Smart10 Ltd
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Job Title: Executive Assistant Salary: £18.00 - £20.50 per hour Location: St Albans Contract: Interim possibility of permanent employment Hours: Monday to Friday - 37 hrs per week An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of our further education clients for an experienced professional to provide high-level executive support to the Senior Leadership Team and the Principal's Office. The role includes managing complex diaries and inboxes, delivering accurate and timely minutes, and supporting the successful delivery of key projects. Key Responsibilities: Support the smooth and efficient operation of the Office, collaborating closely with teams Manage your own workload effectively, prioritising tasks to ensure high-quality service delivery. Provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team, including accurate logging and filing of key data. Attend meetings to record clear, accurate minutes and track follow-up actions. Build an understanding of the client's strategy to accurately interpret information and produce reports and data. Process incoming correspondence for Senior Managers and ensure timely responses internally and externally. Coordinate events, including open days, internal staff events, and external stakeholder functions. Arrange and support external visitors, including parking coordination, greeting, and hospitality. Provide support and cover for the wider administration team when needed. Skills Required: Experience of working in an office or equivalent environment and compliance with Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Prevent, Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity or other legal require Proficient user of Microsoft office package and experience of data systems Confident and clear communicator possessing excellent organisational, verbal and written skills Customer orientated with a positive, driven, enthusiastic and professional outlook Ability to produce accurate minutes within tight deadlines and effectively follow up actions. Excellent interpersonal skills that include patience, tact, understanding and discretion/confidentiality, with both internal and external stakeholders Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, advertised by SMT Recruitment (Smart10 Ltd), acting as an employment agency/business. Your application will be considered alongside others, and we will contact you within three working days if you are shortlisted. SMT Recruitment is a multi-award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy providing temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment solutions across selected business sectors. To stay up to date with our latest opportunities, please visit our website, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn. Please refer to SMT's Privacy Policy for details on how we manage your data.
Job Title: Executive Assistant Salary: £18.00 - £20.50 per hour Location: St Albans Contract: Interim possibility of permanent employment Hours: Monday to Friday - 37 hrs per week An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of our further education clients for an experienced professional to provide high-level executive support to the Senior Leadership Team and the Principal's Office. The role includes managing complex diaries and inboxes, delivering accurate and timely minutes, and supporting the successful delivery of key projects. Key Responsibilities: Support the smooth and efficient operation of the Office, collaborating closely with teams Manage your own workload effectively, prioritising tasks to ensure high-quality service delivery. Provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team, including accurate logging and filing of key data. Attend meetings to record clear, accurate minutes and track follow-up actions. Build an understanding of the client's strategy to accurately interpret information and produce reports and data. Process incoming correspondence for Senior Managers and ensure timely responses internally and externally. Coordinate events, including open days, internal staff events, and external stakeholder functions. Arrange and support external visitors, including parking coordination, greeting, and hospitality. Provide support and cover for the wider administration team when needed. Skills Required: Experience of working in an office or equivalent environment and compliance with Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Prevent, Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity or other legal require Proficient user of Microsoft office package and experience of data systems Confident and clear communicator possessing excellent organisational, verbal and written skills Customer orientated with a positive, driven, enthusiastic and professional outlook Ability to produce accurate minutes within tight deadlines and effectively follow up actions. Excellent interpersonal skills that include patience, tact, understanding and discretion/confidentiality, with both internal and external stakeholders Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, advertised by SMT Recruitment (Smart10 Ltd), acting as an employment agency/business. Your application will be considered alongside others, and we will contact you within three working days if you are shortlisted. SMT Recruitment is a multi-award-winning specialist recruitment consultancy providing temporary, contract, and permanent recruitment solutions across selected business sectors. To stay up to date with our latest opportunities, please visit our website, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn. Please refer to SMT's Privacy Policy for details on how we manage your data.
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Overview ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH JOB DESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT: Housing and Safer Communities SECTION: Housing IT POST DESIGNATION (TITLE): Interim Head of Housing Technology Purpose of Job To be jointly responsible to the Senior Assistant Director of Resources and the Director of Housing and Safer Communities, delivering (and ensuring proper governance of) a roadmap of technology-centric change and management of the Housing IT team. Providing strategic leadership and operational oversight of Housing Technology functions, ensuring core housing systems and technologies are robust, secure, and continuously improved in alignment with council priorities. This role will lead the development of innovative digital solutions that enhance service delivery, drive transformation, and maximise value for money. The postholder will shape and deliver a forward-thinking technology roadmap, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable system strategies. As a key member of the Housing IT leadership team, they will play a pivotal role in embedding a culture of excellence, accountability and innovation - nurturing a high-performing team and ensuring Housing IT contributes meaningfully to wider corporate and service transformation goals. Direct Line Management Direct Line Management of up to 4 staff. Indirect Management of a team comprised of 21 staff (Housing IT). Responsibilities Identify opportunities for digital innovation and service improvement, ensuring technology adoption supports efficiency, compliance, and improved resident outcomes. Lead the evaluation, procurement, and implementation of new systems or modules, ensuring strategic fit, cost-effectiveness, and successful integration with existing platforms. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, including service heads, Digital leadership, and programme boards, to ensure systems developments are well-governed and contribute to service transformation. Portfolio Leadership and Governance Oversee a portfolio of system-related projects, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring robust project planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management and delivery to time and budget. Provide direction and oversight to project teams working across NEC Housing, DRS, Propeller, LMS and mobile working solutions. Act as a senior point of escalation for programme issues, working closely with suppliers, internal delivery leads, and business stakeholders to resolve risks or blockers. Ensure compliance with council governance frameworks, including report writing, PCR procurement processes, contract approvals and programme board reporting. Stakeholder and Supplier Relationship Management Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with suppliers (e.g. NEC, Advanced, Civica), ensuring value for money, high performance, and responsiveness to the council's evolving needs. Lead on contract and performance management, chairing regular review meetings, tracking KPIs, and holding suppliers to account for delivery and quality. Represent Housing IT at cross-directorate and pan-council working groups and governance boards, acting as the strategic voice for Housing Technology. Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement Ensure the delivery of a high-quality support service for all users, including second-line support, training, documentation, user groups and knowledge management. Oversee the management of data integrity, user access, data reconciliations, interfaces and system processes, ensuring robust audit trails and compliance with data protection legislation. Drive improvements in reporting and data intelligence across services through better use of reporting tools (e.g. Crystal Reports, SQL, Power BI), automation and dashboards. Ensure robust disaster recovery, system security, and business continuity processes are in place and regularly tested. Leadership and Management Responsibilities Lead, inspire and manage a multidisciplinary Housing IT team, promoting a culture of collaboration, high performance, innovation and service excellence. Line management of senior officers and team leads (e.g. Principal Housing IT Officers, Senior Housing IT Administrators, Applications Support Manager), supporting their professional growth and development. Define priorities and allocate resources effectively to ensure operational resilience and the delivery of strategic objectives. Conduct regular one-to-ones, appraisals, performance management and professional development planning. Lead or support recruitment, succession planning and skills development to ensure the team is future-ready and able to respond to the council's evolving digital agenda. Champion diversity, equity and inclusion across the team, promoting a supportive and inclusive working environment. RBG - Other Duties To undertake any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the post's duties. Where necessary for the job role or appropriate for continued development in the role, participate in training and development courses via the Council's Apprentice Levy funding. To undertake all duties with due regard to health and safety regulations and legislation, Data Protection/GDPR, the Council's Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies. To perform all duties in line with the Council's staff values showing commitment to improving residents lives and opportunities, demonstrating respect and fairness, taking ownership, and working together across the council. To ensure appropriate levels of emergency planning and business continuity management preparedness are in place for the service, and that teams are briefed on their roles in an emergency. To be responsible for undertaking employee investigations, hearings and appeals in line with the RBG policies and procedures. Responsible for providing mentoring opportunities to junior staff (e.g. graduates, apprentices etc.). To undertake supervision/management of staff as required, and may be required to undertake alternative or ancillary duties or transfer to another service department within the Council as directed to meet service user demand in a crisis or emergency.
Overview ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH JOB DESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT: Housing and Safer Communities SECTION: Housing IT POST DESIGNATION (TITLE): Interim Head of Housing Technology Purpose of Job To be jointly responsible to the Senior Assistant Director of Resources and the Director of Housing and Safer Communities, delivering (and ensuring proper governance of) a roadmap of technology-centric change and management of the Housing IT team. Providing strategic leadership and operational oversight of Housing Technology functions, ensuring core housing systems and technologies are robust, secure, and continuously improved in alignment with council priorities. This role will lead the development of innovative digital solutions that enhance service delivery, drive transformation, and maximise value for money. The postholder will shape and deliver a forward-thinking technology roadmap, working closely with internal and external stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable system strategies. As a key member of the Housing IT leadership team, they will play a pivotal role in embedding a culture of excellence, accountability and innovation - nurturing a high-performing team and ensuring Housing IT contributes meaningfully to wider corporate and service transformation goals. Direct Line Management Direct Line Management of up to 4 staff. Indirect Management of a team comprised of 21 staff (Housing IT). Responsibilities Identify opportunities for digital innovation and service improvement, ensuring technology adoption supports efficiency, compliance, and improved resident outcomes. Lead the evaluation, procurement, and implementation of new systems or modules, ensuring strategic fit, cost-effectiveness, and successful integration with existing platforms. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, including service heads, Digital leadership, and programme boards, to ensure systems developments are well-governed and contribute to service transformation. Portfolio Leadership and Governance Oversee a portfolio of system-related projects, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring robust project planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management and delivery to time and budget. Provide direction and oversight to project teams working across NEC Housing, DRS, Propeller, LMS and mobile working solutions. Act as a senior point of escalation for programme issues, working closely with suppliers, internal delivery leads, and business stakeholders to resolve risks or blockers. Ensure compliance with council governance frameworks, including report writing, PCR procurement processes, contract approvals and programme board reporting. Stakeholder and Supplier Relationship Management Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with suppliers (e.g. NEC, Advanced, Civica), ensuring value for money, high performance, and responsiveness to the council's evolving needs. Lead on contract and performance management, chairing regular review meetings, tracking KPIs, and holding suppliers to account for delivery and quality. Represent Housing IT at cross-directorate and pan-council working groups and governance boards, acting as the strategic voice for Housing Technology. Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement Ensure the delivery of a high-quality support service for all users, including second-line support, training, documentation, user groups and knowledge management. Oversee the management of data integrity, user access, data reconciliations, interfaces and system processes, ensuring robust audit trails and compliance with data protection legislation. Drive improvements in reporting and data intelligence across services through better use of reporting tools (e.g. Crystal Reports, SQL, Power BI), automation and dashboards. Ensure robust disaster recovery, system security, and business continuity processes are in place and regularly tested. Leadership and Management Responsibilities Lead, inspire and manage a multidisciplinary Housing IT team, promoting a culture of collaboration, high performance, innovation and service excellence. Line management of senior officers and team leads (e.g. Principal Housing IT Officers, Senior Housing IT Administrators, Applications Support Manager), supporting their professional growth and development. Define priorities and allocate resources effectively to ensure operational resilience and the delivery of strategic objectives. Conduct regular one-to-ones, appraisals, performance management and professional development planning. Lead or support recruitment, succession planning and skills development to ensure the team is future-ready and able to respond to the council's evolving digital agenda. Champion diversity, equity and inclusion across the team, promoting a supportive and inclusive working environment. RBG - Other Duties To undertake any other work appropriate to the level and general nature of the post's duties. Where necessary for the job role or appropriate for continued development in the role, participate in training and development courses via the Council's Apprentice Levy funding. To undertake all duties with due regard to health and safety regulations and legislation, Data Protection/GDPR, the Council's Equal Opportunities and Customer Care policies. To perform all duties in line with the Council's staff values showing commitment to improving residents lives and opportunities, demonstrating respect and fairness, taking ownership, and working together across the council. To ensure appropriate levels of emergency planning and business continuity management preparedness are in place for the service, and that teams are briefed on their roles in an emergency. To be responsible for undertaking employee investigations, hearings and appeals in line with the RBG policies and procedures. Responsible for providing mentoring opportunities to junior staff (e.g. graduates, apprentices etc.). To undertake supervision/management of staff as required, and may be required to undertake alternative or ancillary duties or transfer to another service department within the Council as directed to meet service user demand in a crisis or emergency.
Eden Brown
Company A rapidly expanding drylining contractor specializing in high-quality interior finishes for commercial, residential projects. Working alongside Tier 1 main contractors, we pride ourselves on delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of safety and craftsmanship. Position Overview: I am currently seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in quantity surveying within the fast-paced drylining sector, supporting project delivery from inception to completion on prestigious projects with Tier 1 clients. Key Responsibilities: Assist in the preparation and management of cost estimates, budgets, and forecasts for drylining projects. Support the procurement process by obtaining quotes, analysing tenders, and liaising with suppliers and subcontractors. Assist in preparing and submitting interim valuations, cost reports, and final accounts. Monitor project costs and identify potential cost overruns or savings opportunities. Support the measurement and valuation of works, ensuring accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements. Maintain detailed and accurate records of project costs, variations, and contractual documentation. Collaborate with project managers, site teams, and main contractors to ensure smooth financial and contractual processes. Assist with risk management and value engineering initiatives. Ensure compliance with company policies, health and safety regulations, and quality standards. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field. Some previous experience or internships in quantity surveying or construction is advantageous. Strong numeracy, communication, and organisational skills. Proficiency in MS Office Suite familiar with industry-standard software (e.g., CostX, Bluebeam, or similar) is a plus. Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Enthusiastic, proactive, and eager to learn. What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunities for professional development and career progression. Exposure to high-profile projects with leading Tier 1 contractors. Supportive and dynamic working environment. Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Company A rapidly expanding drylining contractor specializing in high-quality interior finishes for commercial, residential projects. Working alongside Tier 1 main contractors, we pride ourselves on delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of safety and craftsmanship. Position Overview: I am currently seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in quantity surveying within the fast-paced drylining sector, supporting project delivery from inception to completion on prestigious projects with Tier 1 clients. Key Responsibilities: Assist in the preparation and management of cost estimates, budgets, and forecasts for drylining projects. Support the procurement process by obtaining quotes, analysing tenders, and liaising with suppliers and subcontractors. Assist in preparing and submitting interim valuations, cost reports, and final accounts. Monitor project costs and identify potential cost overruns or savings opportunities. Support the measurement and valuation of works, ensuring accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements. Maintain detailed and accurate records of project costs, variations, and contractual documentation. Collaborate with project managers, site teams, and main contractors to ensure smooth financial and contractual processes. Assist with risk management and value engineering initiatives. Ensure compliance with company policies, health and safety regulations, and quality standards. Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related field. Some previous experience or internships in quantity surveying or construction is advantageous. Strong numeracy, communication, and organisational skills. Proficiency in MS Office Suite familiar with industry-standard software (e.g., CostX, Bluebeam, or similar) is a plus. Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Enthusiastic, proactive, and eager to learn. What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunities for professional development and career progression. Exposure to high-profile projects with leading Tier 1 contractors. Supportive and dynamic working environment. Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
