THE DIRECTIONS ROUND-UP - 14th JANUARY

  

We are back with a round-up of some great jobs and opportunities from this week! 

JOBS:

Gardener - HC One St. Helens

In your role as a Gardener at HC-One you will undertake gardening duties at your Care Home and maintain and present the Homes’ gardens and grounds to a highest standard in order to help HC-One to become the First Choice Care Home in the community. You will be responsive and flexible as the needs of the Homes change.

As a Gardener you will be responsible for general gardening duties and tending to all gardens, including (but not exclusively) the planting of seasonal foliage, grass-cutting, shrubs and pruning, watering of hanging baskets, eradication of weeds, tidying of all pathways, walk ways and drive ways surrounding areas within the care home grounds. 

https://apply.hc-one.co.uk/vacancies/30884/gardener.html

Business Support Assistant - NHS England

NHS England and NHS Improvement came together on 1 April 2019 as a new single organisation. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to deliver this as a single integrated organisation.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have an ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916973564

Student Experience Adminstrator - University of Liverpool

Working within the Student Experience Team in the Institute of Population Health, you will play an important role in supporting students and academic staff as part of the Institute¿s Professional Services Team with a primary focus on undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught student support, assessments, examinations and student progression.   You should have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively under pressure in a challenging environment.  You should also have the ability to quickly interpret, absorb and advice on new information and procedures. 

https://my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form

Sales Assistant - WHSmith New Mersey Retail Park

In our stores, you won’t just work the tills and stock the shelves. Here at WHSmith, it’s all about the customer. That means being helpful, listening and talking to them, no matter how busy you are. In fact, you’ll be an all-round customer service superstar, who can understand exactly what each customer wants. That means product knowledge is very important too. Naturally, you’ll have a great team there to help you. You’ll need to work together to keep the store well stocked and tidy, even when it’s busy.
 

https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=30012&siteid=5104&jobid=270946#jobDetails=270946_5104

Customer Service Advisor - Liverpool City Council

Liverpool City Council is recruiting Customer Service Advisors to provide advice and information in relation to all city council and partner agency services.

Based in the historic Cunard Building, with the flexibility to work from home, this is a fantastic opportunity for the right people with a real desire to make a difference, to how we support the people of Liverpool.

With Liverpool City Council covering everything from the planning of roads and managing leisure services, to ensuring the most vulnerable in our society have a social care service to protect them. The Customer Service Advisor role can be varied, with lots to learn.

Our Customer Service Advisors provide first contact resolutions to our city’s residents and customers through the Contact Centre and e-Contact always maintaining the highest standard of customer service.

http://lccjobs.liverpool.gov.uk/details.aspx?id=P1LFK026203F3VBQBV77VF6FT&nPostingID=6693&nPostingTargetID=76784&mask=lccext&lg=UK

IT Analyst (Support) - Plus Dane Housing Merseyside

The purpose of the IT Analyst (Support) role is to support, improve and enhance IT systems used throughout the organisation. The post holder will assist in ensuring that systems are kept up to date, managed and administered.

The post holder will assist with application support for business systems within the IT team using using service desk tools to manage and report performance on fault and service request resolution, using SQL server, associated systems and development environments, and Web based mobile technologies, working closely with stakeholders to ensure that the systems are fit for purpose, up to date, secure and available.

https://ce0450li.webitrent.com/ce0450li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID%3d3102543DaH&WVID=1758440UiU

EVENTS:

1-2-1 consultations with a business adviser to discuss an idea and how to get started:

• Have a long-term business idea you want to pursue?
• Noticed a gap in the market during this time and think you can fill it?
• Have a hobby you want to turn into a business?

Our team of advisors are available for 1 hour slots to talk through your idea and help you get started.

Book yours instantly via Eventbrite, or email us on hello@thewo.org.uk for another date.

Available for women living in the Liverpool City Region.

About Directions:

Directions is a specifically designed and fully integrated programme of support that will improve the employability of over 2,000 local residents from the Liverpool City Region who are currently not in work.

For More Information on Directions

Telephone: 0151 706 8111

Email: hello@thewo.org.uk

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About European Social Fund:

Directions are receiving funding from the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for the England European Social Fund programme. Established by the European Union, the European Social Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support skills development, employment and job creation, social inclusion, and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding