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Office Manager – SEN SchoolLocation: Croydon Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum Contract: Permanent, Full-Time Create Education are working with a welcoming and supportive SEN school in Croydon who are looking to appoint an experienced and highly organised Office Manager to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced school administrator or office professional who is confident managing the day-to-day running of a busy school office and has strong knowledge of BromCom school management systems. The RoleAs Office Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the school's administration and front office. Your responsibilities will include: Managing the day-to-day operations of the school office. Using BromCom confidently and effectively to manage school administration, attendance, pupil records and reporting. Acting as a key point of contact for pupils, parents, staff and external professionals. Supporting the Headteacher and senior leadership team with administration. Managing school records, correspondence and documentation. Overseeing attendance administration and following up on concerns. Supporting admissions, pupil data and new starter processes. Coordinating appointments, meetings and school communications. Ensuring safeguarding and confidentiality procedures are followed at all times. Supporting wider administrative processes across the school as required.The Ideal CandidateThe successful candidate will have: Previous experience working in a school office or educational setting. Essential: Proven experience using BromCom school management systems. Excellent organisational and administrative skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. The ability to prioritise effectively in a busy school environment. Experience dealing professionally with parents, pupils, staff and external agencies. A strong understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection. A calm, proactive and solutions-focused approach. Experience working within an SEN or specialist school environment would be highly desirable.Why Apply?This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive SEN school in Croydon where you will play a central role in keeping the school running effectively. The school can offer a salary of up to £35,000, depending on experience, alongside the opportunity to become a key member of the school's wider support team. Interested? Apply now through Create Education! We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities. A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees? As Senior Quantity Surveyor you will be supporting the team within Water and Environment, delivering complex infrastructure schemes. • Support Water Companies in delivering large capital programmes, providing an essential service, and improving the environment., • Provide commercial support to a large project or programme of works, • Ensuring robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and makes due allowance for all risks and opportunities, • Managing commercial inputs to the procurement process including ensuring that strategies are developed and agreed., • Contracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, programme submissions etc, • Ensuring robust cost management is undertaken at all times., • Proactive management of project and programme risk including ensuring that mitigation plans are in place and implemented., • Development of strong client relationships across its organisation, • Monitor that technical solutions meet with technical standards, legal obligations, and client requirements., • Use a systematic approach to critically examine the situation from different perspective., • Gather relevant information from different sources in reaching a decision., • Generate and weigh the different options in arriving at decisions., • Weigh the risks and consequences of all options., • Make well-reasoned, sound and timely decisions based on the needs of the situation, the clients and the team member, • Involve and consult those affected by the decision., • Maintain and build on existing client relationships to anticipate needs., • Chartered Surveyor, ideally MRICS, with a degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, • Experience working with NEC Contracts and other target cost, or cost reimbursable contracts, • Experienced in delivering commercial and contractual elements of heavy infrastructure projects., • Experienced in Contract Management, • Demonstrated background working within Consultancy or Main Contracting environment, • Ability to prioritise and able to work under pressure., • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues., • Excellent presentation and communication skills, • Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work, • Technically and commercially aware able to deliver on all post contract service delivery and to solve problems, • Proactive and self motivated, • Strong commercial knowledge, • Effective time management - efficient and adding value to projects, • Customer focus - ability to engage in sound relationships with the customer project team, • A knowledge and expertise in the water/wastewater industry sector We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. The Advisory and Programme Delivery(APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care. TheUnit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management. Our environment and water portfolio is primarily a UK based business delivering project, programme and commercial management services to regulated water/wastewater clients and the Environment Agency. Our work stretches across the entire project lifecycle, from pre-contract cost estimating and benchmarking to post contract QS services and commercial assurance. For project and programme management we deliver capital projects on behalf of our clients, both internal and external that range from several hundred thousand pounds in value to major projects and programmes worth over £0.5billion. Additionally we are the home of the cost intelligence service, a specialist team of data analysts and economists who provide expert advice across all sectors on inflation and indexation. We currently work with around half of the UK’s regulated water and wastewater companies. #LI-DJ1 Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future. We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute. We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at and we will talk to you about how we can support you. Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace. • Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues., • Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments., • Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues., • A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family., • Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too., • We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%., • Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary., • Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury., • Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing., • As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes., • A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme., • Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service., • Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers., • Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave., • Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay., • Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid., • Primary annual professional institution subscription., • A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options., • Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. #J-18808-Ljbffr

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY We are looking for a Reward Manager to play a key role in designing and delivering a reward framework that helps attract, motivate and retain exceptional people across our organisation. Working as part of the wider HR team, you will lead pay and reward strategy, manage annual pay review cycles, oversee benefits and pension schemes, drive equal pay initiatives and provide insightful analysis to inform decision-making. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced reward professional with strong analytical skills, expertise in pay and benefits, and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders. You will help ensure our reward approach is fair, competitive, compliant and aligned to our mission of delivering outstanding education and life-changing opportunities for young people. If you're passionate about using reward to make a real impact and want to contribute to an organisation that transforms lives through education, we'd love to hear from you. Job requirements MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Your responsibilities will include: Designing and managing performance-related pay, recognition and reward programmes that support engagement and high performance Managing employee benefits, including pension provision, and developing clear communications that maximise understanding and uptake Leading annual pay review and performance-related pay processes Maintaining and developing reward policies to ensure they remain effective, competitive and aligned with organisational needs Managing in-year pay review processes, ensuring consistency, fairness and value for money Ensuring compliance with reward-related legislation, regulations and internal governance requirements Monitoring external market trends, salary benchmarking data and sector developments to inform reward strategy Producing reward analysis, insights and reporting to support decision-making Leading the job evaluation process and maintaining accurate grading and salary structures Evaluating new and revised roles, balancing market competitiveness with internal equity and consistency Partnering with stakeholders to provide expert advice on reward, pay and job evaluation matters Identifying opportunities to enhance the employee value proposition and support the attraction, retention and motivation of colleagues For a full list of responsibilities, please download the Job Pack. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We would like to hear from you if you have: A track record of delivery in the scoping, design and implementation of pay and reward policies Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability both to see the big picture and to focus on detail in making robust, evidence-based decisions and recommendations Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders Experience delivering at pace, with the ability to prioritise effectively across competing demands Confidence to navigate complexity and ambiguity, with a strong understanding of relevant legislation, including Equal Pay requirements, Real Living Wage and the treatment of casual and atypical workers For a full job specification, please download the Job Pack. ? WORKING WITH US The founder and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990. We have, over the past thirty years, implemented ideas and initiatives that have transformed the opportunities of pupils from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds. Harris academies are widely recognised as a force for social mobility. We are immensely proud of the role that our alumni are now beginning to play in the world and of what we believe our current generation of pupils will go on to achieve. We now have over 50 schools educating more than 40,000 young people across London and Essex, and employ over 5,000 staff across our academies and head office. With the majority of our academies located in areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage, a high-quality education is key to the futures of the pupils we serve. As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff. Our work will impact many generations to come, and our staff come from all backgrounds and walks of life, coming together to inspire young minds. We promote an inclusive culture that embraces the valuable and enriching contribution that all of our community make. We continue to be proactive in uplifting and supporting all voices at Harris. To discover more about our culture, ethos and what it is like to work here, visit the Why Work For Us page. ? APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION If you would like to discuss the opportunity further, or if you have any questions, please contact us via email to arrange a conversation. Before applying please ensure you download the job pack from our careers website, t his will help with completing your application. Please note that we only accept applications submitted online before the closing date. When applying, you will have the option to import your CV or use a LinkedIn profile which will auto populate the online application. A reminder to check your junk mail for our email communications and add us to your safe senders list to ensure all future email communication is received. OUR VISION & VALUES Our vision, from the start, has been to provide the structure and services needed for our schools to amount to more than the sum of their parts, and to free-up our teachers and leaders to focus on one thing and one thing only: the outstanding education of all their pupils. Our young people and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Our core mission has always been to close the educational gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers. Our ambition is one where every child in London, no matter their background, has equal access to high quality education, giving them the same opportunities and potential to succeed. We know there are many challenges facing our young people and the communities we serve, and that's why we need determined people like you to help us tackle those inequalities. Whilst each of our academies has their own unique cultures and values; as a whole Federation, we have four core values which are central to successfully achieving our vision: Excellence, Collaboration, Support, and Innovation. We are proud of our values because they guide us in how we work allowing us to achieve the best possible outcomes for our young people, communities, and colleagues. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed. Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment. ? WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU Harris has a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level. You will also have access to a variety of benefits, support programmes and initiatives including: Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development and career progression Annual loyalty bonus Pension scheme (Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contribution 26 days' annual leave (inclusive of our Christmas Eve closure day) plus bank holidays, rising to 27 days after 2 years' service, or equivalent for staff on term time contracts Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan including cover for routine and specialist healthcare Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme Wide range of shopping, leisure, and travel discounts 20% off at Tapi Carpets, exclusive to Harris employees Interest-free ICT and season ticket loans For most non-teaching staff based at our Head Office in Croydon, we also offer lifestyle friendly working arrangements including flexible start and end times, and hybrid working with two days from home and three days on site. 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We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Head of Building Services to lead the delivery of building, technical and major works services across a diverse residential and commercial property portfolio. This senior role will manage a multidisciplinary Building Services Team comprising surveyors, engineers, building services specialists and administrative colleagues. Reporting to the Director of Property, you will work closely with property management, legal, health and safety, insurance and regional teams to ensure projects and services are delivered professionally, efficiently and in full compliance with statutory requirements. You will provide clear leadership across major works, procurement and tendering, ensuring that contractors and consultants are appointed through robust processes and that projects are completed on time, within budget and to the required standard. • Act as the principal point of contact for major works programmes across the property portfolio., • Prepare project documentation and present proposals, progress reports and recommendations to the Major Works Committee and Board., • Lead, motivate and monitor the performance of the Building Services Team., • Oversee the preparation, review and implementation of 10-year capital expenditure plans for each property., • Establish and manage effective procurement, contractor appointment and tender award processes., • Ensure major works and refurbishment projects are accurately costed and delivered in a timely, cost-effective manner., • Monitor the performance of consultants and contractors, addressing variations, delays, disputes and quality concerns., • Work closely with residential property teams to progress major works and flat refurbishment programmes., • Lead regular major works review meetings and maintain clear communication between central, regional and area teams., • Keep directors informed of significant project risks, resident disputes, cost variations and emerging industry issues., • Oversee the appointment and management of service providers responsible for statutory compliance, including gas safety inspections, electrical testing, water hygiene and asbestos management., • Ensure all inspections, reports, certificates and supporting records are current, complete and appropriate in scope., • Work closely with the Health and Safety Team on high-rise buildings and other properties., • Ensure warranties, certificates and other essential building information are accurately maintained on the relevant systems., • Provide technical advice and day-to-day support to property teams on construction, maintenance and property management matters., • Maintain appropriate professional and operational standards across the Building Services function., • Act as an authorised point of contact for urgent out-of-hours works and approve emergency call-outs when required., • Support area teams with major works consultations and resident communications., • Ensure the Section 20 consultation process is managed correctly and that resident observations are considered and addressed appropriately., • Ensure suitable Building Services representatives attend residents' association meetings when required, providing clear updates on major works projects., • Provide technical information, advice, updates and witness statements in connection with First-tier Tribunal or court proceedings., • Attend hearings and represent the organisation when required., • Support internal and external legal advisers on property, construction and major works matters., • Ensure value for money is achieved when tendering and delivering major works and flat refurbishment projects., • Work with the Insurance Department to ensure claims are managed professionally and promptly., • Maintain productive relationships with contractors, consultants, residents, property teams and senior stakeholders., • Provide the Board with clear updates on project performance, professional matters, industry developments and potential future risks., • Undertake additional property-related assignments and refurbishment projects as directed by senior leadership. You will be a credible building services or property professional with substantial experience of leading major works and technical services across a complex property portfolio. You will combine strong technical knowledge with commercial judgement, people leadership and confident stakeholder management. • Significant experience in building services, surveying, property maintenance or major works delivery., • Proven leadership of multidisciplinary technical and administrative teams., • Strong knowledge of procurement, tendering, contractor appointment and contract management., • Experience of capital expenditure planning and budget control., • A sound understanding of statutory property compliance and building safety requirements., • Knowledge of Section 20 consultations and leasehold major works processes., • Experience of working with residents, legal advisers, insurers, consultants and contractors., • The ability to prepare and present clear reports to committees, boards and senior leaders., • Strong organisational, problem-solving, negotiation and communication skills., • The ability to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to urgent situations., • A relevant professional or technical qualification; chartered status would be advantageous., • MRICS or MCIOB qualified This is an influential leadership position offering responsibility for a varied property portfolio and a broad programme of capital works, compliance and refurbishment projects. You will have the opportunity to shape standards, strengthen procurement and project controls, develop a specialist team and make a visible contribution to the performance and safety of the portfolio #J-18808-Ljbffr