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Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter? Working as a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality. Barchester is one of the UKs leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards. We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work. NEED TO HAVE A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent Experience in helping lead and inspire a team A good understanding of nutrition Experience of working with fresh seasonal food The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home Good understanding of HACCP NEED TO DO Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence Work fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards Help create a warm, efficient and fun environment Work within budget Complete regular audits Manage stock control To assist in leading and motivating a team REWARDS PACKAGE Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends Free learning and development A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who love to celebre life, Barchester is the place to be

Project Manager We are recruiting an experienced Project Manager to support the continued growth of our Banking and Financial Services Frameworks, delivering large‑scale, complex construction projects across the UK. At Morris & Spottiswood, we operate a One Team approach, working collaboratively across project, commercial, operational and client teams to deliver consistently high standards in safety, quality and programme performance. This role plays a key part in strengthening that culture as project volumes and complexity continue to grow. This role is suited to an established Project Manager from a Main Contracting background, with proven experience delivering major projects within live operational environments. As Project Manager, you will provide proactive leadership as the number one lead on the project, maintaining full control of all elements including design coordination, programme and planning, health & safety, operational delivery, and subcontractor management. You will have experience delivering projects within live banking and financial services environments, including work within highly regulated, secure and operationally sensitive settings, where safety, programme certainty, stakeholder assurance and minimal disruption to business‑critical operations are essential. Experience working for a blue‑chip contractor and on projects involving complex interfaces, constrained sites and occupied buildings is essential. You will hold a relevant construction‑related qualification and demonstrate strong capability in managing cost, commercial performance and programme delivery on fast‑track and complex schemes, often with a high degree of change during the contract period. Close collaboration with internal project teams is essential, alongside ensuring accuracy, quality and compliance with client, regulatory and governance standards. You will take site commercial responsibility for contract performance, maximising turnover and profitability while maintaining robust commercial processes and effective change management. Successful candidates will come from a Main Contracting background, with a minimum of 5 years’ hands‑on project delivery experience and hold a full UK driving licence. A strong working knowledge of JCT contracts is essential, with NEC experience desirable but not essential. The role requires nationwide travel in line with project requirements. Personal Attributes The successful candidate will be a confident and credible leader with a calm, methodical approach, capable of managing senior client stakeholders through clear and effective communication. They will be highly organised, with strong programme and time management skills, and commercially astute with a proactive approach to risk and change management. The role requires flexibility, resilience and comfort working nationwide and away from home as required, gained through experience operating within pressured, live project environments. Other information Due to our multiple office bases across the UK, this role offers flexibility on location and can be based anywhere nationwide, aligned to project demands. The successful candidate must hold a full UK driving licence, be flexible in working hours, and be willing to work away from home as required. You must be: • Fully IT‑literate (MS Word and Excel at intermediate level),, • Have experience using Asta Powerproject, and, • Hold a construction‑related qualification, CSCS card, SMSTS, First Aid at Work, Asbestos Awareness, and Scaffold Inspection certification., • Temporary Works Coordinator experience is desirable. Valuing People at Morris & Spottiswood Morris & Spottiswood is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. One of our core values is to ‘Value People’. We are passionate about investing in people and genuinely take care about what we do and how we do it. This ensures that the working environment, staff, suppliers and the communities we serve always remain at the front-of-mind. Put simply, a diverse and inclusive workforce opens our business up to a much wider talent pool and greater innovation and creativity through teams with different experiences, backgrounds and education