Total 169 Senior Executive job vacancies in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9BN

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

About the role

Balfour Beatty are looking for a Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor to join our team covering projects in and around the Edinburgh area.

The Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor will support the Balfour Beatty projects to drive HS&W performance, ensuring efficient and effective advice and support to meet and where possible exceed operational requirements supporting the Head of HS&W & HS&W Manager to achieve Zero Harm objectives.

Some of the projects this role will support include:

• Liberton High School
• Craighall Primary School
• Blindwells Primary School
• Biomes – Edi Botanic Gardens
• Roseburn to Union Cancel
• Various Active Travel Project
• Cockenie Power Station (Civils – Earthwork project)
• Edinburgh Airport
• Various RAAC projects for Edinburgh University

What you'll be doing

• Implement Business Unit Zero Harm strategy through visible leadership to drive
  the delivery of the Zero Harm Action Plan.
• Provide project teams with expert HS&W technical advice, guidance and
  support.
• Collaboratively engage with both internal & external customers and the supply
  chain to promote zero harm delivery.
• In conjunction with operational management complete a local and bespoke risk-
  based Service Level Agreement with each project which is kept under quarterly
  review to provide assurance that the project is compliant with HS&W
  requirements.
• Undertake regular site inspections as per project risk matrix and produce formal
  reports using the Project Portal to record HS&W inspections.
• Undertake regular checks on Health and Safety Risk Management highlighting
  risks and opportunities.
• Provide expert support to investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events
  in accordance with Balfour Beatty Group Standards and company requirements.
• Support work winning teams with quality HS&E responses for bids, proposals
  and PQQs for future projects.
• Engage and develop relationships with design & engineering teams to eliminate
  and reduce HS&W risk through design.
• Challenge the norm by innovating and improving the way we work, whilst
  keeping pace with industry change and promote successes.
• Provide support and mentoring to other HS&E colleagues in their development

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are required:

• Relevant H&S Diploma, NVQ or Degree (or equivalent level 6 qualification).
  May consider candidates with a certificate/qualification currently working
  towards one of these qualifications with relevant on-site experience and to have
  or be working toward Chartered Membership of IOSH.
• Strong understanding of UK Health and Safety Regulatory Framework.
• Ability to influence and promote a positive HS&E culture by engaging and
  conversing at all levels.
• Ability to undertake project planning, project management and work to budgets.
• Competence in incident investigation.
• Ability to prepare formal written reports on HS&W topics.
• Broad experience of complex construction and civils projects (or experience
  from an equivalent sector)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

• Job Activities
  
  
• Preparing, collating and validating payroll related information for input onto payroll system to strict deadlines. Correcting errors as appropriate.
  
• Operating 2 payrolls; one for staff and another for pensioners who were awarded enhanced
  
  pensions with the management of these pension payments.
  
• Training of the Payroll Officer in the payroll system iTrent and reporting system Business Objects.
  
• Completing the new starter process: The HR systems team start the new starter process chain within the payroll system, with a workflow to Payroll to complete the process.
  
• Resolving any staff pay queries regarding the Contract change procedure.
  
• Responsible for ensuring all additions to pay claims are processed accurately and following-up queries as necessary including; support staff claim forms, additional hours claim forms, overtime claim forms, assessor claim forms and guest claim forms.
  
• Updating PAYE and NI in the payroll system for any legislative changes.
  
• Managing changes to the pension scheme deductions: SPPA (Scottish Public Pensions Agency) pension changes may be made monthly, in line with SPPA guidance. Deductions are calculated automatically, but are required to be checked.
  
• Managing changes to the pension scheme deductions: LPF (Lothian Pension Fund) pension changes may be made annually. Payroll imports global changes into the payroll system for employer contribution rates and tiered rates for employee contributions
  
• Processing other deductions, liaising with external agencies as necessary e.g. credit union, give as you earn, childcare vouchers, wage arrestment.
  
• Administering advanced payments where necessary: salary or expense advances will be paid under exceptional circumstances with the approval of delegated authorities. The post holder will administer the process and ensure that the advance will be reclaimed against the next salary payment due.
  
• Monitoring employee absences to ensure the correct amount of sick pay entitlement is processed.
  
• Setting up, calculating and processing the appropriate payments for maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.
  
• Processing staff leaver information into the system, advising the applicable pension scheme as appropriate and posting final payslip and P45 to staff leaving.
  
• Reviewing the work of the payroll officers for accuracy and compliance with policy.
  
• Monthly analysis of all pay elements from gross to net pay, comparing it to the previous month.
  
• Monthly payroll reconciliations are prepared and investigated, and any anomalies rectified, liaising with colleagues as appropriate.
  
• Standard reporting within the system for reconciliation, monitoring and control purposes and building other bespoke reports using the BusinessObjects software.
  
• Responsible for generating BACS reports from the system to support the payroll reconciliation.
  
• Exporting pay information from the payroll system for import into the financial system, through a manual interface for verification of the Finance Manager. All payroll liabilities are reconciled to the balance sheet monthly, and any differences thoroughly investigated and cleared.
• Ensure pension deductions are made in accordance with the scheme rules, especially in cases such as maternity leave, sickness absence. For SPPA, employee contribution rates are updated on a monthly basis.
  
• Provide advice to employees on the pension scheme rules.
  
• Ensure iTrent is up to date with any changes to the pension schemes, in liaison with external suppliers.
  
• Responsible for the notification of new starts and leavers to the Pension Scheme bodies.
  
• Responsible for the notification of any other staff contract changes to the Pension bodies.
  
• Responsible for completing monthly and yearly pension returns and payments (to the LPF and SPPA). Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all monthly and year end statutory returns and payments
  
• Monthly P32 returns ensuring that each reconciles to the HMRC liability payments
  
• Responsible each year end for reconciling the P35 return ensuring that it reconciles to the HMRC liability payments.
  
• Responsible for preparing and reconciling year end information regarding P60's and P11 D's (to staff and HMRC as applicable).
  
• Responsible for completing monthly and yearly pension returns and payments (to the LPF and SPPA).
  
• Responsible for reconciling all third-party creditors, e.g. credit union payments and arranging the payments with the Purchase ledger team and sending additional back up information if requested.
  
• 
  Knowledge/Qualifications
  
  
• Hold a minimum of an SCQF Level 7 (payroll qualification) or equivalent finance related subject or be qualified by experience.
  
• Strong understanding of policies and procedures around processing of payroll.
  
• Experience supervising/managing a payroll team.
  
• Processing payroll in house.
  
• Working cross functionally with other departments (i.e. Finance and HR).
  
• Dealing with staff payroll queries.
  
• Experience supervising/managing a payroll team
  
• Public sector experience
  
• Work Independently
  
• Problem solving
  
• Workload management and planning
  
• Prior use of iTrent or Business Objects.
  
• Experience of Unit4/Agresso finance system.
  
• Prior involvement in system improvement.
  
  

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Grade UE08: £49,250 to £60,321 per annum
School of Health in Social Sciences / CAHSS
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: until 31st August 2031

The Opportunity:

Senior Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to the leadership of innovative suicide research that centres liveability and lived/living experience.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working. This is not a remote role. The position is fixed term between March 2025 and August 2031.

The salary for this post is Grade 8 (£49,250.00 to £60,321.00 per annum), but due to budgetary restrictions, appointments can be made up to step 3 within the grade, so between £49,250.00 and £52,183.00 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Extensive experience in qualitative methods, including in relation to suicide and/or related fields
Experience of writing high quality, peer-reviewed publications
Experience in research and team leadership and management
A PhD in relevant field
Experience of working collaboratively with ‘experts by experience’ (or similar)

Your new company and role
This role is with a major public sector organisation based in Edinburgh. The role will involve business analysis activities within the specific team, as well as partnering with senior leaders across the organisation to deploy a range of business analysis methods, tools and techniques across domains.


What you'll need to succeed

• Agile working: Can identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Know how to help the team to decide the best approach.
• Business analysis: Can take responsibility for investigative work into problems and opportunities in existing and new services. Know how to drive the analysis and collection of information to create recommendations for service improvements.
• Business improvement process: Know how to analyse current services and processes, and can identify and implement opportunities to optimise these.
• Business modelling: Can model more advanced and complex situations across more than one business function or programme. Know how to gather insight from senior stakeholders and communicate modelling results clearly to them.
• Business process testing: Can take responsibility for the creation of test cases. Can create traceability records, from test cases back to requirements.
• Digital perspective: Have the ability to apply a digital understanding to your work. Can identify and implement solutions for assisted digital.
• Innovation: Can lead others to innovate in their work as well as enabling them to innovate on their own.
• Requirements definition and management: Can facilitate the setting of business priorities for change initiatives of high complexity. Know how to lead on requirements analysis and take responsibility for the investigation and implementation of changes to programme scope.
• Stakeholder management: Can influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively. Can build long-term strategic relationships and communicate clearly and regularly.
• Testing: Can define test condition requirements. Can work according to test plans to design, interpret and execute. Can highlight reports and risks and analyse results.
• User focus: Know how to collaborate with user researchers and can represent users internally. Understand the difference between user needs and the desires of the user.

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 about 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
This firm is an independent Edinburgh-based firm of chartered accountants who are looking to add to their accounts team. This is a forward-thinking firm that puts its employees and customers first. You will be providing an excellent service to a portfolio of clients and given a high degree of independence in doing so. The firm has a great work-life balance and promotes flexible working as well as half-day Fridays.

Your new role
This role will be a senior accounts position where you will be in charge of managing a portfolio of your own clients preparing their yearly statutory accounts, processing vat returns, HMRC tax returns, amongst other duties. You will be expected to work directly with clients doing face-to-face and online meetings, ensuring that their needs are being met to a high standard. This is an excellent position for someone who is looking to work in a firm with a high degree of flexibility and independence regarding how the job is done.

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in securing this role, you will be a qualified accountant with prior experience working in a CA firm. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills and have a proven track record of bringing value to a firm.

Please note, this role does not provide visa sponsorship.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will get the opportunity to work for an excellent CA firm with a great work/life balance and benefits package. You will work a 34.5 hour week with half days on a Friday. Hybrid and flexible working are also provided.

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 about 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

• Job Activities
  
  
• Preparing, collating and validating payroll related information for input onto payroll system to strict deadlines. Correcting errors as appropriate.
  
• Operating 2 payrolls; one for staff and another for pensioners who were awarded enhanced
  
  pensions with the management of these pension payments.
  
• Training of the Payroll Officer in the payroll system iTrent and reporting system Business Objects.
  
• Completing the new starter process: The HR systems team start the new starter process chain within the payroll system, with a workflow to Payroll to complete the process.
  
• Resolving any staff pay queries regarding the Contract change procedure.
  
• Responsible for ensuring all additions to pay claims are processed accurately and following-up queries as necessary including; support staff claim forms, additional hours claim forms, overtime claim forms, assessor claim forms and guest claim forms.
  
• Updating PAYE and NI in the payroll system for any legislative changes.
  
• Managing changes to the pension scheme deductions: SPPA (Scottish Public Pensions Agency) pension changes may be made monthly, in line with SPPA guidance. Deductions are calculated automatically, but are required to be checked.
  
• Managing changes to the pension scheme deductions: LPF (Lothian Pension Fund) pension changes may be made annually. Payroll imports global changes into the payroll system for employer contribution rates and tiered rates for employee contributions
  
• Processing other deductions, liaising with external agencies as necessary e.g. credit union, give as you earn, childcare vouchers, wage arrestment.
  
• Administering advanced payments where necessary: salary or expense advances will be paid under exceptional circumstances with the approval of delegated authorities. The post holder will administer the process and ensure that the advance will be reclaimed against the next salary payment due.
  
• Monitoring employee absences to ensure the correct amount of sick pay entitlement is processed.
  
• Setting up, calculating and processing the appropriate payments for maternity, paternity and adoption entitlements.
  
• Processing staff leaver information into the system, advising the applicable pension scheme as appropriate and posting final payslip and P45 to staff leaving.
  
• Reviewing the work of the payroll officers for accuracy and compliance with policy.
  
• Monthly analysis of all pay elements from gross to net pay, comparing it to the previous month.
  
• Monthly payroll reconciliations are prepared and investigated, and any anomalies rectified, liaising with colleagues as appropriate.
  
• Standard reporting within the system for reconciliation, monitoring and control purposes and building other bespoke reports using the BusinessObjects software.
  
• Responsible for generating BACS reports from the system to support the payroll reconciliation.
  
• Exporting pay information from the payroll system for import into the financial system, through a manual interface for verification of the Finance Manager. All payroll liabilities are reconciled to the balance sheet monthly, and any differences thoroughly investigated and cleared.
• Ensure pension deductions are made in accordance with the scheme rules, especially in cases such as maternity leave, sickness absence. For SPPA, employee contribution rates are updated on a monthly basis.
  
• Provide advice to employees on the pension scheme rules.
  
• Ensure iTrent is up to date with any changes to the pension schemes, in liaison with external suppliers.
  
• Responsible for the notification of new starts and leavers to the Pension Scheme bodies.
  
• Responsible for the notification of any other staff contract changes to the Pension bodies.
  
• Responsible for completing monthly and yearly pension returns and payments (to the LPF and SPPA). Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all monthly and year end statutory returns and payments
  
• Monthly P32 returns ensuring that each reconciles to the HMRC liability payments
  
• Responsible each year end for reconciling the P35 return ensuring that it reconciles to the HMRC liability payments.
  
• Responsible for preparing and reconciling year end information regarding P60's and P11 D's (to staff and HMRC as applicable).
  
• Responsible for completing monthly and yearly pension returns and payments (to the LPF and SPPA).
  
• Responsible for reconciling all third-party creditors, e.g. credit union payments and arranging the payments with the Purchase ledger team and sending additional back up information if requested.
  
• 
  Knowledge/Qualifications
  
  
• Hold a minimum of an SCQF Level 7 (payroll qualification) or equivalent finance related subject or be qualified by experience.
  
• Strong understanding of policies and procedures around processing of payroll.
  
• Experience supervising/managing a payroll team.
  
• Processing payroll in house.
  
• Working cross functionally with other departments (i.e. Finance and HR).
  
• Dealing with staff payroll queries.
  
• Experience supervising/managing a payroll team
  
• Public sector experience
  
• Work Independently
  
• Problem solving
  
• Workload management and planning
  
• Prior use of iTrent or Business Objects.
  
• Experience of Unit4/Agresso finance system.
  
• Prior involvement in system improvement.
  
  

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

PA / EA
West Edinburgh based | fully office based role with parking
Full Time | 35 hours per week | Monday to Friday | 9:00am to 5:00pm
Ongoing temp role for at least a month
Pay rate up to £20.00 per hour (depending on experience)

Search Consultancy are currently working with an Edinburgh based client to recruit an experienced PA / EA who will be responsible for providing extensive and varied Administration, Secretarial & PA support to Senior Management.

Duties involved in this role will include:
* Providing comprehensive EA & senior level administration support to a number of senior members of the Senior Leadership team
* Organisation & co-ordination of high level events & meetings including agendas, logistics, catering, facilities & venue management
* Extensive diary management & meeting scheduling for multiple stakeholders
* Booking required travel & accommodation for the team & producing itineraries where required
* Correspondence & inbox management, responding to general enquiries where appropriate, escalating necessary comms & drafting responses on behalf of the Senior Leadership team members
* Taking & documenting meeting minutes
* Ensuring key documentation is held, managed & filed appropriately
* Various other PA/EA/administration tasks as directed & required - full spec will be provided should your application be progressed

In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
* Extensive previous experience in a PA or EA role carrying out duties supporting at board level in line with the above spec - this experience is essential
* Excellent organisational & time management skills, with the ability to prioritise & complete a very busy workload effectively
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* Excellent IT Skills including the full MS Office suite - SharePoint experience would also be an advantage

If this is the role for you, apply now!

Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.

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

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

Senior Social Worker – Substance Misuse Team
Woodlands House, 74 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

A vacancy has arisen for a qualified Senior social worker to lead the Substance Misuse Team Residential Rehabilitation Team/Alcohol related brain damage.

The team comprises of Mental Health and Substance Misuse Social Workers, Community Care Assistant and Peer support worker. This post is based within Woodlands House Astley Ainslie hospital and Milestone House. Experience of partnership working would be desirable as the team works closely with our partners in health and is integrated within the wider Health and Social Care Partnership.

Experience required:

• Professional Social Work Qualification (i.e. BA, DipSW, CQSW or equivelent)

• Any of the following post qualifying qualifications would be desirable; MHO accreditation, Practice Educator qualification or Advanced professional certificate in Adult Protection.

• Experience of supporting people who have challenging and complex needs, ideally with a focus on Mental Health and Substance Misuse service users would be desirable.

The post holder is expected to demonstrate:

• An ability to manage risk and allocate work within the team

• An understanding staff supervision and development

• An ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a range of individuals including service users and other professionals

• An understanding of Adult Support and Protection legislation.

• The ability to use complex information to prioritise work

• An interest and awareness of recovery focused models of delivery in the community for both Substance Misuse and Mental Health

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.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

What we're looking for

• Prior, significant experience working in Financial Services
• Relevant risk qualification or a proven track record of achieving roles in a similar environment (at least 5 years)
• Conversant with best practice Enterprise Risk Management processes and frameworks
• Strong relationship management skills, capable of dealing with Executive Management, clients and third-party suppliers
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentational skills
• Strong technical knowledge of risk management software tools and their use
• Well versed with MS Excel and reporting skill

If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability, or any other reason, please let us know.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today and become part of our innovative team!

Job Description

Place – Sustainable Development

Building Standards Senior Structural Engineer
Waverley Court

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373 (pro rated for part time)
Hours: 21.6 per week (This is negotiable, we would also consider full time hours)

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the role of Building Standards Senior Structural Engineer and help us drive forward our programme to continually reshape our services in response to demands.

Edinburgh is a dynamic and growing city, and the Building Standards Team has a key role in the continued development of our capital city by processing around 5000 building warrants a year. We aim to provide a seamless development consent process with close collaboration between professionals in different service areas. You can be part of this exciting journey, helping to facilitate these opportunities whilst ensuring construction works within the city are designed and built to meet safety standards, further sustainable development and ensure the safety of people in and around buildings.

You would be responsible for verifying structural aspects of building warrant applications for compliance with the Scottish Building Regulations and mandatory standards. Further, you may be required to carry out inspections of building works and of dangerous/defective buildings offering structural advice to customers and assisting Building Standards Surveyors. You will have the ability to work as part of a team or on your own initiative to manage a diverse caseload. You will have good communication, IT and organisational skills and be committed to a high standard of customer care. With these requirements and responsibilities, comes a range of the most interesting Building Standards surveying work in Scotland.

We are working in a hybrid way at this time and those who are able to work from home will be permitted to do so, as and when necessary. Our modern open-plan offices are in Edinburgh City Centre, 5 minutes’ walk from Waverley Station.

The Council provides a wide and far reaching variety of services making us unique as an employer, and our varied rewards cater to the needs and wants of our employees. At our core are our values which describe the behaviours that all Council employees are expected to demonstrate in the workplace:

• Respect

• Integrity

• Flexibility

If you are interested, you should bring a relevant experience, a strong sense of customer service, excellent communication skills, a clear understanding of quality assurance and an appetite for project delivery and continuous improvement.

If successful, two references will be required.

If you wish to discuss any aspects of the role or have any questions prior to applying, please contact Gary Gilruth – 07885 477 546.

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.

Requirements

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.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Follow us on Twitter at @edincounciljobs

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care
MVM / R(D)SVS / Hospital for Small Animals
UE08/UE09 starting salary of £49,250 per annum
Full time: 35 hours per week – OOH included
Fixed term: for 16 months from March 2025

The Opportunity:

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is seeking a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) based within the Hospital for Small Animals on Easter Bush Campus, just outside Edinburgh. The successful applicant will join our established ECC team, and will share supervision of our combined emergency receiving and ICU services within our well-equipped multidisciplinary teaching hospital.

Responsibilities will include clinical, teaching and research with a clinical focus. An important aspect of the role is participation in the delivery and assessment of the BVM&S undergraduate teaching programme. The R(D)SVS also has a strong tradition of research, with excellent collaborative links both on campus and within the wider university providing many exciting opportunities for both clinical and basic science research.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A degree in veterinary medicine and, at the time of appointment, be registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Applicants with either an ACVECC or ECVECC diploma are preferred, but those who have recently completed an approved residency and are board eligible in Emergency and Critical Care will also be considered (for Lecturer).
Experience in teaching and clinical research

Grade UE05: £28,879 to £33,232 per annum
Edinburgh College of Art / CAHSS
Full time: 35 hours per week
Open ended: Permanent

The Opportunity:

Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is seeking two experienced administrators to work as part of the Postgraduate Research Team within Student and Academic Support Services (SASS) – one role being on a permanent basis and the other on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Underpinning a great student and staff experience, the Senior Postgraduate Research Administrator(s) will contribute through a range of essential administrative tasks and processes, the administration of ECA’s postgraduate research programmes, including managing applications to study, arranging assessment, and supporting scholarship work. These roles are also key in supporting academic colleagues who have responsibility for research student supervision and training.

One post is on an open-ended basis, with the other being on a fixed term for 12 months to allow for support as the team restructures. We are seeking those who combine great administrative skills including attention to detail and ability to juggle competing demands, with a genuine interest in contributing to the development of our team as review and adapt the ways in which we work.

We are happy to consider secondments from elsewhere in the University.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Strong administrative skills
Good IT literacy and experience
Good organisational skills and problem solving
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, aligned with a friendly and helpful manner
Ability to work as a team member and motivate colleagues

Job Description

Children’s, Education and Justice Services

Senior Social Worker, Justice Services - Fixed term until 31/03/2026
Grindlay Court Justice Services, Edinburgh

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373 per year
Hours: 36 per week

Edinburgh Justice Services are looking to recruit one enthusiastic individual to join our service as a Senior Social Workers based the Justice Practice Team. This is a great opportunity for someone to join an experienced leadership team.

Accountable to the Team Leader, the post holder will: ensure a high quality of practice is provided and maintained, appropriate services are delivered to meet service users’ needs within the Council’s statutory obligations, policies and procedures; provide professional support, supervision and leadership to a group of staff, whilst maintaining a direct involvement in social work practice; represent and promote the Council at multi-agency meetings, with local community groups and be a department representative at a range of information sharing and risk planning forums.

Edinburgh Justice Services are committed to providing high quality services while ensuring a compassionate approach to people accessing our services and supporting staff wellbeing. We offer a high level of training to support continuous professional development and to deliver a broad range of interventions, including established, accredited, group work programmes. We are implementing Trauma Informed Practice, Safe & Together™ and Restorative Justice practice models and interventions across our services, and have established a Women’s Centre, in partnership with NHS Lothian, to reduce barriers and meet the needs of women involved in the justice system.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about these posts and the services provided by the teams, please email laura.braham@edinburgh.gov.uk or victoria.kerr@edinburgh.gov.uk

Candidates will have a Social Work qualification recognised by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and be registered, or eligible to register, with the SSSC.

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.

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.

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.

Requirements

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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RPS is looking for a Senior Consultant (Built Heritage) to join us in delivering a diverse range of projects across the UK. We can offer you hybrid working arrangements based in either London, Abingdon, Gloucester, Newark, or Edinburgh. You will join an established team where you can develop your skills and experience preparing Built Heritage Assessments and providing consultancy advice.

About The Opportunity:

You will work both individually and as a member of diverse teams to deliver multiple projects simultaneously to agreed timeframes. We offer an unrivalled range of project experience, learning from one of the most established and respected heritage teams in the country – with roots going back more than 25 years. As part of that team, you will be mentored to provide rapid career progression (for the right candidate with the right mindset).

What you will be doing

You will primarily assist the Built Heritage Directors to complete ongoing projects. Your work will include:

· Historic research

· Analysis of historic buildings and areas

· Advice on repairs and alterations to listed buildings and other heritage assets

· Preparation of Heritage Statements and input into the EIA process

· Preparation of Conservation Management Plans and Strategies

· Liaison with clients, local planning authorities and relevant stakeholders

About You:

· You will be positively disposed to influencing development so that schemes are tailored where possible to enhance the historic environment

· Commercially aware - with a pragmatic attitude to finding solutions to client problems.

· Technically experienced – with experience of having written Conservation Area appraisals, Statements of Significance, applications for Listed Building Consents and input into Environmental Impact Assessments.

· Confident to engage with key stakeholders to actively assist our clients to deliver much needed residential, distribution and renewables schemes

· Outstanding verbal and written communication techniques

· A relevant degree or masters degree in the conservation of historic buildings and places

· Hold or be working towards Associate Membership of the IHBC

· Good knowledge of the English planning system

· You will hold a clean driving license

What is in it for you?

Our staff are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, subsidised gym membership, Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll, be helped as far as you want to go.

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we provide and development for everyone.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and techniques to develop the ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We identify the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to communicate about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you will have the opportunity to speak informally with Duncan Hawkins, Simon Mortimer or Richard Smalley to answer any queries in advance of a more formal interview.

All applications will be considered.

About RPS:

We are RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design, and take care of projects that create shared value to a composite, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We are looking for people who can find a solution to the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication, enabling us to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Here you will find work that is stimulating and rewarding.

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RPS is looking for Senior EIA Consultant to join us to be based at either Abingdon, London, Cardiff, Manchester or Edinburgh. We are working on some of the most exciting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the UK and internationally, including large scale energy projects – think GW rather than MW! This includes solar, offshore wind, international interconnector and energy storage projects. We are the EIA lead for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Project, Morgan and Mona Offshore Wind Projects, Morgan and Morecambe Transmission Assets, TWP, XLinks interconnector and a large portfolio of energy storage and solar projects.

Our team works with bp renewables, EnBW, Flotation Energy, Alcemi, Photovolt Development Partners, XLinks, Statera and Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), as well as many major energy companies. Our track record in renewables, transport and net zero carbon means that we gain repeat business across these sectors.

We’re RPS and our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry, we’ll need your input.


What you’ll be doing

You’ll be working within a multi-disciplinary environment with the opportunity to be part of a highly regarded environmental planning team. You’ll partner with the wider RPS Health Impact Assessment, sustainability, climate change, planning, landscape, ecology, heritage and transport teams. You’ll manage a range of EIA projects within a consultancy environment and provide advice on EIA Regulations and screen, scope and produce Environmental Statements.

A typical week could include:

· Working as a primary point of client contact on some of the leading EIA projects in the UK

· Drafting reports, including project descriptions, non-technical summaries, scoping report and bid documents

· Sign off of ES documents in preparation for client or legal review

· Provision of advice regarding all aspects of EIA, including client and legal queries

· Working with our digital and design teams to take a leading in further developing our capacity in digital EIA

· Working to mentor junior or new members of the team

· Preparation of bid/tender documents with our bid team, as required

· Opportunities to work across a range of sectors

Who we’re looking for

You’ll have excellent report writing and review skills, be able to work collaboratively and have the ability to work with clients legal teams and other consultancies. A good eye for detail is essential as is strong problem-solving skills, helping to address client concerns and ‘make complex easy’. We’d like you to have:

· A first degree in a relevant environmental subject and ideally an MSc in a relevant topic e.g. Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Management or similar

· Experience of working in a consultancy environment, including experience of managing EIA projects (essential)

· Detailed knowledge of the EIA process (essential)

· An eye for detail (essential)

· Previous digital EIA experience or relevant skills (desirable)

· Experience in working on NSIPs/DCO projects (desirable)

· Experience in the energy sector or on infrastructure projects (desirable)

There will be some travel so a full UK driving license is required.

What’s in it for you?

We’ll give you a competitive salary, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, car allowance, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, Optical Cover, subsidised gym-membership Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards

We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.

We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative ideas. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you are part of the solution.

What happens next?

The Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application. If your application is progressed, you’ll have a conversation with one of our recruiters followed by an interview with the EIA Team.

If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered.

We’re RPS, A Tetra Tech company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With over 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

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