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We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION! For 30 years we’ve been creating incredible video games at our multiple studios, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film and mo-cap studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd. We are on the lookout for a Lead VFX Artist to join our passionate and growing VFX team to work on an upcoming unannounced project at the early stages of development. The VFX team is responsible for all visual effects developed in Rebellions games. Not only particle effects, but screen post effects, material effects, mesh destruction effects and UI effects developed in Rebellions propriety engine “Asura”. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping project-specific processes and delivering industry-leading VFX for exciting new titles, giving you a direct influence on the construction and pipeline requirements. This is an incredible opportunity for those eager to take on the challenge of providing impactful leadership and mentorship, fostering the development and career growth of a talented team. Responsibilities • Define the creative vision and technical direction for real-time visual effects across the project., • Guide, inspire, and mentor a team of VFX artists, ensuring high-quality standards and consistent visual language., • Partner with art, design, and engineering leadership to align VFX with gameplay, storytelling, and overall project goals., • Establish and maintain efficient workflows, pipelines, and best practices to keep the team productive and scalable., • Provide clear feedback, support career growth, and foster a collaborative, creative environment., • Own the delivery of VFX content at scale, balancing visual impact with performance budgets and platform requirements. We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our Oxford headquarters. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing remote options based on individual needs if you are based in the UK. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment. • Extensive professional experience in real-time VFX, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional artistry, technical mastery, and a cohesive visual style., • Leadership experience guiding teams of VFX artists, providing mentorship, and setting standards for quality and efficiency., • Expert proficiency with industry-standard tools (Blender, Photoshop, Substance, After Effects, Houdini, Embergen, or equivalents)., • Deep knowledge of particle systems, textures, simulations, and optimisation strategies for real-time performance., • Ability to define and communicate a clear vision for VFX that enhances gameplay and narrative., • Strong cross-discipline collaboration skills, with experience aligning VFX direction with art, design, and code., • Proven ability to solve complex technical challenges and establish scalable workflows and pipelines., • Experience with project planning, source control, and documentation, ensuring the VFX team operates smoothly within studio and departmental pipelines. We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including: • 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days), • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision, • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover, • Enhanced Family Leave, • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans, • Enhanced Pension Scheme, • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support, • Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events! Life at Our Oxford HQ Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio. Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable! Inside Rebellion Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. Find out more about us _ Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: _ #LI-Remote

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION! For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd. We are seeking an experienced or more senior DevOps Engineer to join our code department, playing a key role within a growing team! As a DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to designing and maintaining our infrastructure, implementing automation frameworks, establishing robust CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing performance and security measures. Your work will support our game development workflows, helping to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency. You will play an important role within a growing team, collaborating closely with other engineers to evolve and scale our infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact while continuing to develop your expertise in a supportive, team-oriented environment. This exciting opportunity can be based out of either of our studios in Oxford or Warwick, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment. Key Outcomes: • Maintaining high SLA uptime and service reliability, • Supporting the consolidation, improvement and expansion of our cloud infrastructure, • Improving visibility of cloud estate and health metrics, • Enhancing control and management of production infrastructure as the platform scales Responsibilities: • Deploy, manage and monitor cloud infrastructure in a LiveOps environment, • Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable cloud architecture, • Implement, maintain and improve cloud testing and automation tools, • Support the identification and deployment of cybersecurity measures, • Assist with incident management and root cause analysis, • Collaborate closely with code and build teams to ensure a streamlined workflow, • Work as part of a growing team to continuously improve DevOps practices and processes, • Proven experience working in a DevOps role, • Experience working within the video games industry, • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies (AWS/Azure), • Experience containerising applications and maintaining containerised infrastructure (ECS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes etc.), • Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI etc., • Experience with version control systems such as Perforce and Git, • Knowledge of logging, monitoring and incident response technologies, • Experience with Pulumi and Microsoft PlayFab is desirable We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including: • 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days), • Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision, • Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover, • Enhanced Family Leave, • Interest Free, Tax-Free loans, • Enhanced Pension Scheme, • EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support, • Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events! Right to Work Statement This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship. Life at Our Oxford HQ Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio. Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable! Inside Rebellion Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. Find out more about us _ Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: _ #LI-Remote

SafetyCulture is a customer and product-led SaaS company with an ambitious mission: empower front line workers to drive operational excellence and take ownership of their safety and wellbeing. Our HQ is in Sydney, and alongside our Manchester office located in the heart of the city centre, we also have a presence in Kansas City, Amsterdam, Manila, and Townsville. With our in-house product and engineering teams, we're continuously expanding our technology platform with products that give front line workers a voice, and leaders the visibility to make smart decisions in driving safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Our teams hold the customer at the heart of everything we do. Before we come to a solution, we ask: "How is this helping the customer?" An awesome opportunity has arisen for a German speaking, Senior Customer Success Manager to join our team! This is a full time role that will be hybrid from Manchester. You will be responsible for driving success across our highest opportunity accounts. You will act as a trusted advisor, ensuring customers maximise the value of our platform, achieve their business goals, and continue to grow their partnership with SafetyCulture. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of managing Enterprise customers in the Manufacturing, Transport, and/or Logistics industries. Apply today to join a groundbreaking team! • 10+ years of total work experience with at least 5+ years experience working in a customer facing role, ideally with Enterprise customers or within an Enterprise-level organisation, • Professional fluency in French and English, • Relevant industry experience in Manufacturing, Transportation, and/or Logistics or managing Enterprise customers in those industries, • Strong ability to build executive relationships and drive business value for Enterprise customers, • A background in leveraging data through a variety of tools to inform and execute customer-facing and internal strategies, • Persuasion and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate up and down an organisation, • Ability to actively listen, understand customer pain points and take action, • Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, • Serve as a strategic partner to a curated portfolio of Enterprise customers, helping them adopt and maximise the value of our solutions, • Understand customers’ business objectives, challenges, and industry-specific needs to drive success, • Own customer retention, ensuring renewals and reducing churn risk through proactive engagement, • Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and collaborate with Sales to drive expansion, • Leverage deep industry knowledge to provide tailored insights, recommendations, and best practices, • Advocate for customers internally, influencing product development based on industry trends and customer feedback, • Contribute to the development of industry-specific playbooks, collateral, and case studies, • Equity with high growth potential, and a competitive salary,, • Flexible working arrangements, we encourage you to create the best work blend while working from your home and the local SafetyCulture office;, • Access to professional and personal training and development opportunities; Hackathons, Workshops, Lunch & Learns;, • We encourage involvement in the community, open source work, attending talks and events, and experimenting with new technologies. You’ll also receive other perks such as: • In-house Culinary Crew serving up daily breakfast, lunch and snacks, • Wellbeing initiatives such as subsidised fitness programs, EAP services and generous parental leave policy, • Quarterly celebrations and team events, including the annual Shiplt! global offsite, • Table tennis, board games, gym sessions, book club, and pet-friendly offices.We’re committed to so our people can bring their whole authentic selves to work each day. We seek to make reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process to create an even playing field for all candidates. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the entire SafetyCulture team we’ve built an incredible culture which has seen us recognised as a Best Place to Work in , the and the . Even if you don't meet every requirement listed in the ad, please consider applying for this role. We prioritise inclusion and value individuals with potential over a checklist of qualifications. Don't rule yourself out, hit that apply button if this job resonates with you You can find out more about life at SafetyCulture via , , and .To all recruitment agencies, we do not accept resumes or partnership opportunities. Please do not forward resumes to SafetyCulture or any of our employees. We are not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.

Girls' Games Coach (Netball) When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. While we are primarily seeking an individual with a strong background in netball, we would be particularly interested in candidates who can also contribute to the wider delivery of our major games and sports programme. Our girls sports provision has grown significantly over the past two years, with an expanding programme of training sessions and fixtures taking place after school and at weekends. Alongside this, we offer a thriving and well-supported co-curricular sports programme, providing pupils with a wide range of opportunities to participate and excel. Working closely with the Director of Sport, the successful candidate will play an important role in the continued development and success of the girls sports programme. Person Specification The successful candidate will demonstrate: • Appropriate coaching qualifications, with a commitment to ongoing professional development and broadening their coaching expertise., • Recent and relevant coaching experience with young people, ideally within a school environment., • A reflective coaching approach, with consistently high expectations of themselves and the pupils they work with., • The ability to inspire and engage young people while acting as a positive role model for healthy exercise, well being and lifestyle., • Energy, enthusiasm and a genuine passion for increasing both participation and performance across a range of sports., • Initiative in identifying opportunities to enhance the school's sporting provision., • A positive, solution-focused approach and a willingness to contribute to a collaborative team environment., • A good sense of humour and the ability to remain calm, professional and effective under pressure., • An understanding of, and commitment to, the school's aims and values., • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team., • A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Job Specification The main responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to: • Working collaboratively with the Director of Sport and sports leads to ensure the highest standards of games provision., • Organising fixtures as directed by the Director of Sport., • Leading and supporting the delivery of the girls afternoon games programme., • Taking responsibility for coaching school teams and delivering individual sporting activities., • Contributing to the continued growth of the co-curricular sports programme through both leadership and support of activities., • Planning and delivering enjoyable, engaging and age-appropriate coaching sessions across a range of year groups., • Demonstrating the willingness and ability to deliver coaching sessions outside of their primary specialism when required., • Supporting the Director of Sport and fellow coaches in fostering a culture that values both participation and performance., • Making a full contribution to the co-curricular programme, enhancing sporting opportunities for both boys and girls across the school., • As a boarding school, the role requires flexibility and a willingness to work after school, and on some evenings and weekends, by prior arrangement., • Promoting Old Swinford Hospital sport positively within the local community and beyond., • Undertaking any other duties that may reasonably be required from time to time. Hours and Remuneration This is a zero hour contract - hours for afternoon games programme, after-school coaching, co-curricular sport and competitive fixtures. A remuneration package will be agreed upon appointment depending upon experience. In line with current regulation you will, if you are eligible, be offered a workplace pension through NEST. Equal Opportunities Old Swinford Services Ltd welcomes applications for employment from all sectors of the community. Suitability to Work with Children Old Swinford Services Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. The School reserves the right to close the job advert early where sufficient applications have been received and so we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for the post. JBRP1_UKTJ

Position Title: Support Worker Location: Fleetwood Hourly Rate:£13/hour Hours Per Week: Full time and part time (Part time hours less than 24 hours per week) Vacancy Type: Permanent Job Reference: SOLOKJS About Who Needs support I am a young man in my late 20s. I am a twin and live with my disabled twin brother in our own home with our Mum. I have Cerebral Palsy and use a wheelchair; I have an information processing disorder and take time to process information. I need support with my personal care; toileting, showering, changing. I use a lot of equipment to support my physical wellbeing which in turn supports my mental wellbeing. To support my mental health, I enjoy completing activities and wish attend community groups with like-minded people. I enjoy being active and outside, but I also like quiet time to relax in my own space. I want to explore many opportunities and learn new skills, that keep me busy and active. I enjoy Dungeons and Dragons, as well as trading card games and board games, chess, anime, bike riding, swimming, art, audiobooks. Skills you need for the role Brand new commission, for all day care various roles available and willing to take a mixture of full and part time, including evening and weekends. I need a team of carers who can think on their feet and be flexible as my plans can change as well as you also need to be reliable and trustworthy. You need to be fit and healthy to support me with my therapeutic exercises and leisure activities, manual handling is needed as well as your engagement. I need you to support me to continue to gain new and more life skills, meet up with old friends and experience new interests. You need to be self-reliant and organised and be able to follow the plans about how I like to receive my personalised care. You need to be able to work in a team as well as work independently including helping identify unique goals and planning projects for me to do. You need a positive, can-do approach to life, with common sense, and be able to problem solve on the spot. You need to be compassionate and aware of my changing needs. You will need to be able to support my healthy eating habits, as well as keep my house clean with domestic chores and cooking that I am not able to do. You need to read paperwork/ information/ courses to me, and record my views to respond, help break down information and use creative ideas to support understanding, learning and memory. Cat and dog are in the home which I need support with. You need to be able to deal with my twin brothers needs as and when arise for joint care, please see brothers advert for further details. Experience in Cerebral Palsy and Autism is not essential but would benefit supporting me, although full training will be provided to ensure you are fully aware of how to keep me safe and happy. Full time (40 hours) roles available for Car drivers with a full, clean driving license are essential, and candidates must meet the requirements for motor insurance purposes. BENEFITS In return for your dedication, youll receive a competitive rate of pay in addition to: • 5.6 weeks holiday per year (pro-rata for part-time positions)., • Company pension scheme after 3 months service, subject to the scheme rules., • Free training and development for all roles. SAFER RECRUITMENT All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and are exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. As part of our Safer Recruitment practices, any offer of employment will be conditional pending receipt of satisfactory references (see our Safer Recruitment Policy for more information). SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT Solo Support Services recognises that everyone has the right to be safe from abuse and neglect. We will actively promote the safety, health and well-being of everyone in our care by fostering an honest, open, caring and supportive climate within the organisation. We believe that safeguarding is everyones responsibility. Please be advised that decisions regarding applications and employment are made in conjunction with our client. Therefore, applications will be shared with them for consideration. We will anonymise all information provided to us to ensure your data is kept confidential prior to an offer of interview. You can view our privacy policy on our website JBRP1_UKTJ