ACS International Schools are recruiting a Grounds Operative to work at ACS International School Egham. The Grounds Operative will work as a part of a team to ensure that the school grounds and gardens are maintained to a high standard. Situated on 20 acres of glorious English countryside adjoining the Royal Savill Garden, and only 25 miles from central London, ACS Egham is an IB World School of more than 500 students (ages 4 to 18), and 160 expert faculty and staff from over 50 countries. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Undertaking routine grounds maintenance work of playing surfaces and landscapes as detailed in work schedules, job tickets or as directed by manager. Undertaking all preparatory and cultivation work to maintain safe quality playing surfaces. Setting up sports pitches or amenity surfaces. Maintaining the surrounding areas and carry out general duties. Undertaking minor repair and landscaping work. Ensure irrigation and drainage systems are maintained. The safe operation of equipment and machinery used in grounds maintenance such as hedge cutters, strimmer’s and ride-on mowers. Inform the manager or where appropriate, take corrective action on mechanical defects or breakdown of equipment. Executing duties in the correct manner and completing the assigned workload. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, and end users. Ensuring the work area is kept clean, tidy, and secure at all times. Assisting in the upkeep of hedgerows and specimen trees. Attending meetings, seminars and courses as required by the Head Groundsman. To participate with other team members and the Grounds Manager to provide ideas and plans for future visual enhancements. To undertake all appropriate Risk Assessments associated with their tasks. To be responsible for ensuring that all tasks are undertaken in a safe manner and comply with the ACS Health and Safety guidelines. To ensure all work is carried out in a cost effective and competent manner to the required standard. To effectively communication with all internal and external customers to ensure that tasks cause minimal disruption to the normal activities of the school. To carry out visual inspection only of power machinery and portable equipment prior to use. Faults should be reported immediately to the Grounds Supervisor. To ensure that adequate provision of warning notices is provided when carrying out cutting/spraying operations. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Trade qualified person trained to City & Guilds levels or equivalent. Basic knowledge of various ground maintenance procedures required. Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work autonomously. Good customer service skills in dealing with a wide range of individuals at varying levels. Be a good communicator. This is a full time, permanent, all year round role working Monday to Friday from 7am- 3pm. ACS is committed to inclusion across race, gender, faith, identity, and abilities. We believe that diversity helps us to fulfil our purpose, realise our vision and exemplify our values. ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, as an employee of ACS, you are expected to share this commitment. This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Software Engineer/DevOps Engineer City of London £Competitive plus strong bonus and benefits Azure, Terraform, Data Tooling DevOps Engineer is sought to join a highly prestigious financial services organisation. This is a key role that will see you taking responsibility for developing Microsoft Fabric related DevOps processes, ensuring the correct balance between environmental control and ensuring Data Engineering teams have the flexibility to work efficiently. You will create bespoke modules in Terraform and actions in GitHub (or Azure DevOps) to support CI/CD workflows. You will also liaise with teams across the business to ensure the platform meets all security and performance requirements. Key Responsibilities Develop standards and strategies to manage the deployment of assets into the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. Where required create custom actions in GitHub/Azure DevOps that use the Microsoft Fabric APIs. Where required create custom terraform modules to ensure Microsoft Fabric configuration is held as infrastructure as code. Work with Data Engineers to create the development environments engineers will use to develop and deploy products in Microsoft Fabric. Work with data owners around the business to ensure source data systems can be securely accessed. Ensure security best practices are followed. BCP/DR strategy. Work with other members of the central platform team to monitor the Microsoft Fabric feature roadmap and integrate new features into the established eco-system. Work with other members of the central platform team to define an efficient project process to deliver new data products. Key Technical Skills and Experience Terraform Modules Infrastructure as code GitHub/Azure DevOps Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse CI/CD including Databases Databricks GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps Tasks Monitoring in Azure Release Management Experience Microsoft Fabric (not essential) Curious to learn new sectors like AI, ML (Not essential) Minimum 6 years working in a cloud environment managing data engineering products.
Role: Compliance Administrator Location: Addlestone Are you an organised, detail-oriented individual with excellent communication skills? Join our family-run agency with over 20 years of experience as a Compliance Administrator. In this role, you will ensure smooth and compliant operations within the team and manage key compliance programs. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the success of our business while growing in a supportive, collaborative work environment. Responsibilities: Ensure candidates are compliant before interview and before they are placed on contract. Manage, control, and own the compliance tracker within the team. Raise issues to internal/external stakeholders for non-compliance. Ensure contracts are sent in a timely manner. Liaise regularly with the team to ensure full understanding of billings and predictions. Manage key programs within the team, covering topics such as aftercare, found fee radar, and offer management. Provide key analysis and metrics to the team, including performance, averages, ratios, etc. Build a strong understanding of key programs and become a subject matter expert. Complete ad-hoc tasks required for the team. Maintain and control email inboxes. Keep up to date with new laws and legislation to ensure compliance. Experience and Certifications Required: Excellent telephone manner. Strong organisation and prioritisation skills. Ability to remain steady under pressure. Strong internal and external communication skills. Commercial awareness and flexibility, with a willingness to go over and above for the business.