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• Provides advice and guidance to program managers and Contracting Officer's Representatives on contracting procedures, including providing assistance in the development of acquisition packages.
• Plans, negotiates, leads, and administers procurements of goods and services, which may include specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements using Federal Acquisition Regulation procedures.
• Performs procurement planning and provides advice to program officials in the development of procurement objectives, constructing the contractual vehicle, and facilitating creation and maintenance of acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts and related schedules while providing acquisition progress updates to stakeholders.
• Advises on performance objectives to be used and assists in the preparation of requirements documents, such as performance work statements, statement of objectives, and statements of work.
• Serves as sole negotiator for program customer on procurement actions. Plans and coordinates negotiation strategy and leads the negotiations to develop contract prices and terms.
• Performs contract administration. Responsibilities typically include incremental funding, preparation of rate and price adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of time extension, incorporation of change orders, issuance of stop work orders, issuance of cure notices or show cause letters, final payment, and contract closeout.
• Researches and interprets various federal acquisition laws, regulations (i.e., Federal Acquisition Regulations and agency directives), policies, procedures and applies findings to acquisition work products.
• Develops technical correspondence and reference materials to document discussions, decisions, and contracting actions throughout the contract life cycle including determinations, findings, and, solicitations or request for quotes/proposals.

Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)

Job Advert




Fully Remote or Hybrid

Are you ready to lead a team that’s passionate about delivering exceptional software solutions while making a real difference for
pets and their owners? At Animal Friends, we’re on the hunt for a Lead Test Engineer who embodies our values of fun, hard work,
and striving for the best.

If you’re an automation enthusiast, a collaborative leader, and thrive in an Agile environment, this is your chance to make your
mark!



Why Join Us?

* Be part of a supportive IT team working on exciting projects that truly matter.
* Lead a self-sufficient testing team currently at 60% automation and growing!
* Enjoy a fantastic work-life balance while championing our customers and their furry friends.
* Work in a mature Agile environment where collaboration and innovation are key.



What You’ll Do

* Lead and inspire a team of talented Test Engineers to ensure top-notch software quality.
* Develop and enhance test automation frameworks using tools like Cypress (JavaScript) and Cucumber.
* Drive the adoption of best practices in test automation, helping us achieve our goal of being an automation-driven delivery
team.
* Collaborate closely with developers, Scrum Masters, and stakeholders to ensure robust test coverage across manual, automated,
and performance testing.
* Continuously improve testing processes to support our modern tech stack while balancing hands-on leadership with strategic
oversight.



What You’ll Bring

* Proven expertise in creating test automation frameworks with Cypress, JavaScript, and tools like Cucumber.
* Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams of 10+ professionals, coaching them from junior to senior levels.
* Deep understanding of Agile practices (TDD/BDD) and Web API testing using tools like Postman or Swagger.
* A track record of delivering high-quality results on medium to large-scale projects.
* Passion for continuous improvement, customer focus, and delivering meaningful outcomes.



Bonus Points For

* Experience with performance testing or cloud-based applications (Azure/AWS).
* Familiarity with SQL commands or experience in financial services/insurance.



If you’re ready to lead with purpose, innovate with passion, and have fun along the way, we’d love to hear from you!




What Animal Friends is all about!

We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a
mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their
customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services.

Animal Friends has grown to become not only an award-winning business but one of the largest pet insurance providers in the UK,
with around 500 colleagues helping us to look after over 1 million pets, offering cover for cats, dogs and horses. 

A large part of our success is due to our company values which are the foundation of how we work, we are courageous by continually
looking for new ways to innovate our customers experience and the pet insurance industry. We are kind-hearted with animal welfare
being important to us, we donate and support over 800 charities and conservancies across the UK and worldwide, to date, we have
donated over £8.5 million. And we are passionate about the support we provide to our customers helping them care for their pets.



Benefits of working with Animal Friends

We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to
get from us:

* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
* Fully paid day off for charity work
* 95% of our employee’s own pets, we’re able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation
app JOII
* We believe looking after employees’ health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub
* We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of
the quarter’s choice
* Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team



Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders,
ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest
of confidence.

We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.

As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a
credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to
evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews
will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.

Job Description


About Your Team The Directorate team plays a key role in running the organisation, ensuring that the services my client provides to women and their families are impactful, evidence-based, and truly meet the needs of the communities. The team work closely with the Directors to ensure the voices of women are heard and their needs are addressed.
About Your Role As the new Chief Financial Officer, you will be an inspiring leader who knows how to bring people together, build strong relationships, and partner with senior management in a collaborative way. Ideally, you'll bring solid commercial experience and a knack for making complex financial situations clear and manageable. Your role will involve driving improvements in financial processes to ensure that my client continues to thrive and grow in the long term. You'll also lead a small but dedicated team, working alongside the

... Click here to view more detail / apply for Chief Finance Officer (CFO)

• Provides advice and guidance to program managers and Contracting Officer's Representatives on contracting procedures, including providing assistance in the development of acquisition packages.
• Plans, negotiates, leads, and administers procurements of goods and services, which may include specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements using Federal Acquisition Regulation procedures.
• Performs procurement planning, including: advising program officials in the development of procurement objectives, constructing the contractual vehicle, and facilitating creation and maintenance of acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts and related schedules.
• Advises on the performance objectives to be used and assists in the preparation of requirements documents, such as performance work statements, statement of objectives, and statements of work.
• Serves as sole negotiator for program customer on procurement actions. Plans and coordinates negotiation strategy and leads the negotiations to develop contract prices and terms.
• Performs contract administration. Responsibilities include incremental funding, preparation of rate and price adjustments, redirection of effort, coordination of time extension, incorporation of change orders, issuance of stop work orders, issuance of cure notices or show cause letters, final payment, and contract closeout.

Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.

Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12)

Dongara Road House Pty Ltd

Store Manager ((ANZSCO 142111 - Retail Manager)
Full-time/Permanent
$74,000 - $76,000 (salary will be commensurate to qualifications and experience)

Duties and responsibilities:

? Recruit, train, manage and motivate staff to ensure efficiency and to increase sales
? Create & implement sales and marketing strategies and lead the retail team towards achievement of sales objectives
? Monitor market trends and sales and take corrective actions as required
? Formulate pricing policies by reviewing merchandising activities; determining additional needed sales promotion; authorizing clearance sales; studying trends
? Propose range mix and manage a desirable range that meets sales budgets, margin targets, and customer expectations
? Organise sales promotions and in-store events
? Encourage staff to sell offerings by advising customers about products and undertaking suggestive selling
? Ensure just-in-time stock refurbishment
? Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual sales forecasts, as required
? Analyse daily, weekly and monthly sales figures to ensure branch profitability
? Fully responsible for P&L
? Achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
? Protects employees and customers by providing a safe and clean store environment
? Ensure compliance with all health, safety and legal requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

Relevant AQF Diploma

3 years of relevant experience is essential

This is a bargaining unit position.

Areas of Consideration for Remote Positions:

1st - The Administration or VA Staff office posting the vacancy.
2nd - Any other internal candidates of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
3rd - All other Status eligibles.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 100 in the order they applied.

Note: Submitting multiple applications will change the order in which your application is reviewed.

Starting at $41,966 Per Year (GS 7-9)

Role overview

Package: Competitive salary with excellent benefits including 24 holiday days (plus your birthday) 2 days off for charity work,
Group life assurance and private medical insurance



Location: We offer the opportunity to work completely from home within the UK, be office based in Borehamwood, or split your time
between home and office.



Full Time: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday between the hours of 8am – 6pm on a weekly rotating shift pattern. Some weekend
work will be required on a rota basis.



Start Date: 18th November 2024



What we look for in you as a Pet Insurance Phone Agent

* Previous experience providing customer service via phone is essential.
* As you’ll be working to KPI’s, experience working within a targeted environment would be an advantage
* Often, you’ll be supporting our customers when their pet is injured or unwell, empathy and professionalism are required as is a
high level of resilience and patience
* Within this busy repetitive role you’ll need to be organised and motivated, with good attention to detail

* Able to easily work from home with a quiet space and good internet connection




What you`ll get up to as a Pet Insurance Phone Agent

To give you an idea what to expect, you`ll be:

* Taking inbound calls from our existing customers providing patient friendly first line assistance with routine enquiries
including how to make a claim, policy cover, changes to customer details and payment queries
* Working within a busy, and at times challenging role, patience and consistency will be key
* Upskilling to support other operational areas with various customer queries via telephone, live chat and email
* Taking part in an in-depth induction and training programme to ensure you’re a technical expert when it comes to answering
customer queries




What we are all about!

Pinnacle Pet UK is a Top 5 UK Pet insurer with a clear ambition to be the leading Pet healthcare and insurance services partner in
the UK.

We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and health services platform which was
set up as a joint venture between JAB Holding Company and BNP Paribas Cardif. PPG’s ambition is to create the leading pet
insurance and health services platform globally.

Over the last two years, through the success of our partnership strategy, which includes Sainsbury’s Bank, PDSA and Post Office,
we’ve doubled the size of our business. We have ambitious growth plans through UK and European partnerships, and own brand and a
clear vision for the development of our customer and partner proposition.

Not only do we have big ambitions for innovation, customer experience and growth, we also pride ourselves on being a great place
to work. We know not everyone works best confined to the four walls of the office, which is why we embrace hybrid working. Our
teams come together to collaborate in the office when needed, but we also have the space and the freedom to work from home. We
believe people should have the best of both worlds to foster creativity, social connections, shared learning autonomy and
productivity. It helps support a good work-life balance, and it’s the way we want to be.




We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to eliminating discrimination in the workplace and to promoting equal
opportunities for all staff.



We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.



As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a
credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to
evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.



Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date.
Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.




Phone Agent | Contact Centre | Call Centre | Customer Support | Client Support | Insurance | Customer Service

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date.  

We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As a Human Resources Specialist (CL/REC/PLAC), GS-0201-11, you will be responsible for:
• Providing guidance and troubleshooting complex problems associated with comprehensive recruitment placement services for assigned organizations. 
• Provides detailed technical assistance to agency staff in resolving recruitment and placement problems including defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken. 
• Provides guidance and assists in evaluating trends in missions, technology, manpower, fiscal resources, and other factors influencing future needs.
• Acting as a Human Resources representative or inter-agency and intra-Commerce discussing and working groups covering a broad range of human resources. 
• Reviews and studies regulations, standard procedures, and guides from OPM and other requirements to make suggestions for determining the best methods and techniques to be practiced in meeting these needs.
• Researching will be conducted to ensure that the provided response is accurate, expeditiously carried out, answers the question(s) posed, and/or meets and complies with current established statutes/regulations, policy, guidelines, processes, procedures.

Starting at $72,553 Per Year (GS 11)

This is a Bargaining Unit position.
The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. If management requests additional certificates, applicants will continue to be reviewed in groups of 50 in the order they applied.

Note: Submitting multiple applications will change the order in which your application is reviewed

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Not applicable, this is a remote position
Remote: This is a remote position.
Duty Location Status: will work remotely from home'
Position Description/PD#: Financial Management Specialist/PD20055A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): No
Financial Disclosure Report : Not Required
Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work; however, there may be some walking and standing required to attend meetings, seminars, and conferences with other VA employees and other government agencies. Some travel to VA field facilities may be necessary

Major Duties:

• Significant knowledge in the pay and leave entitlements of USC code Title 5 and Title 38 (physicians and nurses) which covers: pay systems; salary and wages, pay administration; recruitment, relocation, and retention incentive; student loan repayments; leave administration; and work schedules.
• Maintain expert knowledge of processing of DCPS, RSD/HR Smart reports to perform quality control checks and ensure team is performing quality control checks timely and accurately.
• The employee also is a technical authority with responsibility for these types of actions:

- Planning and carrying out the assignment
- Directing other functional specialists
- Resolving most of the conflicts that arise
- Coordinating the work with others as necessary
- Interpreting policy and regulatory requirements
- Developing changes to plans and/or methodology; and/or
- Providing recommendations for improvements to meet program objectives

Starting at $62,107 Per Year (GS 11)

• Advises customers and stakeholders on how to best improve current Human Resources Information Technology (HRIT) applications and identifies weaknesses in current business processes in order to improve the flow of critical HR information and transform how HR performs work, eliminating redundant work and increasing productivity.
• Resolves critical issues affecting the DFC's suite of HRIT applications and makes major contributions to initiatives dedicated to improving HR's operations and organizational effectiveness.
• Serves as a technical resource and provides support to users in the operation, maintenance and capabilities of all HRIT applications. Answers questions concerning requirements, procedures and forms for the full range of human resources functions. Functions may include employment, performance appraisal, pay, leave, awards, training, benefits, human resources records and processing, etc.
• Researches the CFR, OPM's Guide to Processing Personnel Actions (GPPA), DFC directives, OHRM operating procedures, and other guidance concerning issues related to processing personnel actions, merit promotion, competitive recruitment, priority placement, veteran's preference, U.S. citizenship requirements, noncompetitive appointment eligibility, etc.
• Liaises to the Office of Information Technology in the review and analysis of functional requirements and documentation to facilitate the development of new applications or systems changes in HRIS.

Please Note: This is not a Bargaining Unit position.

Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)

This is a bargaining unit position.

Starting at $62,107 Per Year (GS 11)