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www.todaysrecruitment.co.uk Town Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer Salary: £39,298 - £42,503 / Full-time An exciting opportunity to take a senior role with an established town council in the historic market town of Cockermouth in Cumbria. We are looking for a well organised and committed successor to our highly effective town clerk who is retiring after 14 years in post. The successful applicant will lead the day-to-day management of the town council’s services, events, staff, facilities, and finances. Our new clerk will be community-minded, flexible, and enthusiastic about building on the council’s achievements. We offer excellent nationally based terms and conditions of employment. Holiday entitlement is negotiable, with a minimum of 26 days holiday plus bank holidays. Occasional evening and weekend work is required. Flexitime and some homeworking are negotiable. Full induction and training will be provided. If the successful candidate is not CILCA qualified, we will support them in gaining it. Please email: assistant@cockermouth.org for a revised recruitment pack with full details of the vacancy and how to apply.

Positions Open: Chef/Cook – Permanent Full‐time and General Assistant‐Permanent Variable Hours Derwent Hill is a busy, friendly Outdoor Education & Training Centre set in idyllic surroundings in Portinscale, just outside Keswick, Cumbria. We provide high quality residential outdoor education courses for schools, colleges and youth groups, as well as corporate training events and group accommodation for adults. We pride ourselves on our flexibility, homely atmosphere, good food and inspiring setting. The role of our Chefs/Cooks is to provide nutritious and exciting meals for all our visiting clientele with all dietary requirements considered and catered for. Our Chefs/Cooks are ambitious, enthusiastic and driven to create quality food, and work as part of a close‐knit team. The role of General Assistant is varied and flexible and includes assisting with the general daily routine of housework domestic duties, assisting with lunch preparations and service of meals, bar service for social events. If you would like to discuss the posts available please contact Elouise Penrose for Chef/Cook position or Julie Wiltshire for the General Assistant position at Derwent Hill on 017687 72005 (opening times are 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday). As part of Sunderland City Council, we offer excellent terms and conditions, including a generous local government pension, shift allowance and sick pay(permanent positions only). These posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). To apply for either of these posts, please go to the North East Jobs Portal and search for the vacancies.

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Area Supervisor Salary: £26,645 a year To lead and manage a room & team ensuring they work effectively together to deliver the EYFS curriculum, leading by example and being a positive and inspiring role model. To manage staff member’s time ensuring that workload is manageable and ratios are maintained at all times. In conjunction with the management team ensure that all required standards, ratios and conditions of registration are maintained at all times within the designated area.

Senior Childcare Practitioner Salary: £22,963 a year To work with the Area Supervisor to ensure the room team deliver a high standard of childcare provision. Take joint responsibility, with other senior childcare practitioners, for the smooth running of the Area in the absence of the Supervisor. Provide supervision/mentoring, advice and guidance for apprentices, trainees or students To take joint responsibility with other childcare practitioners for children's welfare, learning and development at Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre. To work as part of a team supporting all staff and to have a professional, caring approach and attitude towards children, parents and colleagues. You will take shared responsibility for safeguarding children and responsibility for health and safety standards. To implement policies and procedures to ensure all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is met.

Childcare Practitioner Salary: £21,674 a year

Closing date: 10th September 2023

Principal Engineer (Materials & Capital Programme) Salary: £41,496 ‐ £46,549 (Pay award pending) Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week We are currently recruiting… An innovative and engaging Principal Materials Engineer to work within Highways Asset Management at Lancashire County Council. We are the third largest 'shire' authority in the country with a large highways network featuring diverse characteristics and conditions. We need a highly experienced engineer with a plethora of knowledge in highway materials to join us and provide innovative solutions to any challenges we are facing on our network. You will be focusing on longevity, looking at various new materials on the market and undertaking extensive research to ensure we find the best cost‐effective and carbon neutral solutions. What we are looking for… Challenge – you will be technically minded and rise to some of the biggest challenges within the industry, coming up with last resort solutions when all previous measures have failed – we also want you to be proactive in your approach, working swiftly to keep any and all disruptions on our roads to a minimum – every highway network and road is unique, with different requirements and different engineering challenges, you will need to get creative with the resources available all whilst ensuring we achieve value for money – utilising your vast knowledge of different products, you will also provide specialist advice and support to a range of teams and contractors, communicating effectively what is required – this will ultimately ensure that we deliver upon the priorities detailed in the Transport Asset Management Plan. Integrity & Knowledge – you'll be a specialist in the world of highway materials, knowing what works best and can withstand the test of time – we want you to share your knowledge with our team, remaining open to new processes and ways of working – you will be always eager and willing to learn, continuing to broaden your horizons by monitoring nationwide solutions and keeping up to date with any new products available on the market – we want you to be engaging when liaising with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring all developments and situations are communicated successfully. You will also represent Lan‐ cashire on a number of national Asset Management and Materials groups. Benefits: There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased too – we have a generous Local Authority pension with shared AVC's available then a benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes and eye tests plus much more Development: you'll get support and development along the journey – there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal growth and development, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, the opportunity to make a difference, feel val‐ ued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted How to apply… Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat contact Rebecca Makinson (Highways Asset Principal) on 01772 538557 rebecca.makinson@lancashire.gov.uk To apply: https://bit.ly/444zFEW Closing Date: 28 August 2023

Highway Development Management Engineer Salary: £41,045 - £44,062 About the role Cambridgeshire County Council is offering exciting opportunities for engineers with highway development management experience to fulfil demanding roles in a busy team dealing with the challenges presented by an ambitious and wide-ranging growth agenda.

To take joint responsibility with other childcare practitioners for chil‐ dren's welfare, learning and development at Bright Beginnings Child‐ care Centre. To work as part of a team supporting all staff and to have a professional, caring approach and attitude towards children, parents and colleagues. You will take shared responsibility for safeguarding children and responsibility for health and safety standards. To implement policies and procedures to ensure all aspects of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework is met. For further information, please visit: https://brightbeginningschildcare.co.uk To apply, please get in touch with the Centre via email on which role you are interested in, and an application pack will be emailed to you: brightbeginnings@leeds.ac.uk Closing date: Thursday 31st August 2023

The team has 2 full-time and permanent positions available. One is based at our Whittlesford Depot, the other based at our Huntingdon Depot. The ability to travel to different locations is essential. Place and Sustainability is at the forefront of making sure Cambridgeshire is open for business. The roles are based within the Transport Strategy & Network Management Service, which is responsible for leading on the development and delivery of key infrastructure and policy across Cambridgeshire and is therefore pivotal to Cambridgeshire delivering on its long-term infrastructure and transport aspirations. What will you be doing? Key responsibilities of the posts will be to develop, promote and secure the County’s transport objectives through the assessment of development proposals. You will provide impartial advice and support to Local Planning Authorities, negotiate with developers to secure new development infrastructure, and manage the implementation of such infrastructure through the technical and engineering assessment of developer design and construction submissions, secured by appropriate legal highway agreements. The roles will require you to work closely with a variety of teams within the County Council, partners including District Councils, developers, and members of the public. Attendance at Committees and working with elected members is also a key element of the role so in addition to your strong technical and negotiation skills, strong communication skills are important attributes. About you Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent in a transport or Civil Engineering related discipline together with experience of highway development management You will have a sound knowledge of the planning system and the associated highway works procedures, with the ability to work with colleagues, stakeholders, partners and the public to take responsibility for a seamless approach to service delivery and to facilitate effective coordination of development related projects on the public highway and responses across teams. For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Nigel Eggar, Highway Development Manager - nigel.eggar@cambridgeshire.gov.uk For further details and to apply, please visit: https://jobs.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Highway-Development-Management-Engineer/2586 Closing date: 3rd September 2023 Interviews will take place virtually on Tuesday 12th or Wednesday 13th September 2023.

Cumberland Council has an ambitious programme to deliver more than £15.5m in Levelling-Up funding over the next 2 years. Cumberland Highways is looking to recruit to a number of key posts to support their high performing teams.

Technical Lead Salary: £46,549- £47,573 Fixed Term Appointment for 24 months This post will manage and control all design aspects of the Levelling Up Fund programme. We are looking for an experienced and capable Technical Engineer who will be responsible for overseeing all technical design aspects of the programme and will provide professional advice expertise and evidence on all contract management matters to help enable delivery of the overall programme including the development of solutions to complex technical issues.

LUF Contract Lead Salary: £46,549- £47,573 Fixed Term Appointment for 24 months This post will provide all contract oversight for the Levelling Up Fund programme and will be responsible for overseeing all contract management aspects of the programme. The Contract Lead will act as the designated Contract Manager (Responsible Authority) for the programme and will provide professional advice expertise and evidence on all contract management matters to help enable delivery of the overall programme including the development of solutions to complex technical issues. If you are interested in this role and would like additional information please contract Nick Raymond at: nick.raymond@cumberland.gov.uk. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/your-council/jobs Closing date: 20th August 2023 Interview date: w/c 28th August 2023

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