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Teacher of PSHE Location: Hertfordshire Contract Type: Full-time, temporary Start Date: 04/01/2027 Salary: £35,602–£54,328 per annum (London Fringe M1–UPS3) Salary depends on experience and pay scale position. The maximum salary applies to candidates with substantial teaching experience equivalent to UPS3. Hours: 8:30am–3:30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only About the Role Teach Now is seeking a confident and thoughtful Teacher of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) to join a secondary school in Hertfordshire, teaching students aged 11–19 as appropriate to the timetable. You will deliver an engaging PSHE curriculum covering areas such as wellbeing, healthy relationships, consent, online safety, financial awareness and preparation for adult life. A key part of the role is creating a respectful classroom where students can discuss sensitive topics confidently and learn how to make informed choices. Working closely with pastoral and teaching colleagues, you will support students wider personal development while adapting resources for different needs, including SEND. You will also contribute to wider wellbeing and inclusion initiatives across the school. This role would suit a teacher who communicates clearly, handles sensitive discussions with sound judgement and is passionate about helping young people develop confidence, resilience and practical life skills. Key Responsibilities Plan and deliver inclusive PSHE lessons across the secondary timetable. Teach topics including relationships, consent, wellbeing, online safety and preparation for adult life. Create a respectful classroom environment for discussion of sensitive topics. Adapt activities and resources for different learning needs. Assess understanding through questioning, discussion and feedback. Work with pastoral and teaching colleagues to support student development. Follow safeguarding procedures and report concerns promptly. Essential Requirements A recognised teaching qualification, with QTS preferred. Experience teaching in a secondary school setting. Strong knowledge of age-appropriate PSHE content and sensitive-topic teaching. Confidence managing respectful discussion and maintaining clear classroom boundaries. Good understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional responsibilities. Strong communication, organisation and classroom management skills. The right to work in the UK. Willingness to provide satisfactory references and complete an enhanced DBS and other safeguarding checks. Why work via Teach-Now? Teach-Now is a widely recognised education recruitment company, offering excellent customer service and professional development for teachers and support staff. Your own dedicated consultant for ongoing support and guidance. A refer a friend scheme paying £150 for each candidate you refer once they have worked and been paid for their first 10 days. Pay in line with the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR), meaning equal pay to a permanent employee. Access to a wide range of CPD training through our in-house team of experienced senior leaders. Application Process Apply below or contact Teach-Now directly. Applicants must hold the appropriate teaching qualifications and training. If you are not contacted within two working days, your application has been unsuccessful for this role. We will keep your CV and continue supporting your search for work in education. Teach Now operates stringent safer recruitment procedures. We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers. This post is subject to enhanced DBS clearance

Amberside Advisors Ltd (‘AAL') specialise in providing project finance consultancy and advisory services to public and private sector organisations. AAL combines market-leading financial modelling capability with experienced project finance expertise, and our services include commercial and financial advisory, refinancing, due diligence, model development, model audit and training. We have worked on more than 1,500 projects to date across a wide range of sectors and global locations, and our clients are well-known companies with billions of pounds of investments. Part of the Steer Group since July 2022, we serve a global client base through 22 offices across four continents and take great pride in providing high quality advisory, customer service and insight into our clients' projects. Our core industry sectors are low carbon, transport, decentralised energy, large scale energy and infrastructure, and we regularly advise on major projects ranging across heat networks, wind, solar and biomass, road and rail, schools and hospitals, as well as public service delivery contracts in sectors such as local authorities, healthcare, education and justice. AAL are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity across our employees. In addition, staff wellbeing is a key focus for AAL, and annual events are dedicated to reconnecting with colleagues, welcoming new joiners and having fun together as a team. Furthermore, weekly social events provide an easy and enjoyable way to get to know your peers. As a Commercial Advisor, you will be expected to manage and complete projects to a high standard (with the support of management/directors), often as the client's primary point of contact. You will be expected to provide expert commercial, market, technical/industry (including policy) knowledge and to begin to specialise and contribute to a practice area, whilst managing project resources (such as financial modelling consultants) collaboratively across teams. Helping to grow and expand the practice area of Commercial Advisory, with particular knowledge of Renewables as an extension to our market leading decentralised/district energy practice, you will demonstrate strong client management skills, providing commercial advice to energy infrastructure transactions, developments, and projects (including public sector, investors, and corporates), and drive business development activities, including supporting adaption of business strategy in response to client demand, and external trends. • Managing several complex client engagements (projects and proposals) or components independently - consulting with colleagues where appropriate, • Building relationships with new clients and understanding their needs, to generate and communicate proposals that are attractive to such clients, • Managing commercial aspects of an individual engagement to achieve desired levels of quality and profitability, • Executing projects and maintaining a review process to ensure projects are completed to a level that meets the high quality standards of Amberside Advisors, • Providing technical knowledge on projects specifics to junior staff and feeding back any perceived knowledge gaps to senior management to deal with, • Progressing to specialise and contribute to a practice area - developing and maintaining greater industry knowledge and continuing to demonstrate credible knowledge of economic, political and market trends; passing on pertinent market/client knowledge to senior management, • Contributing towards creating innovative and repeatable solutions which strengthen business performance whilst maintaining strong client reputation, • Managing scope and deliver timely and quality deliverables, with regular engagement communications with client, • Communicating risk and issue early to appropriate colleagues (and client where appropriate), • Holding/attending reviews on completion of projects to identify lessons learned and enhance future quality of performance, • Where relevant, working on CPD to maintain professional status/ accreditation, • Meeting deadlines throughout the AAL Performance Development Cycle for self, including seeking good quality feedback goal setting, providing input into engagement/ project reviews, • Typical experience that we look for in our candidates includes:, • Experience of working in a commercial consulting role or commercial/development role within a corporate or investment company, • Experience in delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects, preferably the low carbon energy sector, including the commercial development and financing of assets, • Experience of project management, business case development, report writing, due diligence, risk and opportunity analysis, • Client-facing experience in developing proposals and providing technical knowledge and expertise to maximise the value of the project for stakeholders, • BSc/BA in business administration or relevant field such as economics, law, finance, sciences, engineering, • MBA/MSc/MA desirable but not necessary, • ACA/CIMA/CFA/IACCM/CMI/MEI or equivalent membership (optional) You must be self-motivated, a team player and adaptable to your working environment. The role requires working to deadlines, prioritising workload and providing a high level of service at all times. In addition, you will be expected to manage complexity and be passionate about decarbonisation and infrastructure investment. In addition, key values and skills of an Amberside employee include: • Driving curiosity to solve client problems and respond to a challenge, • Belief that solving the world's energy and climate challenges is something to which we should all respond - and the ambition to achieve this goal, • Passion for understanding the financial drivers for each project, combined with the intellectual and communication skills to help clients understand the impact of those drivers, • Confidence in using you own initiative and making decisions at pace, • Exceptional attention to detail, appreciation of financial models and an ability to translate this into a report, • Practiced at communicating complex information in a clear and concise manner - verbally or in written form, • Confidence in exhibiting role model behaviour in line with Amberside Advisors values, • Expert user of Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint, • The ability to work and communicate as part of a team, and in an effective manner, • Skilled at coping well when under pressure from competing priorities and interruptions, • Able to apply research skills to solve new issues and make improvements We believe in empowering our people and giving them the opportunities to shine. As an employee-owned company, it means that our team are dedicated and passionate about what they do, and that's the reason why we are at the forefront of our industry. Amberside has 5 offices in the UK: London, Leeds, Hemel Hempstead, Manchester and Birmingham. Amberside is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation, now or throughout your employment, please let us know. We offer a competitive benefits package including: • Private medical insurance and health screening, • Life assurance and group income protection, • Annual discretionary performance bonus, • Company pension scheme, • EAP and mental health first aiders, • 25 days annual leave and ability to buy and sell annual leave days,, • Season Ticket Loan/ Cycle to Work,, • Group Share Incentive Plan,, • Up to 5 days for volunteering activities, • Discretionary bonus scheme based on annual compensation (dependent upon individual and company performance) Amberside is committed to ensuring that all its employees are compensated a fair, liveable wage. All initial compensation, regardless of location, may be subject to change as skills, abilities, internal equity and geographic location are taken into account. Amberside reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional compensation. All Amberside employees seeking a full-time opportunity are encouraged to spend 60% of their time either in the office or on-site with clients. An employee's typical work week consists of 37.5 hours (Hours, expectations, and exemption status will be adjusted for any applicant seeking a part-time opportunity.) We understand that some may be dissuaded to apply based off their compatibility with the job description. That being said, we understand that not everyone is a perfect match on paper and encourage anyone to apply regardless of how much their work experience directly relates to the job description. Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection's threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place. Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security. Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,500 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security. This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day. Smiths Detection is seeking a VAVE Expert to drive Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE), Functional Analysis and Design-to-Cost methodologies across our global portfolio of security and detection technologies. This is an engineering-led role, not a procurement or sourcing position. Working at the early stages of product development, you will partner with engineering teams to understand the functional purpose of products and assemblies, challenge design assumptions, and identify innovative ways to deliver optimum customer value at the lowest total lifecycle cost. You will play a key role in shaping product architecture, influencing design decisions, improving competitiveness and supporting profitable innovation across our X-ray, trace detection and chemical detection product portfolios. As the VAVE Expert, you will lead structured functional analysis and value engineering activities across both existing and new products. You'll work closely with Systems, Electronics, Mechanical and Product Engineering teams to answer key questions such as: • What is the true purpose of a product or subsystem?, • Is the current design the most effective way of delivering that function?, • Can the same customer value be achieved through an alternative architecture, technology or design approach?, • How can we optimise cost without compromising safety, performance, quality, serviceability or regulatory compliance? This role goes beyond traditional cost engineering. Rather than simply reducing the cost of an existing design, you will use formal VAVE methodologies to influence product decisions early in the development lifecycle and maximise value for both customers and the business. • Lead Value Analysis and Value Engineering assessments across new and existing products., • Facilitate Functional Analysis workshops with engineering and cross-functional teams., • Break complex products into functional building blocks and assess the value and cost associated with each function., • Deploy Design-to-Cost and target costing methodologies within New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes., • Influence concept, architecture and design decisions from a value and cost perspective., • Challenge engineering assumptions and identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation and platforming., • Conduct competitive benchmarking, product teardown and reverse-engineering activities., • Lead supplier value engineering workshops and innovation sessions., • Support make-versus-buy decisions and technology selection activities., • Develop business cases for value improvement opportunities., • Coach teams in VAVE principles, tools and best practices., • Drive measurable cost reduction, margin improvement and product competitiveness initiatives. This role is primarily aligned to our Hemel Hempstead site but offers a flexible hybrid working model. There will be periods where you'll work closely with engineering teams onsite, particularly during intensive VAVE workshops, design reviews and early-stage product development activities. Outside of these phases, you'll have flexibility to work across global teams and projects. Travel will be required on an occasional basis, including: • Visits to Smiths Detection sites in Europe, particularly Wiesbaden, Germany., • Supplier visits and value engineering workshops., • Project support activities across the wider business. This is a unique opportunity to establish and grow VAVE capability within a global technology business whose products help protect people and critical infrastructure around the world. You will have direct influence over product strategy, engineering decisions and business performance, working alongside industry-leading engineers to deliver innovative solutions with measurable commercial impact. If you're an engineer passionate about functional analysis, value engineering and designing competitive products from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you. • Engineering background in Electronics, Electrical, Systems, Mechanical or Product Engineering., • Practical experience applying Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) methodologies., • Strong understanding of Functional Analysis and Design-to-Cost principles., • Experience working with complex engineered products and assemblies., • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics and technical documentation., • Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills., • Experience influencing engineering decisions without direct authority., • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and systems-thinking capability., • Eligible for UK SC Clearance, • Experience within security screening, detection systems, aerospace, defence, medical devices or other highly regulated technology sectors., • Knowledge of Functional Cost Analysis, Target Costing or industry-standard VAVE toolkits., • Experience conducting product teardown, benchmarking and reverse-engineering activities., • Understanding of DFMA, Lean, Six Sigma and cost management methodologies. Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective. Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity. At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career's website. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place. Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security. Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,500 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security. This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the‑art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day. Smiths Detection is seeking a VAVE Expert to drive Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE), Functional Analysis and Design-to-Cost methodologies across our global portfolio of security and detection technologies. This is an engineering‑led role, not a procurement or sourcing position. Working at the early stages of product development, you will partner with engineering teams to understand the functional purpose of products and assemblies, challenge design assumptions, and identify innovative ways to deliver optimum customer value at the lowest total lifecycle cost. You will play a key role in shaping product architecture, influencing design decisions, improving competitiveness and supporting profitable innovation across our X‑ray, trace detection and chemical detection product portfolios. About the Role As the VAVE Expert, you will lead structured functional analysis and value engineering activities across both existing and new products. You'll work closely with Systems, Electronics, Mechanical and Product Engineering teams to answer key questions such as: • What is the true purpose of a product or subsystem?, • Is the current design the most effective way of delivering that function?, • Can the same customer value be achieved through an alternative architecture, technology or design approach?, • How can we optimise cost without compromising safety, performance, quality, serviceability or regulatory compliance? This role goes beyond traditional cost engineering. Rather than simply reducing the cost of an existing design, you will use formal VAVE methodologies to influence product decisions early in the development lifecycle and maximise value for both customers and the business. What you will be doing: • Lead Value Analysis and Value Engineering assessments across new and existing products., • Facilitate Functional Analysis workshops with engineering and cross‑functional teams., • Break complex products into functional building blocks and assess the value and cost associated with each function., • Deploy Design-to-Cost and target costing methodologies within New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes., • Influence concept, architecture and design decisions from a value and cost perspective., • Challenge engineering assumptions and identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation and platforming., • Conduct competitive benchmarking, product teardown and reverse‑engineering activities., • Lead supplier value engineering workshops and innovation sessions., • Support make‑versus‑buy decisions and technology selection activities., • Develop business cases for value improvement opportunities., • Coach teams in VAVE principles, tools and best practices., • Drive measurable cost reduction, margin improvement and product competitiveness initiatives. Working environment: This role is primarily aligned to our Hemel Hempstead site but offers a flexible hybrid working model. There will be periods where you'll work closely with engineering teams onsite, particularly during intensive VAVE workshops, design reviews and early‑stage product development activities. Outside of these phases, you'll have flexibility to work across global teams and projects. Travel will be required on an occasional basis, including: • Visits to Smiths Detection sites in Europe, particularly Wiesbaden, Germany., • Supplier visits and value engineering workshops., • Project support activities across the wider business. Why Join Smiths Detection? This is a unique opportunity to establish and grow VAVE capability within a global technology business whose products help protect people and critical infrastructure around the world. You will have direct influence over product strategy, engineering decisions and business performance, working alongside industry‑leading engineers to deliver innovative solutions with measurable commercial impact. If you're an engineer passionate about functional analysis, value engineering and designing competitive products from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you. • Engineering background in Electronics, Electrical, Systems, Mechanical or Product Engineering., • Practical experience applying Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) methodologies., • Strong understanding of Functional Analysis and Design-to-Cost principles., • Experience working with complex engineered products and assemblies., • Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics and technical documentation., • Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills., • Experience influencing engineering decisions without direct authority., • Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and systems‑thinking capability., • Eligible for UK SC Clearance, • Experience within security screening, detection systems, aerospace, defence, medical devices or other highly regulated technology sectors., • Knowledge of Functional Cost Analysis, Target Costing or industry‑standard VAVE toolkits., • Experience conducting product teardown, benchmarking and reverse‑engineering activities., • Understanding of DFMA, Lean, Six Sigma and cost management methodologies. Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial andlifestyle perspective. Join us and work for a world‑leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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