Total 19 Others level Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Ashford, TN25 4AZ

Are you looking for a new opportunity?

Would you like to join a company who has a clear vision of becoming a market leader?

I am looking for an experienced Project Manager to successfully manage projects from conception through to completion.

This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic company where employees are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun environment.

In the role role you:

• You will successfully manage projects from conception through to completion
• You will deliver the work that meets project requirements
• You will ensure that outstanding customer satisfaction is met throughout the projects
• Will ensure customer satisfaction throughout every project

Requirements:

• To be educated to a degree level
• You will have experience of working on Education schemes between £5m and £20m
• Extensive knowledge of commercial issues
• To share passion for your work and share company values
• To be able to work on projects covering the Kent area

If you are interested in the role, then please don't hesitate to get in contact.

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Are you an experienced senior HR Business Partner? Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and dynamic organisation? One where you can develop your career, enhance your skills and be a part of delivering great care for patients? A place you’ll be valued for the contribution you make to delivering the organisations people strategy and objectives?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, kind, responsive and adaptable HR professional to join us as the Head of our Business Partnering team. With services based across Kent, Sussex and London there’ll be occasional travel, although much of the time you’ll work remotely and will connect with colleagues digitally.

You’ll be an integral and visible member of the senior leadership teams in the designated service you’ll be supporting and the People and OD team. You’ll shape the strategic direction of services as a trusted partner, have great leadership skills with the ability to engage and motivate colleagues around you, support the team to deliver our ambitiousWe Carestrategy and support culture change and development to enable us to become the best employer.

We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times. If you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas, why not join us!

As a senior People professional, you’ll develop a robust and in-depth understanding of your workforce, model our leadership behaviours and live the values of the organisation. You’ll identify and deliver OD interventions to drive cultural change; identify creative and innovative solutions to address workforce challenges; be the voice of your services on workforce matters; deliver on key priorities and inspire and support your teams to think differently to meet the challenge of continuing to deliver exceptional healthcare services in a continuously changing landscape.

You’ll have experience of:
• analysing data and workforce metrics to identify people challenges, inform decision making and drive change;
• leading organisational change and TUPE processes;
• organisational development fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture;
• partnering with teams to identify talent gaps and implement strategies for recruitment, retention, and succession planning;
• developing programmes to enhance employee skills;
• building excellent working relationships with stakeholders and collaborative working to deliver workforce strategy;
• leading a team of HR professional

You’ll get:
• a competitive salary, not commission based;
• a great NHS pension and benefits package;
• a supportive workplace where your health and wellbeing is a high priority;
• a place to bring your ‘whole-self’ to work;
• remote and flexible working options;
• development to enable you to achieve your aspirations.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is Thursday 5th December 2024, although this may be subject to change.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is Thursday 5th December 2024, although this may be subject to change. Find out more about the community differencehere. Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Project Manager to join our professional team.

We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in.

We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to provide support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams.

We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times.

The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.


This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024

Job Title: Business Support Assistant
Location: Ashford Kent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £12.30 PAYE
Duration: 6 months ongoing

Are you an organised, customer-focused individual looking for a new challenge? Ashford Borough Council is seeking a dedicated Business Support Assistant to join our Port Health team. This is an excellent opportunity to support our vital administrative functions and provide top-notch customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting customers with setting up accounts and processing payments on the PHILIS system.
• Providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the Port Health team.
• Managing customer inquiries via phone and email, resolving them promptly and efficiently.
• Using IT systems to maintain records, monitor accounts, and ensure data accuracy.
• Charging for low-risk imports and chasing commercial documents from custom agents.

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (including Maths and English) or equivalent.
• Proven experience in customer service and working within a team environment.
• Basic IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to handle complex queries under pressure.
• A proactive team player with a bright and cheerful disposition.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The opportunity to make a real impact within a supportive team.
• A diverse and dynamic working environment.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.

If you're a quick learner who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with a variety of customers, we'd love to hear from you!

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

The NHS is changing. More emphasis on community-based care means there’s never been a better time to join us.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Business Administrator to join our professional team.

We’re a close team but we’re never exclusive, if you can bring a professional approach and fresh ideas we would love to hear from you.

Could you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That’s where you come in.

We’re always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you’ll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to provide administration support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams.

We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn’t a requirement for this role you’ll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times.

The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you’ll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day.









Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways



The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community differencehere.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.


This advert closes on Sunday 4 Aug 2024

Senior Technical Business Analyst

Salary £48,000 - £55,000

Permanent

Ashford Hybrid - Twice a month in the Ashford Office

Here at Saga, we’re looking for a Senior Technical Business Analyst to come on board our Enterprise Application Development team. This is a hybrid role where you can work flexibly from home or from our Hubs. You’ll be progressing your career within a highly central and integral part of Saga’s Technology Community, where you’ll be focused on understanding the needs of the organisation and developing technical business requirements in support of projects across all of Saga’s businesses. Your role will involve liaising with multiple technology partners to generate solutions in-line with business strategy and requirements, define APIs, and map data to systems, plus you’ll be partnering with the Digital UX function to help map user journeys. Systems and data will feature frequently in your working day, and you’ll be supporting the conversations that provide recommendations to enhance systems architecture, and to improve data integrity & quality.

You’ll be proactively communicating and collaborating with external and internal customers and stakeholders to clearly elicit, analyse and articulate business requirements and translate them to technical requirements, ensuring all stakeholders have a clear understanding on what's being delivered (essentially making sure you can communicate to both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure everyone understands what the requirements are and what needs to be delivered). You’ll have experience in creating Software Requirements Specifications, data mappings, use cases, GUI, screen and interface designs.

You’ll have strong analytical and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

Package Description

Everyday our colleagues deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. We believe exceptional work deserves even more exceptional rewards, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

We offer flexibility over where you work you choose a place that you feel most comfortable and productive, either from home or in one of our hubs in London, Ashford or Sandwich.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL COLLEAGUES:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week, these can be worked flexibly to suit your working style
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave up to 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Life assurance policy on joining us
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises and holidays
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

Main Responsibilities

• Assist with project definition, translating business requirements into technical specifications.

• Function as an interface for technical delivery both internally and with 3rd party partners and service providers.

• Supporting multidisciplinary teams in designing, developing, documenting, testing, and delivering solution designs.

• Documenting designs & requirements needed to institute proposed updates.

• Facilitating Data Mapping workshops and documenting future state data architecture.

• Working alongside technical teams to ensure proposed solutions are achievable and fully documented.

• Proactive stakeholder engagement.

• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs.

• Assist with review of test scripts to ensure that all functional requirements are being tested.

• Assist with defect triage.

• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.

• Adhere to Company and Departmental standards and recommend improvements where appropriate.

• Engaging and inputting into architectural strategy, governance, and policy.

The Ideal Candidate

• Technical background with proven experience.

• Strong experience in software engineering and design architecture.

• Up-to-date understanding of best practices regarding Information Security and Dev-ops.

• Good communicator

• Good education background ideally to a degree level.

• Ability to determine and articulate comprehensive business requirements (both functional and non-functional).

• Ability to critically-evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, decompose high-level information into detail, build up detail from low-level information and determine the true underlying requirements.

• Elicit requirements using various techniques such as site visits, interviews, research, observation, document analysis, requirements workshops. surveys, business process reviews, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow.

• Ability to create and deliver clear presentations and to facilitate workshops to gain and agree requirements and solutions.

• Understanding of change management.

• Demonstrate experience (both technical and business centric) of application solutions.

About The Company

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.

Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity. We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.

​Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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Finance Business Partner - Saga Travel

Salary £50,000- £60,000

Permanent

Hybrid - Ashford office once per week.

A great opportunity to be joining an exciting division of Saga. The Saga Travel Finance team is currently embarking on a major business transformation journey and are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join the FP&A team. You will take full responsibility for the financial partnering and support element across our teams. This will involve regular business partnering with key stakeholders within the business units giving financial guidance to all key stakeholders. You will cover cornerstone items such as 5-year plans, budgets, forecasts, month-end performance as well trading, operational and project related finance support. This role will work closely with and support the Head of Finance and CFO.

Package Description

Everyday our colleagues deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. We believe exceptional work deserves even more exceptional rewards, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

We offer total flexibility over where you work – you choose a place that you feel happiest, healthiest and most productive, either from home or in one of our hubs in London, Crawley or Ashford.

Benefits available to all colleagues:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week, these can be worked flexibly to suit your working style
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave up to 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Life assurance policy on joining us
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises and holidays!
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

Main Responsibilities

Our Finance Business Partner will be fully responsible for the preparation, delivery and oversight of the following areas;

• Production of forecasts, as well as the annual 5YP and budget (P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash flow).
• Finance input on trading targets / planning.
• Preparation / review of monthly management accounts.
• Review / analysis of the incoming bookings; volumes and margins.
• Supporting and preparing presentations for the Board on travel strategy and new initiatives.
• Providing support for financial, trading and trend reporting both internally and externally.
• Business partnering with the key stakeholders to ensure that the above elements are produced to a high degree of accuracy.
• Ensuring finance is well represented within the business and maintains an outward facing presence.

The Ideal Candidate

You would have already worked in a Finance Business Partnering role which focused on strategy, financial planning and analysis. Ideally from a B2C organisation / customer transaction environment. You will also need to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills and experience;

• A natural business communicator who is commercially aware.
• Have a can-do attitude / takes initiative / self-starter.
• Credible, can instantly establish rapport with colleagues at all levels, including Heads of and Directors.
• Ability to collaborate and run with high profile projects.
• Analytically strong with the ability to challenge and think creatively.
• Fully Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Demonstrate advanced Excel skills.
• Experience of Travel / Tour Operations company preferable but not essential.
• Systems knowledge / experience on TM1/Dream preferable but not essential.

About The Company

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.

We’re passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Championing diversity is important to us, and diverse teams really are the best ones. We’re passionate about creating a culture where every colleague feels like they belong. So that at Saga, more than anywhere else, you can be your best, be yourself and make a difference.

Fair consideration is given to all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over the age of 50. As champions of age inclusivity and signatories of the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we are proud of our multigenerational teams. We are also an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.

​Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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Associate Dentist Jobs in Ashford, Kent. Part-time, £13 UDA, excellent private opportunity. ZEST Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist.

• Full or part-time Associate Dentist
• Ashford, Kent
• Excellent private opportunity in mixed practice (at 50% gross)
• Taking over an established list from a dentist looking to retire in the near future
• £13 per UDA
• 6000 UDA
• Excellent professional development with CPD & Sponsored education
• Established modern practice that operates with Dentally software, digital x-ray processing and a fantastic team
• Permanent position
• Reference: YA4042

This is a high-quality, smart, and established dental practice located in the heart of Ashford with rail links from Ashford International which is located a short walk away. The practice has optimum patient care as their primary focus. They offer a superb practice environment, with excellent opportunities and support for professional development.

In addition, you will be afforded access to all materials and equipment you need, with digital x-ray and rotary endodontics as standard. This is a real career opportunity, where you will work with like-minded colleagues, providing a friendly clinic team with one goal of ensuring the best patient experience.

You will benefit from an experienced team in your clinic, really supporting you to deliver the high-quality care you want your patients to receive. The practice is managed effectively and efficiently with a focus on collaboration and operating as one team.

Successful candidates will be GDC registered dentists, have an active dentist performer number and have experience of providing NHS dental treatment in the UK.

For further information regarding this dentist position, confidential enquiries can be made by submitting your CV to ZEST Dental. All applications and enquiries will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Marketing Planner

Salary up to £35,000

12 month FTC

FT – 35 hours per week

Hybrid – Ashford – Kent, 2 to 3 days a week

Closing date 9th June 2024

Are you a highly organised and efficient marketing planner? Someone who is passionate about Cruise and Travel and understands multi-channel marketing. Working as the Marketing Planner for Saga Cruise, you will be key to making things happen for our large expert team. You’ll be fully involved in all our exciting marketing plans, from concept to completion.

You’ll represent the marketing department with our external marketing agencies as well as supporting in the planning and orchestration of creating content on board our ships. So, if you are looking for a big brand to represent, a varied workload and some expert marketing colleagues to learn from, this would be a great fit for you!

*You will be required to visit the Ashford Hub two to three times a week, the rest of the week you can work from home. You must be within a reasonable commuting distance to attend our central Ashford hub.

Package Description

Everyday our colleagues deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. We believe exceptional work deserves even more exceptional rewards, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues.

• Our working week is 35 hours per week, these can be worked flexibly to suit your working style
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave up to 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Life assurance policy on joining us
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises and holidays!
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform

Main Responsibilities

As our Cruise Marketing Planner, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our marketing communications across all channels. (ATL and BTL) You will be working closely with the Cruise Marketing Manager and our Head of Cruise Marketing. Your key areas of responsibility will be to;

• Orchestrate the planning and delivery of cross-channel marketing campaigns in line with the season cruise calendar.
• Facilitate the Campaign Delivery Process across all relevant Marketing teams and stakeholders.
• Execute ATL media plans, including briefing the media agency, managing plans and deadlines, plus suppling assets.
• Leading the coordination of relevant stakeholders across Marketing, CRM and Digital teams, including running marketing planning and delivery meetings to provide ongoing clarity on roles, actions, timelines and dependencies.
• Full planning of activity across email, DM, website and paid media channels.
• Proactively collaborating with CRM and Digital teams to design and create seamless customer journeys and content throughout campaigns to ensure customers have the best experience.
• Constantly monitor all campaigns for brand consistency and alignment.
• Work closely with the insight team to test new concepts, ensuring we keep all comms fresh and relevant.
• Work with Media agency to report on competitor activity to ensure our product is portrayed in the best possible way across all channels.
• Explore new partnership opportunities and manage the relationship, sharing content across all channels and managing the promotional plan (BBC Studios)
• Working with PR, own all consumer and marketing award activity including encouraging voting across all channels and create content/campaigns to promote previous accolades.
• Supporting Marketing Manager, Head of Marketing, Marketing Director with preparation of marketing documents and supporting in other general marketing activities and requests.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have already worked in a marketing support or planning role and have gained working knowledge of a busy fast paced marketing team. You may have worked in-house or agency side. We also need our Marketing Planner to demonstrate the following skills;

• Able to project manage and be a strong communicator.
• Can bring teams together to meet goals, and report on performance confidently to key stakeholders.
• You will be a self-starter who is able to create solutions and not wait for a brief.
• Can demonstrate experience in omni-channel planning and delivering to tight deadlines.
• Keen to represent the business in a professional manner and have the desire to progress a marketing career.

Desirable:

• Has knowledge of the Cruise industry’s latest trends with proven experience in applying insights to improve business performance or experience in a large consumer-facing organisation, ideally in the travel sector or b2c.
• Holds a marketing qualification.

About The Company

Over the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.

Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity. We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.

​Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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