Total 20 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Headington, OX3 7LE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• A degree or other relevant qualification - ideally in accountancy, business management or a related discipline (Desirable but not essential)
• A school business management qualification i.e., Level 4 diploma in school business management (Desirable but not essential)
• Accountancy qualifications i.e. ATT (Desirable but not essential)
• Health and safety training i.e. IOSH (Desirable but not essential)

Experience

• Successful management experience in a school, or in a relevant field outside education (Desirable but not essential)
• Line management experience
• Contributing to staff development
• Working with children or young people
• Experience of human resources or data protection

Skills and knowledge

• Good financial management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Previous use of PSF(Iris), BPS (Orovia), Arbor (Desirable but not essential)
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others
• Ability to build effective working relationships with staff and other stakeholders
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality

Personal qualities

• Commitment to promoting the ethos and values of the school and getting the best outcomes for all pupils
• Commitment to acting with integrity, honesty, loyalty, and fairness to safeguard the assets, financial probity and reputation of the school
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality
• Embraces change well
• Deals with difficult situations effectively

What the school offers its staff

Woodeaton Manor School is a Foundation Special School located four miles to the north east of the city of Oxford. The school serves young people aged 7 to 18 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) and where many also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

We are seeking to appoint an experienced School Business Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate and further information about the role may be found below. Candidates must meet the person specification criteria to be considered. All candidates must apply using the Application Form, as CVs will not be accepted. For further information, please contact recruitment@woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk.

Further details about the role

Woodeaton Manor School

“Reducing Barriers to Expand Horizons”

School Business Manager

Oxfordshire

• Application Closing Date: 9.00am Monday, 18th November 2024*
• Interview Date: Tuesday 26th November 2024
• Start Date: ASAP/1st January 2025
• Contract Type/Hours: Permanent, full-time, 52 weeks per year: 37 hours per week to be worked Monday to Friday, with 30 days paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Salary: Grade 12, £43,421 - 46,474
• Location of Role: On site
• Reporting to: Headteacher

Woodeaton Manor School is a Foundation Special School located four miles to the north east of the city of Oxford. The school serves young people aged 7 to 18 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) and where many also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

We are seeking to appoint an experienced School Business Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate and further information about the role may be found below. Candidates must meet the person specification criteria to be considered. All candidates must apply using the Application Form, as CVs will not be accepted. For further information, please contact recruitment@woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk.

Main Purpose

The school business manager (SBM) is responsible for managing the operation of the business functions of WMS, including financial management, health and safety, human resources, compliance, and administration.

They will advise on and implement the day-to-day support that enables the school to operate effectively and efficiently, and that allows other members of the leadership teams to focus on teaching and learning.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership

• Be responsible for line-managing site and administration support staff, including carrying out long-term resource planning and managing the end-to-end recruitment process, appraisal, and professional development
• Implement school-wide changes and allocate resources in line with school improvement plans, putting policies and procedures in place and communicating them to staff
• Take all decisions in line with the vision and values of schools and encourage others to do the same
• Implement a marketing plan for the school, which utilises the school website, signage, the prospectus, and communications with current and prospective parents

Financial Management

• Oversee the security and reconciliation of cash in hand and debtors on a day-to-day basis, ensuring money is banked, money owed is collected and clear records are kept
• Ensure value for money within procurement of goods and services in line with school policy
• Manage the school’s lettings offer
• Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the administration department, delegating tasks to finance/office staff where appropriate

Human Resources

• Maintain staff absence data
• Ensure that recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance policies are administered in accordance with employment law
• Advise on HR issues within schools and liaise with the external HR provider

Health and Safety

• With the headteachers and premises team, supervise the maintenance of the school site
• Manage the school’s compliance with health and safety regulations and put in place processes and procedures to ensure the safety of the school
• Organise health and safety training for staff

Compliance

• Manage the school’s compliance with statutory obligations and advise others on the relevant legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements
• Track all school policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy review schedule

Administration

• Keep records in accordance with the school’s record retention schedule and data protection law, ensuring information security and confidentiality at all times
• Provide administrative support for the headteacher and the governing body
• Support the data protection officer with ensuring data protection compliance and helping the school community understand how to comply with data protection law

Safeguarding

The school’s business manager will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the date it was drawn up. However, it is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post. You may be required to carry out other duties commensurate with your role.

Woodeaton Manor School is committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment and the offer made to the successful candidate will be subject to and conditional upon an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and other relevant employment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, including a minimum of two references, one of which should be from the applicant’s most recent employer. As part of our recruitment process, we will require you to fill in an overseas check and self-declaration prior to interview.

* We reserve the right to close this advertisement earlier if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the closing date.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

This is a highly responsible role, and the successful applicant will be part of a team that is dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients in the Thames Valley and more broadly across the UK. The post holder will work between the Haematology Trials Unit, Late Phase Oncology Trial Unit, both based at the Churchill Hospital, and the OUH Research and Development Team. The two trial units conduct a wide spectrum of Phase I to Phase III clinical trials in cancer with the aim of transforming care of cancer patients. The post holder will be responsible to manage all the income generated from clinical trials is captured, invoiced and received and that expenditure (principally on staff costs) is monitored by Haematology trial units. The post holder will work closely with the R&D Service Manager , the data teams in both trial units, OUH R&D finance teams and the medical and nursing management of both trial units. Ensuring the financial sustainability of both trial units is critical to their success.

This job description outlines the core requirements expected of a Band 5 Business Support & Performance Officer. As such the list below is not exhaustive. Specific requirements related to any specialist area of practice will be outlined with the prospective post holder and included as an addition to these generic descriptors as role specific prior to employment.
1. On a weekly basis working with the trial unit data teams to record money to be billed on each clinical trial conducted by both units, to sponsors of clinical trials. This constitutes the income of each unit.
2. Contacting trial sponsors to make sure invoices are issued promptly.
3. Checking invoices from trial sponsors to correct any irregularities in invoiced issued by trial sponsors and working with trial sponsors to resolve any queries.
4. Providing OUH Finance correct invoices for OUH finance to bill.
5. Checking with OUH Trial Finance that invoices have been paid.
6. On a monthly basis reviewing the expenditure of each unit. This will mainly consist of staff costs.
7. Provide monthly Excel spreadsheet reports of income and expenditure and providing forward yearly forecasts, to the leadership of each trial unit.
8. Provide budgets for new staff posts as they are created.
9. Liaising closely with various external and internal stakeholders e.g. researchers, NHS Departments, Commercial Companies on all issues affecting the trials portfolio as required.

Attending and presenting information at meetings as necessary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.


1. To ensure that the funding due from the activity of both trial units is fully invoiced and received on a timely basis. This will involve close working relationships with clinical trial sponsors and their delegated trial unit teams.
2. To work with the OUH Research and Development Finance Team to ensure accurate invoices are issued by clinical trial sponsors.
3. Resolving any queries and issues with payments from trial sponsors.
4. To monitor the expenditure of both trial units. This will involve close working with OUH finance teams.
5. To generate monthly reports of trial activity, income and expenditure and discuss these with the management of each trial unit.




This advert closes on Friday 25 Oct 2024

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Core Role To support all administrative activities across the team. To ensure appropriate supplies of office stationery and pharmacy clinical trials equipment are ordered via NEP system, to process invoices and maintain stock control of departmental stationery levels. Assist with servicing of meetings; arranging meetings, preparing agendas, booking rooms, providing handouts, minute taking (or transcribe dictation from audio/copilot as required). To help maintain database of staff within the team; including start dates and leave dates, GCP certification, GMP training and CVs. To help maintain Pharmacy Clinical Trials sharepoint pages so that information is current and up to date. To assist in data collection, data entry and analysis for monthly KPIs of the department. To help in the preparation for the induction of new staff; including generating training folders, timetables. To ensure administrative support is provided to training events in the department To provide administrative support to the recruitment process; arranging interviews, booking rooms, chasing references where required. To support management team with any administrative tasks required in relation to eRoster system. To support management team with any administrative tasks required in relation to NHSP. Sort and categorise incoming emails to the generic Pharmacy Clinical Trials email account. Sort incoming paper mail. To undertake photocopying or scanning of documents as required for example monthly temperature records. To arrange site-to-site and site-to-patient deliveries where required. To facilitate temperature mapping with OxPQA team and communicate this with the rest of the team. To support with administrative planning for internal audits and inspections as necessary for Pharmacy Clinical Trials including Clinical Trials Aseptic Services team. To assist in managing SOPs to track staff that have/have not read the relevant SOPs and follow up for signing. Assist the team with the administrative tasks involved in closing down studies. Oversee the co-ordination of lockers, draws and trays for staff within the pharmacy clinical trials team. To ensure security is maintained; ensuring previous staff badges are returned to security. Liaise with facilities, estates regarding maintenance and upkeep of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials areas on all sites. To support communication within the department. To ensure efficient filing systems are in place and documents are stored and destroyed in accordance with appropriate guidance. Identify improvements and make suggestions on how they can be implemented within the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team. Ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner. Maintain confidentiality at all times. Showing initiative and common sense at all times. Keeping up to date with Trust Policies and Procedures and core training. Participate in annual value based appraisal Maintaining good knowledge of relevant systems within the department. Confident with verbal commiunication with all all levels of professions. Good language and grammar skills for written communication. To be confident and competent with a variety of computer software including Word, Excel, Outlook email and Calendar, SharePoint and other basic web design packages and publishing software. To confident using new computer systems following appropriate training. Other administrative and clerical duteries as requested by the Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team and Associate Director of Pharmacy for Clinical Trials, Research and Manufacturing.

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Pharmacy Clinical Trials Business Administrator - Band 4 - Permanent

Hello! My name is Lina and I am a Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team Manager for the Clinical Trials Pharmacy team in Oxford and I'm very excited to share this new and exciting career opportunity with you.

As a team manager I am privileged to manage and support our fantastic technical team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants, Practitioners and Apprentices as we provide support services to clinical trial research teams on all our Trust sites throughout Oxfordshire.

The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants, Practitioners and Apprentices. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives. A suitable candidate recruited to this role will act as a support to Clinical Trials Pharmacists and technical team.

If you are interested in an informal discussion about the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Business Administrator role offered within our team then I would be very pleased to chat with you. You are more than welcome to call on the numbers below or even better, we can make an appointment for me to show you around and answer your questions. I look forward to hearing from you.

The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

As a Pharmacy Clinical Trials Business Administrator in our team, you will have an extremely varied role.

You will provide efficient, effective and professional administrative and secretarial support to the Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team including the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Aseptic Unit. The Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team works in an area with continuously developing and changing demands, which means that this role will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will involve working with colleagues across the organisation and in external organisations. The post holder requires a flexible approach with consistently high levels of attention to detail.

A successful candidate is required to possess:
• NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration (OR equivalent, demonstrable experience- please contact recruiting manager prior to application)
• Good general education to NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• GCSE Math and English at grade C / level 4 and above
• Typing to RSA level 3, clear, concise typing skills and good use of the English Language

Applicants without these essential qualifications will not be considered.

Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Core Role

• To support all administrative activities across the team.
• To ensure appropriate supplies of office stationery and pharmacy clinical trials equipment are ordered via NEP system, to process invoices and maintain stock control of departmental stationery levels.
• Assist with servicing of meetings; arranging meetings, preparing agendas, booking rooms, providing handouts, minute taking (or transcribe dictation from audio/copilot as required).
• To help maintain database of staff within the team; including start dates and leave dates, GCP certification, GMP training and CVs.
• To help maintain Pharmacy Clinical Trials sharepoint pages so that information is current and up to date.
• To assist in data collection, data entry and analysis for monthly KPIs of the department.
• To help in the preparation for the induction of new staff; including generating training folders, timetables.
• To ensure administrative support is provided to training events in the department
• To provide administrative support to the recruitment process; arranging interviews, booking rooms, chasing references where required.
• To support management team with any administrative tasks required in relation to eRoster system.
• To support management team with any administrative tasks required in relation to NHSP.
• Sort and categorise incoming emails to the generic Pharmacy Clinical Trials email account.
• Sort incoming paper mail.
• To undertake photocopying or scanning of documents as required for example monthly temperature records.
• To arrange site-to-site and site-to-patient deliveries where required.
• To facilitate temperature mapping with OxPQA team and communicate this with the rest of the team.
• To support with administrative planning for internal audits and inspections as necessary for Pharmacy Clinical Trials including Clinical Trials Aseptic Services team.
• To assist in managing SOPs to track staff that have/have not read the relevant SOPs and follow up for signing.
• Assist the team with the administrative tasks involved in closing down studies.
• Oversee the co-ordination of lockers, draws and trays for staff within the pharmacy clinical trials team.
• To ensure security is maintained; ensuring previous staff badges are returned to security.
• Liaise with facilities, estates regarding maintenance and upkeep of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials areas on all sites.
• To support communication within the department.
• To ensure efficient filing systems are in place and documents are stored and destroyed in accordance with appropriate guidance.
• Identify improvements and make suggestions on how they can be implemented within the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team.
• Ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Showing initiative and common sense at all times.
• Keeping up to date with Trust Policies and Procedures and core training.
• Participate in annual value based appraisal
• Maintaining good knowledge of relevant systems within the department.
• Confident with verbal commiunication with all all levels of professions.
• Good language and grammar skills for written communication.
• To be confident and competent with a variety of computer software including Word, Excel, Outlook email and Calendar, SharePoint and other basic web design packages and publishing software.
• To confident using new computer systems following appropriate training.
• Other administrative and clerical duteries as requested by the Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team and Associate Director of Pharmacy for Clinical Trials, Research and Manufacturing.


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• A degree or other relevant qualification - ideally in accountancy, business management or a related discipline (Desirable but not essential)
• A school business management qualification i.e., Level 4 diploma in school business management (Desirable but not essential)
• Accountancy qualifications i.e. ATT (Desirable but not essential)
• Health and safety training i.e. IOSH (Desirable but not essential)

Experience

• Successful management experience in a school, or in a relevant field outside education (Desirable but not essential)
• Line management experience
• Contributing to staff development
• Working with children or young people
• Experience of human resources or data protection

Skills and knowledge

• Good financial management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Previous use of PSF(Iris), BPS (Orovia), Arbor (Desirable but not essential)
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others
• Ability to build effective working relationships with staff and other stakeholders
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality

Personal qualities

• Commitment to promoting the ethos and values of the school and getting the best outcomes for all pupils
• Commitment to acting with integrity, honesty, loyalty, and fairness to safeguard the assets, financial probity and reputation of the school
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality
• Embraces change well
• Deals with difficult situations effectively

What the school offers its staff

Woodeaton Manor School is a Foundation Special School located four miles to the north east of the city of Oxford. The school serves young people aged 7 to 18 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) and where many also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

We are seeking to appoint an experienced School Business Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate and further information about the role may be found below. Candidates must meet the person specification criteria to be considered. All candidates must apply using the Application Form, as CVs will not be accepted. For further information, please contact recruitment@woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk.

Further details about the role

Woodeaton Manor School

“Reducing Barriers to Expand Horizons”

School Business Manager

Oxfordshire

• Application Closing Date: 9.00am Monday, 21st October 2024*
• Interview Date: Wednesday, 23rd October 2024
• Start Date: ASAP/1st January 2025
• Contract Type/Hours: Permanent, full-time, 52 weeks per year: 37 hours per week to be worked Monday to Friday, with 30 days paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays
• Salary: Grade 12
• Location of Role: On site
• Reporting to: Headteacher

Woodeaton Manor School is a Foundation Special School located four miles to the north east of the city of Oxford. The school serves young people aged 7 to 18 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) and where many also have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

We are seeking to appoint an experienced School Business Manager to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate and further information about the role may be found below. Candidates must meet the person specification criteria to be considered. All candidates must apply using the Application Form, as CVs will not be accepted. For further information, please contact recruitment@woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk.

Main Purpose

The school business manager (SBM) is responsible for managing the operation of the business functions of WMS, including financial management, health and safety, human resources, compliance, and administration.

They will advise on and implement the day-to-day support that enables the school to operate effectively and efficiently, and that allows other members of the leadership teams to focus on teaching and learning.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership

• Be responsible for line-managing site and administration support staff, including carrying out long-term resource planning and managing the end-to-end recruitment process, appraisal, and professional development
• Implement school-wide changes and allocate resources in line with school improvement plans, putting policies and procedures in place and communicating them to staff
• Take all decisions in line with the vision and values of schools and encourage others to do the same
• Implement a marketing plan for the school, which utilises the school website, signage, the prospectus, and communications with current and prospective parents

Financial Management

• Oversee the security and reconciliation of cash in hand and debtors on a day-to-day basis, ensuring money is banked, money owed is collected and clear records are kept
• Ensure value for money within procurement of goods and services in line with school policy
• Manage the school’s lettings offer
• Ensure the effective and efficient operation of the administration department, delegating tasks to finance/office staff where appropriate

Human Resources

• Maintain staff absence data
• Ensure that recruitment, appraisal, disciplinary and grievance policies are administered in accordance with employment law
• Advise on HR issues within schools and liaise with the external HR provider

Health and Safety

• With the headteachers and premises team, supervise the maintenance of the school site
• Manage the school’s compliance with health and safety regulations and put in place processes and procedures to ensure the safety of the school
• Organise health and safety training for staff

Compliance

• Manage the school’s compliance with statutory obligations and advise others on the relevant legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements
• Track all school policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy review schedule

Administration

• Keep records in accordance with the school’s record retention schedule and data protection law, ensuring information security and confidentiality at all times
• Provide administrative support for the headteacher and the governing body
• Support the data protection officer with ensuring data protection compliance and helping the school community understand how to comply with data protection law

Safeguarding

The school’s business manager will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the date it was drawn up. However, it is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post. You may be required to carry out other duties commensurate with your role.

Woodeaton Manor School is committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment and the offer made to the successful candidate will be subject to and conditional upon an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and other relevant employment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, including a minimum of two references, one of which should be from the applicant’s most recent employer. As part of our recruitment process, we will require you to fill in an overseas check and self-declaration prior to interview.

* We reserve the right to close this advertisement earlier if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the closing date.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

What skills and experience we're looking for

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen at the OHS for the right person to join our ambitious team. The successful candidate will provide all aspects of business support management, and day to day leadership for a small team of highly motivated administrators. They will contribute to the leadership of the whole school through the Senior Leadership Team’s strategic work.

The main responsibilities of the SBM relate to the leadership & management of the school’s budget & financial procedures, health & safety, HR, premises, administration, and IT services. It is an exciting, busy, varied, and highly rewarding role in a school which is values-led, caring, inclusive, and professional in its delivery of education to some of the most vulnerable pupils in Oxfordshire. Full details can be found in the Job Description.

Oxfordshire Hospital School (OHS) is an Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) maintained Hospital School based across a number of settings throughout the county of Oxfordshire. The school serves children and young people aged 5-17 who are unable to attend their enrolled school due to either physical or mental health needs.

What the school offers its staff

What we will offer:

• Passionate and highly committed Board of Governors, staff and parents
• A strong and supportive team spirit among staff
• Outstanding teaching in an exciting and challenging learning environment
• Continued exceptional support for personal and professional development
• The opportunity to work with children and young people across all phases of education who are unique individuals with specific emotional and health needs

Further details about the role

We would encourage and warmly welcome enquiries. Please contact Steve Lowe, Headteacher on steve.lowe@ohs.oxon.sch.uk or tel 01865 957480 should you want to discuss the post further. The job description, person spec and application details are available via our website.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safer Recruitment - Oxfordshire Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining a post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

Marketing To contribute to strategic planning and manage/monitor specific short, medium and long term marketing projects under the direction of the Quality Manager(s). To manage and supervise staff performing specific tasks within these projects. To source opportunities (e.g., national and international events, conferences, professional society meetings etc) for the promotion of GenQA (laboratory EQA) and GENie (individual competency) services. To utilise marketing expertise to prepare appropriate promotional material e.g., social media posts, information leaflets, websites etc.. Liaise with staff at all levels of the organisation (GenQA Director, EQA leads) as well as designers/printers and/or external marketing agencies and/or UK NEQAS central office as required. To maintain and manage user accounts for various marketing platforms and ensure accuracy, continuity and consistency of messaging (wording and terminology) across these platforms and associated activities. To train staff in the use of marketing platforms as required. To write/contribute to other marketing material such as press releases. To source marketing and promotional material for conferences and meetings. To collate marketing data for presentations. To oversee stock management of promotional materials and stand equipment for conferences. To assist with national and international meeting/workshop organisation and logistics as required. To market the goods and services of GenQA both internally to staff and/or externally at international meetings, as required. To maintain and update the GenQA website as directed. This will include ensuring all information posted on the website is accurate, professional and information on the site is regularly updated. To liaise with relevant staff at all levels to deliver this. To prepare internal and external educational presentation documentation templates for webinars, workshops and other educational events and submit documentation to continued professional development (CPD) Services to obtain CPD accreditation for these events. Business and quality control analysis To perform EQA quality control and administrative procedures and record keeping using a range of commercial and bespoke computer databases as directed by the Quality Managers. To collate, evaluate and present complex EQA data/anonymised participant information for various activity summary reports and/or other publications as required. Following evaluation, highlight areas of GenQA operations that may benefit from streamlining and propose changes to practice. To prepare and communicate business sensitive information for the monthly Quality Newsletter for dissemination to all GenQA staff. To follow up Expert Advisor documentation and assist in the administration of Expert Advisors on Q-Pulse. To manage the regular review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other documentation on the Q-Pulse quality management system. Bring to the attention of the Quality Managers any documents that need revision or review. Develop and streamline the associated processes. Perform Scheme audits (both EQA and Office) in line with the Audit timetable and Quality Managers requirements. To undertake general proof-reading of Scheme documentation as required. To deputise for the Quality Managers as required. General Duties To use planning and organisational skills to ensure duties are completed in a timely manner and within set deadlines. To ensure that all documentation, record keeping, scheduling, filing and handling communications is done in an efficient, accurate and effective manner. To maintain and improve professional knowledge, skills and competence to ensure the delivery of evidence based practice in line with Professional Standards and local priorities. To comply with the visual display regulations. To manage enquiries by email, telephone or in person in a polite and efficient manner. To adhere to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host Trust) Policies and Procedures at all times. To be conversant with fire evacuation procedures and the confidentiality policy of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Host Trust). All staff who have access to or transfer data, are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018, in line with the Trusts Policies. Staff are required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information of Act 2000 in line with Trust Policy. The post holder will attend any areas of further development as suggested in the personal development plan (PDP). Participate in the Trust annual appraisal procedure. The job description does not form any part of the contract of employment. The post is not restricted to any one location in the Trust. Any other duties, which may be required from time to time. This job description is not exhaustive in describing the duties and responsibilities of the post and should be regarded as a guideline as to requirements. The post holder will be expected to develop a flexible attitude towards the duties of the post, which can vary subject to the needs of the service and the general profile of the post.

Genomics Quality Assessment (GenQA) is currently seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team as a Marketing and Business Officer. GenQA is a member of the UK National External Quality Assessment Service (UK NEQAS) consortium and is an international organisation facilitating optimal patient care by providing comprehensive assessments for the wide range of activities involved in the delivery of genomic services. This is an exciting opportunity to join GenQA which comprises of two centres; one based in Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the second in NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, with the flexibility of remote working. GenQA is a global, well-established and accredited EQA provider within the field of genomic diagnostic testing.

Applicants are invited to join the team of scientific staff, administrative and quality managers. This newly created position will contribute towards the strategic planning and implementation of short and long term marketing projects. The post holder will liaise closely with GenQA staff and with the necessary agencies and businesses required to maintain and develop the GenQA global brand presence. The role will include analysis and written presentation of EQA data/participant information and identifying opportunities for process improvement. You will also be required to perform EQA quality control procedures and maintain accurate records using commercial and bespoke computer databases (full training will be provided).

Applicants should have a degree-level background in marketing, advertising and/or project management with appropriate IT skills to support the role. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills will be required to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, along with attention to detail and commitment to quality management.
• Plan, implement and manage short and long term marketing projects to promote GenQA services across the world
• Tailor the marketing approach to further develop awareness of GenQA services in projects targeting particular service developments or under-subscribed areas to attract new service users
• Provide the necessary administrative and clerical support including relevant advice to participants and key stakeholders as necessary
• Provide quality management support as required



Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Marketing

1. To contribute to strategic planning and manage/monitor specific short, medium and long term marketing projects under the direction of the Quality Manager(s). To manage and supervise staff performing specific tasks within these projects.
2. To source opportunities (e.g., national and international events, conferences, professional society meetings etc) for the promotion of GenQA (laboratory EQA) and GENie (individual competency) services.
3. To utilise marketing expertise to prepare appropriate promotional material e.g., social media posts, information leaflets, websites etc.. Liaise with staff at all levels of the organisation (GenQA Director, EQA leads) as well as designers/printers and/or external marketing agencies and/or UK NEQAS central office as required.
4. To maintain and manage user accounts for various marketing platforms and ensure accuracy, continuity and consistency of messaging (wording and terminology) across these platforms and associated activities.
5. To train staff in the use of marketing platforms as required.
6. To write/contribute to other marketing material such as press releases.
7. To source marketing and promotional material for conferences and meetings.
8. To collate marketing data for presentations.
9. To oversee stock management of promotional materials and stand equipment for conferences.
10. To assist with national and international meeting/workshop organisation and logistics as required.
11. To market the goods and services of GenQA both internally to staff and/or externally at international meetings, as required.
12. To maintain and update the GenQA website as directed. This will include ensuring all information posted on the website is accurate, professional and information on the site is regularly updated. To liaise with relevant staff at all levels to deliver this.
13. To prepare internal and external educational presentation documentation templates for webinars, workshops and other educational events and submit documentation to continued professional development (CPD) Services to obtain CPD accreditation for these events.

Business and quality control analysis
1. To perform EQA quality control and administrative procedures and record keeping using a range of commercial and bespoke computer databases as directed by the Quality Managers.
2. To collate, evaluate and present complex EQA data/anonymised participant information for various activity summary reports and/or other publications as required. Following evaluation, highlight areas of GenQA operations that may benefit from streamlining and propose changes to practice.
3. To prepare and communicate business sensitive information for the monthly Quality Newsletter for dissemination to all GenQA staff.
4. To follow up Expert Advisor documentation and assist in the administration of Expert Advisors on Q-Pulse.
5. To manage the regular review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other documentation on the Q-Pulse quality management system. Bring to the attention of the Quality Managers any documents that need revision or review. Develop and streamline the associated processes.
6. Perform Scheme audits (both EQA and Office) in line with the Audit timetable and Quality Manager’s requirements.
7. To undertake general proof-reading of Scheme documentation as required.
8. To deputise for the Quality Managers as required.

General Duties
1. To use planning and organisational skills to ensure duties are completed in a timely manner and within set deadlines.
2. To ensure that all documentation, record keeping, scheduling, filing and handling communications is done in an efficient, accurate and effective manner.
3. To maintain and improve professional knowledge, skills and competence to ensure the delivery of evidence based practice in line with Professional Standards and local priorities.
4. To comply with the visual display regulations.
5. To manage enquiries by email, telephone or in person in a polite and efficient manner.
6. To adhere to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host Trust) Policies and Procedures at all times. To be conversant with fire evacuation procedures and the confidentiality policy of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Host Trust).
7. All staff who have access to or transfer data, are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018, in line with the Trust’s Policies.
8. Staff are required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information of Act 2000 in line with Trust Policy.
9. The post holder will attend any areas of further development as suggested in the personal development plan (PDP).
10. Participate in the Trust annual appraisal procedure.
11. The job description does not form any part of the contract of employment.
12. The post is not restricted to any one location in the Trust.
13. Any other duties, which may be required from time to time. This job description is not exhaustive in describing the duties and responsibilities of the post and should be regarded as a guideline as to requirements. The post holder will be expected to develop a flexible attitude towards the duties of the post, which can vary subject to the needs of the service and the general profile of the post.


This advert closes on Monday 26 Aug 2024

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This exciting new opportunity is based at our head office in Morley, Leeds. You will be joining a business development team who support and encourage each other to be successful.
This is a sales role requiring a professional and confident approach. You’ll receive full training and an induction during your first few weeks where you’ll meet and visit other depots, offices and external sales people who you will be working with.
You’ll handle existing and new customers, driving the growth of these accounts by actively promoting Groundforce, targeting low spenders and lapsed customers alongside continuing to support our regular spending customers.
Key Responsibilities

• Developing customer relationships.
• Ensure all enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Maintain the CRM system.
• Promote the products and services of the division
• Work with the other divisions promoting the whole of Groundforce.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record within a sales environment (ideally in a similar outbound business development role).
• Experience of cold-calling, speaking with prospective customers, asking questions about their business.
• Ability to nurture new customers, understand their needs and offer a solution.
• Able to work autonomously with little supervision. Planning your day/week to meet KPIs
• Target driven and hungry to meet and exceed your targets.
• Excellent customer service skills by telephone, email and in person.
• Computer skills and the ability to learn new systems is a must.
• Team player with a can-do attitude.

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive salary plus bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Company pension
• Life Insurance cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Save as you earn scheme
• Free tool hire
• Training & Development opportunities
• Regular discounts (eg. Samsung, Nike, Airbnb, Virgin Wines)

A Little Bit About Us
Groundforce is the market-leading rental provider of excavation support systems and specialist products for the water, civil engineering, and construction industries. With a remarkable 60-year heritage, we offer comprehensive shoring and related services.
Operating under the Groundforce banner, we provide a wide range of solutions, including shoring, piling, construction training, temporary bridging, and more. Our goal is to be the convenient one-stop shop for "total solutions" in the construction and civil engineering industry.
At Groundforce, we pride ourselves on our divisions, including Groundforce Shorco, Piletec, Mr Cropper, Stopper Specialists, Groundforce Bridge, and Groundforce Training Services. We continually invest in acquiring associated businesses to enhance our product portfolio and offer reliable and high-quality equipment for our customers.
Excellence is our priority. We hold ISO 9001, 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certifications, demonstrating our commitment to quality, environmental stewardship, and safety.
Join Groundforce, where we deliver exceptional support, innovative solutions, and outstanding customer service. Apply today and be part of our team that takes pride in our industry-leading position.
Vp plc is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

To ensure that the funding due from the activity of both trial units is fully invoiced and received on a timely basis. This will involve close working relationships with clinical trial sponsors and their delegated trial unit teams. To work with the OUH Research and Development Finance Team to ensure accurate invoices are issued by clinical trial sponsors. Resolving any queries and issues with payments from trial sponsors. To monitor the expenditure of both trial units. This will involve close working with OUH finance teams. To generate monthly reports of trial activity, income and expenditure and discuss these with the management of each trial unit.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more information. Interviews will take place in the approximately two weeks after the closing date.

We are seeking and experienced individual with talent, expertise, and ambition in business analysis. We can offer the opportunity to work on innovative solutions that will transform scientific research and healthcare delivery in the NHS.

The successful candidate will work as part of the Thames Valley and Surrey (TVS) Secure Data Environment (SDE) Programme hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). They will contribute to the design and implementation of systems for data acquisition, integration, and analysis across a wide range of clinical systems and settings for this important national programme.

The insights and analyses they deliver will have a significant impact on the delivery of this programme. Working with academic and NHS colleagues across the Thames Valley and Surrey region, the post holder will have the satisfaction of seeing results of their analysis in use: improving patient care and supporting cutting-edge research.

The successful candidate will review, interpret, investigate and analyse the business and clinical data systems that Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and other NHS trusts in the TVS SDE region use to satisfy data requirements to support and develop business and research. The post holder will work closely with data managers, clinicians, software engineers, IT professionals and other stakeholders across the TVS SDE NHS trusts to identify issues and build solutions to enable improvement of data collection, management, and workflows.

This is an exciting time to be joining the OUH R&D Clinical Informatics team as we build up our existing team to deliver the TVS SDE programme. You will join a team of experienced and enthusiastic engineers, analysts, programme managers and subject matter experts within the team, and a wide network of peers within the network of SDEs around the country. You will have the opportunity to work with experts in the field, expand your knowledge through on the job and formal learning opportunities and share your knowledge across the network.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more information.

Interviews will take place in the approximately two weeks after the closing date.




This advert closes on Monday 29 Jul 2024

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

To ensure that the funding due from the activity of both trial units is fully invoiced and received on a timely basis. This will involve close working relationships with clinical trial sponsors and their delegated trial unit teams. To work with the OUH Research and Development Finance Team to ensure accurate invoices are issued by clinical trial sponsors. Resolving any queries and issues with payments from trial sponsors. To monitor the expenditure of both trial units. This will involve close working with OUH finance teams. To generate monthly reports of trial activity, income and expenditure and discuss these with the management of each trial unit.

Join GI Group as a Business Development Consultant at our Leeds Office!

Are you a seasoned sales professional with a passion for business and building relationships? At Gi Group we are very proud of our service offering and the work we do for our clients and candidates and we want the world to know about it. This will be a newly created role in our Leeds branch where you will be supported by a highly experienced Business Manager and team. This is a business development role and the main purpose is to contact businesses in West Yorkshire to introduce our services and create lasting relationships and sales opportunities. You will play a pivotal role in sales and managing client accounts and delivering exceptional recruitment solutions.

Working at Gi Group is about #morethanwork. Ability to think on your feet and think creatively, what can you do different to everyone else to secure the next role or the next opportunity? Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with the right mind-set to be honest, reliable and the determination to succeed. We are a close team who work hard, support each other, and have fun whilst doing it.

So who are Gi Group? We are one of the worlds leading Recruitment and HR Service providers. We are a stable, international business with a large presence in the United Kingdom. Our Leeds office is on of our top branches in the North and are looking to expand in the area. We offer market leading benefits to our employees and have an excellent reputation in our industry.

So why join us? Some highlights are below...

• Competitive Salary with uncapped earnings!
• 25 days holiday rising with service to 30 days plus your birthday off
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Flexible start and finish times
• Work from anywhere - up to four weeks a year
• Pension Scheme
• Life insurance
• Industry leading training and Career Pathway programme
• Electric car scheme

Plus so much more!! #morethanwork

Apply now and be part of our exciting journey!

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This is a highly responsible role, and the successful applicant will be part of a team that is dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients in the Thames Valley and more broadly across the UK. The post holder will work between the Haematology Trials Unit, Late Phase Oncology Trial Unit, both based at the Churchill Hospital, and the OUH Research and Development Team. The two trial units conduct a wide spectrum of Phase I to Phase III clinical trials in cancer with the aim of transforming care of cancer patients. The post holder will be responsible to manage all the income generated from clinical trials is captured, invoiced and received and that expenditure (principally on staff costs) is monitored by Haematology trial units. The post holder will work closely with the R&D Service Manager , the data teams in both trial units, OUH R&D finance teams and the medical and nursing management of both trial units. Ensuring the financial sustainability of both trial units is critical to their success.

This job description outlines the core requirements expected of a Band 5 Business Support & Performance Officer. As such the list below is not exhaustive. Specific requirements related to any specialist area of practice will be outlined with the prospective post holder and included as an addition to these generic descriptors as role specific prior to employment.
1. On a weekly basis working with the trial unit data teams to record money to be billed on each clinical trial conducted by both units, to sponsors of clinical trials. This constitutes the income of each unit.
2. Contacting trial sponsors to make sure invoices are issued promptly.
3. Checking invoices from trial sponsors to correct any irregularities in invoiced issued by trial sponsors and working with trial sponsors to resolve any queries.
4. Providing OUH Finance correct invoices for OUH finance to bill.
5. Checking with OUH Trial Finance that invoices have been paid.
6. On a monthly basis reviewing the expenditure of each unit. This will mainly consist of staff costs.
7. Provide monthly Excel spreadsheet reports of income and expenditure and providing forward yearly forecasts, to the leadership of each trial unit.
8. Provide budgets for new staff posts as they are created.
9. Liaising closely with various external and internal stakeholders e.g. researchers, NHS Departments, Commercial Companies on all issues affecting the trials portfolio as required.

Attending and presenting information at meetings as necessary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.


1. To ensure that the funding due from the activity of both trial units is fully invoiced and received on a timely basis. This will involve close working relationships with clinical trial sponsors and their delegated trial unit teams.
2. To work with the OUH Research and Development Finance Team to ensure accurate invoices are issued by clinical trial sponsors.
3. Resolving any queries and issues with payments from trial sponsors.
4. To monitor the expenditure of both trial units. This will involve close working with OUH finance teams.
5. To generate monthly reports of trial activity, income and expenditure and discuss these with the management of each trial unit.




This advert closes on Monday 8 Jul 2024