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Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment—where investment meets long term impact. The Head of Procurement and Vendor Oversight will lead the company’s approach to sourcing, commercial decision-making and managing supplier performance. The role will ensure that we secure high-quality services that meet operational, regulatory and value for money expectations and that our procurement activity supports our longer-term strategic ambitions. The postholder will build strong relationships across the organisation to understand business needs early, support project delivery and guide colleagues through procurement and contract processes. They will oversee the company’s end-to-end vendor oversight and service management activity, ensuring suppliers are monitored, risks are identified early, and issues are resolved quickly. This role will set the standard for how we manage external suppliers. It will shape a culture of commercial awareness, transparency and accountability across the Company and ensure our procurement and service management practices remain robust, forward-looking, focussed on securing value for money, and aligned to the expectations of Partner Funds, regulators, government and other key stakeholders. #Procurement #VendorOversight #Leadership #UKPooling #Pensions #InvestmentCareers What you'll be doing: Procurement leadership • Lead the procurement strategy and ensure that it supports operational needs and long-term business goals, • Ensure all procurement activity complies with the Procurement Act 2023, the Procurement Regulations 2024 and the 2025 consequential amendments, along with internal procurement policy, • Oversee sourcing exercises, market reviews, evaluations and negotiations, • Maintain clear and consistent procurement documentation and decision records, • Oversee contract drafting, negotiation, renewals and commercial changes, • Monitor contract expiry dates, risks and dependencies, • Provide commercial advice to senior leaders and project teams, • Lead the service management approach including reviews, KPIs, SLAs and improvement plans, • Support contract owners in to address issues early and support operational resilience, • Manage the vendor oversight framework and keep it aligned to regulatory expectations, • Oversee due diligence, information security checks, ongoing monitoring and risk actions, • Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance and Technology to ensure clear ownership of supplier obligations, • Provide clear leadership to the Procurement and Vendor Oversight Manager and Officer, • Set priorities and support the team to deliver high-quality work, • Build capability, encourage continuous improvement and develop succession planning, • Act as a trusted adviser to colleagues across the organisation About Us LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for eight local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £45bn+ of their assets. It is one of eight Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK. LGPS Central's Partner Funds are: • Cheshire Pension Fund, • Derbyshire Pension Fund, • Leicestershire Pension Fund, • Nottinghamshire Pension Fund, • Shropshire Pension Fund, • Staffordshire Pension Fund, • West Midlands Pension Fund, • Worcestershire Pension Fund The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class. LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links. Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds. Requirements • Procurement Knowledge: Experience leading procurement activity with familiarity of public sector procurement processes, the Procurement Act 2023, the Procurement Regulations 2024, the 2025 amendments and internal policy requirements., • Vendor Oversight and Governance: Strong background in supplier due diligence, ongoing monitoring, operational resilience checks, and managing supplier-related risks in a regulated environment., • Contracting and Commercial Skills: Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial terms. Ability to manage contract lifecycles, renewals and commercial changes., • Organisation and Attention to Detail: Ability to maintain accurate procurement records, track obligations, monitor contract performance and manage concurrent procurement exercises., • Stakeholder Engagement: Strong interpersonal skills to engage senior leaders, project teams and external suppliers. Able to influence and guide colleagues through procurement and vendor management processes., • Analytical and Reporting Skills: Comfortable collating, analysing and presenting data on procurement activity, supplier performance, risk findings and cost analysis for committees and senior stakeholders., • Leadership and Team Development: Ability to lead, support and develop a small team, set clear priorities and build capability., • Communication: Clear communicator able to explain procurement and vendor requirements to both technical and non-technical colleagues, including senior stakeholders and committees. Qualifications: • A recognised procurement qualification (e.g. CIPS) or equivalent senior-level procurement experience., • Degree-level education (desirable but not essential with relevant experience)., • Must be able to meet the requirements of an FCA Certified role. What do we offer? We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy: • Competitive salary, • An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme, • 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays, • 2 days paid volunteering days, • An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays, • Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities, • Welfare and Family friendly policies, • Enhanced pay for new parents, • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 247 Health & Wellbeing Support, • Vitality Private Medical Insurance, • Hybrid Working, • Company Service Awards, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Company Electric Vehicle Scheme, • Nominees of the Family Friendly Employer of the Year 2022 Personnel Today Awards 2022, • Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023, • Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023

Ship production ML and agentic AI powering market leaders worldwide Boam AI builds managed data solutions that transform messy, unstructured signals from public, private, and proprietary sources into structured, reliable, and always up-to-date intelligence on millions of SMBs and enterprises worldwide. These agentic systems power CRMs, data warehouses, AI products, and mission-critical decisions across the enterprise. As an Applied AI Engineer, you will own the lifecycle of the models and agents that power our product. You will build and maintain ML data pipelines, develop production-ready LLM- and agent-driven features, and work closely with backend engineers to integrate models into real systems. This is a role for someone who has shipped ML to production, wants real ownership over models and pipelines, and is excited to work on a small, senior team where AI is at the core of the product. What You’ll Do • Own the ML model lifecycle from training and evaluation to deployment, • Build and maintain ML & agentic data pipelines for training, inference, and monitoring, • Develop production-ready agentic and large-language-model–driven features, • Integrate models into production systems in close collaboration with backend engineers, • Implement experiment tracking, model CI/CD, and automated retraining, • Improve performance, reliability, and observability of ML and AI systems in production, • Work with product and data teams to turn ambiguous problems into concrete ML/AI solutions, • Use next-gen AI tools to improve iteration speed and model quality You Might Be a Fit If... • 3+ years of ML engineering experience working on production systems, • Strong Python skills and hands-on ownership of end-to-end ML pipelines or agentic systems, • Comfortable with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and evaluation at scale, • Familiarity with LLMs or modern foundation models, • Experience with common ML tooling (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, XGBoost, vector DBs, experiment trackers), • Comfortable working across APIs, data stores, and infrastructure, not just notebooks, • Bias to ship, measure, and refine rather than chase perfect offline metrics, • Motivated by solving real customer problems and seeing models used in the wild, • Thrive without heavy process, QA buffers, or endless safeguards – you own what you ship Why Boam AI • Join a no-politics, high-trust, low-ego, and high-talent team, • Work on mission-critical ML/AI systems used by top-tier enterprise customers, • Work directly with founders, the Head of Engineering, and senior engineers on problems that matter, • High autonomy, real impact, and clear ownership from day one, • Operate at the intersection of AI, data infrastructure, and enterprise workflows, • Top-tier compensation with meaningful equity upside, • Help shape the ML/AI platform, patterns, and practices you can be proud of Our Hiring Process Our process is fast, structured, and transparent – built to respect your time and surface real mutual fit 1. Intro Call: A short conversation to learn more about you, share context on Boam AI and the ML/AI role, and answer initial questions, 2. Deep Dive: Walk us through past ML/AI work, systems you have built, and how you think about complex, ambiguous modeling and production challenges, 3. Work Sample: Solve a real Boam-style ML/AI challenge that shows your modeling approach, pipeline thinking, and execution muscle, 4. Founder / Leadership Conversation: Candid discussion with our founder and Head of Engineering on ambition, values, ownership, and how you would help us scale our ML and agentic systems Apply between Dec 15, 2025 and Jan 10, 2026. After Jan 10, we’ll review all applications and quickly invite the candidates we’d like to take forward.

Job Introduction Commercial Lead – Magazine Publishing Salary £60,000 To £70,000 Depending On Experience Permanent Hybrid London/ Folkestone Saga Magazine is looking to appoint a new Commercial Lead for 2026! You’ll be joining the UK’s biggest subscription based monthly publication in the UK with an accolade of recent awards. As the Commercial Lead, you will work closely with our renowned Editorial Director and Chief Data & Strategy Officer. You’ll be a credible commercially minded individual, able to oversee business development and revenue generation of the full omnichannel magazine. Having an entrepreneurial approach where you can leverage our multi-award-winning magazine content to maximise our commercial performance across multiple revenue streams. You will also be working with the Magazine Editorial team, key external agency partners and the Head of Finance as required, you will manage the full publishing revenue budget, which is comprised primarily of the magazine subscriptions, and advertising revenue, both internal and external. For subscriptions you will have line management of the Marketing Audience Manager, while for external advertising, you will manage our agency relationship. Internally you will work closely with our business units (Travel, Insurance, Money and new business), to ensure we’re optimising our promotional activity for the business as a whole. We work in a hybrid way at Saga both at home and in the office. This role requires you to be working from our London office a minimum of 2-3 times a week, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a business. On occasions, you may need to visit our Head Office in Folkestone, Kent. Role Responsibility Fully owning and managing the Publishing revenue streams, from our internal advertising of our Business Units, our External advertising across both Print and Digital formats, and our Subscription revenue of the Magazine. Working as the Commercial Lead in the Publishing team you will be responsible for the following: • To implement strategies to increase revenue from all our channels including Magazine (Print, Digital, Subscription, Newsstand etc.), Digital content such as Newsletters, Emails, Podcasts, Video content, social media etc., • Aligning of our advertising copy to our Editorial content., • Implement strategies to increase onward traffic from the magazine section of the website to the Business Units and lead the cross-department conversation about how value is assigned to this traffic., • Work with the Editorial team to collate and present key insights and data for monthly Business Updates to the leadership team., • Establishing sales targets for both advertising and subscriptions and driving the performance of both to ensure targets are met., • Working with finance to produce the monthly forecast and annual budget for the Publishing revenue, • Help oversee and negotiate contracts as required with new clients., • Work with the Digital and Data teams to ensure our website, and data insights are aligned to Publishing’s needs., • Identify profit-making brand extension opportunities and take the lead in securing sponsorships, networking with key external stakeholders and getting new projects off the ground., • Reviewing and developing operational processes to improve the performance and maximise growth of the partnerships where appropriate., • Working together with the other Saga Business units to promote the Saga brand., • Managing risk assessments for any new initiatives., • Managing all daily commercial operations and partner with the existing editorial team., • Line management of the Market Audience Manager, who is responsible for the delivery of our Magazine subscriptions performance., • A Strong understanding and ability of forecasting sales volumes with extensive budget management and contract negotiations., • Integrity and objectivity, capable of selling ideas and implementing change., • Significant Account management experience in the publishing and/or digital media sector., • Clear experience managing advertising and affiliate budgets and P&Ls., • Clear understanding of advertising and affiliate reporting and data tools., • Able to apply KPIs to monitor, project, and drive performance., • Can work as part of a team and capable of delivering to tight publishing deadlines., • Naturally analytically with the ability to challenge and think outside the box; able to demonstrate curiosity and a drive to continually innovate and improve processes., • Demonstrates resilience and an ability to deal with demands placed on them, able to work calmly under pressure maintaining an ability plan for, and work to, tight deadlines., • 25 days holiday + bank holidays, • Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days, • Pension scheme matched up to 10%, • Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%, • Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary, • Wellbeing programme, • Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance, • Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies, • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, • Grandparents leave, • Income protection

Head of Planning & Performance Hybrid Full Time/Permanent Salary - Rest of England: £53,787.66 to £64,974.00, London: £59,334.42 to £71,757.00 Our offer to you We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive: • Competitive salary and pension scheme, • 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years, • Hybrid, Flexible working, • Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme, • Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme, • Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping About Us This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 28,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future. St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, and Young Responders programmes). Job Summary As Head of Planning and Performance, you will play a pivotal role in driving St John Ambulance’s strategic delivery and organisational effectiveness. You will develop and lead robust frameworks that turn our strategy into clear, achievable plans, and ensure we have the right systems in place to monitor, report and improve performance against our goals. Leading our annual planning and performance cycles, you’ll work closely with senior leaders to embed strong governance, accountability and cross-organisational alignment. You will also provide timely, high-quality insights and reporting to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, helping the organisation adapt, learn and respond confidently to a changing environment. About You • Proven experience leading organisational planning and performance functions, with the ability to develop and continuously improve effective frameworks., • Strong analytical capability, translating data into clear insights and providing high-quality reporting and analysis to senior leaders and Boards., • Skilled collaborator with excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities, supporting cross-functional alignment across finance, people, governance and operations., • Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving, planning and organisational skills, able to manage shifting priorities and convert goals into measurable plans., • Experienced people manager with authentic, compassionate leadership and the ability to drive change and embed new ways of working., • Knowledge and experience of planning and performance methodologies, alongside the ability to work effectively in a charity environment with diverse teams. About the Role • Lead the organisational planning cycle, ensuring alignment across strategic, financial, people and operational plans, and drive continuous improvement of planning and performance processes., • Oversee the organisational performance management framework, ensuring meaningful indicators are set, measured and reported to track progress effectively., • Develop and maintain consistent, high-quality planning and reporting frameworks, tools and guidance that support visibility, assurance and risk management., • Provide timely, accurate reporting and analysis to the Executive Leadership Team and Board, enabling evidence-based decision-making., • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, supporting the creation of SMART objectives, robust delivery plans and effective performance metrics, while contributing to business intelligence and organisational insight., • Lead and develop the planning and performance function, providing effective line management and supporting wider capability-building across the organisation. Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply) If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion. 'St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role'. Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Job Description Marketing Manager, UKI London based office, hybrid working (3 days in the office & 2 from home). Chubb is looking for an experienced Marketing Manager. We have eleven offices in the UK, one in Ireland. We serve high net worth individuals providing motor, home and valuables insurance, middle market and large corporate business providing property, casualty as well as accident and health insurance in addition to risk engineering and multinational servicing propositions. We have eleven offices in the UK, one in Ireland. We serve high net worth individuals providing motor, home and valuables insurance, middle market and large corporate business providing property, casualty as well as accident and health insurance in addition to risk engineering and multinational servicing propositions. We are an intermediated business working closely with our broker partners helping them grow their business. Focused on UK and Ireland specifically, this role sits in a team comprising five marketers, reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications. In this role you will translate integrated Marketing and Communications campaigns using relevant channels targeting segmented customer broker and internal audiences. We expect campaigns to utilise channels that range from traditional offline e.g. own events as well as industry and sponsored events, sales support materials to online email marketing, website, intranet, digital advertising, social media and virtual event activities. You will develop and monitor execution of marketing campaigns using metrics. You will engage with product and segment owners as well as our teams in our offices across UK and Ireland. You will also contribute to developing the overarching annual marketing plan for UK and Ireland based on the business priorities. You will be a member of the wider EMEA Marketing and Communications team, of around 35 marketing and communication colleagues, that prides itself on being a truly collaborative best practice sharing team. You will be able to draw on specialist marketing and communications expertise and support from the regional team based in London and global team in North America to help you deliver on the marketing plans for the UK and Ireland • Build and maintain relationships with the business areas you support. Maintain up-to-date knowledge on customer and broker issues, market trends and competitor activity., • Develop integrated marketing campaigns targeting specific segments with the aim of acquiring and retaining new business. This includes the production, implementation of campaigns whilst adhering to brand guidelines, legal and compliance guidance and managing to budget., • Track and measure campaigns. Collect and use data to inform new campaigns and evaluate existing campaigns. And deliver regular reports of campaign results and evaluation of KPIs., • Write, edit and proofread copy for all channels; email, website, social, events, promotional materials and insight pieces. On occasion support the sales teams with major tender responses., • Adapt and implement global and regional marketing campaigns for the UK and Ireland markets in collaboration with the regional and/or global marketing teams, • Organisation of industry trade shows, sponsored events and Chubb flagship events, • Work with internal and external agencies to deliver the campaigns., • Innovative and will bring fresh ideas to the team., • A confident, proactive, and results-focused individual who can work independently and as part of a team., • Collaborative by nature, used to exchanging ideas with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, • Extensive experience and a successful track record in developing and delivering integrated proposition campaigns grounded in market insights, defining goals and managing to budget, • Experience in tracking campaigns, analysing results, and using learnings to improve future campaigns, • Experience of acquiring and using data to target segmented audiences, • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written., • A solid experience of all aspects of digital (email, web, content, social, SEO, advertising), • A good experience in content creation across all channels to promote our offers via compelling story telling, • Experience of developing and managing events as an integral part of product and channel strategy, • A great sense of design and experience in working within brand guidelines, • A solid experience of project managing external agencies to deliver collateral on time, to budget and quality, • Experience in developing marketing and campaign plans

HEAD OF PRODUCT – NORTH AMERICA CROYDON, SURREY – OFFICE BASED OR HYBRID (MIN 2 DAYS IN OFFICE) FANTASTIC BASIC AND GREAT BENEFITS AND BONUS Do you? Do you have fantastic experience creating fantastic itineraries with North America at the core of your product experience? Are you equally comfortable shaping product strategy and owning commercial performance, from pricing and yield through to margin and customer satisfaction? Do you enjoy leading and developing high-performing product teams while building strong supplier partnerships and differentiated, customer-loved itineraries? Are you commercially sharp, data-driven, and confident making decisions that balance innovation, quality, and profitability? And most importantly, do you want to play a pivotal role in evolving a flagship long-haul portfolio within a purpose-led travel business that genuinely cares about the experiences it creates and the people behind them? If this sounds like you, this Head of Product role could be an outstanding next step in your travel leadership career. Our Customer: Our customer is a well-established, highly respected escorted touring specialist with a loyal customer base and ambitious growth plans across long-haul travel. Known for creating memorable, wish-list holidays, they are passionate about enriching lives through travel and continuously evolving their product to meet changing customer expectations. This role sits within the senior Product leadership team and plays a key role in shaping the future of their long-haul offering across North America, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Middle East. In return, they offer a senior, high-impact role within a values-led business where product quality, collaboration, and long-term thinking genuinely matter. Job Description: • In this role you will take full ownership of the strategy, development, performance, and lifecycle management of a key long-haul escorted touring portfolio, ensuring strong commercial results and exceptional customer experiences., • Define and deliver a market-leading product strategy using data, insight, and customer feedback, • Lead the development of innovative new tours, itineraries, and partnerships aligned to brand positioning, • Identify emerging trends, customer needs, and competitor activity to shape future product direction, • Own commercial performance, driving profitability, yield, and sales across your portfolio, • Work closely with Yield to set pricing strategies, forecast demand, and manage capacity, • Monitor and optimise KPIs including margins, load factors, and customer satisfaction, • Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, DMCs, and partners, • Negotiate contracts to improve margin while maintaining quality and service standards, • Collaborate closely with Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Contact Centre, and Customer teams, • Brief internal teams on USPs, messaging, and product knowledge to support campaigns and sales, • Lead, inspire, and develop a small team of Product Managers and Executives, • Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, learning, and continuous improvement Experience Required: • Extensive proven experience in travel product management, • Strong North America product experience is essential, • Background in escorted touring is highly desirable, • Demonstrable commercial acumen with a history of delivering profitable growth, • Experience in product development, pricing, and supplier negotiations, • Strong leadership and people management skills, • Strategic thinker with the ability to manage detail, • Excellent understanding of worldwide travel trends and competitive dynamics, • Experience of direct contracting and working with international DMCs, • Understanding of UK leisure travel consumers, particularly the over-50s market, • Knowledge of ATOL, ABTA, and relevant travel regulations, • Analytical, solutions-focused, and data-driven, • Self-motivated, self-aware, and committed to continuous development Benefits and Perks: • Competitive senior-level salary, • Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office), • High-impact leadership role within a growing travel business, • Opportunity to shape a flagship long-haul product portfolio, • Supportive, values-led culture with long-term career progression Click here to apply for this Head of Product job, which is being recruited by Ambitions Travel Recruitment, a boutique recruitment agency specialising in leisure travel and luxury hospitality roles, and known for sourcing hard-to-find talent. 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Based within Murray’s Initiative’s Head Office in North Claremont Street with travel throughout Glasgow City for service delivery Murray’s Initiative Salary Grade 6 £26,002 – £28,891 per annum (pro rata) Part-time - 20 hours per week – Permanent Ideal working pattern: Tuesday 1-9pm, Wednesday 10-4pm, Saturday 9-5pm We understand that many will have other commitments outside of work and so flexible working, part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements will be considered for the right candidate. About Us Murray’s Initiative (formally known as Glasgow Council on Alcohol) is an independent Scottish charity that works to reduce alcohol and drug-related harm at both individual and community levels. Established in 1965, Murray’s Initiative adopts a long-term, trauma-informed and asset-based approach to changing the culture around substance use. Its services are built on a person-centred, harm-reduction model, supporting people whether their goal is to reduce consumption or achieve abstinence. Murray’s Initiative offers free, confidential counselling services for people concerned about their own or someone else's drinking. Murray’s Initiative delivers a range of interventions including groupwork and employability support as well as a number of holistic and inclusive services, such as a women’s service for survivors of gender-based violence, young person’s peer education service, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing support and tailored wellbeing programmes. Murray’s Initiative is also a recognised provider of professional development, offering a comprehensive training portfolio including education aimed at increasing awareness of alcohol use and promoting healthier lifestyles, COSCA Counselling Skills and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. Murray’s Initiative deliver services over 6 days per week and throughout Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, helping people make meaningful, positive change in their lives. The foundation of Murray’s Initiative is our supportive and inclusive culture for all who engage and work with us. About The Role The role of the Alcohol Counsellor is to provide a counselling, advice and information service for individuals aged 16 and over with their own problematic alcohol use or to those affected by other people’s problematic alcohol use The Alcohol Counsellor will report to the Service Manager - Counselling. This post requires a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme membership - successful applicants will be required to join the PVG Scheme. Key Responsibilities Of The Alcohol Counsellor • Provide a counselling service to individuals affected by their own or another’s alcohol use., • Contribute to Murray’s Initiative meeting the national waiting times target for addiction services of referral to treatment in three weeks or less. Ensuring high quality assessments and alcohol counselling to individuals following Murray’s Initiative’s integrative counselling approach., • Ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and professionally and work with the admin team to ensure that the alcohol counselling database and reports are kept accurate and up to date., • Attend regular practice supervision and line management meetings and participate in appropriate meetings and training opportunities, ensuring the minimum required CPD is completed., • Adhere to the ethical frameworks of the appropriate governing body (COSCA) and follow organisational policies and procedures, including health and safety., • Produce accurate and quality case studies of alcohol counselling clients for reports and training., • Contribute to the daily running of North Claremont Street Office by answering the phone in a professional manner, taking referrals for services and messages for colleagues, covering scheduled appointments if required and speaking with clients who contact the Alcohol Counselling Helpline., • A qualification in counselling, ideally with post-qualified counselling experience., • Training in Alcohol and/or addiction field or experience working in alcohol and/or addiction fields. With proven knowledge of issues faced by adults with problematic alcohol use, with a harm-reduction approach to alcohol issues., • Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to empathise with a broad range of individuals and experiences., • Proven ability to empower individuals to change with a non-judgemental approach., • Ability to self-motivate and work proactively, managing own diaries and appointments, whilst maintaining resilience and capacity when working with complex client issues., • Commitment to working in line with Murray’s Initiative values of collaboration, respect and empathy., • Your work will contribute to make a real difference to people’s lives., • Competitive salary and benefits package :, • Very generous annual leave entitlement: full time employees start with an annual leave entitlement of 37 days (inclusive of 12 bank holidays) which increases with length of service., • Duvet days where employees may take time off at short notice., • Death in service policy., • Cycle to work scheme where employees can save money on a new bike and spread the cost., • And much more!, • Opportunities for continuous learning and career development.

Come and join us as a Head of Sales for our Housing division in this regional role covering the UK.UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solu