Job Specification: Project/Contracts ManagerLocation: Bexley, London Position: Project/Contracts ManagerWorking Hours: Monday to FridayIndustry: Fire & Security (Passive Fire Industry) About the Client: Our client is a well-established and leading fire & security company based in the borough of Bexley, specialising in providing high-quality fire protection solutions across a range of sectors. With a focus on safety, reliability, and innovation, they are seeking to expand their team with a skilled and experienced Project/Contracts Manager to manage and oversee key projects. Role Overview: The Project/Contracts Manager will be responsible for the management and successful delivery of projects within the passive fire industry. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in project management, ideally within the fire protection sector, with a strong understanding of passive fire safety measures. This role will also require leadership skills, as the individual will be expected to build and lead a team. Key Responsibilities:Project Management: Oversee multiple fire protection projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.Team Leadership: Build, manage, and develop a strong project team, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and effectively.Client Liaison: Serve as the main point of contact for clients, ensuring excellent customer service and managing client expectations throughout the project lifecycle.Compliance & Standards: Ensure all projects meet industry standards, codes, and regulations within the fire safety sector, particularly passive fire safety.Risk Management: Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize delays or cost overruns.Reporting: Provide regular project progress reports, including financial tracking, project timelines, and key deliverables to senior management.Coordination: Work closely with internal teams, contractors, and suppliers to ensure smooth project execution.Skills & Experience: Essential:Significant experience working within the passive fire industry, with a solid understanding of fire protection systems and passive fire safety measures.Proven experience in managing fire protection projects, ideally in a contracts or project management role.Strong leadership skills, with experience in building and developing a project team.Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise with clients, contractors, and internal teams.Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously.Full UK driving licence.Desirable:Relevant qualifications or certifications in fire safety, project management, or construction.Experience working with or managing large-scale fire protection projects.Familiarity with fire safety compliance and regulations.Benefits:Competitive salary based on experience.Monday to Friday working hours.Opportunity to work with a leading fire & security company.Career progression and professional development opportunities.Supportive work environment with a focus on team development.How to Apply: If you have the relevant experience and are looking for a new challenge in the fire & security industry, please apply now by submitting your CV.....Read more...
Holt Executive are supporting a leading defence industry organisation on their hire for an experienced Head of Commercial to support its business growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience negotiating and administering contracts with key defence customers, including UK and US government agencies and major defence contractors.
As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will lead commercial activities, collaborating with Business Development and Project Management teams to develop solutions for tenders and oversee contract management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead contractual activities in tender processes, preparing responses and supporting bid approvals.
- Provide commercial risk guidance to the Senior Leadership Team, advising on terms and conditions.
- Draft and review agreements, ensuring compliance with due diligence policies.
- Support Supply Chain teams in subcontract negotiations.
- Advise and assist Project Management teams in contract execution from initiation to closure.
- Resolve contractual conflicts and ensure effective risk mitigation.
- Manage and develop the Commercial Team, ensuring best practices.
Skills & Experience Required
Essential:
- 10+ years experience.
- Strong knowledge of UK and international defence contracts, including pricing, financing, and contract law.
- Experience negotiating contracts and working across business boundaries.
Personal Attributes:
- Independent thinker with strong leadership and negotiation skills.
- Ability to assess and mitigate contractual risks.
- Effective manager and team leader, able to drive process improvements.
Security Clearance
Due to the nature of the business, UK Security Clearance is required. Applicants must have proof of identity, employment history, and UK residency for at least five years.....Read more...
We are currently looking for an Office Manager for our Family Based Manufacturing Company in the heart of Sheffield.
This role is Monday to Friday role and offers a salary dependent upon experience £35,000 - £40,000 per annum, as well as fantastic company benefits such as pension/ overtime / training and development. What's in it for you as an Office Manager -
Salary dependent upon experience £35,000 - £40,000 per annum.
Hours of work are Monday to Friday – 40hours a week , early finish on a Friday.
Working for a Manufacturer , that has been in business for 40+years.
Leadership and management opportunities as the MD wants to take a step back.
Job security and personal career development opportunities within a family-based Manufacturer.
Key responsibilities of the Office Manager -
Work alongside our client team to support the design and development of cutting-edge solutions, systems, and products.
Drafting Documents, Reports, and Proposals.
Strategic thinking, foresight, and risk management.
Managing Quotes, Contracts, Confidential Data.
Experience Required for Office Manager -
Comfortable to learn and adopt new tools and software to enhance productivity.
Very strong communication skills.
Proficiency in office and business administration, including managing quotes, invoices, purchasing, financial documents, and contracts.
Manufacturing based background.
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Job Title: Interim GP Practice Manager (Part-Time)
Location: GP Practice, South Birmingham
Contract: 3-6 Months (Immediate Start), Inside IR35
Hours: Part-Time (2-3 Days Per Week, Onsite)
Day Rate: £350-£400 per day (Inside IR35, dependent on experience)
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Interim Practice Manager to support a busy 8000 patient GP practice in South Birmingham on a part-time basis (2-3 days per week) for 3-6 months. This role requires a proactive leader to ensure the smooth operation, compliance, and financial stability of the practice during a transitional period.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Management: Oversee the day-to-day running of the practice, ensuring efficiency and compliance with NHS and CQC standards.
HR & Staff Support: Manage staff rotas, recruitment, payroll, and team development, supporting both clinical and administrative teams.
Finance & Contracts: Oversee practice finances, including NHS funding streams (QOF, Enhanced Services, PCN contracts, claims), budgeting, and invoicing.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure adherence to CQC, NHS England, and Health & Safety regulations, supporting audits and quality improvement initiatives.
Patient Services: Maintain high levels of patient satisfaction, handling complaints, feedback, and service improvements.
IT & Systems Management: Oversee clinical systems (e.g., EMIS, SystmOne, Docman), ensuring efficient use and data security.
Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with the Primary Care Network (PCN), ICB, NHS England, and external partners.
Requirements:
Proven experience as a Practice Manager or in a senior management role within primary care.
Strong understanding of NHS contracts, QOF, CQC regulations, and primary care finance.
Experience in HR, recruitment, payroll, and team management.
Excellent leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
Proficiency in GP practice software.
Ability to start immediately and commit to the contract length.
Day Rate: £350-£340 per day (Inside IR35, dependent on experience).
Contract Type: Umbrella (Inside IR35).
Hours: 2-3 days per week, onsite in South Birmingham.
Please click the button to apply or share your CV to rajiv.bharadva@practicus.com to arrange a time to speak.
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Area Operations Manager - £44,000 Per Annum - Including a car allowance - Full-time - permanent
Do you have experience in Operations Management? Are you looking for a varied and interesting role? Are you a natural leader with good communication skills? Do you have multi-site experience?
If you answered yes, then keep reading!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operations Manager to support the security functions & car park operations across our Healthcare sites. If you have demonstrable experience in multi-site, client facing operations management role with P&L management this could be the position for you. This is an excellent chance to join a dynamic and growing company and support & grow APCOAs operations across our Healthcare sector .
What you'll do:
- Supporting the Head of Healthcare service, you will be involved in the operational support of various contracts.
- Oversee all elements of individual teams development and performance inclusive of coaching, appraising and disciplinary support up to and including dismissals.
- You will address any areas of underperformance and put in place corrective action plans to address these at site or individual level.
- Responsibility for ensuring compliance with H&S regulations at all sites will lie with you. You will need to put in place corrective action plans to address any local issues.
- Liaison with & overseeing contractors, site works & maintenance issues.
- Manage all fleet vehicles assigned to various site within the area
- Creating monthly reports and ad-hoc reports as & when required
- Manage clients expectations and you will need to attend regular client meetings
- Carry out car park inspections and security Audits on an ad-hoc basis and create to do lists for local management.
- Act as the focal Point for the Security industry Authority
What you'll bring:
- Demonstrable experience in Operations Management within a multi-site environment
- Experience of P&L accounting, producing & managing budgets
- Excellent leadership skills
- Confident & Competent to develop beneficial relationships with the clients, senior managers and key stakeholders
- Able to prioritise workloads in a fast-changing work environment
- Competence to work under pressure, with a positive and resilient nature
- IT literate with experience of using MS Office packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Have a hands-on can-do approach
- Full UK driving licence essential
- Experience within the security industry would be advantageous, but is not essential
Does this sound like you? Click "apply" today and one of our team will be in touch shortly.
We are focused on ensuring APCOA is a fair place to work regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality or level in the organisation. We offer a motivating work environment where successes are shared. With challenging projects and an atmosphere of fostering and support, staff have the development opportunities to fulfil their potential while aiming for excellence in their work.....Read more...
A leading provider of flexible workspaces is seeking a Maintenance Manager to oversee all operational aspects of its Düsseldorf site. This is a hands-on role that requires expertise in facilities management, maintenance, health & safety, and security. The role also involves regular travel to Frankfurt (weekly) and Hamburg (occasionally).Key Responsibilities:
Oversee building maintenance, cleaning, and security to ensure smooth daily operations.Ensure compliance with local and national regulations.Manage and track preventive and corrective maintenance programs.Negotiate and manage contracts with facility service providers and contractors.Plan and schedule critical maintenance to minimize business disruptions.Lead facility improvement projects and oversee new openings in Germany.Conduct quality checks to ensure operational policies and procedures are up to date.Act as the primary contact for facility emergencies and landlord communications.Implement and manage building security systems, access control, and CCTV.Work closely with sales and community teams to support operational needs.
What We’re Looking For:
5+ years of experience in Maintenance or Facility Management (essential).Background in hospitality (strong advantage).Strong knowledge of security systems, IT, and AV equipment.Excellent problem-solving and project management skills.Ability to work proactively and independently while being a strong team player.Fluency in German and English (both written and spoken).
What’s in It for You?
Permanent, full-time position in an international company.Opportunities for career growth and development.A dynamic and fast-paced work environment.Competitive salary and benefits package.The chance to shape the operations of a growing business.
How to Apply:further details, apply today or send your CV to clay@corecruitment.com.Due to the volume of applications, we may not be able to provide feedback to all applicants. If you haven't heard from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Nevertheless, feel free to reach out!
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Holt Executive is excited to partner with a leading global connectivity provider in the search for a Senior Sales Manager who will be tasked to generate new business opportunities from both new and existing clients. Covering the UK, USA and other regions, you will work closely with the Business Development and Service team to promote and sell the company's services across a key market.
Alongside managing direct reports, this position holder will be a key figure in driving business growth. Working in a competitive market, you must have a winning mentality and work ethic to go the extra mile.
Key Responsibilities:
- To seek out, promote, market and sell products and services into new & existing accounts.
- Handle new sales enquiries.
- To develop/maintain strong relationships in all areas and levels with nominated customers.
- To liaise with and manage the process flow with the Technical Services Department to ensure excellent service provision to our customers.
- To provide sales support to specified Key customers.
- To provide quotations.
- To have commercial awareness of the marketplace and customers account activity.
- Maintain the sales database dynamically with new leads/quotes.
- To produce sales budgets, forecasts and reports.
- To ensure contracts and purchase orders are issued and signed by the customer in good time.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Knowledge of and experience in selling VSAT solutions.
- Ability to multi-task and produce accurate work with short deadlines.
- Interpersonal/Team skills.
- Flexibility around working hours and must be prepared to travel extensively.
- Comfortable presenting to engineers and well as the C Suite
- Eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
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To maintain and administer 1st line and 2nd line Telephone Support service desk services.
Management of IT assets (laptops, desktops, mobile phones, printers etc.) reporting directly to the IT Service Desk Manager, completing set out long-term/short-term projects, ongoing daily tasks, quality control checks, implementing hardware handling processes.
Working closely and in conjunction with Service Desk Team members, monitoring and managing call queues, tickets and emails. Ensuring new starters and leavers are processed correctly and on time. Identify priority cases and jobs, actioning promptly.
Investigate, troubleshoot, and fix any incidents assigned to you, or escalate them to the relevant team.
Ensure security and strict confidentiality.
Communicate effectively to with customers, internal and external to the organisation.
Training:You will be allocated the time required during the working week to attend learning sessions that support your apprenticeship course.Training Outcome:Our apprenticeships are the perfect way to gain new skills and earn while you learn. The apprenticeship offers a clear pathway to a rewarding career within our IT Department. Employer Description:We are Polaris, one of the UK’s largest leading communities of children’s service providers.
Within the community, we have independent fostering and adoption agencies that have been passionately improving the lives of young people for over 30 years, as well as Leaving Care services, Education, and bespoke children’s services contracts. Our nurturing community works collectively to support the very best outcomes for each and every child in our care. We’re ambitious for our children and young people, families, and staff, and believe in their futures.Working Hours :Monday - Friday between 9am - 5pm.Skills: Communication skills,IT skills,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Administrative skills....Read more...
Role Climate17 are working with a well-known international Independent Power Producer that build, own and operate renewable energy assets across the UK and Europe. They are actively searching for an experienced Asset Manager to oversee a number of solar assets/SPVs by ensuring best practices for safety, quality and environmental performance, whilst enhancing the overall returns and value of each project. Responsibilities Management of the contracts of the SPVs to ensure that all assets are in compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental performance, local planning authority requirements, grid company connection conditions and power purchase agreements.Optimise project performance; monitor contractor performance during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance with a view to ensuring all contracted SLA’s are met or betteredReview and enhance maintenance strategies and activities with a view to reducing down-time, review regular and other reporting provided by the contractors and ensure any issues are being suitably addressed,Identify and establish the necessary KPIs to monitor the performance of each asset.Identify equipment faults, carry out diagnoses and troubleshooting activities with support from O&M or the Monitoring Team.Prepare regular asset management reports on each asset.With support from O&M’s and monitoring team diagnose and remedy operational problems.Visit company sites to assess status and conditions of the wind farm; maximum of 4 per year per project.Manage the spare parts management, insurance and warranty claims, review site performance calculations, record and review of key deadlines under project contracts and schedule and coordinate PPM activities.Maintain data security under GDPR and any associated UK legislation.Comply with all required fire and HSEQ regulations. Requirements Degree educated in STEM subject, or equivalent.Advanced Excel skills (understanding of macros, visual basic, Python or SQL would be advantageous)Experience in interpreting mechanical & electrical engineering drawings, work instructions, and design reviews.3-5 years solar Asset Management experience (Asset Management, O&M, Construction, Consultancy).Experience with remote monitoring systems on plant and equipment (preferably Solar)IOSH managing safely or other H&S qualifications (HV awareness, WTSR’s) - desirable.Wind/battery, O&M, Construction or consultancy experience – desirable. Location: Bristol - Hybrid working available About Us Climate17 is a purpose-led, international Renewable Energy & Sustainability recruitment firm. We provide specialist talent acquisition services to organisations seeking to reduce their environmental footprint, as well as those working towards the decarbonisation of the energy sector. Inclusive Application Process Climate17 is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. We believe there is no solution to climate change without people. We aim to increase diversity across all areas and as such, we are committed to partnering with clients and candidates to create an inclusive and sustainable regenerative world. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. If you require additional support, equipment or resources in order to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know.....Read more...
Reception Manager, City of London, Multi site restaurant group! Up to £55,000Reception ManagerLocation: City of LondonSalary: £55,000COREcruitment is working with a multi-site restaurant brand in the heart of London who are looking for a Reception Manager to join their team! You will be an experienced and highly organised Reception Manager to oversee front-of-house operations, ensuring an exceptional welcome experience for clients, partners, and visitors.This role is pivotal in managing day-to-day reception activities while supporting a seamless, professional environment that reflects our commitment to excellence. The Reception Manager will lead the reception team, maintain office standards, and liaise with other departments to ensure smooth office operations.Key Responsibilities:• Front Desk Operations: Oversee and manage all reception area activities, ensuring a professional, friendly, and efficient greeting and check-in experience for all visitors and callers.• Team Leadership: Lead, train, and motivate the reception team, setting high standards for customer service and professional conduct. Coordinate schedules to ensure front desk coverage and manage team performance.• Client and Visitor Experience: Maintain a warm and welcoming environment at the front desk, promptly addressing any client or visitor needs and resolving any issues that may arise.• Office Presentation: Ensure the reception area and surrounding common areas are well-organized, clean, and stocked with all necessary supplies and materials.• Administrative Support: Provide administrative support to other departments as needed, including coordinating meeting room bookings, managing incoming and outgoing mail, and handling couriers.• Security and Compliance: Manage visitor access control systems, ensuring that all protocols are adhered to for the safety of guests and employees.• Vendor and Supplier Relations: Liaise with external suppliers and vendors for office supplies, maintenance, and other front-of-house needs, negotiating contracts where applicable.• Continuous Improvement: Develop and implement processes to enhance the efficiency of front-of-house operations and improve the client and visitor experience.Qualifications and Skills:• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in a reception or front-of-house role, with at least 2 years in a management or supervisory capacity, ideally within a corporate environment.• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach and motivate a team.• Customer Service Excellence: Exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills, with a client-first attitude.• Organizational Skills: Highly organized, with strong time-management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively in a fast-paced environment.• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.• Problem-Solving: Able to proactively identify and resolve issues with a positive, solution-oriented approach.• Tech Proficiency: Familiarity with office and visitor management software, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook), and adaptability to new technologies.If you are keen to discuss the details further, please apply today or send your cv to Sophie@corecruitment.com....Read more...
About YouAre you enthusiastic about engaging and collaborating with a wide range of partners and stakeholders?Are you passionate about developing and delivering innovative projects and PropTech solutions to support the property market?Are you proactive and able to lead and support projects and initiatives?If so, read on...We are looking for a proactive and innovative Business Development Manager to join our Innovation, By-Products and Services Delivery TeamAbout The RoleAs Business Development Manager you will be expected to:Work with stakeholders to support the development and delivery of our by-products and servicesIdentify innovative opportunities for new products and services and help to build the proposals for these to be developed and taken to marketSupport the Principal Development Manager in developing new relationships and opportunitiesHave a proactive approach and be able to lead and support projectsHave a strong commercial, financial and sustainable mindset to ensure proposals deliver added value.Have experience with PropTech or related industries and comfortable working with and understanding the property market. Proactively manage established customers and contracts of the Mining Remediation AuthorityAbout The RoleYou will be responsible for leading the way in proactively managing our established customers and contracts, whilst systemically growing and fostering strong relationships with new prospects, working with a range of public and private stakeholders alongside supporting the development and delivery of our by-products and services, particularly within the PropTech sector. You’ll support the Principal Development Manager in the discovery and development of new relationships, to help widen the Mining Remediation Authority’s customer base and deliver value and income from our by-products and services. You’ll achieve this by liaising between customers and cross-functional internal teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to our customers’ needs, and through effective contract management. Understanding the markets and industries we work with will be key and by working closely with key stakeholders within the team and across the business, you’ll identify innovative opportunities for new products and services and help build the proposals for these to be developed and taken to market to help future proof and diversify the Mining Remediation Authority’s portfolio. We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description. Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office) Schedule
Application closing date: 23rd March 2025Sifting date: w/c 24th March 2025Interviews: w/c 31st March 2025(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)Security:Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.We are unable to provide sponsorship for this roleAbout Mining Remediation AuthorityOur benefits:
A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.Unlock exclusive employee discountsEnsure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.Working with us:We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.Who we are:Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000....Read more...
Property ManagerSalary: £21,840 (£32,760 FTE) Depending on skills and experience Contract: Permanent role. Working Hours: 25 hours over four days (flexible between the hours of 8 am – 6 pm). Occasional work outside these hours may be required. Location: Based in Manchester, occasional travel to Sheffield and other cities within the UK.Deadline to apply: 19 March 2025Interviews: Thursday 27 March 2025
Role SummaryA unique opportunity for an enthusiastic individual, who shares our values, to work for one of the UK’s leading social businesses. You will ensure that our property in Manchester is well managed and an attractive place for our tenants to be based and that they operate in accordance with our ethical and environmental principles.You will be based in Manchester, at The Green Fish Resource Centre, where you will be responsible for day-to-day management.
You will be part of the North and Midlands Regional team and will be supported in your role by the Regional Manager. You will network with other colleagues across the Company, including those based in our head office in Oxford, and will participate in the property managers’ forum meetings.
The Ethical Property CompanyFounded 26 years ago, the Ethical Property Company provides affordable workspace to charities, community groups, campaigns and social businesses working for a fairer and more sustainable society. From humble beginnings, the company has grown steadily and now owns or manages 23 centres across the UK providing affordable office, retail and conference space to over 1,000 social change organisations. Flexible leasing arrangements provide our tenants with long-term security and working alongside like-minded organisations offers them influence-enhancing networking opportunities.
The company has some 100 staff, based in our properties in London, Oxford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Bath, Brighton and Manchester. Our centres are managed to minimise energy use, waste, car travel and the use of harmful materials while offering tenants modern, affordable and flexible space managed in a transparent and supportive way.
The Post
Property Management responsible for:
• Being the first point of contact for tenants, maintaining excellent communication with tenant organisations• Ensuring that the building is presented to a high standard at all times.• All building-related issues, communicating these effectively to contractors and ensuring timely and cost-effective resolution of building-related problems.• Procuring and implementing contracts for routine maintenance for plant/machinery and services and for carrying out routine periodic testing of fire systems, legionella prevention, etc.• Facilities management, such as cleaning (including the line management of our Cleaners), fire safety systems, security systems, waste and recycling provision, liaising with our IT provider Oryx Align, and internal signage.• Compliance with Health and Safety legislation including risk assessments, fire risk assessments, testing of health and safety systems and equipment.• Approving invoices• Ensuring centre documentation is adequately maintained, including Codes of Practice, Building Logs, Periodic Inspection sheets, and Plant Service and Maintenance documentation.• Managing moving in/out of tenants, and showing prospective tenants around the building.• Any other duties related to the management of the properties in your area as required.
Environmental Reporting and Utilities Management responsible for:• Liaising with colleagues, as required, on the production of utility usage charts and environmental performance charts.• Identifying potential usage issues with Property Managers and/or Centre Managers.
Other responsibilities include:
• Attending regular Property Manager meetings and other company-wide events, such as; the Employee Conference, Equality and Diversity training, Company Induction Days, etc.• Other duties as required, in line with the role.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:
Essential Skills/Experience:
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work, multi-task and remain flexible• Good standard of spoken and written English• Strong communication skills, with experience of communicating at all levels• Good level of numeracy• The ability to act quickly and effectively using own initiative• Ability to be a team-player• Trustworthiness and reliability• Experience of providing quality services to customers• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
• Experience of risk assessment for health and safety purposes• Commitment to social and environmental issues• Some experience of working in the social and environmental sector• Some experience of working in facilities management.
Contractual DetailsThis is a permanent role with a three-month probationary period. Benefits include 25 days holiday entitlement (pro-rata) in addition to statutory public bank holidays. The post is part-time working 28 hours a week split across four days a week. The salary is £21,840 pro rata (£32,760 full time equivalent).
We offer a company pension contribution up to 7%, a free company bicycle scheme with bicycle maintenance costs, season ticket loans, interest free personal loans, as well as other benefits.
Please note, you must be eligible to work in the UK in order to apply for this role. No agencies please.
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Property ManagerSalary: £21,840 (£32,760 FTE) Depending on skills and experience Contract: Permanent role. Working Hours: 25 hours over four days (flexible between the hours of 8 am – 6 pm). Occasional work outside these hours may be required. Location: Based in Manchester, occasional travel to Sheffield and other cities within the UK.Deadline to apply: 19 March 2025Interviews: Thursday 27 March 2025
Role SummaryA unique opportunity for an enthusiastic individual, who shares our values, to work for one of the UK’s leading social businesses. You will ensure that our property in Manchester is well managed and an attractive place for our tenants to be based and that they operate in accordance with our ethical and environmental principles.You will be based in Manchester, at The Green Fish Resource Centre, where you will be responsible for day-to-day management.
You will be part of the North and Midlands Regional team and will be supported in your role by the Regional Manager. You will network with other colleagues across the Company, including those based in our head office in Oxford, and will participate in the property managers’ forum meetings.
The Ethical Property CompanyFounded 26 years ago, the Ethical Property Company provides affordable workspace to charities, community groups, campaigns and social businesses working for a fairer and more sustainable society. From humble beginnings, the company has grown steadily and now owns or manages 23 centres across the UK providing affordable office, retail and conference space to over 1,000 social change organisations. Flexible leasing arrangements provide our tenants with long-term security and working alongside like-minded organisations offers them influence-enhancing networking opportunities.
The company has some 100 staff, based in our properties in London, Oxford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Bath, Brighton and Manchester. Our centres are managed to minimise energy use, waste, car travel and the use of harmful materials while offering tenants modern, affordable and flexible space managed in a transparent and supportive way.
The Post
Property Management responsible for:
• Being the first point of contact for tenants, maintaining excellent communication with tenant organisations• Ensuring that the building is presented to a high standard at all times.• All building-related issues, communicating these effectively to contractors and ensuring timely and cost-effective resolution of building-related problems.• Procuring and implementing contracts for routine maintenance for plant/machinery and services and for carrying out routine periodic testing of fire systems, legionella prevention, etc.• Facilities management, such as cleaning (including the line management of our Cleaners), fire safety systems, security systems, waste and recycling provision, liaising with our IT provider Oryx Align, and internal signage.• Compliance with Health and Safety legislation including risk assessments, fire risk assessments, testing of health and safety systems and equipment.• Approving invoices• Ensuring centre documentation is adequately maintained, including Codes of Practice, Building Logs, Periodic Inspection sheets, and Plant Service and Maintenance documentation.• Managing moving in/out of tenants, and showing prospective tenants around the building.• Any other duties related to the management of the properties in your area as required.
Environmental Reporting and Utilities Management responsible for:• Liaising with colleagues, as required, on the production of utility usage charts and environmental performance charts.• Identifying potential usage issues with Property Managers and/or Centre Managers.
Other responsibilities include:
• Attending regular Property Manager meetings and other company-wide events, such as; the Employee Conference, Equality and Diversity training, Company Induction Days, etc.• Other duties as required, in line with the role.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following:
Essential Skills/Experience:
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work, multi-task and remain flexible• Good standard of spoken and written English• Strong communication skills, with experience of communicating at all levels• Good level of numeracy• The ability to act quickly and effectively using own initiative• Ability to be a team-player• Trustworthiness and reliability• Experience of providing quality services to customers• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
• Experience of risk assessment for health and safety purposes• Commitment to social and environmental issues• Some experience of working in the social and environmental sector• Some experience of working in facilities management.
Contractual DetailsThis is a permanent role with a three-month probationary period. Benefits include 25 days holiday entitlement (pro-rata) in addition to statutory public bank holidays. The post is part-time working 28 hours a week split across four days a week. The salary is £21,840 pro rata (£32,760 full time equivalent).
We offer a company pension contribution up to 7%, a free company bicycle scheme with bicycle maintenance costs, season ticket loans, interest free personal loans, as well as other benefits.
Please note, you must be eligible to work in the UK in order to apply for this role. No agencies please.
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About YouDo you have water infrastructure or environment sector construction experience and want to use it to prevent and reverse environmental impacts from historic mining operations?Can you help us by leading a team to deliver exciting new mine water treatment projects?Do you want to be part of the change to make rivers cleaner and healthier to benefit people, wildlife and the economy? If so, read on......You’ll have:Proven record of delivering projects from conception to buildExperience of managing consultants and contractors through NEC4 ECC contractsExperience of managing a budget of £5m+An ability to manage and prioritise a high-volume workload & multiple projectsExcellent budget, programme & risk management skillsHighly developed communication and interpersonal skillsSelf-motivation and excellent time managementTeam player, able to work with other teams to deliver the programmeLiaison, negotiation and public presentation skills We are particularly interested in hearing from people with some or all of the following:Experience of working in the water and waste water treatment or environmental sectorsExperience of identifying and developing solutions for constrained and complex water remediation projectsExperience of developing and delivering refurbishment of existing assets About The RoleAt the Mining Remediation Authority the Environment Department is responsible for addressing the issues of water pollution from abandoned coal and metal mines across Britain by developing new schemes and supporting the operation of over 75 existing mine water treatment schemes. There are three main delivery programmes covering sites spread across the former coal and metal mining areas in England, Wales and Scotland.We are recruiting to fill a Programme Lead position on our Water from abandoned Mental Mines (WAMM) programme. The role is responsible for the day to day delivery of the programme, supporting and leading a team to deliver complex new water treatment schemes and refurbishments of existing schemes.You'll be:Leading the day-to-day delivery of the DEFRA Metal Mine Programme team, undertaking daily line management, a senior project role and project management of selected schemes.Providing support and assistance to the Principal Programme Manager in the overall management of the Programme Team.Managing internal relationships and internal / external stakeholder management.Leading the team and managing other team members in the delivery of their projects to time, budget and quality requirements.Providing support & governance the DEFRA Metal Mines Programme professionals to develop the team.Working with the Principal Programme Manager to ensure projects are compliant with the Programme Technical Assurance and Governance process, which may require engagement with senior users/end users.To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description. Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office) Schedule:
Application closing date: 6th April 2025Sifting date: 8th April 2025Interviews: w/c 14th April 2025(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)Security:Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements. Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship.About Mining Remediation AuthorityOur benefits:
A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.Unlock exclusive employee discountsEnsure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.Working with us:We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.Who we are:Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000....Read more...
Job Description:
Are you keen to build upon your existing procurement experience? Can you demonstrate experience of supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist to join the team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a part time position - 4 days per week with a hybrid working setup, based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Skills/Experience:
Experience of procurement process including supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence.
Experience of working effectively with business teams around supplier requirements.
Experience of working with databases and IT systems such as SharePoint.
Experience in supplier management and dealing with a variety of third parties.
Ability to negotiate key commercial terms and review and assess supplier contracts
Knowledge of key/typical commercial contract terms across a range of different type of suppliers
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work quickly and accurately using your own initiative.
Prioritising and managing a number of different projects at the same time spanning different business areas.
Core Responsibilities:
Supporting agreement and roll-out of a supplier selection framework to embed within the business. This includes working with a wide range of stakeholders to increase awareness and engagement.
Supporting business owners with the selection (including tender support) and onboarding of any new suppliers (this includes where appropriate, constructively challenging new supplier selection and onboarding). This involves engaging with proposed suppliers, supporting with any internal governance approvals required and carrying out effective due diligence on suppliers to ensure that required standards are met, including information security, data protection, corporate social responsibility (including anti modern slavery) and diversity and inclusion.
Diligently inputting and maintaining supplier data records on our systems.
Ongoing due diligence on existing supply base. This may include supporting with the audit of suppliers.
Working with Supplier Manager to support business owners in relation to performance management/KPIs/incident management and exit.
Producing relevant Management Information in relation to our supply base.
Building and maintaining strong links and positive relationships with all business areas within the firm to promote, champion and help to deliver effective supplier selection and management activities.
Building positive relationships with key suppliers.
Maintain policies, processes, templates, and guidance for the firm.
Driving cost savings.
Keeping up to date with industry best practice; and
Delivering training where required.
Benefits:
A highly competitive salary
Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 16024
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
At Core-Asset, we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.
By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we’re advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you’re agreeing to be bound by this policy.
Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.
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Job Description:
Are you keen to build upon your existing procurement experience? Can you demonstrate experience of supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Our client has a fantastic opportunity for a Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist to join the team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a part time position - 4 days per week with a hybrid working setup, based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Skills/Experience:
Experience of procurement process including supplier selection, onboarding, and due diligence.
Experience of working effectively with business teams around supplier requirements.
Experience of working with databases and IT systems such as SharePoint.
Experience in supplier management and dealing with a variety of third parties.
Ability to negotiate key commercial terms and review and assess supplier contracts
Knowledge of key/typical commercial contract terms across a range of different type of suppliers
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work quickly and accurately using your own initiative.
Prioritising and managing a number of different projects at the same time spanning different business areas.
Core Responsibilities:
Supporting agreement and roll-out of a supplier selection framework to embed within the business. This includes working with a wide range of stakeholders to increase awareness and engagement.
Supporting business owners with the selection (including tender support) and onboarding of any new suppliers (this includes where appropriate, constructively challenging new supplier selection and onboarding). This involves engaging with proposed suppliers, supporting with any internal governance approvals required and carrying out effective due diligence on suppliers to ensure that required standards are met, including information security, data protection, corporate social responsibility (including anti modern slavery) and diversity and inclusion.
Diligently inputting and maintaining supplier data records on our systems.
Ongoing due diligence on existing supply base. This may include supporting with the audit of suppliers.
Working with Supplier Manager to support business owners in relation to performance management/KPIs/incident management and exit.
Producing relevant Management Information in relation to our supply base.
Building and maintaining strong links and positive relationships with all business areas within the firm to promote, champion and help to deliver effective supplier selection and management activities.
Building positive relationships with key suppliers.
Maintain policies, processes, templates, and guidance for the firm.
Driving cost savings.
Keeping up to date with industry best practice; and
Delivering training where required.
Benefits:
A highly competitive salary
Wider Benefits package
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 16024
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
At Core-Asset, we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.
By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we’re advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you’re agreeing to be bound by this policy.
Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement
Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.
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About YouAre you an experienced property professional looking for a role where you can make a real impact? Do you want to use your expertise to manage and shape a land portfolio that supports vital environmental and operational projects? Are you looking for a challenge that combines property acquisition, risk management, and strategic land advice in a dynamic and meaningful sector? If so, read on...We’re looking for someone who can manage complex property transactions, provide expert advice, and play a key role in maintaining and developing our land portfolio. If you tick the following boxes, we want to hear from you:Property & Land Expertise: You have solid experience in property acquisition, land management, and disposals.Contract & Legal Knowledge: Skilled in managing leases, valuations, covenants, clawbacks, and property-related legal matters.Strategic Thinking: You can assess risks, provide expert property advice, and contribute to the Authority’s land strategy.Negotiation Skills: Proven ability to secure the best terms in property transactions, ensuring value for money.Stakeholder Engagement: You can build and maintain positive relationships with landowners, local authorities, and other key partners.Attention to Detail: You manage contracts, compliance, and statutory responsibilities with precision. Problem-Solving Ability: You thrive in a dynamic environment, handling complex property issues effectively.About The RoleThis is an exciting opportunity for a property professional to play a key role in managing the Authority’s land portfolio, supporting critical operational and environmental projects.Key Responsibilities:
Acquire, manage, and dispose of land and property to support the Authority’s operational and strategic needs.
Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities for the Authority’s surface property, excluding shafts and tips.
Manage lease renewals, valuations, covenants, and property-related risks, ensuring best-value outcomes.
Provide expert property advice to internal teams, helping to shape decisions on land use and development.
Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring effective property management.This is your chance to make a real impact—supporting vital projects that protect communities and the environment.Ready to take on the challenge? Join us and help manage a land portfolio that makes a real difference.We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description. Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office) Schedule:
Application closing date: 23rd March 2025
Sifting date: w/c 25th March 2025
Interviews: w/c 31st March 2025(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)Security:Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements. Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.About Mining Remediation AuthorityOur benefits:
A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.Unlock exclusive employee discountsEnsure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.Working with us:We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.Who we are:Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at recruitment@coal.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000....Read more...
South East Consortium - Who Are We?
We're a not-for-profit central purchasing body working in the public sector. We create frameworks and dynamic purchasing models for use by our customers. We're a membership organisation that provides options and solutions for public bodies that are looking to procure their contracts in a compliant and efficient way, mainly focusing on the housing sector, however we work with other public bodies too, such as blue light services and the education sector.
Our relationship centric approach makes us unique as we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We make sure we're easy to do business with, solution focussed and we add value each and every time a customer works with us. That's why we have grown to 57 member organisations that work with us, and we're also used by other customers on a non-membership basis. We have lots of repeat business, we act differently to our competitors - we're supportive, transparent, credible and we always act with integrity.
We're more than just a procurement organisation
We reinvest our surplus back into the industry through many different ways, as we're passionate about the sector we work in. We provide a wide-ranging suite of training courses that is heavily subsidised by SEC to both our customers and suppliers.
We engage our stakeholders through insight research groups that work together collaboratively to tackle some of the biggest challenges our peers are facing; by providing guidance and information that is shared with our customers, provided by experts within their relevant field.
We also support our customers' local communities by providing donations to their community projects, charities and services through our Foundations programme which reviews nominations annually to enable us to give back to our members.
SEC are involved with the Cabinet Office and other government departments such as the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Homes England and we've also been appointed as the Chair for the official Communities of Practice for London and the South East - Housing Sector Group. This means we're at the forefront of helping shape and influence Policy and Legislation. We also collaborate with other agencies and stakeholders such as The Chartered Institute of Housing, The Housing Forum, Constructing Excellence, RICS, CIOB, The National Housing Procurement Association and many more.
We run different events for our members, suppliers and wider network that include topic specific conferences, product launch events, alliance networks and our annual conference. Our Annual Conference is the 'go-to' event for all of our network and has been held at the London Stadium in recent years. This has grown in content and delegates and is something that the sector talks about for a long time after the event!
What we do in the Operations Team
We provide solutions for our customer's procurement and technical needs throughout all stages of their projects. Public procurement is legislated and for projects that are over the Government set thresholds for works, services and goods procurement can be lengthy, a drain on our customers' resources and expensive. That's why we offer more efficient routes to market that are quicker, easier but most important of all, compliant with the legislation.
There are four key areas of the operations team here at SEC.
Technical Team
Our technical team offer expertise, advice and services to help prepare our customers for their upcoming project. They create specifications, cost models, provide advice on asset management, leasehold consultation, review pricing that's received from tenders, offer market intelligence on trends and patterns and market conditions and they offer training on contract management, schedule of rates plus lots more.
Procurement Products
Our offer is based upon providing ease, options and value and one of our unique selling points is that we'll always make sure we're compliant and so are our customers.
We procure frameworks covering a wide range of different disciplines from decarbonisation, internal and external building works, consultancy services and compliance. Frameworks provide a faster route to market for our customers because once we've procured the framework we've completed a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of the over threshold procurement stage. We create specifications and cost models, and assess the quality and financial standing of our suppliers to create a shortlist - meaning our customers can be safe in the knowledge that we've tested the market and utilised our buying power through our reputation within the sector.
Procuring a framework can take anywhere from 12-18 months which is also the same amount of time that our customers could take with their own over threshold procurement projects. So we've completed the hard work for them!
We also create dynamic purchasing systems or dynamic markets that allow more specialist suppliers to be accessed by our network. These are dynamic as they allow for suppliers to be added at any time and also means our customers can ask their preferred suppliers to join it so they can then bid for opportunities that are advertised on the relevant dynamic model.
Procurement Projects
Our customers benefit from our frameworks and dynamic models as they can then complete a mini competition or direct selection with our selected suppliers that have been tested for suitability and quality. A direct selection process can be completed in as little as 3 weeks and a mini tender can be completed within 12 weeks - which saves them a lot of time and money overall.
Our customers benefit from our procurement expertise, support and advice throughout the procurement process, and we help them throughout all stages including pre, during and post procurement. Our aim is to act as an extension of our customers' teams offering advice on tender documentation, evaluation processes, assisting with moderations and finalising awards in a relationship-centric approach.
Procurement Strategy
Our vast network includes lots of different stakeholders from different organisations meaning we collaborate with them and seek different ways to grow and improve our offer. Our aim is to be innovative and create solutions for customers and help our sector tackle the various challenges they face.
We do this by attending different working groups, meeting and connecting with external stakeholders and partners, moving towards obtaining our Gold Standard Accreditation, delivering training on procurement, working with government departments on influencing and shaping policy and reviewing external factors to help inform our customers and revise our own strategy and offer.
The Future Vision for The Operational Team at SEC
Our customers rely on us to provide the services outlined previously and to help them navigate changes in the market, the legislative landscape and our support and insight into the sector's biggest challenges. We've grown our organisation steadily over the last 5 years and we're focussed on creating dedicated teams for the 4 operational areas.
We're seeking to supercharge our three areas in procurement by creating dedicated roles to lead and manage our teams to create resilience, flexibility and build even further on our relationship-centric culture.
The three senior manager roles will lead in these particular areas and work with the Director of Operations to ensure our teams are complying with processes, delivering exceptional customer service, managing and delivering our products as per the procurement plan, engaging with our supply chain, developing and implementing new products and collaborating with our network partners to deliver on strategic requirements of our services.
These roles will also be key in motivating their teams, creating individual development plans and making sure we're investing into our teams both individually and collectively. We're dedicated to supporting growth and development of our staff and we have demonstrated this through supporting and financing training courses, mentorship, coaching and even creating our future leader's programme. It's key that we build on this further and inspire our staff to ach
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