Total 9 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4AN

What skills and experience we're looking for

Evidence of outstanding teaching ability

Clear subject knowledge, with experience of teaching A-level or clear potential to do so

Recent successful experience in the relevant faculty of a secondary school or academy

Evidence of successful impact on raising standards and improving student progress and outcomes

Sound and current knowledge and understanding of the changing curriculum at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 and its relevance to our Academy

Evidence of developing the teaching and learning of others, demonstrating, promoting and encouraging outstanding classroom practice

Evidence of successful teaching in more than one subject area (or the potential to do so)

Commitment to the Academy’s approach to enterprise education and to enrichment

Ability to promote parental engagement and develop positive relationships with even the most challenging parents/carers

A good knowledge of effective social inclusion strategies and evidence of successfully promoting social inclusion

Experience of preparing for an Ofsted inspection

Able to demonstrate commitment and experience in developing effective links with the local community, businesses and other stakeholders

Experience of working in an 11-18 school or academy

Experience of working in a newly-opened school or academy

Experience of working in more than one secondary school or academy

Experience of working within a Multi-Academy Trust

What the school offers its staff

Additional benefits of working at GWA include:

• Average class sizes of 26 in years 7 to 11 (Lower sizes at A-Level)
• Excellent CPD programme
• State of the art facilities
• Leading edge ICT, including a laptop provided for all staff and pupils
• Free Health and Wellbeing Support Service
• Easy access to the A419 with free parking on site
• Flexible working opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme through CycleScheme
• Access to EV charging on site. Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

Great Western Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. All posts within the Trust are therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and barred list check.

Do you have an eye for spotting risks and horizon scanning? Can you use your conservation background to act as an ambassador and align key activity to programme objectives?

About the role
As Conservation Project Manager you will bring together project management skills, specialist conservation and collections care expertise, problem solving, and team leadership skills to deliver collections projects at NCC. More information about NCC can be found below.

Reporting to the Group Conservation Manager, you will work collaboratively and proactively with other Project Managers and departments to enable the Conservation team to deliver Masterplan and Collections Services projects. This includes ensuring that conservation and collection care elements are correctly scoped and resourced and that conservation budgets are managed accordingly.

You will manage and matrix manage conservators across several projects. Using your conservation specialist knowledge of materials and practices, you will help your team plan works and review processes to ensure they are fit for purpose, making decisions to improve efficiencies and ways of working.

Full time (35 hours), Fixed term contract until Dec 2025 - Hybrid working from Wroughton Office.
Offering £40,133 per annum

There may be the possibility of the extension for this role depending on the Science Museum Group work programme.

About you
You will have solid experience of conservation project management with the ability to analyse, forward plan, coordinate and manage people. From this, you have the ability to find innovative conservation solutions to complex problems, and to define and report on key performance indicators, key dependencies and milestones and risk.

With great people and negotiation skills, you can maintain a strong reputation for delivery whist effectively engaging with senior stakeholders, and acting as a successful, and trusted ambassador for your team.

About the National Collections Centre
This position is based at the National Collections Centre, at the Science and Innovation Park in Wroughton within the Collection Services Department.

The 545-acre Science and Innovation Park is the home of the Science Museum Group's National Collections Centre (NCC), our hub for collections management and access. The National Collections Centre is transforming how we care, manage, and make accessible over 400,000 objects and 1.5M items in our Library and Archive. A new collections management facility houses a vast range of objects in the collection from microscope slides to railway carriages, other objects are stored in repurposed aircraft hangars, sustainable hempcrete constructed buildings and other facilities dispersed across the park.

There's something really special about working at the Science and Innovation Park. You are surrounded by the stunning Wiltshire countryside, with ever-changing weather, spectacular sunsets and lots of wildlife to spot as you move around the site. But the best part of the NCC is the people, you'll be joining a wonderful and passionate community of individuals.

Applying
View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.

What we offer
Working with a world-leading museum group that offers access to truly unique environments and collections, you'll benefit from the perks listed below, as well as full support for life events such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

• Meaningful work. We're a mission-led organisation where the work you do supports us in Inspiring Futures.
• Career growth. We offer enhanced support with personal and professional development.
• Work/life balance. We offer 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, along with flexible policies which support you and your home life.
• Health & Dental Insurance. Extra peace of mind, from day one.
• All our colleagues can access an employee assistance programme, access to the Unmind app, and other wellbeing support.
• Enhanced contributory pension. To support you in saving for the future.
• Interest-free loans. When you need a little extra cash for life events or home improvements.
• Great discounts. Free entry to exhibitions, discounts in our shops, cafes, and access to other museums in the NMDC network.

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to develop a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.

A patient focused group of independent Opticians are looking for a full or part time Optometrist for their well established Swindon, Wiltshire practice.

You will be able to provide patents with a personalised eyecare experience, utilising some of the most advanced equipment available.

Optometrist - Role

• Modern independent
• Loyal patient base
• Focus on patient care
• Providing thorough sight tests to patients - 30 mins (pre-screening done by the support team)
• Advanced equipment - Optomap, OCT, Tonometer, digital slitlamp,
• Optix computer system
• Working alongside an experienced Dispensing Optician
• High level of clinical freedom - You decide how to manage the patient, and what lens/contact lenses you want to dispense
• Working 3, 4 or 5 days a week including some Saturdays
• Opening hours from 9am to 5.30pm (5pm on a Sat)
• Salary between £50,000 to £65,000 DOE, plus bonus
• Staff discount
• Private healthcare
• Private indemnity insurance
• Life cover
• 25 days holiday plus bank hols
• Pension - Matched up to 5%
• Relocation package available
• Continuous training and development
• Encouraged to pick up additional accreditations and specialisms - areas like dry eye, macular degeneration, glaucoma, specialist contact lenses, myopia control and orthokeratology.
• Support from other Optoms, Trainers and Professional services teams

Optometrist - Requirements

• Fully qualified Optometrist registered with the GOC
• Willing to learn and develop
• Wants be able to provide the very best eye test possible
• Wants to provide higher levels of communication and patient engagement
• Focus on clinical excellence

To apply for this role please send a copy of your CV to Rebecca Wood using the apply now link.

A full time Optometrist is required to join an award winning independent Opticians based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. They are a growing, forward thinking business, and this is an excellent role if you wish to develop your clinical skills and career.

The Role

• Newly aquired practice with experienced Directors
• Providing 30-45 minute sight tests to patients of all ages
• Contact lens appointments
• Opportunity to provide specialist clinics - myopia control, Ortho K, Dry eye: syringing, punctal plugs, and Dyslexia (all training will be provided)
• Helping to develop and grow the business
• Knowledgeable and supportive team with a qualified Dispensing Optician
• Excellent equipment including humphrey, pulsair, fundus and slit lamp cameras, combi unit, Thomson test chart, topographer
• Support with any additional accreditations
• Ideally 4.5 Days a week with a Sat morning included
• Excellent salary - £45,000 to £70,000 DOE
• Great work life balance with no Sundays, bank holidays, and a guaranteed 10 Saturdays off a year
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to develop clinically and professionally
• Help grow the business
• Regular clinical training, peer review and CET points
• Pension contributions
• Let them know your ideal career and they will work with you to help you achieve it

The client is looking for an Optometrist with a passion for Optometry and a good commercial understanding.

In order to discuss this position further please call Zest Optical on 0114 238 1726 or email a copy of your CV

Assistant Finance Business Partner - Fixed Term 12 Months

This is an important role that is key to the success of both the Divisions and the organisation. The post holder is expected to work at a high level in the organisation demonstrating credibility with the Divisional Management teams, Head of Service and Clinicians at all levels.

Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, the post holder has the following key areas of responsibilities: -
• Preparing and submitting a monthly Management Accounts Pack to the Finance Business Partner and to budget holders, together with a commentary to accompany monthly management accounts.
• Designing, producing, and maintaining budget reports and other spreadsheet-based reports and models in accordance with agreed timetables and departmental policies and procedures.
• Preparing monthly variance reports for specific departments within a division, investigating any variances from the plan and identifying mitigation strategies.
• Meeting regularly with budget holders and providing information and analysis to them regarding their budgets.
• Supporting all the relevant budget holders in the preparation of their annual plan including provision of analysis and projections.
• Advising and supporting budget holders with possible areas for efficiency and productivity improvements
• To act as Business Partner to the directorates, providing financial information and expert advice at Directorate Review Meetings and to Directorate Managers and to the Trust Executive Team as and when required. To provide complex, sensitive, contentious information (financial and non-financial), advice and support to the Division. Present this and other performance information at Divisional and specialty management meetings on a regular basis.
• To produce monthly management accounts which have integrity and support Directorate individually, and consequently the Trust as a whole, in achieving their financial objectives.
• To be the key support for the Finance Business partner on all aspects of financial management within the Division in conjunction with the Divisional Operations team.
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• Support the Finance Business Partner in improving links between activity, capacity and expenditure, in order to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to inform decision making and inform financial plans and forecasting.
• To produce ongoing advice to budget holders on managing and understanding their expenditure variances and ensure by persuasion, negotiation and effective process management that corrective actions agreed by Division and individuals are delivered within the agreed timescales





Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
• Service We will put our patients first
• Teamwork We will work together
• Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
• Respect We will act with integrity
• Hold the specialities and services to account for its financial practice and position, challenging poor financial performance and delivery of the efficiency programme, ensuring all services are cost effective, efficient and provide best value.

Please see attached JD for full responsibilities.


This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Nov 2024

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About the Role of Senior Planner:

Long term freelance opportunity for an Senior Planner in Swindon paying competitive day rate

A opportunity for a Planner to work with a tier 1 sized main contractor on a £300M new build industrial unit in Swindon.

I am currently assisting a market leading brand in their search for a Planner to join their Team. This is an opportunity to be site based, as well remote working. As a Planner, you will benefit from working with the existing construction team and have full support from a Planning Manager and Construction Director.

Our client take pride in the developments they deliver and have regenerated various other schemes across London in the sectors of new build, fit out and refurbishment.

This is an opportunity for a Planner to join the team on a freelance basis, for a minimum of 10 months. They are looking for someone that has a proven track record working providing support with a Main Contractor. Must have experience using ASTA and have previously worked on NEC form of contract.

The ideal candidate for Senior Planner:

• Industrial experience
• Main Contracting experience
• ASTA/P6 experience

Would you like to be part of the team documenting, hazard surveying and unpacking a wide variety of objects in our museum collection? Do you have an understanding of collections care and experience handling objects?

About us

The 545-acre Science and Innovation Park is the home of the Science Museum Group's National Collections Centre (NCC), our hub for collections management and access. The NCC is transforming how we care, manage, and make accessible over 400,000 objects and 1.5M items in our Library and Archive. A new collections management facility houses a vast range of objects in the collection from microscope slides to railway carriages.

We are now recruiting for 6 x Collection Project Officers to join the NCC Collections Team. These are full-time roles, working 35 hours per week on a fixed term contract until October and December 2025.

About the role

The Collection Project Officer role offers a unique opportunity to work as part of a fast-paced team gaining practical experience working with one of the world's greatest science, technology, and medicine collections. You will also be crucial in making the collections stored at the National Collections Centre available digitally through the Science Museum Group's Collections Online portal.

The 6 CPO vacancies cover 3 different projects. As a successful candidate, you will be selected to work on a specific project - to be discussed at interview.

About you

Joining us you will bring practical and relevant experience of object handling, as well as an understanding of collections care and preventive conservation. You will have good attention to detail alongside the ability to work efficiently with desire to maintain consistent high standards. You will be able to work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure you can work together to meet deadlines. You will be able to assist with the manual movement of our collections, using manual handling techniques and equipment effectively, for example trolleys.

Applying

View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process, or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.

Don't feel you meet all of the criteria? At SMG, we are committed to building a workforce that is open for all, and welcome you to apply, even if your experience doesn't fit perfectly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.

What we offer

Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

• Support with personal and professional development
• 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced contributory pension
• Unmind App and other wellbeing support
• Interest-free loans
• Days Out discounts
• Health & Dental Insurance

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.

Join Our Team as a Project Operations Supervisor at Aspire Defence Service Limited (ADSL)

Salary: £36,000 per annum plus company vehicle, tools and uniform provided
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, no weekends
Location: Based at The ABC – Tidworth with travel to all garrison locations
Are you ready to join a dynamic team where innovation thrives? Aspire Defence Services Limited (ADSL) is seeking a passionate and results-driven Project Operations Supervisor to be part of our exciting journey.

What We Offer:

Company Vehicle: Subsidised home to work commuting
Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell holiday
Pension Plan: Contributory Company Pension Plan matched up to 6%
Insurance: Individual life assurance and personal accident cover
Employee Benefits Portal: Access to private medical, private dental, discounted gym membership, and discounted shopping at over 100 brands and outlets
Reward and Recognition: Celebrate outstanding achievements
Employee Assistance Program: Funded program with onsite mental health first aiders
Your Role:

Supervise and coordinate the activities of two small teams to deliver defined scopes of work.
Produce weekly and ad hoc updates/reports and contribute to departmental meetings.
Supervise the deployment and maintenance of a range of monitoring Sensors.
Planning and coordinating resources and materials to support the programmes of work.
Effectively collaborate with other teams within the business.
What We’re Looking For:

Qualifications: Entry level Health and Safety Awareness e.g. CSCS Operative / IOSH Working Safely.
Experience: Background in the FM maintenance sector (commercial, not domestic), with a track record of delivering planned, recurring activities on schedule and supervising teams to complete specific work packages.
Skills: Strong proactive communication and interpersonal skills, as well as proficiency in all Office 365 applications. A professional work ethic and a focus on excellent customer service are essential. Applicants must have strong attention to detail, embodying a completer/finisher mentality. A proactive team player who is eager to learn new skills.
Driving Licence: Full UK valid driving licence required.
Additional Information:

Our garrisons are tobacco-free working environments.
Security clearance is required prior to starting with us.
We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate against protected characteristics. All candidates will be given equal consideration through our established procedures.
Please note, this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Ready to Join Us? If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, apply now and be part of our dedicated team supporting the armed forces across Hampshire and Wiltshire.

Location: North Star and Queens Drive/ flexible/hybrid working arrangementsDepartment: MISBrilliant at Business Intelligence? We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Systems and BI Developer who will lead on the production of accurate, timely and accessible data reports & dashboards for Governors and college management.
You will play a pivotal part in the process analysis of systems and processes, and development of BI using appropriate tools whether that will be Excel, SSRS reports or other reporting products.
You will support the development and implementation of College quality improvement planning through the provision of robust and accurate management information on student data, funding and other key performance indicators while leading the production of accurate, timely and accessible data reports & dashboards for Governors and college management.To apply for this role, you will need a relevant degree or equivalent experience, evidence of continuous personal development, experience of analysing data and producing reports including T-SQL, SSRS, SSIS, BI Tools etc. and clear and comprehensive knowledge of SQL databases.We value all our colleagues and our benefits package includes generous holiday entitlement, excellent pension with the college contributing 21.7% of salary into the local government pension scheme, free car parking, on-site gym, staff development & training, Sodexo Retail Discount Scheme, and more ….
New College Swindon is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all colleagues to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check, to the satisfaction of New College Swindon, will be required for this role.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the published closing date if sufficient applications are received so if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible. To apply for this role, you MUST have Right to Work in the UK.
Closing Date: 1 December 2024
To submit your application for this opportunity, please click 'Apply' now!