Total 44 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3RZ

Are you an experienced School Business Manager with a dynamic outlook?

I am working with a inclusive and innovative KS3 and KS4 Pupil Referral Unit who is looking for a committed School Business Manager who can make a difference in the workplace.

This school is a centre of excellence in alternative provision offering academic and vocational qualifications to students from within the local authority, alongside a short stay provision to provide supportive interventions for identified mainstream students, and an outreach team providing targeted support to secondary students within mainstream schools.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

- Management of the strategy and operation of business functions within the school, including ICT

- Financial Management, including budget and procurement

- Ensuring maintenance of Health and Safety, facilities management

- Human resources management

- General management of team and administration

Experience required:

• Experience of managing a budget of £3.5million +
• Experience of proactively commissioning and developing partnerships with external providers of services
• Experience of negotiating and agreeing contracts
• Experience working in a school or college setting at a management level
• Experience of working with local authorities, parents, professionals and other stakeholders within an educational setting
• Experience of effectively leading and managing people

This is a full time, 52 week permanent role with the opportunity to work from home during the holidays.

If you have the relevant experience in a role like this and you would like to work in a diverse school that offers opportunities to grow as a leader, we would love to hear from you. If you know of anyone who would be, we have a fantastic refer a friend scheme.

A specialist contact lens manufacturer based in Leighton Buzzard are looking for a full time Contact Lens Technician to work within the tinting department.

Contact Lens Technician- The Role

• To receive inspected product from QC Laboratory and to tint the product according to customer requirements, ensuring finished work is to a good quality and tint parameters measure within set company tolerances pre-sterilisation.
• To reject any non-conforming product.
• To prepare product for final packaging.
• To complete final checks of the product post-sterilisation before despatch (colour checking, labelling/completion checking)
• To adhere to all Health and Safety policies/procedures.
• To process orders through the Tinting Department in a timely fashion.
• Assist in the smooth running of the company by assisting other areas when required.

Contact Lens Technician - Requirements

• Previous experience of working in optics
• Must have experience of handing contact lenses
• Able to understand optical terminology
• High level of accuracy

Salary and Further Details

• Salary -£ 23,795.20 - £24,984.96 DOE
• Monday to Friday - 8am to 4.30pm
• Working 40 hours a week
• Extensive Training Programme
• 2 x 15 mins tea breaks - paid
• 1 x 30 min lunch - unpaid
• Pension salary sacrifice, 3% / 5% ratio
• Eye care vouchers for annual eye tests
• Free "company made" contact lenses
• Company Wellbeing program

To apply for this role please send a copy of your CV or call 0114 238 1726 for more information.

We are recruiting an HR Business Partner to support our Operation Centres in the South of the country, to work remotely and ideally be based in the Beds & Bucks areas.

Copart UK employs approximately 1,200 teammates in 15 national operations centres and 3 head office locations based in Bedfordshire. The Human Resources team is responsible for contributing to the development of people strategy, through close cooperation with business leaders and a comprehensive framework of policies and procedures. This includes responsibility for the following areas:

• End to end employment life-cycle
• Performance management
• Employee relations
• Employee engagement
• Development and retention

Reporting to our HR Manager, as HR Business Partner you are responsible for working in close partnership with a number of stakeholders, at varied levels of seniority, in relation to the business's strategic people priorities.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Providing the strategic link between HR and management, through the provision of high-quality support, advice and guidance.
• Driving a culture of high performance, continuously reviewing processes and procedures where necessary.
• Partnering managers in the recruitment process and having personal involvement in management hires.
• Being an active and influential player, enabling the effective diagnosis of people issues and developing effective people management solutions.
• Partnering managers in areas such as reward, employee relations, talent, performance, organisation development and change, culture, leadership and learning and development.
• Challenging, provoking and coaching managers to engage employees and build effective people capabilities.
• Driving the raising of the performance bar and building a strong and rigorous development culture.
• Providing employee relations advice to managers with practical support and overseeing end to end ER casework.
• Delivering HR projects, as and when required by the HR Director, or other senior management.
• Liaising with Human Resources teammates to ensure training is consistent and adequate.
• Monitoring, measuring and reporting training issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.

Essential attributes

• HR degree, or equivalent CIPD qualification
• At least 3 years experience in an HR Business Partner, Generalist or Advisor role
• Passionate about engagement
• Complete knowledge of the employee life-cycle
• An ambitious, energetic and dedicated individual, with a passion for driving positive people-related change
• Stakeholder management experience
• Able to interact and influence at all levels
• Excellent communication skills
• IT literate, with strong skills in Microsoft Office and computerised HRIS
• Comfortable presenting HR data to stakeholders
  
  

Desirable attributes

• Experience working with Ceridian Dayforce, or other HRIS

What we offer you in return

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an additional day per year to be used on something special to you
• A further paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Car allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Medicash Cover - look after you and your family by providing a range of positive health care benefits
• Contributory workplace pension plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance cover
• The ability to purchase shares in our successful global company at a discounted rate
• Access to an exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out, and utility bills for the home
• Access to our employee assistance programme

Copart are an equal opportunity employer, proudly hiring a diverse workforce. Discrimination is expressly forbidden and we therefore kindly welcome all applications.

An exiting opportunity has arisen within the Bedford Borough Council Finance team for a CCAB/CIMA qualified Finance Business Partner working in the Technical Team. Bedford Borough Council is one of the fastest growing unitary authorities and there are some inspiring projects in the pipeline, where a determined, detail focused candidate could make a real difference.

Bedford's Finance team is designed to be an effective partner to the service: driving decisions upfront to improve performance, including Bedford's diverse capital programme, which includes road and rail upgrades. We are now looking for a motivated and enthusiastic finance professional to join our team.

You will be responsible for delivering the Councils Financial Statements in line with statutory requirements and timescales, managing the Council's Technical Accounting functions including Capital Strategy and Planning and Treasury Management.

You must be able to work at pace and have excellent communication skills as you will be talking to a wide range of financial and non finance stakeholders. You will have a broad remit, access to wider developmental opportunities and the support of experienced finance professionals throughout the team.



The Council is committed to offering you a good work life balance, which includes its flexitime and agile working arrangements, including the ability to work both from home and the office.

The role is full-time (37 hours) and permanent, applications for flexible working will be considered. Applications are made via CV, however candidates are encouraged to tailor their CV to demonstrate their experience in similar roles and how they meet the person specification.

For an informal discussion please contact Rhiain Bevan on 01234 276740 or rhiain.bevan@bedford.gov.uk

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Role: Transport Planner

Location: Dunstable

Hours: Full-time, Monday – Friday

Salary: £30,000 - £36,000

An excellent opportunity has now arisen for a Transport Planner to join our client’s successful team.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Profit-share bonus scheme
• Flexi-time

The role:

• Optimize routes to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of goods
• Plan and coordinate movement within our fleet
• Day to day management of drivers, rota, including holidays, sickness management
• Work with subcontractors to supplement own fleet and meet customers’ requirements
• Monitor vehicle performance, strong focus on H&S, compliance
• Provide excellent customer service and communication at all levels

What we would like from you:

• Previous experience as Transport planner for Heavy Goods,
• Experience using Excel and cloud-based documents
• Working knowledge of WTD, Road Transport regulations, FORS
• Geographical knowledge of the UK road network
• CPC qualification preferable
• Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply Company Values and Policies
• Full UK driving Licence (you may need to attend client visits)

If interested in this role, please apply below. (END)

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, which is being advertised by Osborne Appointments, who are acting as an employment agency / business. Your application will be considered in competition with others and we will contact you within 3 working days.

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Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit…a day includes

Role Purpose:

The PBP for SRDC will champion employee experience and play a key role in supporting the delivery of People Team activity within the Distribution Centre, with a particular focus on business partnering the Distribution Centre Manager and the Senior Leadership Team. This role will work collaboratively in developing the capability of the DC Management Teams, providing generalist HR guidance and support in delivering strategic objectives, projects & other initiatives. This role reports to the Senior People Manager for Superdrug Distribution.

A typical day in this role includes:

· Key stakeholders: Wider People team and Distribution/Transport teams, and Senior Managers.
· Providing guidance and advice to line managers on recruitment processes, including overseeing the successful temp to perm employment of Warehouse Operatives in the DC.
· Collaborate with Senior Managers on succession planning for key management positions, identifying development, and learning opportunities for internal successors.
· Working in collaboration with the Senior DC Leadership Team and central Learning & Development team to deliver engaging training and development opportunities for all work levels across the Distribution Centre.
· Working in partnership with the Distribution Centre Manager in maintaining strong relationships with employee representatives, including attending regular forum meetings, promoting collaboration and transparent two-way communication.
· Working collaboratively on effective strategies that help manage DC’s People KPI’s, including labour turnover and absence.
· Working in partnership to provide guidance and coaching to managers on Employee Relation matters, whilst having oversight of the processes being followed from start to finish. This includes performance improvement, disciplinary, grievance and absence matters.
· Providing leadership and guidance to the SRDC People Team to support them in delivering their key objectives and goals.

This job is a good fit for you if:

· You can see the bigger picture and can easily adapt to changing priorities and situations.
· You have a flexible approach to Business Partnering and can support wider team activities.
· You know you add value through your ability to see from different viewpoints and can build strong working relationships.
· You can use a blend of data insights and storytelling to influence decision making.
· You are good at multitasking and can deliver to agreed deadlines.
· You see through your customer’s lens and have the confidence to challenge when something doesn’t feel right.

What you’ll need:

· A passion for the world of Distribution health and beauty.
· A good understanding of current employment law and a keen interest in staying up to date with what’s going on in the market and how that may impact us.
· Good digital literacy and an interest in learning new systems to drive efficiency

Here's what's in it for you

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Come and be part of something special.

Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - 5 days on site in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to Dunstable.

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Finance Project Support Coordinator

Permanent

Location: Hybrid, Luton- X2 days a week

Salary: £30, 000 - £35, 000 DOE

The Role

We are looking for a Finance Project Support Coordinator to join our Global Managed Services Finance Team. The Finance Project team support the business by working closely with Project Managers, Developers, Operations and back-office Finance teams to efficiently deliver the finance workstream for projects such as Implementation of new customers, local and global expansions, customer exits, internal finance system improvements, process reviews, troubleshooting management and supporting the wider finance team as required

Key Responsibilities:

• Support finance project lead in the planning and delivery of projects ensuring timelines are met
• Assist with the coordination of project activities, resources and deliverables
• Organise meetings and record minutes ensuring key decision points and actions are accurately captured
• Maintain project and process documentation
• Serve as a point of contact for project stakeholders, providing updates and addressing inquiries
• Liaise with project SMEs to follow up on outstanding actions
• Support with the hyper care of delivered projects and process handover to the business
• Appropriate escalation of issues that impact on completion of tasks within set timescales
• Administrative tasks to support the Project lead and Finance teams as required

About You:

• Knowledge of project planning or experience working in a project support environment
• Intermediate excel skills
• Proficiency in math and English
• Excellent organisation and planning skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with various stakeholders
• Motivated and conscientious with desire to lead by example and demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible and confident working in a fast-paced environment with competing demands and priorities
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to pick new systems up quickly
• Fast learner with appetite for problem solving
• Demonstrates understanding of when a decision can be made and when to involve others

We welcome applications from individuals requiring varying levels of flexibility, our supportive and highly experienced team will provide you with the full details of the role.

You are guaranteed an interview if you can demonstrate that you can meet the role requirements above and have a disability /long-term health condition - just tell us when applying for the role. Our interview guarantee also applies to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses applying. We also recognise the value people with previous convictions can bring to society and are proud to be a "Ban the Box" employer.

We genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team and we welcome people from all backgrounds, with different perspectives and experiences to work with us. We cannot, and will never discriminate against anyone based on, race, ethnicity, national origin, colour, sex, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, disability status, family or parental status, age, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity. At Guidant Global everyone has the freedom to give their opinion, build their career path and be part of a cooperative and supportive team. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process please do let us know. In your application please feel free to note which pronouns you use.

Your new role

National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Planner to join our team in the East region. As a Planner within the Performance Assurance and Business Services team, you will develop, manage and maintain the master schedule delivery programme for the region for in-year and future year programmes.

Please note that this position can be based from either of our Bedford or Cambridge offices.

What you'll be leading on

• Compile and maintain the master view of yearly scheme schedules and delivery plans for the region, supporting the 'one programme' vision.
• Proactively challenge project plans and identify opportunities to optimise the combining of works as part of regional collaboration initiatives or efficiency opportunities.
• Maintain and update the scheme progress on a regular basis with consistent use of project controls.
• Provide programme status and variance reports including those to fully support internal month end and year end reporting
• Lead on provision of key programme information including forecast/actual dates and outputs.
• Develop strong working relationships and ensure continual liaison and collaboration with Scheme Delivery and Service Delivery colleagues, other National Highways stakeholders and third-party suppliers in producing, reviewing and updating the in-year programme.
• Take an active role in collaborative planning initiatives, visual planning meetings and meetings that seek to maximise efficiencies across Operations to co-ordinate works and opportunities identified.

To be successful you'll need

• Advanced use of planning project software e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6 and appropriate Time/Location GIS Visualisation tools
• Understanding of planning theory; critical path analysis, linking, float, re-scheduling, maintaining and tracking base-lines, etc is desirable
• Understanding of project management disciplines
• Experience in developing, maintaining and scheduling complex programmes
• Understanding of Collaborative Planning techniques is desirable
• Recognised qualification in a programming discipline or similar

A bit about us

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

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The Role:

• Managing a team of Drivers who deliver across the UK but predominately within London and the M25 zone.
• You will have autonomy and responsibility for managing the costs and purchases within transport (buying new fleet, maintenance contracts, purchasing of fuel and ad-blue) etc
• Utilising your knowledge to maximise efficiencies in planning routes (considering, the relevant zones and charges for driving in London and M25 areas)
• Support, training and assisting drivers with daily issues (VOR's, delivery queries)
• Manage all transport compliance (Driving regulations in line with legal requirements
• Plan and communicate multi drop routes.
• Scheduling all servicing and MOTs of the fleet.
• Recruiting and managing all staff within transport (currently a team of 3 people)
• Communicate and work with the General Manager and Operations Manager to maximise efficiencies across the department and to work with internal teams (Warehouse & Sales) to help meet the overall objectives of our company.

We are seeking a Junior Project Manager to join the Business Change and Implementation team.

You'll be using your project management skills to assist and manage projects on a day-to-day basis, ensuring project briefs are fully delivered and the appropriate solution landed.

Blue Arrow is a leading global Talent Acquisition and Managed Workforce Solutions provider. Blue Arrow specialises in staffing for Admin & Secretarial including Call Centre, Transport & Logistics, Hospitality & Catering, Manufacturing & Production and Public Sector.

We have been named as a Financial Times Diversity Leader, awarded Best Companies three-star rating, the highest possible level representing organisations that excel at world class levels of workplace engagement and we continue to be an Investors in People Platinum employer - the highest accolade that can be achieved. Making Blue Arrow a truly great place to work.

At Blue Arrow, we genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because we know it makes us a stronger, better business. We are searching for people that share our excitement and passion for what we do, and we will continue to grow our #OneBlueFamily with brilliant people from all different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, celebrating our differences and knowing that collectively we make the difference.

We're a team of high-achievers we're also parents, mentors, gym-goers, animal-lovers, bakers, music-lovers and so much more. We're Blue Arrow, and we're dedicated to Enhancing Your Everyday with our people-first priorities, Progression, Purpose, Teamwork, Rewards and Performance.

Sound like something you want to be a part of? Here's what you need to know about being a Junior Project Manager.

You'll be supported by our advanced technology systems; at Blue Arrow we embrace hybrid working and are committed to maximising wellbeing and offer our people the flexibility to work remotely from home after onboarding.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce and manage the project plan
• Attending client meetings nationally with some overnight stays so you'll need to drive and have access to a car
• Working from our Luton offices occasionally for project related tasks
• Coordinate project management activities and resources
• Liaise with clients to identify and define project requirements, scope, and objectives
• Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management
• Make sure that clients' needs are met as projects evolve
• Analyse risks and opportunities
• Monitor project progress, handle and/or escalate any issues that arise
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Project Manager to define project strategies and objectives
• Report progress to key stakeholders and plan the handover to business as usual
• Arrange and conduct a wash up meeting at the end of each project and document outcome
• Facilitate effective communication among project teams, stakeholders, and external vendors
• Ensure resource availability and allocation to meet project timelines and deliverables
• Make sure all customer relationships are on a journey to achieving high road recruitment practises
• Be certain all current employment laws, legislative is maintained during every project

Some of the Benefits we offer:

• Salary 30-35k
• Hybrid working from home and occasionally from our Luton office
• Dedicated structured support for new starters, including performance and development support, goal setting and advice on navigating your way through your new job
• 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) increasing by length of service until it reaches 30 days
• Focused wellbeing programme, including access to a network of mental health first aiders and a full subscription to the Calm mindfulness app
• Your Birthday off and you can buy extra holidays
• Fully paid day off for charity work of your choice
• Wide range of flexible and lifestyle benefits

Proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer, we are committed to being a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying. We are also a forces-friendly employer and extend the same interview guarantee to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses/partners applying.To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

RSS Global is a portfolio of brands specialising in staffing and workforce solutions in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific. Our brands include Blue Arrow, Career Teachers, Chadwick Nott, Global Medics, Litmus, Medacs Healthcare and Tate.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here https://www.rssglobal.com/privacy-policy/

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We are seeking a Project Manager to join the Business Change and Implementation team.
You'll be using your project management experience and skills to manage projects on a day-to-day basis, ensuring project briefs are fully delivered and the appropriate solution landed.

Blue Arrow is a leading global Talent Acquisition and Managed Workforce Solutions provider. Blue Arrow specialises in staffing for Admin & Secretarial including Call Centre, Transport & Logistics, Hospitality & Catering, Manufacturing & Production and Public Sector. We have been named as a Financial Times Diversity Leader, awarded Best Companies three-star rating, the highest possible level representing organisations that excel at world class levels of workplace engagement and we continue to be an Investors in People Platinum employer - the highest accolade that can be achieved. Making Blue Arrow a truly great place to work.

At Blue Arrow, we genuinely care about creating a diverse and inclusive team, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because we know it makes us a stronger, better business. We are searching for people that share our excitement and passion for what we do, and we will continue to grow our #OneBlueFamily with brilliant people from all different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, celebrating our differences and knowing that collectively we make the difference. We're a team of high-achievers we're also parents, mentors, gym-goers, animal-lovers, bakers, music-lovers and so much more. We're Blue Arrow, and we're dedicated to Enhancing Your Everyday with our people-first priorities, Progression, Purpose, Teamwork, Rewards and Performance.

Sound like something you want to be a part of? Here's what you need to know about being a Project Manager.
You'll be supported by our advanced technology systems; at Blue Arrow we embrace hybrid working and are committed to maximising wellbeing and offer our people the flexibility to work remotely from home after onboarding.

Key responsibilities will include:

* Responsible for the overall management and successful delivery new client change projects
* Attending client meetings nationally with some overnight stays you'll need to drive and have access to a car
* Working from our Luton offices occasionally for project related tasks
* Build and maintain strong relationships between key stakeholders
* Complete analysis of internal, existing and prospective clients' challenges (due diligence)
* Conduct gap analysis on both internal and external projects (Organisation, Process and System)
* Support with client contractual negotiation on business wins
* Ensure that all customer relationships are on a journey to achieving high road recruitment practises
* Identify, manage and communicate to internal and external key stakeholders throughout the project
* Create Business Cases and produce and manage the project plan
* Produce, build and challenge the project brief
* Implement a communication plan bespoke for each project
* Identify and manage risks and issues
* Procure required resources
* Lead the project team and manage cross functional teams throughout the project lifecycle
* Build and trial potential solutions
* Responsible for ensuring that costs are implemented in-line with the costing model and account P&L
* Ensure that all current employment laws, legislative or otherwise is maintained during every project

Some of the Benefits we offer:

* Salary 40-46k
* Hybrid working from home and occasionally from our Luton office
* Dedicated structured support for new starters, including performance and development support, goal setting and advice on navigating your way through your new job
* 25 days holiday (plus public holidays) increasing by length of service until it reaches 30 days
* Focused wellbeing programme, including access to a network of mental health first aiders and a full subscription to the Calm mindfulness app
* Your Birthday off and you can buy extra holidays
* Fully paid day off for charity work of your choice
* Wide range of flexible and lifestyle benefits

Proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer
We are committed to being a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying. We are also a forces-friendly employer and extend the same interview guarantee to any current reservists, ex-armed forces personnel or forces spouses/partners applying.
To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use.We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

RSS Global is a portfolio of brands specialising in staffing and workforce solutions in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific. Our brands include Blue Arrow, Career Teachers, Chadwick Nott, Global Medics, Litmus, Medacs Healthcare and Tate.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice that you can view by clicking here https://www.rssglobal.com/privacy-policy/

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We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our Network & security division


- Competitive Salary
- Hybrid role: Work from home with occasional travel to the Office (Birmingham B15)
- Contracted to 37 Hours
- Monday to Friday covering branch opening times between 07:30 – 17:00
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + Birthday day off
- Comprehensive health & wellbeing support programme , long service awards & key milestones
- Benefits: Enhanced family leave benefits , Agile working, Training academy , Buy and Sell annual leave , Free virtual GP service, accessible 24/7 & Staff discount on webshop & discounts in high-street stores.


As our Network Engineer, you will join an established team of 3 to support, maintain and upgrade the company Network and IT Security Platforms . You will configure network equipment (including but not limited to switches, firewalls, routers, IOT equipment and access points) for remote deployment and management, maintaining the cloud networks and portals for internet access.

Reporting directly to the Network & Security Principal , our Network Engineer will work at a team to look after looking a large number of branch locations throughout the UK and Ireland, engage with colleagues and suppliers, Get involved with projects as well as covering tickets assigned from our Service Desk.

Occasionally you may need to visit sites across the UK to deploy / troubleshoot networking equipment.

Network Engineer – Key accountabilities:

- Accountability for service provision of all network links to all locations for Rexel UK and Ireland.
- Day-to-day performance & security analysis across the entire network.
- Use network management systems software and appropriate analysis equipment to collect routine network load statistics, model performance, and create reports, including proposals for improvement. Including utilizing tools for problem management and BAU.
- Manage network alerting and reporting tools ensuring they are kept up to date as the network architecture changes.
- Liaise at a technical level with suppliers of applications and infrastructure teams.
- Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for network support and operation. Makes a significant contribution to the investigation, diagnosis and resolution of network problems.
- Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures.
- Manage third party service provider incident management tickets including escalations.
- Project management skills to meet network & security requirements for branch relocations / new sites / closures.
- Assists in producing outline system designs and specifications covering objectives, scope, features, facilities, management, reliability, resilience, security, constraints (such as performance, resources and cost), hardware, network and software environments
- Able to undertake other duties commensurate with the role and with appropriate training.
- Awareness of Cloud networking technologies e.g. Microsoft Azure.


Network Engineer – Skills & Experience:

- 3 years+ networking experience
- CCNA trained to that level or certified
- WAN / LAN and Wifi technologies installation, support and design experience.
- VoIP technologies including installation and support experience.
- SD-WAN experience, especially with Meraki
- Firewall experience, especially with Checkpoint
- Network monitoring tools experience e.g. Solarwinds
- Managing 3rd party service provider support tickets.
- Web Proxy solutions e.g. Cisco Umbrella


PLEASE APPLY ONLINE TODAY and a member of the team will be in contact.

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Carbon60 are looking to recruit a Planning Administrator to work for a large government organisation based in Bedford. This is a temporary ongoing position for 3 months initially but is likely to go longer.

Location: Bedford (on site)

Pay Rate: £12.55 per hour

Hours: Monday to Friday: 09:00-17:00

The Role:

• Providing Planning support
• Making up files for the website
• Administer and manage the documentation system for all planning applications and appeals
• Processing amendments to planning applications
• Date entry into databases
• Preparing appeal questions
• Managing comments and complaints from interested parties
• Dealing with redaction

The Successful candidate:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Data entry experience
• Strong administrative background
• Planning experience would be desirable.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Our client is looking for a planning support assistant to join their team on a short term contract until the end of November 2024.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing planning support
• Administer/manage the documentation system for all planing applications and appeals
• Dealing with amendments
• Input to database
• Preparing appeal questionnaires
• Managing comments from neighbours
• Dealing with redactions

You will need:

• Previous planning experience
• Experience working with councils

If you have the experience or would like to know more, please apply now!

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Looking to recruit a Repairs Planner to join a leading Property Services Company based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire

Responsibilities:

• Liaising with clients, sub-contractors, suppliers and supervisors to schedule appointments
• Ensuring that future jobs are appointed in a way that will ensure our contractual Service Level Agreements are met and no false promises are given.
• Using an in house system, you'll actively schedule available operatives and subcontractors to jobs and discuss complex repairs

Offering a competitive salary of up to £28,000 + great benefits including:

• 26 Days Holiday + Bank Hols
• Enhanced Pension Plan
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
• Flexible Working & Flexible Bank Holidays

Requirements:

• You'll have previous experience within the repairs and maintenance sector, or a trade-based background, with good problem-solving skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, with strong administration, organisational and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Have excellent customer service skills

If you feel this is the role for you attach your cv and apply today!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.