Financial Director Salary: £62,986 to £81,154, dependent upon skills and experience Leigh Trust is an ambitious and growing Trust and we are excited to be appointing to a brand-new role of Finance Director, to help us on our journey and to strengthen our finance service. You will be based in our central office located at Nansen Primary school. Options for Hybrid & flexible working is also offered as part of the role during busy periods.
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WARDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER
Senior Manager ‐ All Age Carers Centre
Salary: £33,539.46 - £36,514.23
Salary: £25,077.83 per annum (FTE: £30,093.40 per annum)
Required as soon as possible, subject to all clearances being in place.
The Carers Centre supports carers from the age of 5 years. The All Age Carers Service fundamentally provides advice, information and support to unpaid family carers in Telford and Wrekin. We help to identify and register family carers of all ages. Our Carer Centre Team provides direct support to the whole family, using a person‐centred approach. Each team member ensures the unpaid family carer receives support and solutions at various points along their Carers Journey. This involves working effectively with a range of services across Telford and Wrekin. Job Purpose: • To develop, co‐ordinate and to manage the All Aged Carers Centre. • To support the service to identify unmet need, set priorities and contribute to the local carers strategy. • To ensure effective communication with the dedicated Carers Commissioner. • Ensure appropriate and proportional representation of carers of all ages to participate in having their voices heard. • Ensure the service supports carers in a person‐centred way to re main safe within the community. • To support and supervise the staff team and oversee the super vision of volunteers. Main Duties and Responsibilities: Staffing Responsibilities • Lead and inspire a team of Carers Centre staff members (currently 11) and volunteers. • Recruitment, Induction, Supervision and Annual Appraisal of staff members in line with CVS procedures. Staff and volunteers must have appropriate training. Ensuring all Staff and Volunteers are confident in their role and undertake with pride. • Development of, and participation in, team meetings on a regular and frequent basis.
The Head Teacher and Governors of Wardley Primary School seek to appoint a proactive and highly skilled School Business Manager, who is available to start the position as soon as possible. This will allow for a thorough handover from the existing School Business Manager prior to her beginning a new role for the Local Authority. At Wardley Primary, we are committed to creating a supportive environment, built on care and respect, in which all children are encouraged to believe in themselves and aspire to be the best that they can be. We are strongly committed to working in partnership with parents and carers to ensure the best provision for every child. As a School Business Manager, you will work closely with the Head Teacher and Senior Leadership Team to drive the school’s strategic direction. We require a School Business Manager to oversee a range of business functions including finance, HR, payroll, site management, catering systems and health and safety. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and will take place on Friday 18th October 2024. They can be arranged by contacting Nicola Wallace on (0191) 4693012.
Service Delivery Manager - Children in Care, Children with Disabilities and Care Leavers Pay Grade - SMG £68,698 per annum Full time – Permanent - 37 hours per week
This is a senior post that is expected to evolve over time, requiring the post holder to be responsive and proactive in the context of strategic priorities.
We are excited to recruit to the role of Service Delivery Manager responsible for Children in Care, Leaving Care and Children with Disabilities. In Telford and Wrekin we take our role as corporate co-parents seriously as part of our Family First Strategy and in line with the Social Care Reforms. We are committed to ensuring that every child we care for has a stable and loving home. As reflected within our most recent OFSTED report the children we care for experience exceptional social work practice.
In return we can offer you: • Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities • A strong commitment to your professional development and career progression • Access to wellbeing services for our employees and their families, through our dedicated service provider • Internal wellbeing support • Excellent pension scheme (local government) • Flexible working opportunities • Opportunity to partake in the annual staff survey • An ambitious and dedicated Trust Executive Team
We value kinship care and when children cannot be cared for by their birth parents we seek to support the family in identifying members of their relational network who can care for them.
Please feel free to contact our office for further information : Telephone: 0121 809 9837 Email: y.wakefield@leightrust.co.uk
Where this cannot be achieved we are committed to ensuring that care experienced young people have family time with people who are important to them and that these arrangements are adapted over time to suit their needs. We are passionate about involving their wider relational networks within their care wherever possible, including revisiting their relationships as a continuum throughout their care journey. We seek to preserve the relationships care experienced young people have with their relational network and support these being repaired if they have been ruptured.
Please be aware only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
If you think you can meet the challenge and would like to find out more about this role, please see our recruitment web pages: https://www.telford.gov.uk/info/20811/childrens_social_care _recruitment or contact us by emailing: darren.knibbs@telford.gov.uk (Director of Children's Safeguarding and Family Support).
Online applications only from: www.gateshead.gov.uk
Closing date: 16th November 2024
Closing Date: 12 Noon Sunday 3rd November 2024 Shortlisting: Monday 4th November 2024 Interviiews: Tuesday 12th November 2024
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Team, the role of Finance Director calls for a finance professional with the necessary experience, qualifications, skills and personal qualities to be able to operate as part of a close-knit, central team. This is a key role in leading the finance function whilst providing a robust financial infrastructure. This post will also provide opportunity to play an important and active part in the strategic direction of this forward looking, successful and thriving Trust.
For further details and to apply, please visit: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/3727/EDV-2024-LT-61570 Closing date: 22nd October 2024 Interviews Tuesday 5th November 2024 This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
Further information on our service can be found at: www.telfordcarers.org.uk For further details and to apply, please visit: www.telfordandwrekincvs.org.uk/vacancies
Neighbourhood and Assets
Closing date: 15th November 2024
EXPERT BY EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR Salary: £33,945 ‐ £36,648. Pay Award Pending. We’re looking for a Lived Experience Coordinator. Interested? Full time 37 hours, consideration will be given to job share or part time working arrangements. Do you want a role where you’re recognised for what you do, given the opportunity to thrive and have the chance to be the best version of yourself? Interested in joining a great organisation with an employee offer and experience that rivals others? Are you looking for a new challenge? If so, please keep reading as you’re just what we’re looking for! The team… You will be part of the Communities, Health and Wellbeing team within the Public Health and Wellbeing Directorate at Gateshead Council. Our remit is to work closely with local communities, residents and partners to develop and deliver strategic programmes, projects, strategies and policies that address poverty, disadvantage and inequalities across Gateshead to improve the health and quality of life of our residents. About the role…. Building upon the learning from the Gateshead Poverty Truth Commission, we want to ensure that our work and then the work of the wider Council is influenced and improved by insights from a diverse range of people affected by poverty, inequality and disadvantage. This role will make sure that every interaction, every real story, every breach of human rights, every event counts in our fight to ensure all our residents have the ability to thrive. For an informal discussion or if you need any assistance, please contact Carol Botten, Service Manager Communities, Health & Wellbeing on: 0191 4332514 or email: carolbotten@gateshead.gov.uk For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Expert_by_Experience_Co‐ ordinator/271468 Application deadline: 30th October 2024 Shortlisting: 31st October 2024 Assessment task sessions: Morning of 7th November 2024 (in central Gateshead) Interviews: Morning of 13th November 2024 (at Gateshead Civic Centre)
Health and Safety Manager
Audit Manager
Deputy Headteacher
£47,420 ‐ £51,515 per annum plus essential car user allowance Home working contract 37 hours per week Permanent
Salary: L8 – L12
Set in the beautiful county of Staffordshire, Tamworth is a vibrant town with rich heritage. Located in the centre of Britain, with a growing pop‐ ulation of over 77,000 people, Tamworth is a borough with much to be proud of. Our transport links, unique shopping experience, developing town centre, green spaces, leisure offer, including our cultural and wide‐ranging outdoor events programme, as well as our heritage buildings, all help make it a great place to live, work, study, and visit. In addition to all that Tamworth already has to offer, exciting times are ahead as we embark on a period of significant transformation. Multi‐ million‐pound projects, such as the Future High Street Fund development will help to bring about lasting change and improvements in the future. This will assist with our mission to restore Tamworth town centre as the beating heart of the community, a place that people want to visit, rather than a place they have to visit. Joining as Audit Manager and leading a small team of exceptional auditors, this role has real scope to play an influential role in developing the direction of the internal audit team and direction and further growth of the service offering. Absolutely key to this role is to continue to promote positive client relationships, working with your clients, as well as the respective Audit Committees, as a valued internal audit and assurance advisor. The successful candidate will be CCAB qualified or equivalent, with a career background and strength within audit, ideally within a public sector environment. You may have developed your career at senior au‐ ditor level and be enthusiastically looking to take your next step into audit management or already be an audit manager looking for a new challenge within these ambitious Councils. We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non‐contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website. For an informal discussion about the role please contact contact Joanne Goodfellow Interim Executive Director Finance, on 07891 052202. For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/213498/audit‐manager/ If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact: recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk. Closing date: 13 November 2024 Interview date: 21 November 2024
We are looking for an enthusiastic Deputy Headteacher to join our team here at Beaufort Primary School. We need ambitious and driven candidates with a passion for helping children learn effectively. Everyone who visits our school comments on the calm atmosphere, the enthusiasm our children have for learning and the great sense of team amongst staff and children alike. At Beaufort we value every individual and put our children at the heart of everything we do. If you think this sounds like you then come and visit us to see for yourself. Visits are positively encouraged. Tours are taking place on the following days: Thursday 17th October 4.30pm or Monday 21st October at 2pm. Alternatively, if these tour dates are not suitable please phone or email to arrange a mutually convenient appointment. Find out if we’re right for you! Contact Holly Hassall on 01332 347275 or email h.hassall@beaufort.odysseyct.org.uk. Odyssey Collaborative Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment procedures and will require an enhanced DBS clearance and references from current and past employers. Further details of this post, the school and the Trust are included in this pack and details of how to apply can be found below. For further details and an application form, please visit: https://www.odysseyct.org.uk/vacancies/ Should you wish to apply for the post, please complete and return an application form along with a covering letter addressed to Beaufort Primary School which clearly demonstrates your suitability for this role. Applications can be submitted via email to: h.hassall@beaufort.odysseyct.org.uk, or by post, for the attention of Holly Hassall, to the following address: Beaufort Community Primary School, Hampshire Road, Chaddesden, Derby, DE21 6BT.
£45,441 - £47,420 per annum 37 hours per week Permanent Post These are exciting times at Warwick District Council where we are looking for an appropriately qualified and experienced Health and Safety professional to act as the principal internal health and safety adviser to senior management including issuing reports to and making recommendations to the Council’s internal Health and Safety Committee and to elected Members as appropriate. Ideally, you will have: • NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety • Significant experience of organisational health and safety delivery • Experience of liaising with elected members and committees, industry equivalent • Demonstratable experience of applying regulatory controls • Demonstrable experience of understanding and influencing senior stakeholders including councillors In this, you will work closely across services in advising and recommending appropriate actions and arranging for necessary staff and Member training. In all of this, you will liaise with the Trades Unions and other representative bodies and individuals. Agile working based on the needs of the role will be discussed with the candidates. Here at Warwick District Council, we pride ourselves on the fact that we offer you a great place to work. We achieve our goals by recruiting and retaining motivated, empowered and flexible staff. We are committed to training and development, and we encourage a healthy work-life balance.
Wherever possible, please provide work email addresses for your referees.
If you have any questions or wish to have an informal discussion about the post, please contact Marianne Rolfe on marianne.rolfe@warwickdc.gov.uk or Tracy Dolphin on tracy.dolphin@warwickdc.gov.uk
Closing date: 22nd October 2024 Interviews for the role will be held Thursday 24th October and Friday 25th October 2024.
For further details and to apply, please visit: https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/213031/health-and-safetymanager/
Beaufort Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As this post is regulated activity, successful appointments are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and relevant recruitment checks that comply with guidance in the most recent version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
It is our policy that we do not accept CVs as part of your application, please complete the application and email to: vacancies@warwickdc.gov.uk Closing date: Friday 1st November 2024 Interviews: Thursday 7th November 2024