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ROLE PURPOSE This role is responsible for managing all aspects of operational delivery and client relationships for a portfolio of Retail client locations. You will have full responsibility for any Facilities & Workplace services, your clients' satisfaction and service experience, and the commercial performance of each location. Part of a strong team reporting to the Director of Operations, you will deliver to your clients' agreed specification, but also look beyond this to take all opportunities to demonstrate Instant as a best in class, complete property solution. You will network within your clients' organisation to achieve excellent relationships, delivering Instant's values and keeping a firm focus on the statutory and commercial aspects of each contract. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Ensure all hard & soft Facilities services are delivered to specification, and planned/reactive activities meet SLAs and agreed process, cost & reporting requirements. Make interventions as required. Create excellent relationships with outsourced or client's suppliers, driving performance, communication and motivation, despite the challenges which will arise in a Retail portfolio. Own the performance of all building and service-specific Compliance activities (incl remedial actions) Proactively address service issues, complaints/escalations or failed visits, including agreeing action plans with all stakeholders as needed Manage landlord services & third party/tenant relationships; ensure service charge obligations are met. Deliver to an Account Management Plan: develop client relationships with decision makers/influencers creating trust and ease of business. Be highly visible across your portfolio. Proactively seek to improve the working environment via ongoing visits and remote engagement. Coordinate & support onsite inspections/assessments (Fire Risk Assessment, Cleaning audits etc.) Support incident management, including out of hours on a rotation basis: Take ownership for client communication, service providers' response and any Incident Reports/handover notes. Provide accurate and useful monthly/quarterly internal/external reporting. Responsibility for commercial activity on your portfolio: Review and scrutinise all costs, assess value, need and priority. Seek approval from clients for recharges with confidence and understanding. Identify opportunities for selling additional services and facilitate their implementation. Support client H&S activities (H&S Audits, Participation in H&S committee, Accident Investigation etc.) Ensure adherence to all regulatory Compliance and H&S requirements. Responsible for hitting daily activity KPIs, including call and viewing targets. Creation of reports and qualification of prospects to set up viewings for prospects and sell serviced offices and the concept to them Responsibility for geographic areas and becoming an 'expert' in these areas and feeding back to the team on these markets Develop key commercial relationships with the operators over the phone and face to face. Keeping in touch with operators throughout the deal cycle to successfully broker deals Meeting businesses face-to-face to build long standing client relationships in accompanying tours Develop business in line with company objectives and monthly targets Planning time effectively to prioritize development of target sales and building a strong and accurate sales pipeline Be accountable for weekly and monthly forecasting BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE Superior client relationship management skills, with an awareness of Account Management principles. Great hard & soft Facilities Management experience essential. Working technical knowledge expected. Experience in managing effective and positive relationships with outsourced suppliers, Helpdesk etc. Good working knowledge of H&S in the workplace is essential. Experience of property operations in a Retail environment advantageous. Previous incident management experience/responsibility would be advantageous. Experience of creating operational reports for external stakeholders KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Excellent relationship building skills, with the ability to challenge, influence and give advice to clients. You are able to create positive working relationships at all levels with internal and external parties. You are proactive, flexible and hands on. Your problem-solving abilities inspire confidence & trust. You can be depended on in an emergency, keeping a cool head to coordinate an incident response. You will be open to travel and flexible to changing priorities. You are able to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload effectively, particularly across multiple locations Good commercial acumen. You will be required to take ownership of financial matters for your clients. Engaging personality, with confidence in your abilities but a willingness to learn & improve MEASURES OF SUCCESS Client satisfaction/feedback Managing planned and reactive work on your portfolio within SLAs/KPI's Revenue generation / commercial management Delivery to Account management plan and to Supplier performance framework This role will require you to have a clean driving license, insure and use your own vehicle for business purposes. %MCEPASTEBIN%%MCEPASTEBIN%%MCEPASTEBIN%

£70,500 - £75,308 + accountancy allowance up to £5,000 (fully qualified) and this includes Additional Recruitment & Retention Allowance. The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow.  Creating a first class finance function at the heart of decision making is a key priority of our transformation programme. The finance team will provide robust financial reporting and control alongside outstanding commercial business finance advice. This role will provide financial support to the Property Services Director and will be a key member of the Property directorate leadership team. The role will manage the overall budget (income and expenditure) and will provide financial insight, support and challenge for the benefit of GPA’s clients. The individual will drive business performance, maximise return on investment and enhance client satisfaction.  The responsibilities of the Head of Finance (Property) will include As part of the Property Services senior management team, contribute to the overall development of the division’s strategy to achieve its objectives and those of the wider GPA Support and challenge the senior management team in adopting private sector best practice and identifying opportunities for improved return on investment Develop financial plans and forecasts, and manage income and expenditure budgets maximising income generation and optimising expenditure Report monthly on financial performance providing the division with timely, insightful, and actionable financial information Monitor opportunities and risks, and develop processes and controls which help the senior management team to run the division effectively Develop the financial contribution to business cases and pre-request for proposal ‘should cost’ models to inform investment approvals and proposal evaluation Support the director in ensuring that agreed processes and procedures are followed especially cost control, and provision of timely and accurate client financial information Provide leadership, energy and direction for the finance function within workplace services and across the division Mentor, motivate and manage the finance team [and supporting financial service providers] so that it provides a dependable and accurate service to the division, clients, the wider business, suppliers and subcontractors Key Skills & Experience Recognised professional accounting qualification e.g., CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification. Proven experience over at least 5 years’ experience managing property/facilities management issues Excellent financial modelling skills Knowledge of public sector accounting (desirable) A commercially astute finance professional - capable of supporting supplier negotiations A strategic mindset - able to envisage future possibilities Strong leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience and varying locations to deliver essential support to the GPA Directors Excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills Experience of working in a fast paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others Down to earth, proactive and pragmatic  For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Salary 45,000-55,000 Ricardo Energy & Environment is a leading sustainability consultancy combining energy, climate change, environmental and chemical risk expertise with strong IT and economics capability. Operating across the world, we work in partnership with our clients to help transform the way they work, empowering business leaders with award winning consultancy advice. With unrivalled sector insight and a reputation for producing innovative solutions, we offer a stimulating and rewarding environment in which to work. As part of our expertise, we operate the National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), founded over 45 years ago. NCEC is the market leading provider of chemical emergency response services globally, dealing with over 8,000 emergency calls a year on behalf of over 500 companies, including 50% of the largest chemical manufacturers in the world. We are recognised by our clients, the industry and our peers as being the premium provider of these services, and our reputation is based on the outstanding level of knowledge and technical expertise of our emergency response team. What does this mean? In short, our team save people's lives and protect the environment, assets and organisations reputations on a daily basis. This aligns to Ricardo's vision of 'a world it for the future' and Ricardo Energy & Environment's vision of a world where we can all live sustainably. Ultimately you would be working for a company that does real good. Alongside the emergency response services, we also offer a range of regulatory compliance services (including REACH registration and representation, technical document authoring (SDS, etc.)), software packages for managing SDS and chemicals, as well as training and preparedness packages. Purpose: NCEC has delivered double digit growth in the last three years and we are looking for the right individual to take a lead in the development, growth and commercialisation of the NCEC proposition. The key objective of this role is to develop the customer facing offering for our core services based on market and competitor activity and feedback, and ensuring the sales and marketing team have the information, context and detail needed to excel and exceed in their roles. The overall outcome is to continue to develop our key message and to provide customers with market leading products and services that manage their wider risk and compliance challenges. You will be responsible for developing, improving and creating go to market approaches and value propositions in line with business strategies across all existing and new product offerings, working with the delivery team who will implement internally. This will include identification of new product and consultancy offerings, and collaborating with the delivery teams to bring these to market. Activities will include compiling market needs from the sales team, working with the delivery team on the technical drivers and limitations, researching the market, creating and identifying thought leadership and outreach opportunities, defining and setting pricing policy, creating internal and external collateral, responsibility to maintaining the accuracy of customer facing templates (e.g. proposals), etc. and effectively being the interface between sales, marketing and technical delivery. This role will form part of NCEC's business development team directly reporting to the sales and Client Director. There will be dotted line responsibility to those responsible for delivering the products and services, and the expectation of close liaison with the marketing team. This is a new role, with the responsibility currently split between the delivery teams, marketing and sales leads. Therefore we are open to review and discuss specific elements of the accountabilities based on experience of success in similar roles. Key accountabilities: * Ricardo are looking to evolve the role around the specific capabilities and experiences of candidates. The key accountabilities envisioned for this role include: * Gathering market, customer and competitor insights to inform and build product messaging, differentiators and outreach topics. * Working with the delivery team to understand regulatory requirements, product capabilities and customer drivers to identify growth opportunities and strategies, and to develop the commercial proposition of these (alongside the delivery team who will deliver the solution, service or technical offering). * Responsible for creating delivery perspective of all client-side material, for marketing, sales and customer resources (e.g. white papers, proposals, user guides) - create a complete suite of client-side material, and being the 'technical' liaison for marketing activity, working with relevant stakeholders to create content, etc. * Responsible for pricing strategy, pricing and discounting guidelines (and the corresponding pricing calculators) for the business areas. * Working closely with marketing to run a combined marketing calendar based on the needs of the market, and representing both parts equally to ensure business objectives are met. * Support the development of 'non-standard' offering with the sales and delivery teams, and productise these where further opportunities exist * Customer (and market) surveying, segmenting and profiling for greater customer and market insights with input into growth strategy and direction. * Support to bidding and specific customer opportunities where required. * Key competencies and experience: You should be able to demonstrate the below criteria: * Experience working in a similar role with evidence of the contribution and growth of product range, or business, attributable to your activity. * Experience across the entire product life cycle through to iterative improvements to progress and develop the commercial offering. * Commercial mindset, able to articulate the business value and growth that you have been accountable for. * Customer and growth focus - you have a solid understanding of how to develop a growth funnel and identify new growth opportunities. * Making decisions and providing direction - without losing sight of the main objective * Communicating clearly and logically - you are comfortable communicating with internal and external stakeholders as challenges arise. * You have fresh ideas - you prefer to explore new plans and ideas which have not yet been explored. You are able to communicate the impact of those ideas and formulate plans to implement them * Knowledge or experience of health and safety, organisational resilience, chemical safety or regulatory compliance, or the ability to apply current experience to these areas would be an advantage. * Our People are important to us and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals including flexible working, carers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance programme. Ricardo Energy & Environment has an ambitious diversity, equality and inclusion approach. Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

£70,500 - £75,308 + accountancy allowance up to £5,000 (fully qualified) and this includes Additional Recruitment & Retention Allowance. The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow.  Creating a first class finance function at the heart of decision making is a key priority of our transformation programme. The finance team will provide robust financial reporting and control alongside outstanding commercial business finance advice. This role will provide financial support to the Workplace Services Director and will be a key member of the Workplace Service leadership team. The role will manage the overall budget (income and expenditure) and will provide financial insight, support and challenge for the benefit of GPA’s clients. The Individual will drive business performance, maximise return on investment and enhance client satisfaction. The responsibilities of the Head of Finance (Workplace Services) will include As part of the Workplace Services senior management team, contribute to the overall development of the division’s strategy to achieve its objectives and those of the wider GPA Support and challenge the senior management team in adopting private sector best practice and identifying opportunities for improved return on investment. Develop financial plans and forecasts, and manage income and expenditure budgets maximising income generation and optimising expenditure. Report monthly on financial performance providing the division with timely, insightful, and actionable financial information. Monitor opportunities and  risks, and develop processes and controls which help the senior management team to run the division effectively Develop the financial contribution to business cases and pre-request for proposal ‘should cost’ models to inform investment approvals and proposal evaluation. Support the director in ensuring that agreed processes and procedures are followed especially cost control, and provision of timely and accurate client financial information. Provide leadership, energy and direction for the finance function within workplace services and across the division. Mentor, motivate and manage the finance team [and supporting financial service providers] so that it provides a dependable and accurate service to the division, clients, the wider business, suppliers and subcontractors. Key Skills & Experience Recognised professional accounting qualification e.g., CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification. Proven experience over at least 5 years’ experience managing property/facilities management issues Excellent financial modelling skills Knowledge of public sector accounting (desirable) A commercially astute finance professional - capable of supporting supplier negotiations A strategic mindset - able to envisage future possibilities Strong leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience and varying locations to deliver essential support to the GPA Directors Excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills Experience of working in a fast paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others Down to earth, proactive and pragmatic  For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

£70,500 - £75,308 + accountancy allowance up to £5,000 (fully qualified) and this includes Additional Recruitment & Retention Allowance. The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow.  Creating a first class finance function at the heart of decision making is a key priority of our transformation programme. The finance team will provide robust financial reporting and control alongside outstanding commercial business finance advice. This role will provide financial support to the Workplace Services Director and will be a key member of the Workplace Service leadership team. The role will manage the overall budget (income and expenditure) and will provide financial insight, support and challenge for the benefit of GPA’s clients. The Individual will drive business performance, maximise return on investment and enhance client satisfaction. The responsibilities of the Head of Finance (Capital Projects) will include As part of the Capital Projects senior management team, contribute to the overall development of the division’s strategy to achieve its objectives and those of the wider GPA Support and challenge the senior management team in adopting private sector best practice and identifying opportunities for improved return on investment Develop financial plans and forecasts, and manage income and expenditure budgets maximising income generation and optimising expenditure Report monthly on financial performance providing the division with timely, insightful, and actionable financial information Monitor opportunities and risks, and develop processes and controls which help the senior management team to run the division effectively Develop the financial contribution to business cases and pre-request for proposal ‘should cost’ models to inform investment approvals and proposal evaluation Support the director in ensuring that agreed processes and procedures are followed especially cost control, and provision of timely and accurate client financial information Provide leadership, energy and direction for the finance function within workplace services and across the division Mentor, motivate and manage the finance team [and supporting financial service providers] so that it provides a dependable and accurate service to the division, clients, the wider business, suppliers and subcontractors. Key Skills & Experience Recognised professional accounting qualification e.g., CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification. Proven experience over at least 5 years’ experience managing property/facilities management issues Excellent financial modelling skills Knowledge of public sector accounting (desirable) A commercially astute finance professional - capable of supporting supplier negotiations A strategic mindset - able to envisage future possibilities Strong leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience and varying locations to deliver essential support to the GPA Directors Excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills Experience of working in a fast paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others Down to earth, proactive and pragmatic  For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Your career. Made by you. Your safety and job security - we know these matter to you, possibly more than anything else at the moment. We want to assure you that all of our pizzerias are Covid secure and we have a range of measures in place to keep both our customers and teams safe. These include; social distancing, daily and weekly health and wellbeing checks with our teams, regular wellbeing checks that include open honest dialogue, a digital menu and cashless payment, hand sanitiser stations, a culture of handwashing on top of normal handwashing that is needed to maintain food safety standards, and enhanced cleaning regimes and sanitisation. We were recently bought by new owners, who have looked after our teams during the Covid lockdowns and have committed to further investment in our pizzerias in the coming months and years. We have exciting times ahead; come and be part of the journey. What's in it for youWhether you're a pizza pro or looking to learn, no experience is needed, we can teach you everything you need to know. Whatever you'd like to get from your job with us, we'll support and empower you, from progression and development, to financing your studies or holiday spending money. What you get here, is made by you. Your role in our teamYou're the heart and soul of what we do, at the centre of our restaurants crafting great tasting dishes by hand.If you've got a passion for food and an interest in learning, we can help you develop a career where the sky's the limit.Not worked in a kitchen before? No problem. We offer fully paid training, that can teach you everything you need to know to work in or even run one of our kitchens. Who we areIn return, you'll work with ambitious teams, who're highly collaborative and agile, all striving to win at every opportunity. We work in an environment that values contribution from everyone and you'll join a sociable team, who've donated over £2m for our charity partners over the past 5 years. BenefitsWe offer age related hourly rates (as below) and, in some cases they vary by location (in Jersey for example) so please ask at your interview. With plenty of ways to progress your career into senior kitchen, supervisory or management roles there's lots of opportunity to earn more and plenty of benefits too!£9.20 per hour for all Pizza Chefs when you've completed your trainingUnder 21 & 23 £8.36 per hour during your training23 and over £8.91 per hour during your training Free food on shift50% discount off your whole bill when dining in our restaurants (yes, drinks included too!) Benefits portal with discounts across online and high street shopsPaid training, ongoing development and opportunities to gain nationally accredited qualifications28 days paid holiday (pro rata)PensionLife assuranceEmployee support service for all our team and your familiesRefer a friend scheme paying £200 for Pizza Chefs and £1000 for Management referrals We're proud of every one of our team members, and we value the unique story that each of us brings. Our diversity makes us stronger, and we believe that sharing and supporting what matters to us helps to break down the barriers that stop us all from truly belonging and connecting. Inclusivity and respect are at the heart of our business and are valued by our teams, customers and suppliers. PizzaExpress and Milano is a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs. As such, we assess each application on the aptitude to do the job and nothing else.

Business Analyst - 6 Months - Remote - £360 per day Temporary Business Analyst, 100% recoverable, needed to support the DDI DNS Recursion Programme. Why is the role needed: The BA will be responsible for gathering and managing the requirements and baseline data. The BA skills in data analysis and creation of MI are essential to the success of this project...... click apply for full job details

Business Analyst - 6 Months - Remote - £360 per day Temporary Business Analyst, 100% recoverable, needed to support the SaSe Programme. Why is the role needed: The BA will be responsible for gathering and managing the requirements and baseline data. The BA skills in data analysis and creation of MI are essential to the success of this project...... click apply for full job details

Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place. We opened our first Xero office in Manchester last year and have seen great success from our sales team in the region. Based on this we're excited to be adding in another new team of Account Managers. In this internal sales role you will be responsible for increasing profitable sales growth within your territory - this covers both new and existing Accounting and Bookkeeping Partners. We're a fast paced company and it'll be up to you to identify areas of opportunity and assist Partners to utilise the resources within Xero to help grow their client base on Xero. You'll come with the enthusiasm to effectively account manage your territory to grow and retain the business to achieve the targets set. What you'll do… Proactively identify sales opportunities of each partner, through a collaborative sales conversation, tailoring a solution and closing business in a timely way Identify sales opportunities to build sales pipeline and produce accurate forecasts each month Creatively identify opportunities to develop business plans to produce larger or longer term deals and work with the Partner to implement them and manage them on an ongoing basis Ensure you keep up to date with your knowledge of Xero features and functionality is via Xero training and update Webinars, making sure you're comfortable in demonstrating these to customers Ensure activity targets including talk time, dials and call quality are met and be proactive in development, coaching and progression opportunities Increase and maintain the percentage of certified partners ensuring attendance of re-certification where required Recommend the next steps for that partner and ensure partners are aware of resources available i.e. Education, Partner Consultants, CX and the Add On Marketplace as necessary and where required. What you'll bring… You'll have experience in a inside telephone-based sales/account management role; able to apply quality sales call techniques including tone, call shaping and control, fact finding, enthusiasm, closing and next steps You'll have used, and know how to manage your work through a CRM system, preferably Salesforce You'll be used to working to targets, able to meet and exceed KPIs around talk time and dials You'll be enthusiastic in building and maintaining relationships with your customers through regular check ins, demos of the system and promoting add on features where needed You'll posses the determination to succeed and work within a rapidly changing, global environment, demonstrating strong initiative and the ability to work autonomously You'll have a passion for knowledge, proactively keeping up to date with the market and know what the competition are doing in order to promote Xero Knowledge of accounting principles and/or the workings of an accounting practice is highly desirable but not essential This is a permanent role based in our Manchester office. The role is accompanied by a salary of £30,000 plus £12,000 commission and benefits. Why Xero? At Xero we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer a great remuneration package with benefits that support a range of lifestyle choices and requirements and the opportunity to participate in Xero's success through our Long Term Incentive scheme. Xero has rapidly expanding offices in London, Milton Keynes and Manchester and our work environment encourages continuous improvement and career development. Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we're immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, and Disability Confident committed. So, from the moment you step through our doors, you'll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

We are seeking a Graduate Field Engineer (Water Industry) to install & configure equipment and repair & maintain valves on the Water Network in and around your region. This is a full-time permanent position working for an outstanding Company who will provide full training, a vehicle and the equipment needed for the role. Graduate Field Engineer (Water Industry) - Benefits * A starting salary of £20,000pa * Starting salaries then rise by a further £2,000pa after a 12 month trial period * Salaries will then continue to rise based on progression and performance * A fully expensed company vehicle including a fuel card * Full training and certifications are provided as part of the role * Excellent prospects in a vital Industry * All necessary tools, uniforms and equipment will be provided * 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday * Mobile Phone and Laptop * Personal Pension Scheme Graduate Field Engineer (Water Industry) - Daily activities * Driving from site to site and working outside in all weather conditions * Lifting, carrying and moving equipment and chamber covers * Entry into and working within confined spaces * Installing and maintaining a variety of mechanical instrumentation Graduate Field Engineer (Water Industry) - The Candidate * Full driving licence essential * A degree in engineering, water, environmental, civil or other related disciplines will be considered * Excellent communication skills as you will be dealing with customers or clients * Strong computer skills * Ability to work as a team & learn new skills * Flexibility to accommodate business needs * The role involves frequent travel across Northern England so overnight stays away from home are required on a regular basis If you think you have the necessary skills for this Graduate Field Engineer (Water Industry) role then please apply

Job Introduction Now is a great time to join the BBC News & Weather digital teams. Over the last four years, we have doubled the reach of our website and apps, in both the UK and globally; when big stories hit, we regularly exceed 100m weekly users and everyone knows about it because of our push notification service that delivers millions of alerts in just a few seconds. Over the next two years we will be creating a modern, personalised digital app experience that is important, relevant and useful for everyone, every time they use it - always with trust and transparency foremost. We will deliver a mix of universal top stories and curated content tailored to different audience needs, with a rich combination of news, live and in-depth journalism in text, image, video and audio. We're doubling the size of the product and engineering teams by hiring over 100 new roles to support this ambition of creating a truly universal personal news service. How will I be successful? Be a part of improving our great culture by demonstrating the right behaviours and attitudes. Be proactive and take opportunities to increase your knowledge and experience. Be a great team player and help us achieve great things together. Role Responsibility You will work with us to build the next generation of our News apps, already used and loved by millions, with ambitious roadmap that helps us meet the goals outlined above. Our welcoming, and supportive, team culture has grown organically from our shared values of: High-quality, user-focused, products Knowledge sharing Continuous improvement Personal growth Diversity, equity, and inclusion Accessibility Mentoring and coaching Pairing You can expect to work in close collaboration with all of the other disciplines in our team (such as Product, UX, Test and Delivery) in a highly cross-functional and autonomous environment, with support and guidance from our leadership. You will care equally as much about user value, as business value and code quality, and you'll appreciate the benefits of the right planning and communication to the delivery of these things. Regardless of your target audience, you will be an effective and clear communicator, able to be a spokesperson and champion, representing your team to others in the business when needed. The Ideal Candidate We're keen to speak with people with demonstrable commercial mobile development experience and a deep understanding of iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) app architecture/design patterns as well as an appreciation for the wider ecosystem that apps exist within. We'd also like to see experience of making critical architectural decisions, providing sound technical direction and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in an organisation. We value leadership experience of project working and professional software development processes, including agile, as well as expertise in choosing and applying design patterns. Package Description Band: D Contract type: Permanent Location: Flexible (London, Cardiff, Salford or Glasgow) We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application . There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction Now is a great time to join the BBC News & Weather digital teams. Over the last four years, we have doubled the reach of our website and apps, in both the UK and globally; when big stories hit, we regularly exceed 100m weekly users and everyone knows about it because of our push notification service that delivers millions of alerts in just a few seconds. Over the next two years we will be creating a modern, personalised digital app experience that is important, relevant and useful for everyone, every time they use it - always with trust and transparency foremost. We will deliver a mix of universal top stories and curated content tailored to different audience needs, with a rich combination of news, live and in-depth journalism in text, image, video and audio. We're doubling the size of the product and engineering teams by hiring over 100 new roles to support this ambition of creating a truly universal personal news service. How will I be successful? Be a part of improving our great culture by demonstrating the right behaviours and attitudes. Be proactive and take opportunities to increase your knowledge and experience. Be a great team player and help us achieve great things together. Role Responsibility You will work with us to build the next generation of our News apps, already used and loved by millions, with ambitious roadmap that helps us meet the goals outlined above. Our welcoming, and supportive, team culture has grown organically from our shared values of: High-quality, user-focused, products Knowledge sharing Continuous improvement Personal growth Diversity, equity, and inclusion Accessibility Mentoring and coaching Pairing You can expect to work in close collaboration with all of the other disciplines in our team (such as Product, UX, Test and Delivery) in a highly cross-functional and autonomous environment, with support and guidance from our leadership. You will care equally as much about user value, as business value and code quality, and you'll appreciate the benefits of the right planning and communication to the delivery of these things. Regardless of your target audience, you will be an effective and clear communicator, able to be a spokesperson and champion, representing your team to others in the business when needed. The Ideal Candidate We're keen to speak with people with demonstrable commercial mobile development experience and a deep understanding of iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) app architecture/design patterns as well as an appreciation for the wider ecosystem that apps exist within. We'd also like to see experience of making critical architectural decisions, providing sound technical direction and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels in an organisation. We value leadership experience of project working and professional software development processes, including agile, as well as expertise in choosing and applying design patterns. Package Description Band: D Contract type: Permanent Location: Flexible (London, Cardiff, Salford or Glasgow) We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application . There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

SEN Teaching Assistant needed for a 'Good' Primary School in Mnchester (M14). The role will involve working within a specialised ASC unit within the school. The school is accessible by good transport links and free access to parking. This will be a contract running to the end of the academic year, with a view to extend to support the pupils as they progress in school...... click apply for full job details

Overview of the Service Line and Team Our Business Services team is a collective of creative, strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People & Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations, Finance and Quality & Risk Management teams make it their mission to ensure Mazars has the right tools, technology, strategies and services in place to deliver exceptional client service and future-proof our growing business. The National Administration Team provide essential support for each office, we work with all service lines, and key stakeholders across the business. This is an excellent opportunity to join a professional services firm and allow you to work with and support our internal clients in the following service lines: Audit Tax Accounting and Outsourcing Services (AOS) Financial Advisory Services (FAS) Consulting Mazars Financial Planning (MFP) Job Purpose As a school leaver in the National Administration Team, your time will be split across all the diverse areas that are covered by the National Administration Team assisting your colleagues with maintaining the high quality support required in each of our offices and working with our internal clients to support them with external client projects, business development and ensuring they have the tools they need to do their work. In addition, you will be studying for your apprenticeship certificate. The role provides an opportunity to work with colleagues in different offices and service lines across our organisation. In this way you will gain a broad understanding of the specialist services we offer to our external clients and the potential opportunities for your career development in the future. Working as part of the Office Administration Team, preparing, formatting and amending documents as required ensuring that documents are produced in compliance with the firm's house style, to include letters, reports, presentations and accounts, making full use of standard templates and Adobe Sign. Providing administrative support as required by the Administration Team Leader to assist with; diary management, travel management, data input into client relationship management system; scanning and distributing post Working as part of an agile team, providing reception and holiday cover, and deputising for other roles as needed. Providing support for the day to day facilities operations, helping to maintain a welcoming, clean, secure and safe working environment for team members and visitors. Providing a point of contact for onsite IT issues and requests, liaising with the remote IT teams. Ownership of asset management ensuring IT kit levels are maintained as appropriate. Delivering high quality Audio Visual and Meeting support, ensuring the Mazars meeting equipment is maintained to high standards and is available to internal staff and external customers alike. Providing new joiner IT orientation sessions. Working within agreed standard ways of working and key performance indicators. Constantly seek to improve processes and find ways to work in a paperless and agile environment. Champion agile working, including within the administrative support function. The Person A team player who can adapt to new circumstances and comfortable working with complexity and ambiguity. Creative problem solver: logical and creative thinker, takes a methodological approach in understanding a problem. Excellent communication: demonstrates an effective style of communication and collaboration, both verbally and in writing. Flexible with the ability to work effectively under pressure and manage conflicting priorities, effectively managing expectations when required. Strong attention to detail and time-management skills. A positive, proactive approach and takes a pragmatic approach to resolving situations, using own initiative where appropriate. MS Office skills (specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Possess a confident, professional approach to tasks. Demonstrates a high level of commitment and is able to work in a busy environment. Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure when necessary to deliver to tight deadlines. Flexible attitude to working and possess a willingness to work as part of a team. Commitment to self-development and learning. Affinity with our values; in particular, respect for individuals, diversity and integrity. Interpersonal skills; the ability to build client relationships with a foundation of trust and responsibility. Strong academic performance is important, so we know that you're ready to take your professional exams . However, we understand things don't always go to plan - so if you don't meet our minimum requirements, please let us know if you have any exceptional achievements or extenuating circumstances which affected your results. We also consider your achievements in the context of your socio-economic background, so encourage you to submit your contextual information. Minimum of 112 UCAS points. This is based on the new 2017 UCAS Tariff. You can calculate your UCAS points here . Grade 6 / B or above in GCSE English Language and Maths. T raining QUALIFICATION The successful candidate will be supported to train towards a Business Administration Apprenticeship Level 3 qualification or equivalent. You will receive full details of the Apprenticeship package upon joining. This includes a percentage of your time being dedicated to off the job training. Your certificate is only part of the story at Mazars; we support our trainees with a blended approach to training and development including 1:1 coaching, and soft skills training. You will be supported by a mentor and an appraising manager to keep your career and aspirations on track.

The role will have a hybrid rota of working between home and the office location (2 days one week and 3 days the next) Deliver essential everyday support through excellent service Responsible for everyday student and manager requests, you'll proactively manage several accounts while maintaining incredibly high professional standards. An integral member of our client-focused set-up, this role is created for individuals who revel in delivering excellent service - with the dedicated skills and passion for supporting across all kinds of exciting and essential projects. What you'll be doing Delivering essential role in managing client administration and service support to agreed KPIs Responding to student and client enquiries - from processing orders to mock exam arrangements Proactively supporting clients and students including obtaining information and logging requests Maintaining up-to-date client profiles and process records on all BPP systems Providing all positive feedback and issues/areas of client concern to relevant stakeholders Working actively with Programme Managers - attending client meetings where needed Guaranteeing SLAs are met and provide the provision of consistent excellent service Developing the services offered to your portfolio of clients to increase income generation Maintaining strong client relationships through regular close account management Providing regular support/absence back-up to colleagues as needed Join the BPP Family The world is changing. Help us disrupt, innovate and build careers through education. Established for over 40 years , we're a global education provider delivering diverse qualifications for professionals at every stage of their career. Committed? Passionate? Self-determined? Now's your chance to be part of our exciting world. BPP offers a range of attractive benefits including: 25 days holidays (Rising to 30 days after 5 years) Group Personal pension plan Life assurance Offering a work-life balance with Hybrid office/home working Training and Development opportunities What we're looking for Excellent communication skills with positive telephone manner Experience of understanding clients' businesses and needs Passionate about achieving client service excellence Effective management of client and internal stakeholder relationships Strong organisational and time-management skills Produce and maintain accurate, organised documentation and regular reports Good IT skills with internal system experience Experience working to strict KPIs and service levels Knowledge of apprenticeships and BPP product range is a huge plus The successful candidate will be required to undergo a credit and disclosure check. Sound like the perfect fit? Apply today.

Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place. How you'll make an impact Senior Product Designers at Xero are responsible for designing beautiful, enabling and meaningful experiences that solve genuine customer problems. As a seasoned designer you'll work closely with Product and Engineering on med-large scale projects within a product area of a portfolio. Within this role you'll work primarily, but not exclusively on Xero Tax, Xero's category leading compliance product in the UK. It's an exciting time at Xero UK with the establishment of our first Product Design team and having recently made our first 2 hires in to the team we are seeking another Senior Product Designer to play pivotal role establishing the Product Design practice alongside your Research & Service Design peers. You will also work closely with Product and Engineering teams to build out a world class offering. You will work with our recently hired Design Director, Lead Designer and Senior Designer within the portfolio and product area to understand, support and implement the Product Design vision and direction; ensuring consistency and quality of execution within your product design delivery. What you'll do - Design practice and thinking Promote the value of design and collaborative practice across spheres of influence and participation Conduct desk research including domain and competitor analysis, interaction/design trends and 'best of' examples Analyse relevant considerations such as research insights (when not directly involved), product strategy and roadmaps, technical environment and constraints Contribute to the definition and articulation of 'the problem' - challenging assumptions and 'pre-set' thinking around solutions, agreeing the purpose, principles and vision Create frameworks (read wireframes low/high-fi, visual frameworks, content/data models etc) which articulate the components, journeys and elements required to solve 'the problem' Explore ideal future concepts and identify new interaction solutions and patterns that meet customer needs in a better way Develop phased design solutions that bridge the gap between a future state and current patterns, XUI design system and other relevant constraints and considerations Create prototypes which tangibly demonstrate a proposed concept or solution Collaborate with other designers to test ideas, share challenges, provide feedback and build quality in your practice Collaborate with content designers to ensure content within an experience is consistent, 'fit for purpose' and meets customer needs Develop detailed interactions and interfaces which are smart and contextually relevant Present and communicate design work to a range of different audiences Create effective handover materials which clearly communicate how the design should look and behave throughout interaction flows and journeys (e.g. User flow diagrams, design specifications, experience/interaction specifications etc) Design research and testing Contribute to identifying research opportunities, planning and undertaking research and testing relevant to your product area. Participate in generative user research to understand customer underlying goals, needs, behaviours and pain points (where necessary) Participate in the synthesis of research data, drawing out and articulation of insights Conduct user testing in conjunction with the Design Research team Relationship management Influence, challenge and support other designers within your product area to deliver high quality product experiences. Facilitate cross functional team workshops - to bring everyone together at key points in the process and around key decisions Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure proposed solutions balance user needs, business strategy and technical constraints Collaborate with development teams during sprints to provide design QA and problem solve issues as they arise Success looks like You're delivering great product design work You're respected by your peers, the design team, and Product leaders You're delivering on schedule against agreed deadlines, to the highest quality standards You're creating inspiring and innovative solutions to meet customer and business problems. What you'll bring with you Experience working on large design projects Experience of working on projects with complex workflows Experience across the entire design process, with mastery in executing elegant interfaces Experience working with multiple development and product teams Experience building and iterating on a product or experiences based on usage patterns, user feedback and an evolving strategic landscape A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality design outcomes, contributing to user experience and business value Track record of innovating and delivering high quality design experiences Track record of solving customers' problems through design thinking and execution Excellent communication skills Please provide a link to or copy of your portfolio with your application as well as any passwords needed for the hiring team to view. This role may also be called a Senior UX/UI Designer or Senior Interaction Designer Why Xero? At Xero we support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. We offer a great remuneration package with benefits that support a range of lifestyle choices and requirements and the opportunity to participate in Xero's success through our Long Term Incentive scheme. Xero has rapidly expanding offices in London, Milton Keynes and Manchester and our work environment encourages continuous improvement and career development. Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we're immensely proud of. We know that a

We have a number of fantastic opportunities to join our Employee Benefits team in Manchester as a Business-to-Business (B2B) Telesales Advisor. This is the perfect role for someone with a relevant exposure to working within a telesales environment, looking to join an established, market-leading consulting firm. Mercer Marsh Benefits is a combination of Mercer and Marsh local offices around the world, plus country correspondents who have been selected based on specific criteria. Our benefits professionals located in 135 countries and servicing clients in more than 150 countries, are deeply knowledgeable about their local markets. Through our locally established businesses, we have a unique common platform which allows us to serve clients with global consistency and locally unique solutions. The right candidate for this role will be an ambitious and self-driven character with experience as an outbound telemarketer. You are required to spend a large proportion of your day on the telephone speaking to new and existing clients offering a wide variety of employee benefits to assist with the growth of Mercer Marsh Benefits. Whilst this is a permanent, full-time role, we are more than interested in hearing from candidates that are looking for a flexible working-pattern either on a job-share opportunity or on a condensed working pattern. What can you expect? The opportunity to join a growing and highly successful team working with a broad range of UK companies on bespoke and complex health and benefits solutions A team that strive to deliver best practice, market leading service and solutions with a focus on client service excellence To build and maintain an excellent rapport with our clients, providers and colleagues across Mercer Excellent training and development with the ongoing career opportunities What will you be rewarded with? Good work life balance with a competitive salary Comprehensive benefits programs including: excellent pension contributions, private health insurance, tuition assistance, pension, employee assistance program, career mobility, employee network groups, volunteer opportunities, and other programs 25 days' holiday with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year We will rely on you to: Conduct outbound sales calls on a daily basis, utilising a proficient awareness of internal offerings and product solutions to ultimately gain prospective client appointments for our Relationship Managers. Conduct thorough due diligence research, leveraging various resources and channels of information to identify or understand prospect accounts or target sales expansion opportunities. Oversee the sales process from start to finish, ensuring service quality and general transactional satisfaction. Respond directly to simple and moderately difficult client questions and requests, and solicit assistance from senior management as needed. Monitor the maintenance of proper records for reporting and audit purposes What you need to have: Demonstrable experience of working in a similar capacity and taking ownership of similar responsibilities within a telesales or call centre environment. Good academic background supported by good grades at A-Level and/or GCSE in subjects that include Maths and English. Highly self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse backgrounds as well as independently. Strong networking skills and the ability to build relationships both internally and externally through investing time in understanding our business. Competent in the use of MS Office applications. What makes you stand out: Practical experience of overcoming and handling sales objections Experience working towards targets and KPIs Understanding of the Employee Benefits sector

Just Eat is a leading global marketplace, providing millions of customers with an easy and secure way to order and pay for their favourite food from tens of thousands of Restaurant Partners. We are committed to bringing emerging talent into our business, as well as retaining and developing our existing colleagues, with the potential to be tomorrow's leaders of Just Eat. The opportunity If you are looking for a versatile role with lots of responsibilities in Operations, this job is for you! You will be end-responsible for our food delivery operation in one city. This means leading a team, connecting with the partner restaurants, checking the city KPIs and making strategic decisions to grow and improve the business in Manchester. Key Responsibilities As the City Operations Manager of Manchester, you are responsible for the entire food delivery service of Just Eat Takeaway.com in your city. To manage a smooth operation and grow the success, these are your responsibilities: -Managing overall the operations in your city -Making sure daily tasks run smoothly by managing the shift-responsible team members -Planning ahead in order to grow and improve the food delivery operations in your city -Ensuring the city complies with company policies, procedures, rules and regulations and all applicable laws -Overseeing the development and measurement of the city KPIs and drawing conclusions for strategic decisions -Collaborating closely with HR, Business Planner, Continuous Improvement Specialists and Support teams -Close working relationships with Sales, Disposition and Customer Service to ensure high Service Quality for Partner Restaurants -Managing and building relationships with our partner restaurants and helping in resolving their questions in regards to deliveries Required skills and experience -Completed vocational training with working experience and/or university degree -3 + years of work experience in Operations (preferably locally- Manchester) -Previous experience in team management -An outgoing, motivating and strong communicator whether face to face, through phone or email -(Near-) native level of English -Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets -Analytical mindset and ability to translate numbers into actions in our food delivery -High level of service orientation -Willingness to keep an eye on your phone and jump in when needed, in evenings and weekends Why work at Just Eat Takeaway.com? Just Eat Takeaway.com is a leading global online food delivery marketplace headquartered in Amsterdam and listed on the London Stock Exchange. We've built our business on having the widest choice available on our platform - connecting millions of customers with over 155,000 restaurants across 24 countries - with over 100 different cuisines from local independents to globally famous restaurants, available to order via our app and website. We provide the platform and tools to help independent restaurants move online and reach a significantly broader customer base - to generate increased orders and grow their businesses. We also provide the insights, advice, and support our growing community needs to satisfy customers and help raise standards across a vibrant takeaway sector. We're built to deliver behind the scenes too. To make Just Eat the great company it is, it takes a great team of people. Which is why all of our colleagues are welcomed into a diverse and inclusive workplace where they feel they can belong. We're passionate about nurturing our people and offering full training programs to support our employees - helping them to develop their careers in a way that suits them. No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, where you are from, religious beliefs or takeaway preferences you could find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're a diverse and inclusive workplace that promotes a sense of belonging, allowing all of our people to bring their most colorful and complex selves to work every day. #LI-DNI