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Catering, Caretaking & Cleaning Services
Caretaker
To apply for Catering, Caretaking & Cleaning jobs please contact
NTL House, 30 Market Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2HG
Reference
Salary
Hours
Benefits for these jobs include excellent conditions of service,
paid holidays, training and uniforms.
To commence 5th January 2015 and is on a fixed term
basis subject to the future budgetary provision or the
operational needs of the school. It is not expected to go
beyond 31 August 2015.
Part Time Morning & Evening Cleaning Jobs
Reference
Hourly Rate
Hours
Location
CL 251
£6.50
Vary from 9¾ to 15 hours per week
Batley, Dewsbury & Cleckheaton areas
If you’re interested please drop into Batley Job Centre on any
Tuesday between 12.30pm and 2.30pm.
Part Time Morning & Evening Cleaning Jobs
Reference
Hourly Rate
Hours
Location
Location
CL 252
£6.50
Vary from 9¾ to 15 hours per week
Huddersfield Town Centre & Surrounding areas
If you’re interested please drop into Huddersfield Job Centre on
st
the 1 Thursday of each month between 10.00am and 12.00
noon.
Directorate of Children & Adults
Please log onto www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs for job details and a
downloadable application pack.
Alternatively, for details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit
– unless otherwise stated - by post High Street Buildings, High
Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ; by telephone (01484) 225121; or by
email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address
and reference. Please allow 4 working days for receipt of
applications.
An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) will be
required for all these jobs. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment
process.
As a school Caretaker you will ensure the site and its buildings
are operated on a day to day basis. Duties will include opening,
maintenance, security and cleaning, reporting major defects
and issues to the appropriate line manager.
It is essential that you have previous experience of caretaking,
or a job which includes similar duties and you have an
understanding of H.A.S.A.W. and C.O.S.H.H.
If you require further information about the role then please
contact the school on 01924 326728 or you can visit the school
website at www.parkroadschool.co.uk
Completed forms must be returned directly to Janet Lee at the school
either via post or email to office.parkroad@kirkleeseducation.uk by
Friday 21st November 2014.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Senior Business Support Officer
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic hardworking person
to this job in school.
The successful candidate will:
Have sound experience of administration duties;
work as part of our staff team in a flexible and
professional manner;
have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to
relate well to children, parents and other adults, both
face to face and over the telephone;
be conscientious, efficient, honest and friendly;
have excellent self-organisation skills and the ability to
use their initiative;
have a working knowledge of ICT;
have the ability to multi task;
be able to work to deadlines and remain calm under
pressure;
be willing to use his/her skills to support and enhance all
aspects of school life.
Parent Support Advisor
ED 14294
£9,563 - £10,189
20 per week in term time plus 5 inset days
Longley School, HD5 8JE
To commence as soon as possible and is on a fixed term
basis subject to the future budgetary provision or the
operational needs of the school. It is not expected to go
beyond 31st August 2016.
You will work alongside the Pupil Welfare Manager, to assist
with the EHA process and other related work with parents.
Experience of understanding children within their family context
and of working cooperatively with adults (including parents,
families etc) are essential skills for this job.
ED 14300
£5,946 - £6,626
15 per week in term time
Reinwood Infant and Nursery School, HD3 4YL
To commence as soon as possible.
Completed forms must be returned directly to the Head Teacher at
the school, unless otherwise stated.
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
ED 14302
£9,924 - £10,573
18 per week for 52 Weeks (working Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7am – 10am &
3pm – 6pm
Park Road J I & N School, WF17 5LP
For further information about the role, please telephone 01484
222209.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
If you require further information about the role, please contact
the school 01484 223937.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
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Senior Business Support Officer (Finance)
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
ED 14301
£17,693 - £18,850
37 per week in term time & 5 inset days
Mount Pleasant Primary School, HD1 3QP
Re-advertisement - Previous applicants need not apply.
To commence as soon as possible.
This job is part of the generic Business Support job family which
plays a key role in supporting schools to deliver high quality
services.
In your job you will be part of a team within the school/college.
At grade 7 you will support the delivery of an efficient
administrative function in line with schools policies and
procedures.
The job is an ideal opportunity for an experienced administrator
who possesses effective IT skills. You will carry out a range of
complex or sensitive/confidential administrative and technical
duties in addition to some supervisory duties.
It is essential that you have experience of word processing,
spreadsheets and computer based accounting procedures,
budget monitoring and preparing financial reports.
If you require further information about the role, please contact
the school on tel: 01484 223198 or visit the school website at:
www.mountpleasantschool.co.uk
Completed forms must be returned directly to the Headteacher
via post or email to deborah.ratcliffe@kirkleeseducation.uk by
12 noon Wednesday 19th November 2014.
Closing Date: 19 November 2014
Lunchtime Supervisor
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
ED 14299
£1,020 - £1,105 (plus market rate supplement
£160 - £128)
3 ¼ in term time
Kirkroyds Infant School, HD9 1LS
Temporary Business Support
Assignments may be anywhere throughout Kirklees –
Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Mirfield and Batley areas
£7.87 - £8.40 per hour
To commence as soon as possible and is on a fixed term
basis subject to the future budgetary provision or the
operational needs of the school. It is not expected to go
beyond 31st August 2015.
You will be required to supervise the pupils remaining on the
school premises at lunchtime.
The ability to relate to children/young people from diverse
ethnic/social backgrounds is essential for this job, as well as
having good verbal communication skills in order to liaise with
children/young people and other staff members.
If you require further information about the role, please contact
the school: 01484 222482.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
TempDirect provides temporary business support to services throughout Kirklees Council.
Assignments vary in length and may be full time or part time. Currently we have a high
demand for staff with full time availability; therefore we are particularly interested in applicants
who can work full time hours.
It is essential that you have good IT skills and familiarity with computer packages (e.g.
Microsoft Word, Access and Excel), the ability to communicate via electronic systems and
experience of using office equipment. You must also be able to demonstrate good
customer care skills when dealing with visitors both face to face and over the telephone.
Duties will vary according to each specific assignment but may include; preparing
correspondence and reports, maintaining records, entering routine and/or complex information
onto computerised databases/spreadsheets, arranging appointments and meetings, minute
taking, financial administration, filing/retrieving documents, sorting and distributing mail and
other business support duties as specified by the manager.
We are operating a rolling recruitment programme for Temp Direct, and
interviews will take place on a regular basis. For further information or to
apply, please call 01484 225087 or follow the link below;
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/employment/tempDirectRecruitment.aspx
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Community Assessment & Support Officer
Children & Adults
Reference
Salary
Hours
Support Worker - Nights
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
AO 7947
£8,764 - £9,188 plus enhancements
20
Claremont House, Heckmondwike
Location
Fixed Term/Secondment for up to 11 months due to funding.
Claremont House is a purpose built home registered to provide
care for people with dementia.
You will work shifts on a 7 day rota system including weekends
and public holidays. The earliest start will be 9.30pm and the
latest finish will be 7.30am.
You will support and assist service users to live independently,
through development and control of practical living skills
including preparing meals, doing laundry, dealing with their
finances as well as maintaining their personal hygiene and
developing their understanding of social interaction and
relationships.
It is essential that you have a high level of understanding of
Adult Social Care. You must be able to demonstrate a
commitment to personal and professional training and
development and possess a basic awareness of both health
and safety issues and food hygiene.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Appointment will be made at Grade 6 £8,666 - £9,658.
Progression to Grade 7 £10,200 - £10,867 will be via
assessment.
You will be working with people in the community who have
particular social care needs or a carer. As part of the Self
Directed Support Pathway, referrals will be received from
differing sources; your role will be to support customers through
an assessment process (Person Led Assessment) to identify
their needs. This will involve seeking and encouraging the
contribution of customers, their carers and relatives as well as
others involved in their care e.g. colleagues from Health. Using
laid down procedures, you will determine if customers meet the
eligibility criteria under Fair Access to Care Services (FACS).
You will undertake a risk assessment as part of the Person Led
Assessment process to ensure that the identified needs are met
and you will work with customers to ensure that customer's
risks are minimised and promote positive risk taking.
Requirements for this job:
Experience of working in a caring environment in a paid or
unpaid capacity with a relevant service group.
IT skills to be able to maintain accurate electronic records.
An understanding of the differing physical and emotional
needs pertaining to the specific user group.
Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
Understanding of other agencies and their contribution to
service delivery.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Domestic Assistant
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
AO 7952
£8,666 - £10,867
18½ per week (Monday – Friday working pattern
to be agreed on appointment)
Empire House, Dewsbury
AO 7948
£7,418 - £8,043 plus enhancements
20
Moorlands Grange, Netherton, Huddersfield
You will work 20 hours per week between 2.30pm and 7.30pm on
a 7 day rota including Public Holidays and every other weekend.
Moorlands Grange is a modern, 40 bedroom care home,
providing support for older people needing intermediate or long
term care.
You will carry out cleaning duties and undertake some physical
care tasks for people with physical, visual or hearing difficulties
under the direction of a senior member of staff.
You should have the ability to demonstrate literacy skills in
order to read and follow instructions and an understanding of
practical hygiene issues relating to the kitchen and other areas.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
If you are a substantive employee of the Council with over 6
months continuous service and you have successfully
completed your probation period your application for this job will
be treated as a secondment. You must obtain permission from
your line manager before applying and include the completed
Secondment Permission Form with your application
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Community Care Officer (2 Jobs)
Business Support Officer
Reference
Salary
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Hours
Location
AO 7953
£17,333 - £21,734 for 37 hours plus relevant
enhancements
Job 1: 37 hours
Job 2: 21 hours
Dewsbury District Hospital
Job 1 - Fixed Term/Secondment for up to 11 months due to
funding
Job 2 - Fixed Term/Secondment up to 1st August 2015 to
cover a secondment
Appointment will be made at Grade 6 £17,333- £19,317.
Progression to Grade 7 £20,400 - £21,734 will be via
assessment.
The Service operates from 9.00am to 9.00pm across 7 days a
week; you will work on a rota basis including weekends and
Public Holidays for which any relevant enhancements will be
paid.
Through a joint Health and Social Care approach to targeting
patients in Accident & Emergency (A&E) departments more
people will have their acute health and social care needs
managed within primary care and will avoid emergency and
non-elective admissions by the provision of interim Health and
Social Care services at the point of entry.
AO 7913
£16,215 - £16,998
37
Folly Hall Mills, Huddersfield
The Community Therapies Team is part of the integrated
working partnership between Kirklees Council and the South
West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The team
delivers health and social care support and various nursing,
social work, occupational therapy and medical interventions to
people with complex and severe mental health problems.
As Business Support Officer you will provide specialist
administrative support for the team which comprises of 30 staff
made up of Mental Health professionals, ie Community
Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers
and Support Workers.
Working in an open plan office you will be working with a team
of administrators to be the first point of call for phone enquiries,
which due to the nature of the service may include service
users with mental health problems.
You will be required to arrange meetings and to regularly take
minutes for Panel meetings and any other meetings as
required.
Main duties:
The service will offer a quick response which will lead to people
being returned home with support tailored to their needs and
where necessary, alternative accommodation being offered
rather than an acute hospital bed. You will be working with
people who attend the Accident and Emergency department or
Medical Assessment Unit who after medical assessment do not
need admittance but there are significant obstacles for their
return home.
We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and confident people
who have some experience of working in a caring environment
with vulnerable people. Your role will be to carry out a low level
assessment of patients and you will therefore need an
understanding of the needs of vulnerable people. You may also
be required to provide equipment such as assistive technology
and or enablement services to assist them to return home. You
will be responsible for the installation/delivery of the equipment
and possible transportation of the patient if appropriate.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car.
Specialist word processing
Facilitate and support meetings and events as directed
Data processing (input and retrieval) - including service
based IT systems
Information and record management as directed
Responding to non routine enquires/complaints,
signposting as required
General administrative duties as required
It is essential that you are familiar with computer packages e.g.
Microsoft Word, Access and Excel, and that you are able to
demonstrate business and administration skills to NVQ 2 level.
A level of literacy and numeracy skills to be able to produce
routine documentation is also essential.
An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
If you are a substantive employee of the Council with over 6
months continuous service and you have successfully
completed your probation period your application for this job will
be treated as a secondment. You must obtain permission from
your line manager before applying and include the completed
Secondment Permission Form with your application.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Team Leader
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Business Support Officer
AO 7951
£12,297 - £13,704 plus relevant enhancements
26¼
Moorlands Grange, Netherton, Huddersfield
You will work shifts on a 7 day rota system between 7.00am 10.00pm including weekends and Public Holidays.
Moorlands Grange is a modern, 40 bedroom care home,
providing support for older people needing intermediate or long
term care.
Working with vulnerable adults in this residential establishment,
you will be part of a large team ensuring the provision of quality
care to service users. Supporting the Care Assistants and
Domestic staff, you will act as a role model ensuring that duties
are carried out effectively in line with service objectives,
policies, procedures and standards.
Together with experience of working in a relevant care setting
and NVQ 2 in Care you will have the ability to challenge
practice that does not meet the requirements/standards and the
literacy skills to enable you to write reports and maintain service
user records.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
AO 7937
£8,107 - £8,499
18½ per week (working Wednesday pm & all
day Thursday and Friday)
Castle Grange, Newsome, Huddersfield
Fixed Term/Secondment for up to 9 months to cover a
secondment
Social Care and Wellbeing for Adults Service main purpose is
to identify the Social Care need of Kirklees residents and to
respond, often in partnership, with cost effective, quality
services that safeguard and promote the well-being and safety
of those people in the community in the greatest need.
You will be part of a large team consisting of a Residential
Manager, Deputy Managers, Team Leaders, Support Workers,
Domestic Assistants, a Handyperson and Catering Staff based
at Castle Grange residential home which provides specialist
dementia care.
Castle Grange is a 40 bedded establishment providing a high
quality person centred service catering for people who have
dementia related illness, encouraging independence and
maintaining skills. Due to the nature of service provision, you
will engage with service users who may have restricted mobility
and/or challenging behavior.
Main duties:
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Specialist administrative support.
Reception duties.
Data processing (input and retrieval) - including service
based IT systems.
It is essential that you are familiar with computer packages e.g.
Microsoft Word, Access and Excel, and that you are able to
demonstrate business and administration skills to NVQ 2 level.
A level of literacy to be able to produce routine documentation
and numeracy skills to be able to deal with, for example petty
cash is also essential.
An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
If you are a substantive employee of the Council with over 6
months continuous service and you have successfully
completed your probation period your application for this job will
be treated as a secondment. You must obtain permission from
your line manager before applying and include the completed
Secondment Permission Form with your application.
Closing Date: 14 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Social Worker – Experienced (Numerous Jobs)
Social Worker (Newly Qualified) - Numerous Jobs
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
SSP 7959
£22,443 - £33,128 for 37 hours
Various
Various Locations Throughout Kirklees
Appointment to £28,127 - £30,311 is subject to assessment.
SSP 7960
£22,443 - £33,128 for 37 hours
Various
Various locations throughout Kirklees
Newly Qualified Social Workers will be appointed at £22,443 £23,945
Appointment to Senior Practitioner, £31,160 - £33,128, is subject to
fulfilling assessment criteria.
At Kirklees we really want to improve life chances for children
and young people and we need you, an experienced Social
Work practitioner, to help us to continue to do this.
We are proud of our commitment to children and young people,
how we share best practice and the continuous professional
development of experienced social work practitioners.
As an experienced Social Worker in Kirklees you can expect to:
Do the job you love
Be supported and have your experienced recognised
Have real opportunities to specialise based on your
experience, interests and passions
Have opportunities to put the wide range of training and
development you will receive into practice including post
qualifying qualifications with the University of Huddersfield
A manageable caseload
Have an induction programme and regular reflective
supervision and a 6 monthly appraisal with an experienced
and supportive manager
The opportunity to participate in and lead practice
development sessions and to share your valued skills and
experience with others
We currently have vacancies in:
Care Management Service
Looked After Children & Care Leavers Service
Placement, Permanency and Support Service
To be considered for these jobs please provide evidence
addressing the shortlisting information and either complete the
online application or submit a CV which includes your contact
details, work history and details of two referees.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car (exceptions can be
made for disabled applicants).
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Appointment to £28,127 - £30,311 is subject to assessment.
Appointment to Senior Practitioner, £31,160 - £33,128, is subject to
fulfilling assessment criteria.
Are you an NQSW looking for the first step in your Social Work
career? At Kirklees we recognise the importance of and are
truly committed to the ASYE and in partnership with
Huddersfield University will fully support you to complete this
important year of your career. We will provide you with an in
depth induction, a protected caseload, a dedicated buddy and
reflective supervision provided by experienced and accessible
managers.
We are committed to the development of the Social Work
workforce and will provide you with opportunities to develop in
your career based on your interests and passions.
We currently have opportunities for NQSWs in the following
services:
Care Management Service
Looked After Children & Care Leavers Service
Placement, Permanency and Support Service
To be considered for these jobs please provide evidence
addressing the shortlisting information and either complete the
online application or submit a CV which includes your contact
details, work history and details of two referees.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car (exceptions can be
made for disabled applicants).
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Interviews expected to be held week commencing 1st December
2014.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Interviews expected to be held week commencing 1st December
2014
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Unit Manager - Child Protection & Review Unit
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Physical Resources & Procurement
SSP 7962
£21,016 - £21,820 plus market rate supplement
18½ over 3 days (days negotiable)
Silver Court, Aspley, Huddersfield
£21,016 - £21,820 per annum, a market rate supplement of
£1,750 is payable with this salary which is reviewed annually.
Customer Service Assistant - Cash Handling (2 Jobs)
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
We deliver high quality children and young people's services
and work closely with partners to safeguard children. Our
Family Support and Protection Services are outstanding; our
recent positive Ofsted inspections demonstrate this.
Our professional staff chair all statutory reviews for looked after
children and initial and review Child Protection Conferences.
We provide independent oversight and a quality assurance role
to enable the Authority identify areas of good practice and
where further development is needed around Child Protection
and Looked After Children Plans.
The Unit has recently introduced the strengthening families
approach to Child Protection Conferences - it is an exciting time
to join us and work to embed these changes within the
organisation.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, imaginative social work
qualified professional with strong leadership and management
skills to shape and deliver services that make a positive
difference to young people's lives.
You should possess excellent interpersonal and communication
skills and extensive post qualifying experience in child care and
child protection work.
If you want to work for an excellent council, where your passion
and contribution will be highly valued and you can make a real
difference, then we'd love to hear from you.
PRP 7945
£4,128 - £4,476 for 12½ hours
Job 1: 12½ per week
Job 2: 11 ¼ per week
Job 1: Moor End Academy
Job 2: All Saints Catholic College
As a Customer Service Assistant, you will help to ensure that a
high quality, customer focused catering service is delivered to
pupils, staff and visitors to the school. You will also operate a
till, taking cash, issuing change and cashing up at the end of
service. In addition to providing the service on a day to day
basis, you will be involved in providing theme days and other
events to promote and develop the service.
You will need to have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or the
ability to attain this together with the ability to communicate
effectively to encourage good relationships with customers and
colleagues. It is anticipated that you will work Monday to Friday
between 10.45am and 2.45pm approximately.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Customer Service Assistant
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
PRP 7946
£3,794 - £4,007
12½ per week in term time only
Crosland Moor Junior School, Huddersfield
To be considered for this job please answer the four questions
in the shortlisting information and either complete the online
application or submit a CV which includes your contact details,
work history and details of two referees.
As a Customer Service Assistant, you will help to ensure that a
high quality, customer focused catering service is delivered to
pupils, staff and visitors to the school. In addition to providing
the service on a day to day basis, you will be involved in
providing theme days and other events to promote and develop
the service.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car.
You will need to have a basic food hygiene certificate or the
ability to attain this together with the ability to communicate
effectively to encourage good relationships with customers and
colleagues. It is anticipated that you will work Monday to Friday
between 11.30am and 2.30pm approximately.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing
8th December 2014.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Catering Supervisor
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Place
PRP 7954
£11,243 - £12,529
24
Heckmondwike & Dewsbury
Business Support Officer
Through your catering team you will ensure that a high quality,
customer focused catering service is delivered to the clients,
staff and visitors. In addition to the challenges of managing the
business on a day-to-day basis, you will be required to improve
and develop the service to meet changing customer needs. You
will work Thursday to Sunday between the hours of 8.30 am 3.30 pm at both Meadow Green and Woodland Court Extra
Care Schemes.
You will have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent
qualification. All food is prepared fresh on site and you should
have the ability to prepare and produce up to 30 meals or more
daily. Administrative skills and the ability to supervise staff are
also essential.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
You will primarily provide specialist administrative support to the
Local Land Charges & Highways Registry teams in the
Investment & Regeneration Service.
Working extensively with digital maps and historical paper
records, the successful candidate will answer conveyancing
searches and other enquiries from the public, in addition to
providing more traditional administrative support. An interest in
Local Land Charges and record keeping generally would be
beneficial.
The ability to work accurately, paying attention to detail is
essential, as are excellent customer care skills.
Main duties:
Data processing (input and retrieval) - including service
based IT systems.
Responding to non routine enquiries/complaints,
signposting as required.
Specialist word processing.
Produce basic statistical and management information.
Information and record management as directed.
Undertake project work under supervision.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Mobile Cook (5 Jobs)
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
PRP 7927
£13,657 - £14,316 (for 35 hours) plus mileage
allowance
20 to 35 term time only
All Schools across Kirklees
You will be guaranteed 20 hours per week, depending on
the location you could work up to 35 hours per week.
You will ensure that a high quality, customer focused catering
service is delivered to pupils, staff and visitors to the school.
You will assist the Catering Supervisor/Manager (or Assistant
Manager) in the preparation and service of food and assist with
menu planning and stock control. In addition to providing the
service on a day to day basis, you will be involved in providing
theme days and other events to promote and develop the
service. You will provide direction and guidance to customer
service assistants and provide cover for the duties of the
Catering Supervisor, Manager or Assistant Manager in their
absence.
IR 7958
£16,215 - £16,998
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Flint Street, Fartown, Huddersfield
It is essential that you have good IT skills and that you are
familiar with a variety of computer packages in particular
Microsoft Office and that you are able to demonstrate business
and administration skills to NVQ Level 2.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
You will have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent
qualification, and will prepare meals for a minimum of 100
customers daily. You will be required to work Monday to Friday
between 7.30am and 2.30pm approximately.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Kirklees is advertising these on behalf of:
Lifeline
Kirklees
Helping Drug Users since 1971
www.lifeline.org.uk
S U P P O R T W O R KE R
O UT L O O K R E C O V E R Y P R O G R A M M E
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35 Hours per week. Contract until 30 September 2015.
Salary: Pt 14– 18; £15,882 - £17,333 per annum pro rata.
You will be responsible for providing day-to-day cover supporting the
delivery of the Outlook Recovery Programme across Huddersfield
and Dewsbury, while providing support to the Outlook development
workers in ensuring activities are effectively promoted to all service
users. You will have experience of working with adults in an advice
giving or social care capacity, an interest in and awareness of
current issues around substance misuse, an ability to manage and
prioritise workload, and an understanding of professionalism.
Applicants are welcome to contact Pam Jogee on (01484)
353333 or Mark Tomlinson on (01924) 438383 for an informal
discussion about the job.
TO APPLY: PLEASE COMPLETE AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST STATING
YOUR INTEREST IN THE POSITION AND DEMONSTRATING YOUR SKILLS AND
ABILITIES BASED UPON THE CRITERIA IN THE EMPLOYEE SPECIFICATION.
THIS WILL BE NO LONGER THAN 2 SIDES OF A4. FOR AN APPLICATION
PACK WHICH INCLUDES AN EMPLOYEE SPECIFICATION AND JOB
DESCRIPTION CONTACT VAL CLARKSON OR ADELE FAWCETT ON (01484)
353333 OR EMAIL CENTRALSERVICESADMIN@LIFELINEKIRKLEES.ORG.UK
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST MUST BE RETURNED TO CENTRAL SERVICES
AT LIFELINE KIRKLEES, 12 STATION STREET, HUDDERSFIELD HD1 1LZ.
Closing date: 17th November 2014 at 10:00am.
Interviews: 19th and 20th November 2014.
Lifeline welcomes applications regardless of race, colour, nationality,
ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or
age. Applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities
for the job.
We are currently recruiting staff to work on a casual/temporary basis
in schools, children’s centres and nursery schools in Kirklees:
Educational Teaching Assistants*
Enthusiastic, committed Education Teaching Assistants to support
individuals and groups of pupils.
Salary: hourly rate £10.06 (Grade 6).
Business Support Assistant/Officer*
Previous experience of working in a school environment is desirable but
not essential.
Salary: Grade 4/5 dependent on the placement.
Nursery Officer*
Must hold NNEB or other relevant childcare qualifications/training to level 3.
Salary: hourly rate £10.06 (Grade 6).
We offer free regular training sessions for all our supply staff.
To request an application pack or for more information contact:
Kirklees Supply Service
Red Doles Lane
Huddersfield, HD2 1YF
Tel: 01484 225083
Email: kss@kirklees.gov.uk
www.kirklees.gov.uk/kss
*Appointments subject to the appropriate checks
Business Development Officer
Part Time (20 hours per week)
£22,000 per annum (pro rata)
Initially 1 year with good potential for renewal
The Indian Muslim Welfare Society is one of the largest
voluntary community organisations in the Yorkshire and
Humberside region. We are seeking to recruit a highly
motivated, enthusiastic and committed individual to play a
significant role in further developing and marketing the
organisation.
This is a new job and will provide you with the opportunity to
work for a very successful voluntary sector organisation. You
will need to be highly motivated and be prepared to innovate
and develop new business initiatives.
You will need to be educated to a high level and have at least 2
years’ experience in a similar role. You must have excellent
written and communication skills. Previous experience of
fundraising and bid writing will be advantageous but not a
prerequisite.
Closing date for applications is: 5pm on Friday 28
November 2014.
For an application form and further details please
contact: IMWS, Al-Hikmah Centre, 28 Track Road, Batley,
WF17 7AA. Tel: (01924) 500555 E-mail: info@imws.org.uk
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Kirklees is advertising these on behalf of:
SALENDINE NOOK HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMY
Deputy Headteacher
Reports to: Governing Body and Headteacher
Responsible for: All aspects of areas in relation to the
running of the School
Hours of work: 30 per week
Salary: Competitive (Dependant on qualifications and
experience)
Probationary period: 6 months
NEW HEY ROAD · HUDDERSFIELD · WEST YORKSHIRE ·
HD3 4GN
TELEPHONE: 01484 657541 FAX: 01484 460579
E-Mail: office@snhs.kirklees.sch.uk
HEADTEACHER: MRS C.G. SPENCER
“Preparing our children for living in 21st century
Britain by imparting fundamentals of mutual respect,
integrity, endeavour and continuous improvement”
EDUCATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS X 2 JOBS
The above is the vision for our school and one that the GB,
Headteacher, Senior Management Team and all our teaching
and non-teaching staff are committed to achieving.
Paradise Primary School was established in 1998 with a
cohort of 8 pupils and today we have over 230 children
between 3 – 11, and we are still growing. We have a
strong, passionate and committed team which continues to
strive towards excellence.
1 x Temporary Job (until Summer 2015)
Grade 5 - 28 hours, 45 minutes per week, term time
only.
We are looking for an inspirational leader with proven
management and assessment experience who demonstrates
passion for teaching, excellent interpersonal skills and the
ability to work closely with staff, pupils, governors and
parents.
We require a Deputy Head who:-
Supports the school’s vision and ethos
Is an outstanding teacher in any of the
Primary phases (EYFS, KS1, KS2)
Has high expectations of what can be
achieved
Has a proven track record of raising pupil
attainment
Understands how children learn best and
never gives up on them
Is a successful and effective coach and
mentor
Has total commitment to support and drive
school improvement.
Has a strong commitment to professional
development.
Wants an opportunity to help shape the future
of teaching & learning.
'Our school is committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff
to endorse this commitment. All job holders will be
subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.'
1 x Permanent Job Grade 5 - 28 hours, 45 minutes per
week, term time only.
Applications are invited from caring persons who are able
to work as part of a team to support the learning and
welfare of pupils in school.
The job is to support primarily with English and Maths so
knowledge and expertise in these subjects will be
essential.
Particular emphasis will be on working with individual
pupils or small groups, as well as effective involvement
with parents/carers.
Applications and further details available from
Salendine Nook High School on 01484 657541 or from
our website www.snhs.kirklees.sch.uk
Applicants should include no more than two A4
sheets of additional information with their
application.
Completed forms must be returned directly to
the Head Teacher, Mrs. C.G. Spencer, Salendine
Nook High School, New Hey Road, Huddersfield,
HD3 4GN by Monday 24th November 2014.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in
employment and to avoiding unlawful discrimination in
employment or to our parents and stakeholders.
For further information, or to apply for this job,
please visit www.paradiseschool.org.uk
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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Kirklees is advertising this on behalf of:
North Lincolnshire Council
Economic Team Manager – Scunthorpe
Economic Team Manager
(Temporary to cover maternity leave)
Job number: PLRE2100
Grade/salary: Grade 10 SCP 42 – 45
£35,784 – £38,422
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Civic Centre, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1AB
Description:
We are looking for a dynamic individual to lead the Economic
Development Team. The post is fixed term for one year but may
become permanent at the end of the contract. As the Manager you
will lead on delivering regeneration and economic initiatives to take
North Lincolnshire forward as an area. This is an exciting time
with ambitious infrastructure plans including the Lincolnshire
Lakes, South Humber Enterprise Zone and Scunthorpe Town
Centre Redevelopment moving to the implementation stage.
You will provide the direction to the team to support sector
development and secure funding to deliver private sector
economic growth and job creation. The role will develop productive
working relationships with a range of statutory, public and private
sector partners to benefit. You will also be responsible for
identifying new opportunities for regeneration initiatives. If you are
ambitious and want to work in a business-focussed and dynamic
environment where you can make a positive difference, then we
would welcome your application.
Please visit the website for more details
http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/jobs
Closing date: Friday 14 November 2014 at noon.
Kirklees is advertising this on behalf of:
Policy Officer Post Ref. CA/EX3
Grade 13 SP41 - 43 £42,374 - £46,304 per annum 37 hours.
Based in Leeds City Centre. Closing date 23rd November 2014.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is the driving force for economic growth across Bradford,
Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield and York.
Established on April 1st 2014, it brings together the key decision-makers from across the West
Yorkshire and York Local Authorities and the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership to tackle our
shared economic challenges and facilitate close collaboration on transport, regeneration and economic
development.
The organisation also provides expert policy and project support to further the collective ambitions of the
West Yorkshire and York Leaders and Chief Executives on agendas that span much wider than
transport and the economy.
We are looking for a highly effective policy officer with a wealth of experience of working in a politically
charged, strategic, fast-paced environment to make a central contribution to the Leaders’ and Chief
Executives’ shared policy function, taking a particular lead on the development of the sub-regional
approach to public service innovation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for co-ordinating and undertaking policy development and
providing strategic advice in support of the collective intentions of the West Yorkshire and York
authorities with a notable specialism in public service reform and innovation.
In exercising such a high profile and strategically important role, all applicants will need to demonstrate
considerable evidence of applying well-honed political judgement, consummate persuading and
influencing skills and impressive oral and written communication techniques.
An in-depth understanding of the complexities and opportunities attached to the public service reform
agenda at various spatial levels is essential as are ideas about how this agenda could be innovatively
progressed within West Yorkshire.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is an IIP organisation and is ranked as one of the best public
sector employers to work for in the UK. We have a flexible and encouraging approach to helping you
achieve your best work/life balance and career goals with a range of benefits including a local
government career average pension scheme, a free countywide travel by MCard (zone 1-5) and
flexitime working scheme.
Please submit your application by 23 November 2014.
Candidates will be invited for interview by e-mail no later than Friday 28 November 2014. If you have not
been notified by this date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Interviews will be held on the mornings of the 3rd and 4th December 2014
No Agencies please.
Candidate information will be retained by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority for 12 months unless
you make a request for this to be deleted.
Apply online
Please read the Policy Officer Job Description before applying for this job.
You can then apply online: https://westyorks-ca.firmstep.com
You can also read about the Benefits.
If you have any technical difficulties, please telephone 0113 251 7256.
Kirklees is advertising this on behalf of:
Learning Support Assistant and Lunch Time Activity Support Role
This job is to commence 5th January 2015. It is on a fixed term basis and is not
expected to go beyond 31st August 2015.
Vacancy No:
LJS2014A
Closing Date:
Midday Monday 24th November 2014. Interviews to be held on
Monday 1st December 2014.
School:
Lindley Junior School
Lindley Junior School Academy Trust is a charitable company limited by
guarantee
Headteacher:
Miss P A Thompson
Location:
George Street
Lindley
Huddersfield
HD3 3LY
Tel:
01484 222116
Email:
office@lindleyjunior.org.uk
Hours:
8.55am – 12.55pm
Salary:
£7,490.52 - £7,852.31
Details available
From:
Description:
www.lindleyjun.org.uk – all details and application form
can be downloaded.
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The start date is Monday 5 January 2015. The job is offered on a fixed term basis and is not
expected to go beyond 31st August 2015.
The Head Teacher and Governors are seeking to recruit an additional member of staff. The
job involves a learning support assistant role and a lunchtime activity support role. You will be
joining a strong and professional team.
This is a part-time position for a total of 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday during term
time only. We provide excellent conditions of service with paid holidays and an occupational
pension scheme.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure & Barring
Service Check will be required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates from
appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
Completed form must be returned directly to the Head Teacher at the school.
For further details, please download documents from the school website:
www.lindleyjun.org.uk or contact the school office (Mrs Lawler 01484 222116).
Kirklees is advertising this on
behalf of:
Grounds Maintenance Operative
Kirklees & Leeds PFI Housing/ Schools Contracts
Salary – £14,500 - £16,000
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week - (Monday to Friday – hours to be determined)
ABOUT PINNACLE PSG:
Our core services: Housing and neighbourhood management, Mixed tenure management, Soft and hard
facilities management, Interim management, Street scene and public realm, 24/7 contact services.
People Places Potential underpins everything we do, from the services we deliver to the way we go about
delivering them. With 15 years experience and over 1700 directly employed members of staff, we are able to
provide a range of quality, joined-up services that deliver exceptional performance and value for money to
public, private and third sector organisations, across the UK. For more information about the organisation and
its services, visit www.pinnacle-psg.com
DUTIES:
• Horticultural grounds maintenance tasks at the contracted sites.
• Driving company vehicles and transporting plant, machinery and equipment.
• General maintenance of grounds e.g. Grass cutting, clearing of leaves, litter, hedge and shrub trimming.
• Chemical and hand-weed control.
• Ensuring that all visited locations are left in a clean and tidy state.
• Maintenance of records relating to tasks performed, timesheets, materials, vehicles and equipment.
• Reporting any damage or vandalism to Pinnacle-PSG premises or property to the Grounds Manager.
• Maintenance of vehicles and machinery and reporting vehicle defects.
• Use of appropriate tools and equipment including the operation of powered hand tools, minor plant and
machinery.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Ability to work to laid down schedules.
• Ability to work as part of a team and use own initiative.
• Excellent customer liaison skills together with a commitment to customer service.
• Enthusiasm, drive, ambition and commitment.
• PA1/PA6 qualifications are desirable.
• A full driving licence and trailer license is essential.
• Knowledge of the use of chemicals (COSHH) and Health and Safety legislation is desirable.
• As this role will involve working in Extra Care Facilities, confirmation of appointment will be subject to
completion of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
If you require any further information please contact Daniel Mulhall on
0113 821 4823.
If you wish to apply for this position, please email your C.V to Daniel.mulhall@pinnacle-psg.com or
post to Daniel Mulhall, Pinnacle PSG, Unit 7, Cliffe Park Way, Bruntcliffe Road, Morley, Leeds, LS27
ORY.
The closing date for applications is 14th November 2014
Pinnacle strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from
anyone regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, age, trade union activity, marital
status, religious belief or sexual orientation
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Investing in people, transforming places, maximising potential
www.pinnacle-psg.com
JOBS OPEN TO COUNCIL EMPLOYEES ONLY
To apply for these jobs you must be an employee of the Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start
date. You must also be a substantive employee (or an employee with 12 months continuous service or more) of the Council, a Positive
Action Trainee or an Apprentice.
The following jobs are only available to existing council employees because these jobs are part of our internal employee development programme.
Please make sure you are eligible for a particular job before you apply.
Please note that, if you are refused permission to apply for a secondment job or opportunity to “act-up” by your manager because you cannot be spared
from your substantive job, you may register this with the Recruitment Unit. This will ensure that the job is advertised if a decision is subsequently taken
to establish it substantively. If you do not register your interest and your manager’s refusal now – the Service will have the option to offer the job
substantively to anyone who occupies it for 12 months or more. Further details and registration forms are available from the Recruitment Unit 1st Floor,
High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ. Telephone (01484) 225087.
Children & Adults
Investment & Regeneration Service
Special Educational Needs Assessment &
Commissioning Team Manager
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Principal Regeneration Manager
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
LS 7940
£42,032 - £43,640
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Kirkgate Buildings, Huddersfield
Fixed Term/Secondment for up to 2 years to cover a secondment
The Special Educational Needs (SEN) Assessment and
Commissioning Team works in partnership with schools, parents
and other agencies to ensure the delivery of an effective, efficient
and responsive service which fulfils all statutory duties within the
statutory framework of the Education Act 1996, and has regards to
the SEN Code of Practice.
You will provide leadership and management to this team at an
exciting and challenging time of significant change brought about
by the Children & Families Act 2014, ensuring the effective delivery
of a high quality service and contributing to the development of
policy for special educational needs and disability; your decisions
around assessment and provision for individual pupils will be legally
binding and often have significant financial implications to the
Council.
As part of your role you will be required to organise and chair
conciliation meetings to negotiate and resolve issues where
possible, in order to prevent appeals to Special Educational Needs
and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST); where appeals are held you will
prepare for and represent Kirklees at SENDIST where necessary
and appropriate. In addition you will be responsible for managing
legal challenges to the Service by preparing responses to MPs,
Elected Members and Solicitors on complex matters relating to
pupils with special educational needs on behalf of the Director of
Children and Adults and responding to the Ombudsman where
complaints have been made by parents.
You will have demonstrable experience of managing a team or
similar, within a children and young people setting. A skilled
negotiator with detailed working knowledge of relevant legislation
and guidance, you will have the ability to take a strategic lead in
workforce planning and development as well as considerable
experience of multi-agency working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required
for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates from
appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment
process.
If you are a substantive employee of the Council with over 6
months continuous service and you have successfully completed
your probation period your application for this job will be treated as
a secondment. You must obtain permission from your line
manager before applying and include the completed Secondment
Permission Form with your application.
Closing Date: 17 November 2014
IR 7956
£39,351 - £41,148
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Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield
The Investment and Regeneration Service is tasked with
making the Kirklees economy more resilient and better able to
adapt to economic and environmental pressures and
challenges. It does this by developing and delivering integrated
strategic plans and services to stimulate economic and
environmental activity. It also carries out regulatory functions
and aims to create fair conditions for businesses to operate.
The service's activity is focussed on growing the number of jobs
across the district, increasing the business base and providing
an appropriate supply of affordable homes. Regeneration,
Environment and Funding (REF) develop a range of
programmes and projects to deliver these priorities and make a
real difference to Kirklees businesses and residents.
As Principal Regeneration Manager you will work with
colleagues across the service to lead and manage a range of
projects which deliver these priorities. This will include activities
such as commercially focussed engagement with businesses,
increasing local employment and enhancing the skills of
Kirklees residents. It may also include infrastructure projects,
for example the development of areas in multi-ownership, and
environment or heritage improvements.
You will lead complex, challenging and often high value and/or
sensitive projects. These may arise from either public or private
sector led initiatives. Key skills for the role include devising
appropriately structured projects, building, managing and
maintaining effective relationships and devising communication
plans to deliver service priorities. You will also be expected to
prepare reports, studies and business cases for a range of
audiences, and undertake matrix management of project teams.
Detailed knowledge and experience in analysing detailed and
complex proposals from businesses and other partner
organisations is essential.
You will take a lead role in the creation of new partnership and
procurement opportunities to meet Council priorities. You will
prepare and present reports to appropriate decision making
structures of the Council including Programme Board(s),
Committees, Scrutiny Panels and Kirklees Partnership Boards
and external bodies. You will also advise Councillors, Members
of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament as
relevant.
Interviews are likely to take place between 11th - 16th
December 2014.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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JOBS OPEN TO COUNCIL EMPLOYEES ONLY
To apply for these jobs you must be an employee of the Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start
date. You must also be a substantive employee (or an employee with 12 months continuous service or more) of the Council, a Positive
Action Trainee or an Apprentice.
The following jobs are only available to existing council employees because these jobs are part of our internal employee development programme.
Please make sure you are eligible for a particular job before you apply.
Please note that, if you are refused permission to apply for a secondment job or opportunity to “act-up” by your manager because you cannot be spared
from your substantive job, you may register this with the Recruitment Unit. This will ensure that the job is advertised if a decision is subsequently taken
to establish it substantively. If you do not register your interest and your manager’s refusal now – the Service will have the option to offer the job
substantively to anyone who occupies it for 12 months or more. Further details and registration forms are available from the Recruitment Unit 1st Floor,
High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ. Telephone (01484) 225087.
Senior Development Officer
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Place
IR 7957
£24,892 - £35,784
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Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield
Community Care Officer
We are looking to appoint at Grade 11 - 12 (£31,160 - £35,784).
The Investment and Regeneration Service is tasked with
making the Kirklees economy more resilient and better able to
adapt to economic and environmental pressures and
challenges. It does this by developing and delivering integrated
strategic plans and services to stimulate economic and
environmental activity. It also carries out regulatory functions
and aims to create fair conditions for businesses to operate.
The service's activity is focussed on growing the number of jobs
across the district, increasing the business base and providing
an appropriate supply of affordable homes. Regeneration,
Environment and Funding (REF) develop a range of
programmes and projects to deliver these priorities and make a
real difference to Kirklees businesses and residents.
As a Senior Development Officer, you will be responsible for
delivering, on time and to budget, projects that are designed to
achieve service, corporate and strategic priorities, as outlined in
the Economic Strategy. Projects may arise from private sector
and/or public sector led initiatives and are likely to be
commissioned by other Council Services and therefore cover a
wide range of activities.
You will be involved in the creation of new partnership and
procurement opportunities, making effective use of appropriate
funding opportunities as they evolve, and devising and
managing appropriately structured projects, partnerships and
procurement strategies to ensure effective project delivery.
A key part of this role is building and maintaining positive
working relationships with the private sector, community
organisations, Elected Members, other Council Services and
public agencies. You will have a thorough understanding of the
context in which these partners operate.
It is essential that you have experience of supporting and
contributing to the development and management of complex
partnership and procurement projects and be skilled in
undertaking research and analysis to establish the impact and
effectiveness of this activity. With a track record in undertaking
project appraisals, feasibility studies, preparing business cases,
funding bids and project monitoring reports, you will be
experienced in devising and implementing appropriate project
management systems and budgetary control.
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
SAH 7949
£17,333 - £23,945
37
Empire House, Dewsbury
Fixed Term/Secondment up to 31st March 2015 to cover a
secondment.
Appointment will be made at Grade 6 £17,333 - £19,317 or
Grade 7 £20,400 - £21,734 dependant on experience.
Progression to Senior Community Care Officer, £22,443 £23,945, is via assessment.
Housing Options and Support is responsible for advising
customers about all appropriate housing and housing related
options and for carrying out assessments of homeless families
and individuals. You will work as part of the Young People and
Support Team, undertaking social care assessments and the
provision of services for 16/17 year old young people in housing
need in order to prevent homelessness.
You will need to have experience of working with
children/young people and their carers with the ability to identify
the needs of individuals and formulate assessments. You
should also be able to work effectively in a variety of settings
according to the client's and service's needs.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be
extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not
use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold
a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will
either use a council vehicle or your own car.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check is required
for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates from
appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment
process.
If you are a substantive employee of the Council with over 6
months continuous service and you have successfully
completed your probation period your application for this job will
be treated as a secondment. You must obtain permission from
your line manager before applying and include the completed
Secondment Permission Form with your application.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
Interviews are likely to be held on 15th /16th December 2014
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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JOBS OPEN TO COUNCIL EMPLOYEES ONLY
To apply for these jobs you must be an employee of the Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start
date. You must also be a substantive employee (or an employee with 12 months continuous service or more) of the Council, a Positive
Action Trainee or an Apprentice.
The following jobs are only available to existing council employees because these jobs are part of our internal employee development programme.
Please make sure you are eligible for a particular job before you apply.
Please note that, if you are refused permission to apply for a secondment job or opportunity to “act-up” by your manager because you cannot be spared
from your substantive job, you may register this with the Recruitment Unit. This will ensure that the job is advertised if a decision is subsequently taken
to establish it substantively. If you do not register your interest and your manager’s refusal now – the Service will have the option to offer the job
substantively to anyone who occupies it for 12 months or more. Further details and registration forms are available from the Recruitment Unit 1st Floor,
High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ. Telephone (01484) 225087.
Legal Governance & Monitoring
Children & Adults
Senior Electoral Officer
Business Support Manager
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
Reference
Salary
Hours
Location
LG 7968
£24,892 - £27,323
37
Albion Street, Huddersfield
We are looking to appoint to this job as part of succession
planning. The successful applicant will work alongside both
Senior Electoral Officers over the next 18 month period,
working in support of the two major scheduled elections in 2015
and 2016 and electoral registration activities. The successful
candidate will take over full responsibility for the lead area of
Absent Voting at the time when the existing job holder retires.
Electoral Services is responsible for the management of all
Parliamentary, European Parliamentary and local elections and
referendums within the local authority area, as well as
administering the electoral registration process.
The work of the team includes planning, developing and
implementing statutory procedures surrounding the registration
of electors and absent voters along with the administration of
free and fair elections and referendums in accordance with
legislation.
The electoral registration process is undergoing a major
transformation, we are developing new processes and joint
working initiatives with a number of other council services and
we are starting our preparation for the next combined elections
(UK Parliamentary, District and Parish).
You will have an appetite for a range of challenging projects
and an interest in elections and a willingness and aptitude to
learn.
The technical responsibilities of this role fall into two main areas
'Absent Voting' and 'Information Technology' you will be
expected to be able to work across both areas. You will also be
responsible for leading and directing a small team of staff,
advising staff on the more complex areas of electoral
administration.
In order to meet the challenges ahead, the service would like to
recruit someone who already possesses a number of core skills
which include organisational management and leadership. The
technical areas of 'absent voting' and 'information technology'
require someone with experience of working on their own
initiative, managing projects and ability to identify risk, resolve
problems and redesign processes within predetermined
deadlines.
CHP 7942
£22,443 - £23,945
37
Kirkgate Buildings, Huddersfield
The Commissioning and Health Partnerships Service
commission quality adult social care services that meet people
and their carers' needs. The Service is responsible for strategic
planning, joint commissioning, contract management, business
development and performance monitoring as well as a number
of specialist support functions.
Working as part of a team you will provide specialist business
and administrative support to officers within the Safeguarding
Adults Partnership team, particularly with regard to compliance
with the governance arrangements around safeguarding adults,
safeguarding adults reviews and the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard process; frequently within tight
statutory timescales.
The work is fast paced and can be of a nature that is sensitive
and confidential with subjects that can be distressing. The role
involves supporting the Safeguarding Board with complex
meetings and projects, annual reports and safeguarding adults
reviews.
The work involves a lot of complex communication and
negotiation with internal and external organisations to ensure
work is completed following the tight statutory timescales.
You should have business administration skills to NVQ Level 4
or able to demonstrate equivalent skills, with the ability to
produce complex and specialist documentation.
You will be managing two grade 6 BSO and will get support and
line management from the Safeguarding Adults Partnership Coordinator.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be
required for this job. A conviction may not exclude candidates
from appointment but will be considered as part of the
recruitment process.
Closing Date: 21 November 2014
There is a requirement to work flexibly and additional hours
(which can include unsocial hours, weekends, and bank
holidays) normally at election times.
For informal enquiries please contact either Sharon Salvanos,
Electoral Services Manager or Martin Haigh, Assistant Electoral
Services Manager on 01484 221650 (860 1650) .
It is proposed to hold interviews on 15th December 2014
Closing Date: 28 November 2014
For details of these jobs contact the Recruitment Unit, by post High Street Buildings, High Street, Huddersfield HD1 2NQ,
by telephone (01484) 225121, or by email recruitment.unit@kirklees.gov.uk with your name, address and reference.
Please allow 4 working days for receipt of applications. Apply online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/jobs
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