Basic knowledge of databases, interfacing, industry standard syntax JSON or XML is essential, familiarity with public cloud and microservice concepts is beneficial
• Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues
• Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Job Description

Health and Social Care Partnership

Business Assistant - Service Matching Unit (SMU)
Waverley Court

Salary: £24,064 - £26,468
Hours: 36 per week

We have 2 positions available:
1 permanent & 1 fixed term for 6 months.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced administrator to fulfil the vacant posts of a Business Assistant within the Service Matching Unit.

I am looking for a member of staff who would like an excellent opportunity to assist in the Service Matching Unit . You will provide a full range of duties to support the matching of packages of care to both internal and external Providers.

The Service matching Unit – is a fast paced environment so the ability to prioritise and record accurate information is vital. The vacancies play a key role in matching packages of care to ensure a prompt discharge from hospital or to keep those currently waiting in the community safe in their own home. You will be responsible for issuing contracts, recording Payments/ services and responding to queries from both internal and external customers. You will also provide a full range of duties to support the matching of packages of care to both internal and external Providers. You will require excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to multi-task effectively and to deal with complex and challenging situations in a confidential and sensitive manner.

The postholder is not directly responsible for managing staff, although s/he is expected to provide guidance and support to other staff members as part of a team environment.

Please contact donna.millar@edinburgh.gov.uk or Irene.perrin@edinburgh.gov.uk if you would like further information regarding the posts

Post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Scotland check

In most cases decisions will be made within the confines of well-defined departmental procedures and guidelines. However, procedures for each of the above areas are detailed and complex, with both support staff and operational staff having a role. It is therefore imperative that support staff understand the boundaries between the operational and support roles and when to seek advice or guidance from their Business Officer/Manager with respect to situations that are unclear.

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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Position Overview:

As a Project Manager, you will be instrumental in overseeing all facets of the construction project. Your leadership will be crucial in ensuring the successful, timely, and budget-conscious completion of the RC Frame High Rise Residential scheme. This role offers a unique opportunity to showcase your expertise in project management, construction methodologies, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership: Take ownership of the project from inception to completion, overseeing all phases of construction and ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets.

• Stakeholder Management: Effectively communicate with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to foster strong collaborative relationships.

• Budget and Resource Management: Monitor project financials, allocate resources efficiently, and identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality.

• Quality Control: Implement rigorous quality control measures to ensure the highest standards of construction are maintained throughout the project.

• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks, adapting strategies as needed to keep the project on track.

• Health and Safety Compliance: Champion a culture of safety on the construction site, ensuring all activities comply with health and safety regulations.

• Team Development: Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing project team, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.

Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of project management experience, with a proven track record of successfully delivering high-rise residential projects with RC frames.

• Education: Relevant degree in construction management, civil engineering, or a related field.

• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of RC frame construction methodologies and the ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings.

• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information to various stakeholders.

• Leadership: Demonstrated leadership skills with a focus on team development, motivation, and collaboration.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Setting up in-person and virtual meetings, appointments, liaising with members of staff and clients and answering queries
Processing of Credit Card payments
General Office duties - Printing, filing, scanning etc
Greeting clients on arrival and ensuring a high level of customer service
First point of contact for all incoming calls
General Mailroom duties, filing and scanning mail to appropriate departments
General Administration duties
Handling all supplier and maintenance issues
Maintaining the office and ensuring any issues are resolved
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential
Previous office / administration experience
IT & Computer literate
Proactive and able to use your own initiative
Professional phone manner

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.

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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Salary: Up to £47,500 per annum plus Veolia benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Edinburgh, EH6 7RF



When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone.



The Engineering Planner role is to manage the delivery of the O&M Programme to the respective teams within the PFI contract region. The job holder will maintain the Computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) to ensure that preventative, corrective and reactive maintenance is correctly prioritised and schedule.



What we can offer you;

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  
• Refer an Engineer to us once you've joined and earn £1000
  
• Access to our company pension scheme
  
• Free physiotherapy service
  
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
  
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
  
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
  

What you'll be doing;

• Effective tactical delivery of the planned and corrective maintenance functions. This will include full operation and prioritisation of work processes.
  
• Manage work requests as they are received making evaluated real time decisions on the best use of the available resource.
  
• Ensure that all data captured is accurate allowing effective reporting to benefit the efficient operation of the contract.
  
• Coordinate the scheduling/delivery of H&S tasking and related actions thus ensuring compliance with Veolia Health & Safety policy.
  
• Effective delivery of statutory and regulatory requirements.
  
• Support in the Optimisation and Maintenance of all processes and assets
  
• Provide technical support/feedback to senior members of the maintenance and operations teams to facilitate capital work interventions.
  
• Manage on-site activities through the correct use of all relevant Permit to Work systems.
  

What we're looking for;



Essential:

• Experience in the process environment of Wastewater
  
• Previous experience of planning work through CMMS
  
• Understanding of Maintenance and Operational activities
  
• Experience of the management and safe supervision of contractors
  
• Competent in the use of Google sheets/docs
  
• Full driving licence
  

Desirable:

• Skills in running and maintaining Wastewater processes and assets or similar
  
• Practical knowledge of Google packages, experience of computerised maintenance management package(s)
  
• Experience in either Mechanical or Electrical engineering
  
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  
• Good commercial awareness
  

What's next?



Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.



We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation and Highly Commended as a workplace for 55+.

This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an

environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.



We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.

Senior PM

Salary: £50,644 - £63305

Location: Edinburgh

Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

Summary of the role

We have multiple vacancies for Senior Project Managers to join our Business Change team. As the Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for playing a key role in the end-to-end management and delivery of projects and programme work-streams, situated in the Change space. This is an excellent next step for an experienced Project Manager to move into a large-scale Financial Services organisation, who are known for their support and culture of continuous improvement.

Benefits

• 33 days including Bank Holidays
• Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Car Allowance
• Private Healthcare
• Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as through our global parent company (Tata Consultancy Services)
• Access to Perks at Work (an online discounted shopping platform) saving you money on a wide range of goods and services, including your weekly food shop, holidays and electrical goods
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Interest free Season Ticket loans
• A companywide Wellbeing programme, including an Employee Assistance Programme and other benefits/resources to support your mental/physical and financial wellbeing
• A comprehensive set of Moments that Matter policies, such as Carer's Leave, Foster Leave and Retirement Leave
• A contributory company pension scheme where we match your contributions up to 6%, Group Life Assurance ('Death in Service") & Group Income Protection
• Apply to find out about our other benefits

What you'll be doing

• You will be pivotal in the leadership, management and delivery of change projects or programme work-streams, ensuring project deadlines are met within budget and scope
• Actively applying the appropriate project management discipline; planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, issue, and dependency management
• Leading the overall planning of project and management of resources, including well developed contingency plans to deliver the agreed solutions
• You will establish an effective project organisation structure and be responsible for project team shaping, building, development, management, and motivation of the team
• Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and key customers

What we're looking for

• Strong experience in project management, working on large, complex programmes and projects
• A history working in Financial Services, ideally Life and Pensions but wider FS accepted
• A mix of IT and Operational/Business Change type projects
• Excellent communication and relationship skills
• Understanding the full project lifecycle
• Understanding of regulatory environment
• Drive for quality and service