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We are partnering with a well-established business group to find an experienced Payroll Officer to join their team in Kings Langley — taking ownership of a varied and busy payroll function across a multi-site organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on payroll professional who thrives on accuracy, enjoys working closely with HR, and wants to be a genuine key player in the smooth running of the business. The Role You'll be the first point of contact for all things payroll — supporting both in-house and outsourced payroll processes for the group, working alongside the HR team and reporting into the HR Director. Day to day you'll be responsible for: • Processing monthly payroll including starters, leavers, statutory payments, holiday pay, overtime and pension contributions, • Uploading pension contributions to the pensions portal, • Ensuring accurate data transfer between HR and payroll systems, • Producing payroll reports for Senior Management, • Managing employee benefits including joiners, leavers and annual renewals, • Administering salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and childcare vouchers, • Handling payroll queries from employees and providing clear guidance to departments, • Supporting implementation projects and ensuring compliance with legal regulations, • Exposure to international payroll processes What We're Looking For • Strong end-to-end payroll experience within a multi-site organisation — essential, • Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, IF functions and PivotTables, • Knowledge of ADP iHCM systems — highly desirable, • Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy, • Ability to handle confidential information with absolute discretion, • Strong communication and organisational skills, • A hands-on, can-do attitude with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines What's on Offer • Full time, office-based role | 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday, • 33 days holiday including UK bank holidays, • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), • Health & Fitness Discount Vouchers, • Free staff parking, • Christmas & Birthday vouchers, • Dress Down Fridays, • Staff Rewards Voucher Scheme, • Staff Referral Scheme, • Paid volunteering days, • Eye care vouchers & free flu vaccination

Sharper Consulting Services are seeking an experiencedInterim Licensing Managerto provide short-term operational and leadership cover within a small but busy licensing service in Hertfordshire. The role will focus on day-to-day management, maintaining service continuity, and supporting officers across the full range of licensing functions. This is a hands-on role suited to someone comfortable stepping into an active service with minimal handover. • Full time hours - Hybrid working (typically 23 days on site), • Contract: Initial 3 months (rolling), • £45 - £55 Per Hour (DOE)Key Responsibilities, • Provide interim management of the Licensing Team, including supervision of officers and admin support, • Oversee delivery of statutory licensing functions, including:, • Alcohol & entertainment licensing, • Taxi & private hire licensing, • Gambling licensing, • Street trading, • Scrap metal licensing, • Act as point of escalation for complex cases, complaints and member enquiries, • Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures, • Support committee processes, hearings and decision-making where required, • Liaise with legal services, enforcement, environmental health and external stakeholders, • Maintain performance, workflow and service standards during the interim periodEssential Requirements, • Significant experience working withinlocal authority licensing services, • Strong working knowledge of core licensing regimes (alcohol, taxi, xrnqpay gambling, street trading etc.), • Experience managing or acting as lead officer within a licensing team, • Confident decision-maker with a pragmatic, solution-focused approach, • Ability to step into a live caseload and service environment quicklyDesirable, • Previous experience as a Licensing Manager / Senior Licensing Officer, • Experience attending or advising Licensing Committees and Sub-Committees, • Familiarity with hybrid working arrangements in a local authority setting

Global Head of Executive Reward All potential applicants are encouraged to scroll through and read the complete job description before applying. Location: Welwyn Garden City (Hybrid - 3 days in office) I am partnering with a leading retailer to appoint a Head of Executive Reward. This is a high-profile, strategically critical role shaping and governing executive reward across a complex, multi-market organisation. Operating at the heart of the business, you will advise senior leaders and the Remuneration Committee, lead a specialist reward team, and ensure best-in-class governance, insight and delivery. The Opportunity Reporting to the People Director, Reward, Wellbeing & Recognition, you will be accountable for executive reward across the UK, Ireland, Central Europe and India, alongside oversight of group-wide share plans and key reward projects. You will ensure reward is simple, fair, competitive and sustainable, aligned to long-term business strategy and evolving governance expectations. Key Responsibilities Executive Reward Strategy & Governance • Lead the development and review of executive reward policy, including shareholder consultation planning., • Oversee the full executive reward cycle: salary reviews, annual bonus and long-term incentives., • Strengthen governance, controls and documentation across reward processes., • Produce papers for the Group Remuneration Committee and manage external advisers., • Act as a trusted adviser to the CEO, CFO, Chief People Officer and senior leaders on executive hiring, terminations, incentive design, share plans, retention and pay transparency., • Support M&A, disposals and TUPE activity from a reward perspective., • Oversee global colleague share plans (e.g. SAYE, BAYE)., • Collaborate on KPI setting for reward programmes., • Lead and develop a team of six reward specialists., • Manage third-party providers and the team budget. You are a commercially astute, credible reward leader who operates confidently at Board and Committee level. You will bring: • Experience drafting proposals for Executive and Remuneration Committees., • A track record of delivering executive reward strategy in large, international organisations., • Deep expertise in pay cycles, share plans and incentives., • Strong understanding of executive compensation trends, governance and multi-market legislative frameworks. xrnqpay Top of Form Bottom of Form

Our client, a global organisation, urgently require an experienced Legal & Commercial Officer to undertake a long term contract starting immediately. Experience in legal contract management (flow down of prime contract's contractual terms). Manage contracts and provide commercial and legal advice wh

Marks Consulting Partners are currently looking for a Housing Officer to work with one of our Housing Association clients in Hertfordshire. What the Job Will Be Doing • Manage tenancies effectively, assessing household needs and signposting residents to appropriate support., • Review tenant circumstances regularly and advise on suitable future housing options., • Oversee mixed‑tenure patches, ensuring compliance with policies for leaseholders, shared owners and managing agents., • Represent the organisation at court and external meetings, acting as a key liaison with community stakeholders and resident groups., • Prepare and present court documentation to support legal action when required., • Work collaboratively across teams to deliver a seamless, customer‑focused housing service., • Reduce rent and service‑charge arrears through proactive income management., • Manage antisocial behaviour cases and tenancy/lease breaches, working with internal and external partners., • Monitor estate services, carry out regular estate and fire safety inspections, and ensure repairs or issues are resolved promptly., • Support void management to ensure properties are re‑let quickly and safely., • Lead on safeguarding signposting, tenancy reviews, fraud prevention audits, and manage mutual exchanges, assignments, and successions., • Participate in duty rota and emergency response, support councillor enquiries, and monitor CCTV to address ASB, fly‑tipping and related issues. What You Will Need • Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, • Excellent time management and organisational skills, • Excellent IT skills with the ability to use Housing Management software, • Ability to input data into systems accurately, • Proven debt management experience, • Experience of dealing with people in difficult, often stressful, situations, • Experience of tenancy and neighbourhood management, • Knowledge of relevant Housing legislation, • Due to the nature of the role, you will need to have a full driving licence and access to a car with business insurance

TJX Europe At TJX Europe, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritises your development. Whether you're working in our Distribution Centres, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores-TK Maxx & Homesense, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX team-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer. Job Description: The Role: Drive omnichannel customer experiences that keep millions coming back. Are you a data-driven, creative CRM expert who loves turning customer insights into impactful, measurable retention strategies that drive LTV? Do you get excited about crafting omni-channel campaigns, collaborating with creative teams to ensure journeys feel meaningful, seamless and brand-aligned , and making a real commercial impact? If so, this iconic fashion group is looking for you. .. The CRM Officer will play a critical role in the CRM team to deliver highly engaging emails for the TK Maxx business in the UK, Germany and Austria. This role will be based in our Watford Head office , reporting into the Customer Relationship Manager . We have a hybrid working environment with 2 days minimum per week in the office required . The CRM Officer will be responsible for executing the customer email strategy across TJX Europe. At a base level, this is a hands-on role that includes managing day-to-day execution, scheduling, and deploying customer email and push campaigns . Where th is candidate will thrive is in bringing the campaigns to life through strategy, planning, and execution of winning digital trading plans and campaign management. The successful candidate will have a sound understanding of CRM principles, always taking a customer-first approach to drive long term consumer engagement . The person should be detail orientated and data-driven, demonstrating strong operational reporting and analytics skills to be able to provide recommendations for future activity. What you'll do: Campaign Management: D rive Strategy : Support CRM Manager to implement CRM campaign plans across Europe to drive revenue growth and participation across all three pillars of our CRM team: Commercial, loyalty and lifecycle management laddering up to overall business objectives . Planning : Cr aft compelling, insight-led campaign omni-channel plans collaboratively with the team, balanc ing cross functional input and business priorities. Management: Developing creative briefs and managing digital asset management timelines to ensure deadlines are met. Deployment: Managing campaigns within the ESP, selecting segments , scheduling sends whilst demonstrating high quality contro l • reviewing and completing checks prior to send to make sure our campaigns are all accurate and delivered without errors. Drive exec ution: Continuously i dentify opportunities to optimise the CRM channe l communications to improve visibility an across all customer platforms . Strategic Alignment: Work cross-functionally across departments to ensure the delivery of the overall strategic priorities. Relationship Management: Build & develop strong relationships with key business partners including Loyalty, Brand Marketing, Paid Media, SEO, Ecommerce, Creative team, country marketing & IT. Working with Zeta & Fresh Relevance to troubleshoot and fix any platform issues. Monitoring of customer database and collaborative management of this with the Customer Analytics team including hygiene & segmentation Monitoring Performance & Reporting : Use our weekly performance reports to track effectiveness of emails campaigns and communicate these back to key stakeholders. Implement the agreed tests from our test & learn plan for emails, working with insights to assess the results and deliver recommendations. Complete full post campaign analysis reports weekly, monthly, campaign based and communicate these back to key stakeholders. Process enhancements: Supporting on customer facing and internal process improvements to improve the channel Identify , troubleshoot, implement solutions and pro-actively iterate process and champion best practice at all times You ' ll Be Great In This Role If You Have: E xperience working in a CRM role, preferably in ecommerce, email and/or push German language skills would be a bonus A passion for CRM, personalisation , and staying on top of industry innovation A strong track record building multi-channel lifecycle campaigns using ESP/CRM platforms (Zeta is a plus!) Confidence working with segmentation, customer insights and test-and-learn frameworks. A commercial mindset understanding what drives £ per buyer, retention and purchase frequency. You must have the legal right to work in the country you are applying to. As proud as we are of our past success, it's our future that excites us most. We strive to provide opportunities for growth, recognition and a competitive salary and benefits package. Share our determination to think bolder and bigger, and be part of our future. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation. Address: 73 Clarendon Road Location: EUR Home Office Watford GB

We are partnering with a well-established business group to find an experienced Payroll Officer to join their team in Kings Langley — taking ownership of a varied and busy payroll function across a multi-site organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on payroll professional who thrives on accuracy, enjoys working closely with HR, and wants to be a genuine key player in the smooth running of the business. The Role You'll be the first point of contact for all things payroll — supporting both in-house and outsourced payroll processes for the group, working alongside the HR team and reporting into the HR Director. Day to day you'll be responsible for: • Processing monthly payroll including starters, leavers, statutory payments, holiday pay, overtime and pension contributions, • Uploading pension contributions to the pensions portal, • Ensuring accurate data transfer between HR and payroll systems, • Producing payroll reports for Senior Management, • Managing employee benefits including joiners, leavers and annual renewals, • Administering salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work and childcare vouchers, • Handling payroll queries from employees and providing clear guidance to departments, • Supporting implementation projects and ensuring compliance with legal regulations, • Exposure to international payroll processes What We're Looking For • Strong end-to-end payroll experience within a multi-site organisation — essential, • Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, IF functions and PivotTables, • Knowledge of ADP iHCM systems — highly desirable, • Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy, • Ability to handle confidential information with absolute discretion, • Strong communication and organisational skills, • A hands-on, can-do attitude with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines What's on Offer • Full time, office-based role | 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday, • 33 days holiday including UK bank holidays, • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), • Health & Fitness Discount Vouchers, • Free staff parking, • Christmas & Birthday vouchers, • Dress Down Fridays, • Staff Rewards Voucher Scheme, • Staff Referral Scheme, • Paid volunteering days, • Eye care vouchers & free flu vaccination

Gas & Electrical Supervisor (Reactive Works) / Reactive Repairs Manager (Gas & Electrical) Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (Site and Office Based) Salary £49,476.12 Per Annum Plus Benefits Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week (Monday – Friday) Thrive Homes is looking for a Gas and Electrical Supervisor to deliver a high-quality gas and electrical service to Thrive Homes’ buildings and other client’s properties in accordance with Company plans and legislation. You will manage the THS Gas operatives and electrical team, ensuring that we deliver a cost effective and competitive repairs service on day-to-day gas, cyclical, electrical repairs, home servicing and any other building related projects. The postholder will be required to take part in the out‑of‑hours duty officer rota on a 1‑in‑6‑week basis. Other Responsibilities: * Manage the delivery of team objectives by actively encouraging good performance and productivity; promptly deal with poor or below standard performance or behaviours. * Set and manage objectives for the team and regularly review in line with business and strategic plans. * Actively encourage Continuous Professional Development. * Encourage team creativity and innovation and create an environment for this to develop. * Work in accordance with our policies & procedures relating to the delivery of building/building services maintenance works, ensuring they are in line with legal requirements & good practice. * Ensuring the team deliver Gas and Electrical works ensuring they are compliant. * Using reporting tools, manage functional budgets and monitor relevant KPIs putting solutions in place when they are falling below the target. * Provide out of hours support to Thrive Homes on a rotational basis. Requirements: * Must be qualified in either Gas or Electrical. * NIC/EIC for Electrical with minimum 18th Edition is required. * Substantial experience of either Gas or Electric is essential. * Experience of managing a repairs team. * Previous housing experience would be beneficial. Due to the nature of the role, you will hold a Full driving licence for use in the UK. Specific roles within Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check, the successful applicant(s) will be contacted by our People Team if this applies to their role. Closing date: 18th March Interviews: To be confirmed We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible. Thrive Homes and Watford Community Housing are exploring a potential merger that would create a stronger organisation built on shared values and geography. For our people, this means new opportunities to grow, develop, and make an even bigger impact. By combining resources and expertise, we aim to invest more in homes, deliver excellent customer service, and expand affordable housing for local communities, all while offering our staff greater scope to shape their careers in housing