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HR Business Partner Salary: Grade 7 scp 30‐35 £45,947 to £51,483 per annum (Local Government Pension Scheme, holiday entitlement starts at 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays)

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TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER Banks House School Email: recruitment@cascade-care.com Website: https://cascade-schools.com

WE ARE HIRING Forest School Leader Salary: £26,750 - £31,500 pa Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children with complex needs and autism? Do you possess the unique blend of kindness, supportiveness and the ability to educate pupils with SEND in the local community? If so, Banks School is looking for someone like you to join our dedicated team as a Forest School Leader. Banks School has a warm and inclusive educational environment, committed to providing outstanding education, which is child led and involves the outdoors. Our school's mission is to create a nurturing and empowering space, which enables our pupils to flourish in their communication and outdoor learning in preparation for adulthood. Each child's unique abilities are celebrated, and their individual needs are met with understanding and compassion through a bespoke curriculum. All our staff have the opportunity to work with great facilities with daily opportunities to take pupils into the community to practise and consolidate life skills. We believe in investing in people and offer exceptional opportunities for professional development for all our staff. For the role specific duties, persons specification and to apply, please visit: https://www.cascade-care.com/jobvacancies/forest-school-leader Cascade Banks House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Salary: £43,693 ‐ £45,718 We have an exciting role on offer within our Transport and Infrastructure Services as a Transport Development Engineer. About Us Middlesbrough Council’s making great progress delivering its ambitious economic plans with exciting physical regeneration projects and unprecedented new housing growth. Ensuring that this growth occurs in a managed way, to high standards whilst minimising disruption is an essential component in achieving this and we need a Transport Development Engineer to assist. This is a varied role where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in a number of different specialisms and projects whilst delivering a defined role. To be successful in this role you need to hold a degree qualification in a relevant subject such as Civil Engineering or at least 5 years equivalent experience. You will have experience of highway design, auditing technical construction drawings including inspecting and delivering highway construction works on site, instructing site teams and providing solutions to problems as they arise. Experience or knowledge of Agreements under the Highways Act and construction/materials is a key part of the role. The successful candidate will be able to have difficult conversations and negotiate to resolve conflicts whilst working proactively and collaboratively to build good working relationships. You will have a responsibility for managing your own workload and day to day activities which will include a wide range of varied duties including auditing technical submissions, designing small/medium council highway schemes, and inspecting construction activities. This role involves solving problems and devising solutions by co‐ordinating works through internal and external stakeholders together with office tasks such as documenting progress on sites, work associated with Agreements under the Highways Act and tracking financials. If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact Simon Thompson, Transport Development Lead on: Simon_Thompson@middlesbrough.gov.uk or call: 01642 728645. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Transport_Development_E ngineer/284313 Closing date: 11th August 2025

Deputy Director of Education Salary: £47,850 per annum To support and deputise for the Director of Education (DDE) in leading, managing and co-ordinating the work of the Diocesan Board of Education. To include supporting the DDE in providing effective services to schools, acting as an ambassador for the diocese and managing the day-to-day organisation and related work of the Education Team. The management of all matters relating to school sites, land, buildings and estates whilst ensuring that the Trustees assets remain protected. This also includes management and oversight of the delivery of School Condition Allocation (SCA) funding for the Diocese of Hereford (c£1,000,000), delivery of the capital programme and compliance with statutory duties. Where appropriate, as the lead diocese in a pooling arrangement with other dioceses, oversee the effective spend and reporting for SCA. To lead the management, training and compliance of governance and admissions for maintained and academy schools, including those within multi-academy trusts.

Are you an experienced HR generalist with solid employee relations experience looking to join a flexible and supportive HR Business Partnering team? We offer an excellent employment package that includes hybrid working, enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of home and onsite working. To reduce our carbon footprint, we look to allocate schools with travel distances in mind, therefore this role would benefit someone who is willing to travel to the West Suffolk and South Norfolk area. You will be responsible for providing a business partnering support service to our schools and central team, providing advice and guidance to line managers on a range of HR management issues ensuring compliance with the academic lifecycle, HR policies, employment law and current HR best practice. You will manage a range of employee relations issues, including disciplinary, capability and grievance cases and organisational change projects including TUPE. A key function of the role is to develop the skill and capacity of managers to empower them to manage people issues effectively and independently. You will also have an opportunity to work on HR projects to ensure our service continually adds value to the organisation. The role will require a combination of HR experience and expertise, as well as interpersonal and technical skills, and the ability to establish credible relationships with a diverse range of people. Demonstrable skills and experience at either an associate or manager level in a large, complex, and regulated environment is essential. HR experience in the education sector would be an advantage, but not essential as training and support will be given to ensure you are confident in your role. Due to the role covering multi‐sites, the post holder must have a current driving licence, and we have a travel claims policy to ensure you are supported on travel requirements of the role. Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 40 schools and growing, the trust expects its work to be characterised by ethical lead‐ ership, an ambition for improvement at pace and the expectation that remarkable improvements can be achieved. If you are ambitious and keen to work in a family of schools committed to these values, please consider applying for the post. For more information about Unity Schools Partnership please visit www.unitysp.co.uk Closing Date: Thursday 21st August 2025 at midday Interview Date: Tuesday 2nd September 2025 (Haverhill CB9 8QP) If you would like an informal discussion prior to submitting your application, please contact Suzy Jackson, Senior HR Business Part‐ ner on 07392414187 or email sjackson@unitysp.co.uk.

For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/239642/deputy-director-of-education/ Closing date: 28th August 2025

SAFEGUARDING AND FAMILY LIAISON OFFICER Salary: £33,544.58 - £37,178.24

Senior Social Worker Risk and Independence Specialist Advisor and Reviewing Practitioner We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and experienced Social Worker to join our friendly, supportive and exciting Risk and Independence team in Adult Social care services within Northumberland County Council. This role full time 37 hours per week and is fixed term for a 12 month period.

Data Officer Grade H: £36,124 ‐ £39,513 per annum (pay award pending) Join Our Team as a Data Officer! It’s an exciting time to join the Assets Team at Cannock Chase District Council. We’re looking for a Data Officer who is a strategic and analytical thinker to maintain and build upon recent investment in data collection for our stock. You’ll be joining Cannock Chase District Council’s Housing Property Services team at a time when your data insight can make a real and lasting impact on our homes, residents, and services.

The successful candidate will be based at County Hall, Morpeth. Salary is Band 10 £50,269 ‐ £54,495. The service is county wide across Northumberland.

If you’re someone who takes ownership, solves problems, and wants to see the real impact of your work, this is a great opportunity to step up.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Social Worker looking for the next step in their career.

You will be part of a close‐knit, professional team that’s passionate about delivering a first‐class service for our residents. This is a new role, giving you the autonomy to help shape how we deliver our services.

The Role: • The successful candidates will have a good working knowledge of legislative frameworks that underpin Adult social care practice and the ethos of promotion and completion of positive risk assessment. To enable service users to maximise their independence, life skills and achieve positive outcomes. • The successful candidates will share Northumberland councils’ vision of a council that works for everyone and incorporates its values. • The candidates will have excellent report writing and communications skills and be able to communicate confidently and effectively with a wide range of service users, professionals and providers. The team comprises of highly skilled social workers and has strong commissioning links. The team members are very supportive and inclusive and encourage the sharing of knowledge and skills to discuss case work and to offer safe, robust, appropriate and cost‐effective care planning. • The successful candidates will work county wide offering consultation and delivering and training Adult social care community teams, to carry out project and development work and will complete high quality care act assessments working with teams to share knowledge and skills ensuring that care plans are person centred and meet the clients needs effectively and robustly. For an informal conversation, please contact Vicky Robinson, Senior Manager on 07966490573 For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Risk_and_Independence_S pecialist_Advisor_and_Reviewing_Practitioner/284292 Closing date: 6th August 2025

What you will be doing: A typical day for you could include: • Leading the strategic management and development of housing asset data. • Producing dashboards and reports that shape how we plan, invest, and deliver housing services. • Analysing data to guide planned works, policy, procurement, and decarbonisation. • Maintaining high data quality, ensuring compliance with housing regulations and audit standards. • Engaging with colleagues and contractors to ensure robust, accurate data flows. • Providing support through performance metrics, KPI development, and value‐for‐money analysis. For an informal discussion please contact Elliott Norwood, Assistant Manager (Assets) on: 01543 464244. To apply for this vacancy online please go to: https://cannock.engageats.co.uk/V2/Login Alternatively, please telephone: 01543 462621 or write to HR Services, Cannock Chase Council, Civic Centre, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1BG or e‐mail: vacancies@cannockchasedc.gov.uk quoting post number CH110. The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Sunday 31st August 2025. Interviews will be held from Friday 12th September 2025.

Senior Organisational Development Business Partner Salary: £46,731 - £48,710 We have an exciting role on offer within our HR service as a Senior Organisational Development Business Partner. About Us At Middlesbrough Council we are really passionate about our people and want our colleagues to live and breathe our values. It is an exciting time to join us as we progress on our transformation journey to ensure we deliver the Council Plan and People Strategy objectives. To enable us to deliver our ambitious workforce plans we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Organisational Development (OD) Business Partner to join our creative, hardworking and friendly OD team. Working with a range of internal and external partners you will implement the People Strategy action plan through the design, delivery, and evaluation of a range of innovative OD programmes for employees across all services. Are you a passionate, creative OD practitioner who is confident communicating with colleagues at all levels? Are you experienced in developing and delivering a range of OD programmes to ensure we have a workforce fit for now and the future? Can you support our diverse workforce to develop the right behaviours, skills, and knowledge to deliver excellent services to our communities? If so, then this is the perfect role for you! If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact Nicky Spencer, OD Manager on 01642 727428 or nicky_spencer@middlesbrough.gov.uk. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/careers-and-jobopportunities/vacancies/ Closing date: 9th August 2025 We operative a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.

Are you a compassionate and trustworthy person? Do you strive for the best in everything you do, and think you could make a positive difference to lives of autistic and/or neurodivergent individuals? If this sounds like you, and you’re seeking a rewarding job role, we are currently recruiting for a Safeguarding and Family Liaison Officer to join our Education staff team. Please note the ideal candidate will have degree level education and/ or a social work degree. The purpose of the Safeguarding and Family Liaison Officer is to work under the School Principal to ensure the safety, well-being, and development of all pupils, with a special focus on those who are vulnerable. This position involves implementing and overseeing the school's safeguarding policies, conducting regular risk assessments, and addressing any concerns related to child protection promptly and effectively. Additionally, the role requires close collaboration with families, providing them with support and resources to address challenges and enhance the welfare of their children. By building strong, trusting relationships with pupils, parents, and external agencies, the officer will work to create a safe school environment where every child can succeed and feel secure. The vacancy will cover working across two sites Mackenzie Thorpe and Kiora Hall Stockton. For more than 40 years, we’ve led the way in providing care and education for autistic and/or neurodivergent children, young people and adults across the North-east of England. We have more than 1,200 staff working in our schools, college, short breaks, day services, residential care, supported living, employment services and family support. We are passionate about retaining talent and many of our current managers have worked their way up through the ranks. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Safeguarding_and_F amily_Liaison_Officer_VN509_/284379 Closing date: 24th August 2025 The North East Autism Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children, young people and adults, and operates a safer recruitment process. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, and filtering and monitoring process and it is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and/or vulnerable adults.


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