£34,860 – £43,288 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience)

Lymington & Pennington is an attractive and historic town of 15,000 residents. It has an impressive Georgian centre and is a world-renowned sailing venue on the Solent. It is very close to the southern edge of the New Forest, now a National Park.

The Council runs a very popular Charter street market on Saturdays. It is responsible for approximately 200 acres of recreational open space and sports fields, plus other amenity areas and buildings, including a unique open air lido. The Council currently has 15 employees including two market superintendants and nine outside staff, whose supervisor reports directly to the Town Clerk. The total annual turnover of Lymington & Pennington Town Council is approximately £750,000. There are fifteen Councillors and the Mayor is also Chairman of the Council.

The Council wishes to recruit an individual having the following assets: 

• Previous experience of local government management
• Understanding of local government finance and budgeting
• Capacity to review and restructure staffing
• Capacity to introduce a rolling programme of staff performance management
• Ability to lead and motivate the teams (ground staff and office staff)
• Capacity to review and update critical policies and establish new policies as necessary
• A real passion to serve and to communicate with the local community
• Ability to foster and maintain productive relationships with councillors and with outside bodies
• A wish to pursue ongoing professional development as needed

A full person specification, job description and an application form can be obtained from:

Cllr Paul Hickman, Deputy Mayor of Lymington & Pennington, North Lodge, 11 North Street, Pennington, Lymington SO41 8FY. Applications should be submitted to the same address and marked ‘Private and Confidential’.

Alternatively an electronic application form may be obtained from the Deputy Mayor by emailing paulehickman@btinternet.com. Applications completed electronically should be submitted to the same email address.

Queries may be addressed to the Deputy Mayor by email (see address above) or by telephone on 07939 540145. Relocation expenses may be paid to the successful candidate up to a maximum of £5,000.

Deputy Revenues Manager – REVENUE SERVICES

£31,754 to £38,042 (37 hours weekly) – The Council is arguably one of the best performing metropolitan authorities in terms of revenues collection and is now looking to recruit a Deputy Revenues Manager.

This is one of 2 posts with shared responsibility for the effective day-to-day management of the staff and resources engaged in the collection of council tax, non-domestic rates, sundry debt and various other functions within the Revenue Services Division on a rotation basis.

The post also offers the opportunity to play a key role in the strategic management and development of the Division, with a view to providing the highest quality of service in accordance with our mission statement and values. You will have extensive managerial experience and a proven track record of achievement in either a local authority revenues or benefits environment, or a similar large scale, customer focussed and transaction based organisation.

Informal enquiries to Ian Wollaston, the Council’s Head of Revenue Services, on 01384 814870 or e-mail: ian.wollaston@dudley.gov.uk.

Application forms/details available from the Support Services Section, Revenue Services Division, Council House, Priory Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1HG. Tel: 01834 814859 or e-mail: Support.Finance@dudley.gov.uk. Closing date: no later than 5.00pm on 30^th March 2010. Interviews to be held week commencing 19^th April 2010.

Care Homes with Dementia and Nursing for older people

Care Home Managers, required for full time work at Kington, and Holmer, Herefordshire, Clinical Managers required for full time work at Northleach, Gloucestershire and Culworth, Oxfordshire, with the necessary managerial knowledge and qualifications.

Salary – Manager – £35,000  

Salary – Clinical Manager  – £32,000

For further information and an application form, please contact Sally Roberts, Blanchworth Care, The Cider Mill, Blanchworth, Nr Dursley, Glos, GL11 6BB. Tel: 01453-540123     Email: sally.roberts@Blanchworth.co.uk

Care Homes with Dementia and Nursing for older people

Care Home Managers, required for full time work at Kington, and Holmer, Herefordshire, Clinical Managers required for full time work at Northleach, Gloucestershire and Culworth, Oxfordshire, with the necessary managerial knowledge and qualifications.

Salary – Manager – £35,000  

Salary – Clinical Manager  – £32,000

For further information and an application form, please contact Sally Roberts, Blanchworth Care, The Cider Mill, Blanchworth, Nr Dursley, Glos, GL11 6BB. Tel: 01453-540123     Email: sally.roberts@Blanchworth.co.uk

Application Details

Good communication skills, both verbal and written are essential. You must be able to demonstrate you are resilient and dependable under pressure with a flexible approach. Care management assessment experience within the physical disability or older persons sector is essential. You must be a car owner with a full driving licence, as you will be visiting service users.

Application Details

In addition, you will need to be able to show initiative and the ability to optimise outcomes for the benefit of the school. For further information and an application form, please contact the school at Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5HB. Tel: 01494 525728 Email: office@maplewood.bucks.sch.uk. All applicants will need to provide suitable current references and undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the CRB process.

Application Details

In addition the bursar will also manage the school’s private account. The successful candidate will have a proven financial background. Ideally they will have experience of using the SIMS FMS computer system, but training will be provided if they have not. They must have very good interpersonal skills since although office based, they will have frequent contact with both staff and pupils. Visits to the school are encouraged. Please contact the school for further details on 01494-525534

The successful candidate will have a positive and reflective attitude and will be crucial to developing high quality courses for parents and family support services to meet local need. The post will include outreach work and building links with other agencies. This is an all year round post, with some planned evening and weekend hours.
Application details: Visits by appointment encouraged, please ask for Lyn. For further details and application pack, phone: Treetops Children’s Centre on 01453 549860 or email: wottoncc@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Interview Date 31/03/2010

You will be expected to attend and occasionally chair a variety of meetings some of which will be multi-professional.

You will communicate with a wide range of people, to understand and interpret relevant legislation and organise and prioritise your workload to meet specified guidelines.

Interview Date 14th April 2010

For an application pack please telephone 24 hour voicemail 01452 425502 or email recr4@gloucestershire.gov.uk quoting ref no 6/JB/10/42 or apply online.

Equal Opportunities

We value diversity in our workforce and positively welcome applications from all sections of the community

The Carers Emergency Scheme provides an emergency response to full-time carers in a
crisis, on behalf of Carers Gloucestershire.
If you enjoy prioritising your workload, being organised and part of an organisation
committed to providing care within a two hour response time this could be the role for
you.

There will be initial contact with Worcestershire Telecare and other team members
involved in the provision of this care and will include monitoring the care, telephone
contact with District Nurses and families etc.
The administration duties attached to the posts are crucial to the performance of the
Scheme. The role is both interesting and challenging.

For further information and an informal discussion please contact:
Jacqui Rudge, Manager, Countywide Out of Hours Services.

These posts are subject to a Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure check.

Interview date – 16/04/2010.

Apply on line at:
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/jobs
or for an application pack please telephone:
01452 425502 (24 hour voicemail)
or email:
recr4@gloucestershire.gov.uk quoting reference number.

Equal Opportunities

We value diversity in our workforce and positively welcome applications from all sections of the community