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Join the Harris Institute, a leading provider of professional development and training through three designated Teaching School Hubs. We deliver high-quality programs that empower schools and academies across London and South Essex to lead educational improvement. As Apprenticeship Co-ordinator, you will play a key role in managing and supporting our apprenticeship programs. Reporting to the Teaching School Hubs and Apprenticeships Manager, you'll be the main point of contact for apprentices and internal stakeholders, ensuring smooth administration, compliance, and a positive learning experience. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on workforce development in education. WORKING WITH US The founder and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990. We have, over the past thirty years, implemented ideas and initiatives that have transformed the opportunities of pupils from working class and disadvantaged backgrounds. Harris academies are widely recognised as a force for social mobility. We are immensely proud of the role that our alumni are now beginning to play in the world and of what we believe our current generation of pupils will go on to achieve. We now have over 50 schools educating more than 40,000 young people across London and Essex, and employ over 5,000 staff across our academies and head office. With the majority of our academies located in areas of high socioeconomic disadvantage, a high-quality education is key to the futures of the pupils we serve. As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff. Our work will impact many generations to come, and our staff come from all backgrounds and walks of life, coming together to inspire young minds. We promote an inclusive culture that embraces the valuable and enriching contribution that all of our community make. We continue to be proactive in uplifting and supporting all voices at Harris. To discover more about our culture, ethos and what it is like to work here, visit the ___ page. MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Your job responsibilities will include: Apprentice Lifecycle Management • Onboarding & Induction: Co-ordinate the smooth induction of all new apprentices, ensuring they receive necessary documentation, program details, and are integrated into their respective teams., • Administration: Maintain and quality assure all apprentice records, training agreements, and learning plans, in accordance with the apprenticeship funding rules., • Compliance: Monitor and track apprentice progress against milestones, funding requirements, and End-Point Assessment (EPA) readiness, ensuring all programs comply with DfE, Ofsted, and Awarding Body regulations., • Off-the-Job Training: Monitor and track the accurate recording of Off-the-Job training hours for all apprentices. Stakeholder Engagement & Support • Apprentice Support: Act as the first point of contact for apprentices, offering guidance, support, and signposting to relevant resources regarding their well-being, training, and workplace issues., • Liaison: Build and maintain effective working relationships with Employers, internal line managers, and mentors to ensure consistent program delivery and feedback., • Meetings: Ensure that all progress review meetings are being held and attended to, ensuring that outcomes are documented and follow up on agreed actions. For a full list of responsibilities, please download the job pack. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We would like to hear from you if you have: • The ability to co-ordinate and motivate a high-performing team., • The ability to work in different sites across the organisation including London and Essex when needed., • A pro-active and organised approach including to manage multiple priorities., • A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable, • Proficient in the use of MS Office software packages, such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as search engines and online databases., • Some experience of using social media platforms For a full job specification, please download the job pack. WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU Harris has a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level. You will also have access to a variety of benefits, support programmes and initiatives including: • Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development and career progression, • Annual performance and loyalty bonus, • Pension scheme (Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contribution, • 26 days' annual leave (inclusive of our Christmas Eve closure day) plus bank holidays, rising to 27 days after 2 years' service, or equivalent for staff on term time contracts, • Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan including cover for routine and specialist healthcare, • Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice, • Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme, • Wide range of shopping, leisure, and travel discounts, • 20% off at Tapi Carpets, exclusive to Harris employees, • Interest-free ICT and season ticket loans For most non-teaching staff based at our Head Office in East Croydon, we also offer lifestyle friendly working arrangements including flexible start and end times, and hybrid working with two days from home and three days on site. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed. Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

Within your #OneTeam Within OVHcloud, the Industry Business Unit (CINO) is responsible for designing and delivering infrastructure and server resources, while innovating and industrializing good practices. It ensures competitive levels of service and quality while respecting deadlines agreed with customers. The DC Lead IT is a member of the Datacentre Steering committee and reports directly to the Datacentre manager, leading and managing the onsite IT team, which is composed of IT technicians and tech leads. "IT" includes Upgrade technicians responsible for new server deployments and RUN technicians responsible for maintaining the server estate. Your main responsibilities • Organize, plan, schedule and track every connection, upgrade, customization and rack related operation, according to the objectives of the OVH strategic plan., • Manage and support the IT team, working on shifts 3*8 hours, 24/7 on maintenance and deployment of servers., • Contribute to a continual improvement process, productivity, respect SLA, train and develop the team., • Team management:, • Lead, track and follow individual and team performance, • Onboard and integrate people inside the team, • Develop their skills according to operational requirements (tech, lead tech) and expected performance, • Follow and perform all necessary HR processes: annual review, salary review, skills management, training, performance management etc., • Monitor, train and support staff in security and safety rules awareness and conformance. Contribute positively to a safety based culture., • In strong collaboration with the DU steerco, deliver internal and site communication to your team, leverage action plans and lean management and contribute in deploying DU policy, DCM and steerco decisions, • Be a social leader and point of presence with and for the team. Ensure a strong social bond between all staff and all teams., • Manage and organize Upgrade and RUN activities, • Assist your DC tech leads in scheduling and forecasting all operations, managing the team workload based on business priorities and communicate clearly both internally and externally on progress and challenges., • Follow and track your activities through KPI and dashboards. Report them to the steerco, • WIP, to connect, incidents, SLA, ..., • Ensure the team are able to access/find all the necessary technical knowledge required for their day to day work. Assist in sharing best practices within the team and with the wider OVH DCOPS community., • Monitor process follow-up by the team including incident management, change management, handover reports, post mortems, etc.., • Ensure the proper training of staff to support the expected quality of service and performance., • Manage alerts, escalations, volume of incidents, SLA and post mortems., • Implement strong collaboration with all DC Teams (infra, network, logistics, office, building, safety, ...) and with transversal teams in DCOPS and other departments., • Monitor DC architecture and maintenance of the domain:, • Apply best practice for installation and maintenance. Ensure application of existing procedures and make suggestions on improving them where appropriate., • Audit technical procedures and control operations., • Audit DC infrastructure and provide 1st line support to the owners where necessary., • Contribute to the energy and environmental performance of the Datacenter in leveraging stakeholders, supporting Group initiatives and implementing local actions and reporting. Skills required • A high level of IT hardware and software knowledge and experience is expected., • Knowledge of HVAC and data centre power distribution is an advantage., • Planning, scheduling, workload prioritisation and ability to use a multitude of IT tools to support these activities is required., • Competent in report generation and the use of OKR/KPI dashboards., • Work with and knowledge of compliance with international standards, regulatory requirements and safety standards., • Be able to leverage, enhance, improve situations, organization, skills., • Management skills are expected as well as ability to lead and bring teams together., • Ability to take quick decisions and manage tricky situations or a crisis., • Be attentive to your team, be a good listener but a strong manager., • Be able to summarize, analyze and explore datasets and complex scenarios., • Work together with steerco and other teams to achieve shared objectives and goals., • Be able to organize, schedule, plan works, shifts, skills.

Proud to be not-for-profit, at Sanctuary Care we provide high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect. At the very heart of everything we do is our mission to go beyond the standard expectation of providing great care, by doing everything we can to enrich the lives of the residents we are privileged to care for, their loved ones and as importantly, our dedicated and valued staff. Care Team Leader - Days Birchwood Residential Care Home, 406 Clayhall Avenue, Ilford, Essex, IG5 0TA £15.18 per hour 33.75hours available Why work for us? We spend so much time at work don't we, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let's have some fun while we're at work, support each other and work hard as a team. There's loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Birchwood for all regardless of role. Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can 'feel' the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors. The team at Birchwood is special and we're looking for special people to join us. Become a part of it and apply for this role. At the heart of our organisation are our incredible people and we're dedicated to making Sanctuary Care an amazing place to work. That's why we provide a package that includes support for: Your Mind and Body • Occupational sick pay after 12 month's service (for those on contracted hours only and subject to qualifying period), • Confidential 24/7 employee advice service (Includes medical and legal advice), • Wellbeing resources through our employee platforms including Aviva Digicare, • Additional compensation for overtime, • Financial wellbeing support including access to affordable loans via salary finance and free mortgage advice, • Exclusive discounts through our e-hub platform, • Securing your future with our contributory pension plan, • Life assurance, • 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), • Complimentary meals during long shifts, • Growth and development with us through comprehensive training and internal career opportunities including a Team Leader Development programme, • Ability to be part of our inclusive staff networks like the Parent Network and Disability Network, • Loyalty recognition scheme for 12 month's service onwards As a Care Team Leader, you will look after the day-to-day needs of our residents, whilst showing compassion, care and commitment to having a positive impact on their lives. You will work with a team of like-minded individuals, all with a desire to ensuring that our residents are comfortable in their home. You will also support Care Assistants in their development. • First and foremost - we work together as a team to enrich our residents' lives - let's support our colleagues too and have fun in the process, • We give the highest quality of personalised care to our residents in line with their individual care plans, • Leisure and social activities are a really important part of the day - let's get stuck in, • Team work! A happy team, makes for happy residents and a happy home, • Experience in care is an essential requirement for role, an NVQ3 in Social Care is also desirable, • Being able to communicate well is essential along with a flexible approach Job Reference: 223539 Please note:If you have lived or worked overseas, you may be required to provide an overseas police check. Any costs incurred for this will be reimbursed once employment has commenced. We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK. If you are applying internally, don't forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application. We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don't miss out, please apply early. Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers' needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to our Disability Confident employer status. Building Equality and Diversity Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working. Anenhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for. Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity. Job Segment: Manager, Inspector, Management, Quality

About Barhale Who are Barhale? Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors, including: • Water, • Transport, • Built environment Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide. We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including: • Tunnelling, • MEICA, • Temporary and permanent design, • Steel-fabrication, • Signs (design and fabrication) Company Showcase Video: Why join Barhale? • As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies., • Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes, • Broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients The Role To provide customer service to all stakeholders, which aligns with Barhale’s 3 Pillars Sustainability Model of Profit, Safety, and Environment. The post holder will work collaboratively with our clients to support a region-wide customer strategy, to guide project-specific customer plans. Key Responsibilities Strategy • Establish and maintain a good working relationship with our clients to define and support the customer strategy, • Contribute to the development and implementation of the customer strategy through analysis of performance, • To assist customer management processes by listening to the voice of the customer during the planning and delivery stages of the project, • Measure the customer experience that impacts our CMex/DMex and NPS measures to produce valuable insights and to identify customer trends., • To ensure that our customer action plan maximises the customer experience and meets local community needs, • Monitoring and measuring of customer satisfaction KPIs, • Be responsible for reporting on the customer satisfaction scoring and providing feedback to our clients and operational teams, • Engage with the Client’s Customer Challenge Group to develop and improve the customer relationship, • Support the development of Power BI Apps to analyse/collate/communicate data through digital portals, • Work closely with our clients and Barhale’s team to develop/share digital methods (Twitter/blogs/apps) to allow customers to engage and gain valuable customer insights, • To work with the design and delivery team to ensure project deliverables provide an excellent customer experience, • Follow and promote the Barhale customer handbook and ensure that the handbook guidelines are followed by site and operational teams; support in developing and updating the Barhale customer handbook, • Support Clients with their customer engagement targets and promote and implement key messages in local communities, • Take a proactive approach in promoting civil engineering as a career choice to schools and colleges by attending and delivering STEM events, • Engagement with the local community by visiting the areas to identify issues with services, access, vulnerable people, landlords/owners, and stakeholders, • Liaise with the local community regarding project plans to keep residents and members of the public up to date with project developments and measure project plan performance, • Share knowledge and provide training when applicable with the site team regarding good public relations through our values Essential • Previous experience working within a Customer/Community-focused position, • Proficient in delivering service improvements, • Accomplished in research insight and analytics, with the ability to present the data, • Good interpersonal, organisational, communication and time management skills, • Ability to show empathy and understanding of customer needs, • Proficient with the Microsoft suite of packages, • Good social media skills with the ability to develop engaging and timely updates on project development across varied communication platforms Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company. As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them. From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by. • Competitive salary, • Company Pension, • Life Assurance, • Private Medical, • 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days, • 8 hours volunteering, • Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing, • Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice, • Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position), • Leadership & management training and coaching, • Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression, • Development supported by internal and externally delivered training Please contact our Recruitment team via

Damp & Mould Manager Location: East London Salary: £60,000 Overview We are seeking an experienced Damp & Mould Manager to lead our operational response and strategic management of damp, mould, and condensation cases across our East London housing portfolio. The successful candidate will bring extensive technical expertise, strong case-management capability, and a clear working understanding of Awaab's Law and its implications for social housing providers. Key Responsibilities Lead, manage and continuously improve the organisation's damp & mould service, ensuring all cases are investigated, monitored, and resolved within required timeframes. Provide expert diagnosis of damp, mould, and condensation issues, identifying root causes and recommending appropriate remedial actions. Ensure full compliance with Awaab's Law , including clear response processes, investigation timescales, tenant communication standards, and record-keeping obligations. Work closely with Repairs, Asset Management, Compliance, and Housing teams to develop proactive strategies to prevent damp & mould. Oversee the delivery of remedial works, ensuring quality, value for money, and timely completion. Train and support staff in best-practice damp and mould identification, reporting, and tenant engagement. Produce accurate reports, dashboards and risk summaries for senior leadership and regulatory bodies. Engage directly with residents where required, providing clear, empathetic, and professional communication. Manage relationships with contractors, surveyors, and external specialists. Support broader property health and compliance initiatives, including ventilation, insulation, and building safety improvements. Skills & Experience Required Proven experience managing damp, mould, and condensation cases within housing, property management, or building maintenance. Strong technical knowledge of building pathology related to moisture, ventilation, thermal performance, and disrepair. Solid understanding of Awaab's Law and relevant housing health and safety legislation (including HHSRS and landlord obligations). Excellent investigative, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage caseloads effectively and oversee end-to-end resolutions. Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage sensitively with residents and provide clear guidance to internal teams. Experience managing contractors and delivering remedial programmes. Strong organisational, report-writing, and data-management skills. What We Offer Competitive salary of £60,000 Opportunity to lead a high-profile, impactful area of housing compliance Professional development and training support Collaborative and supportive team environment TPBN1_UKTJ

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We're looking for a compassionate and driven Service Manager to join our residential service based in Havering. As a Service Manager, youll lead a dedicated team, making sure we deliver high quality support, performance and improvements across our service whilst representing values of the organisati

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