Total 6 job vacancies by Bedford Borough Council

The ideal candidate is required to plan, lead and, manage a designated team (circa 50 staff) This includes street cleansing, green spaces in accordance with Council's policies and procedures, coordinate the performance of the team to deliver a sustainable customer focused, high quality, cost effective environmental services.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Applications Operations Engineer to join our friendly and supportive IT Technology Department.



This senior role within the Infrastructure & Applications Operations Team is ideal for an experienced third-line engineer with strong skills in Azure, Exchange, Virtualisation, and Microsoft 365. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, enthusiastic, and technically minded, with a proven track record in providing efficient and effective support services.



Key Responsibilities:

Maintain the council’s core infrastructure applications, ensuring their reliability and security.
Provide support across the entire council at all levels.
Offer expert, in-depth technical advice and guidance on issues related to the council’s applications, including but not limited to unified comms, Active Directory Services, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, as well as apps, network & security config.
Provide in-depth support for complex solutions involving technologies from Microsoft, VMware, Forcepoint, Barracuda, Trellix, and Dell.
Lead the comprehensive analysis of solutions for specific business requirements, presenting various options and a recommended course of action.



Qualifications and Skills:

Extensive proven experience as a third-line engineer.
Strong expertise in Azure, Exchange, Virtualisation, and Microsoft 365.
Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and technically minded.
Join us and be part of a team that values collaboration and innovation. Apply today to make a significant impact on our IT operations!

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Adult Services Contact Team as a Team Administrator.


The team provides a front door service to our Learning Disability Older People and Physical Disability care management teams. The key duties required for this role include:
To provide a comprehensive administration service for all team members, prioritising work appropriately.
To provide administration support for meetings, including arranging, attending and taking minutes of the meeting ensuring that all statements made and opinions expressed are accurately recorded. Producing draft minutes and approved minutes for distribution.

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As a Civil Enforcement Officer you will ensure effective enforcement of parking regulations within on street areas of the Borough and car parks.
You will be the public face of the Council.
Promoting good relations with the community and representing the organisation professionally at all times.
School enforcement is a key part of the service and patrols are carried out morning and afternoon.
Shift times consist of two rotas 06.45 to 15.09 and 10.45 to 19.09.
One week will be the early shift and one week will be the later shift.
You will be working 5 days out of 7 including some weekends and Bank Holidays.
A uniform is supplied including footwear.
Full PPE is also supplied.
Once training is complete you will be assigned an area of the town to cover on patrol and this will be a different area every day.

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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Officer SEND. Based in Bedford Integrated Front Door Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub to help deliver positive outcomes for children and young people.

As a SEND Officer, you will be responsible for processing all referrals and requests for childrens social care services, making decisions on the most suitable response based on the childs needs. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills as you will be representing the front line for all incoming call and correspondence for the IFD service.

Ideally, you will have office administration experience, especially in, Outlook, word processing as well as experience of working within the Children sector. You will be able to listen, record sensitive information accurately and effectively, and possess a good understanding of issues in relation to child protection and children in need.

We take pride in getting it right first time and you will receive the training and support you deserve to help you deliver for this already first rate service from day one. If you have the commitment, drive, and ability to deliver high service standards across the borough, then you are the person we are looking for.

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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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