Total 11 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Stirling, FK8 2LQ

Your new company
A well known Public Sector organisation. They provide essential services to their end users and are currently in the midst of a digital transformation and place technology at the heart of everything they do. This is a fantastic time to join the business as they look to achieve their digital goals.

Your new role
As a Project Manager, you will lead and oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of data and application service projects. Your role will involve coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of data solutions and applications. You will be responsible for defining project scope, setting milestones, and managing timelines and budgets. Additionally, you will ensure that all project deliverables meet quality standards and align with business objectives. Your ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, mitigate risks, and drive continuous improvement will be crucial to the success of the projects under your management.
What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate will have experience of the following;

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of data and application service projects.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of data solutions and applications.
• Define project scope, set milestones, and manage timelines and budgets.
• Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards and align with business objectives.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to provide updates and gather requirements.
• Identify and mitigate project risks to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in project management processes and methodologies.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions as needed.

What you'll get in return

• Rate: £450 - £475 Per Day (Outside IR35)
• 3 Months (likely extension)
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office per week)
• Fantastic Public Sector experience

What you need to do now

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Senior Project Manager

Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

We have an opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our team in Stirling, working on a hybrid basis. This role will be to manage and deliver one or more programme work-streams in order to meet business objectives.

The role will have potential to work across a variety of different projects stretching across business, operation and IT change.

You'll be:

• Led projects or work streams within larger programs, ensuring everything is completed on time, within budget, and according to the plan.
• Apply the appropriate project management methods, including planning, scheduling, monitoring, and managing risks and issues.
• Distil complex information or data to identify root issues or see the bigger picture.
• Establish an effective project team, handling recruiting, development, management, and motivation.
• Manage budget reporting, forecasting, and expenditures for projects.
• Plan and manage resources needed for project delivery, including developing contingency plans.
• Maintain good relationships with stakeholders and key customers, ensuring project delivery meets their requirements.

You should apply if you:

• Have worked in Life and Pensions (wider FS acceptable)
• Proven experience in delivering large projects and programs.
• Skilled in managing and motivating both specialist and non-specialist staff.

• Experienced in handling medium to high-scale and/or medium to high-risk projects, especially in commercial outsourcing or financial services.
• Comfortable managing multiple cross-functional stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Versatile with a background in various disciplines and able to quickly learn new areas and build credibility with professionals from different fields.
• In-depth experience in Life and Pensions operations, with a strong understanding of its internal functions.

Benefits:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Discretionary annual bonus

My client is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic and fast paced team! The successful candidate will report into the senior leadership team.

To provide accounting and analysis expertise to budget holders across the business whilst supporting them to achieve their objectives. In addition, be the lead for a defined portfolio of business areas in budget setting, forecasting, business reporting and accounting advice.

Main Accountabilities:

• Responsible as finance lead for a defined portfolio of budget areas across the business including a mix of operational and business support functions.
• Responsible for the preparation and distribution of monthly management accounts, having prepared accounting information to trial balance stage.
• Review transactional information, processed into the finance system, ensuring quality, accuracy and integrity, highlighting and correcting any discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Ensure that salary budgets and projections correctly capture planned and proposed changes.
• Lead on the management of restricted reserves, portfolio defined, ensuring that available funds are appropriately utilised against relevant activity, making recommendations for the strategic use of reserves where relevant.
• Provide support to the senior leadership team with the preparation of accounting information to trail balance, monthly, including month end schedules in line with the Charities SORP FRS102.
• Oversee quarterly finance reviews with budget holders and report to senior management with recommendations on the outcomes, including risks and opportunities.
• Provide finance business partnering services to budget holders, undertaking regular meetings to review management reports providing recommendations where necessary.
• Lead on the annual budget setting cycle, for a defined portfolio, preparing budgets and projections in conjunction with budget holders, taking or recommending actions where appropriate.
• Provide appropriate challenge to budget holders during budgeting and projection rounds, ensuring that returns are timely, lean and in line with business objectives.
• Responsible for the preparation of costing models for new contracts in line with tender requests, ensuring services are financially viable whilst highlighting risks and accounting requirements.
• Provide support to the senior leadership team with the year end audit and production on the annual accounts in line with Charities SORP FRS102.
• Provide training/ coaching and support to budget holders their team as and when required.
• Proactive identification of inefficiencies in existing systems, processes, and activities, making realistic and achievable recommendations for improvements.

Key Relationships:

The Finance Business Partner is normally the first contact point for all management accounting matters / queries from services / HO departments.

Internal

• Guidance on financial matters to varying stakeholders.
• Budget holders - advising on reporting and financial queries, budgets, costings etc.
• Managers - advising on day-to-day financial queries
• HR and payroll regarding staff (new starts and leavers) and budgets.
• All staff are expected to attend team meetings and keep up to date with changes at service and organisational level. This includes accessing work email accounts, intranet sites and supporting our marketing & fundraising initiatives and social media channels to help promote the organisation.

External

• Local authorities, health boards, Scottish Government and other relevant funding agencies regarding funding, by video call, telephone, in writing, or through supporting senior staff at in-person meetings.
• Suppliers.

Qualifications:

Relevant qualification at SCQF level 9 or above (eg finance or accounting related degree) or studying towards CCAB recognised qualification or QBE with suitable sector experience.

Experience:

• Demonstratable experience in accounting and reporting with prior management accounting experience.
• Experience of leading on the preparation of budgets and forecast/ projections and monthly reporting processes at a departmental level.
• Experience of managing budgets for a wide range of projections with multiple fundings sources.
• Experience of negotiating and influencing senior staff to challenge budgetary assumptions and projections.

Knowledge/Skills

• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate complex information.
• Strong working knowledge of the use of information technology in financial management, budgeting and forecasting with the ability to apply that experience to develop and improve the reporting and monitoring systems. Experience of using Microsoft Business Central and Jet reporting would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with accounting concepts for charities and public sector organisations would be advantageous.
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly both in writing and verbally to colleagues at all levels in the organisation.
• Ability to logically analyse quantitative and qualitative information to reach well-reasoned judgements and recommendations on the adequacy and accuracy of budget holder projections and plans.

Additional Information -

• The job may involve partial travel across Scotland and to head office locations to attend meetings. Should meetings not be able to be attended person, my client will use teams.
• A short test of excel skills and analysis questions will accompany the interview process.

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Associate Dentist Jobs in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. INDEPENDENT. Independent practice, £13.50 UDA, OPG, CBCT, superb private opportunity. ZEST Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist.

• Independent Dental Practice
• Full-time Associate Dentist (Part-time considered)
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• £13.50 per UDA
• 6000 UDA (more available if you wish)
• Partners on site
• Superb equipment including rotary endo, OPG, CBCT, and digital x-ray
• Excellent private opportunity
• 6000+ UDAs, large scope for PVT, and Implant practice.
• Large Surgery
• Qualified and experienced staff
• Established dental practice with an established friendly team
• Permanent position
• Reference: JG9228

This is an established and modern dental practice with a long-standing team, with both partners being with the practice since the 1990s. The incoming dentist will benefit from a very well-maintained list of patients in a very supportive practice. The practice is modern and you will work from a large surgery, with rotary endo, computerised, Digital X-ray, OPG, CBCT scanner, etc. The practice offers a range of treatments in addition to NHS including implants. With this in mind, if you have interests and skills in other areas of dentistry, these will be well utilised. You will also benefit from support from fully qualified staff.

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.

Job Description

The postholder will perform a broad range of administrative duties working flexibly as part of an administrative team supporting Managers and Officers of the Council. Providing support to more than one Manager/Officer means there will be a broad range of work, frequently non-routine, in a variety of environments. Including:

• Providing administrative support and assistance involving activities such as word processing, scheduling and minuting ad hoc meetings, maintaining filing and records management systems, mail opening/scanning/logging/distribution.

• Entering data to maintain and update management information systems to produce records and reports for the Service, the Council and other agencies such as the Scottish Government in line with agreed timescales and deadlines.

• Providing a front-line reception service to service users and visitors to the office, dealing with enquiries face to face and on the telephone, logging calls and ensuring that calls and enquiries are directed to the most appropriate officer within appropriate timescales, as part of a responsive service.

• Using the Council’s financial systems to assist with monitoring expenditure against budget allocations, including e-procurement and e-purchasing and payment of goods and services. This could involve cash receipting and disbursement, calculating and reconciliation of creditors’ payments and debtors’ invoices in accordance with Council procedures, and maintaining and allocating stocks of stationery.

• Working as a member of the team to share best practice in relation to the development and review of effective and efficient administrative systems, protocols and procedures.

• Collating and updating inventories.

• Suggesting improvements to administrative standards and procedures.

• Working flexibly, participating in any other tasks as directed by the Team Leader.

The successful candidate will require a Basic Disclosure Check. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to apply for this.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

The Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)

• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/

• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service

• Carers Leave

• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave

• Access to Health & Wellbeing support

• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Lift share Scheme

• Car Lease Scheme

• Technology Benefit Scheme

Please click here to apply

Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you will be taken to Single Sign On. If you are an external applicant you may need to register and complete your details on our new Recruitment System - Oracle.

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Job Description

The postholder will perform a broad range of administrative duties working flexibly as part of an administrative team supporting Managers and Officers of the Council. Providing support to more than one Manager/Officer means there will be a broad range of work, frequently non-routine, in a variety of environments. Including:

• Providing administrative support and assistance involving activities such as word processing, scheduling and minuting ad hoc meetings, maintaining filing and records management systems, mail opening/scanning/logging/distribution.

• Entering data to maintain and update management information systems to produce records and reports for the Service, the Council and other agencies such as the Scottish Government in line with agreed timescales and deadlines.

• Providing a front-line reception service to service users and visitors to the office, dealing with enquiries face to face and on the telephone, logging calls and ensuring that calls and enquiries are directed to the most appropriate officer within appropriate timescales, as part of a responsive service.

• Using the Council’s financial systems to assist with monitoring expenditure against budget allocations, including e-procurement and e-purchasing and payment of goods and services. This could involve cash receipting and disbursement, calculating and reconciliation of creditors’ payments and debtors’ invoices in accordance with Council procedures, and maintaining and allocating stocks of stationery.

• Working as a member of the team to share best practice in relation to the development and review of effective and efficient administrative systems, protocols and procedures.

• Collating and updating inventories.

• Suggesting improvements to administrative standards and procedures.

• Working flexibly, participating in any other tasks as directed by the Team Leader.

The successful candidate will require a Basic Disclosure Check. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be asked to apply for this.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

The Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)

• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/

• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service

• Carers Leave

• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave

• Access to Health & Wellbeing support

• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Lift share Scheme

• Car Lease Scheme

• Technology Benefit Scheme

Please click here to apply

Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you will be taken to Single Sign On. If you are an external applicant you may need to register and complete your details on our new Recruitment System - Oracle.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Job Description

Closing Date: 15 July 2024

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £85266 - £89121

Hours: 35 hours

Interviews: Over 24th, 25th and 26th July, (candidates will only be required on one of these dates)

Stirling, with its rich heritage, location based right in the heart of Scotland’s central belt and diverse mix of urban and rural communities, is ideally placed for business, tourism and culture. Stirling Council is in the midst of an exciting and ambitious programme of transformation to ensure we are well placed to the best we can for our residents, communities and our visitors.

We’re looking for someone to provide the strategic leadership and corporate direction across our Economic Development, Planning and Climate Change functions. We need someone who is ambitious, innovative, and who will show great leadership in ensuring that Stirling maximises its potential across the region and delivers against the Council’s strategic ambitions for economic growth and sustainability.

If this sounds like the challenge for you, please apply with your CV and covering letter by midnight on 15th July 2024. For an informal chat please contact Lisa Dunlop at dunlopli@stirling.gov.uk

To apply for this post, please complete the essential questions and then upload your CV and covering letter outlining your experience and demonstrating how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this role, stated in the job pack before submitting your application.

Click here to apply

Please note, if you are a Stirling Council employee you will be taken to Single Sign On to apply. If you are an external applicant, you may need to register and complete your details on our new Recruitment System - Oracle.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

The Opportunity

Building up a new bespoke hub, dedicated to resource planning and insight delivery, we are now looking for a Resource Planning Analyst to join our operations function. This role involves setting up to forecast and schedule resource planning for our clients across all voice, back office, and complaint functions. An incredibly exciting opportunity to shape the future of resource planning within our company.

You'll be:

• Managing the short/medium term aspect of the end-to-end resource planning cycle: forecasting, planning and scheduling all frontline operational resources across all operational services.
• A specialist in resourcing planning including forecasting, scheduling and deployment to support the delivery of overall strategic planning objectives.
• Building and maintaining new forecasting and scheduling models and methods, striving to innovate planning practices and techniques.
• Ensuring all existing resources are scheduled based on customer demand and that all off-phone activity is planned, coordinated, reported on and is in line with business targets.
• Recommending, building, and maintaining short/medium term capacity planning and forecasting models to predict performance outcomes based on existing resources and provide recommendations for improvements and areas of opportunity.

You should apply if you have:

• Experience within resource planning, including forecasting, managing resource levels and workforce management solutions.
• Ability to understand and utilise data as an analyst, including in-depth Excel and reporting suite skills.
• Experience working within a telephony environment, ideally within a back-office function.
• Ideally experience working within financial services.

The Perks

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company pension scheme membership
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Develop your career through a wider global organisation of the TCS family

Who are Diligenta?

Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as 'home' by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Business Change Delivery Manager who can confidently lead and manage delivery of Operational Change within a functional area, ensuring the effective management of implementation activities required to successfully deliver all types of change.

You'll be:

• Managing the interface between the central change team, client, IT, 3rd party suppliers, front and back office teams to ensure successful implementation of operational change
• Collaborating and influencing key stakeholders to ensure the operational change is planned and delivered effectively and on time
• Collaborating with Programme and Project Managers to develop the implementation plans for each project to ensure successful delivery within regulatory standards and change framework
• Engaging, maintaining and sharing regular updates on readiness activity across a range of stakeholders including client, SLT, and 3rd parties

You should apply if you:

• Have previous Financial Services / regulated sector experience
• Have proven track record of delivering large projects / programmes
• Are well-versed in writing and delivering project plans
• Understand key accountabilities in change delivery and adoption
• Have a good attention to detail and high-quality outputs needed
• Are a fast learner who is adept at problem solving, and conflict resolution

The Perks

• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company pension scheme membership
• Gain professional accreditation on completion at no extra cost through our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools
• Access to our Confidential Helpline is available to be used by you and your family
• Develop your career through a wider global organisation of the TCS family

We are excited to be working with a globally recognised Equipment manufacturing company who are looking for a full time permanent Qualified Project engineer who is willing to go off shore when needed.
Within this role you will be focusing on the delivery of contracted products and services to agreed client specs on time and within budget.
Roles
* Responsible of day to day running of small and medium projects
* Able to work in conjunction with project admin and to maintain project documentation register
* Be aware of commercial implications within contracts e.g. payment milestones and liquidated damages (LD) and work with contract specialist as applicable
* Ensure regular interface with client/suppliers/key stakeholders to ensure project requirements are satisfied.
* Ensure equipment designs fulfil customer specifications, while managing technical elements efficiently and effectively to ensure best solution is provided within the confines of the budget.
* Where applicable provide technical support to offshore personnel as and when required/ensure key parties are engaged to provide technical support.
* Provide regular and timely reports to all stakeholders on overall project progress.
* Working with PCA & PC to prepare project cost sheets for monthly presentation to the Board of Management (BoM).
* Raise requisitions for required project materials, site personnel and equipment engaging with PA's & PC's accordingly for support.
* Responsible for specification, issue and return of all equipment and materials, inclusive of an transportation requirements.
* Arrange and witness client FAT equipment testing (as required).
* Gaining customer feedback by customer satisfaction using FPAL and client visits onshore, offshore and overseas as required.
Person
* Available for on call rota
* Degree level qualification in Engineering or similar desirable.
* Mechanical/Hydraulics/Electrical/PLC/Backdeck/Offshore operational background.
* Experience in Project Management.
* IT Skills: MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project
* Experience in review of specifications, preparing workpacks, plans and management of modifications.
* Experience in FAT, mobilization/demobilization of equipment for offshore/overseas.
* Previous experience of working offshore is highly desirable
This role is a Monday to Friday position paying up to £55000pa

If you find this role interesting please don't hesitate to get in touch

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