Senior Project Consultant (Estates Strategy & Asset Management)

Full time | Eric Wright Group Head Office (Preston)

Our business is truly special; part of the Eric Wright Group, and wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.

What You’ll Do

You will play a senior role within the consultancy team, leading key projects that provide strategic healthcare estates advice, robust business cases, and effective programme and project management solutions. Working alongside local NHS systems and wider public sector partners, you will help shape estates strategies that support long-term service delivery and community needs.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and deliver projects, managing budgets, programmes, and commercial performance

• Act as lead consultant and main client contact on strategic estates and capital projects

• Develop new opportunities in line with the business plan

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external advisors

• Ensure strong project governance, reporting, and risk management

• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships

• Represent the business professionally at meetings and events

• Champion high-quality delivery and client satisfaction

• Comply with company policies and support business growth

What You’ll Bring

• Degree-qualified or 5+ years’ relevant asset management experience

• Strong knowledge of LIFT / PFI and public-sector environments

• Experience working across health, social care, education, or wider public sector

• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and lead teams to tight deadlines

• Confident, resilient communicator able to engage and influence senior stakeholders

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work independently

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and decision-making skills

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and time management

• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Adaptable, with the ability to learn new systems and ways of working

• Full UK driving licence and access to own transport

Desirable

• Experience preparing estates strategies and business cases (HM Treasury Green Book)

• Better Business Cases qualification

• QS experience or qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body (or working towards)

• Understanding of national healthcare policy and service planning

Our Values

At the heart of everything we do are four core values:

• Integrity– We’re transpare...

Senior Project Consultant (Estates Strategy & Asset Management)

Full time | Eric Wright Group Head Office (Preston)

Our business is truly special; part of the Eric Wright Group, and wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.

What You’ll Do

You will play a senior role within the consultancy team, leading key projects that provide strategic healthcare estates advice, robust business cases, and effective programme and project management solutions. Working alongside local NHS systems and wider public sector partners, you will help shape estates strategies that support long-term service delivery and community needs.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead and deliver projects, managing budgets, programmes, and commercial performance

• Act as lead consultant and main client contact on strategic estates and capital projects

• Develop new opportunities in line with the business plan

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external advisors

• Ensure strong project governance, reporting, and risk management

• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships

• Represent the business professionally at meetings and events

• Champion high-quality delivery and client satisfaction

• Comply with company policies and support business growth

What You’ll Bring

• Degree-qualified or 5+ years’ relevant asset management experience

• Strong knowledge of LIFT / PFI and public-sector environments

• Experience working across health, social care, education, or wider public sector

• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and lead teams to tight deadlines

• Confident, resilient communicator able to engage and influence senior stakeholders

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work independently

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and decision-making skills

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and time management

• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Adaptable, with the ability to learn new systems and ways of working

• Full UK driving licence and access to own transport

Desirable

• Experience preparing estates strategies and business cases (HM Treasury Green Book)

• Better Business Cases qualification

• QS experience or qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body (or working towards)

• Understanding of national healthcare policy and service planning

Our Values

At the heart of everything we do are four core values:

• Integrity– We’re transpare...

Management Accountant

Bournemouth International Centre

Post Title: Management Accountant

Site: Bournemouth International Centre

Salary: £39,744 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent, office based

The role:

Supporting the Senior Management Accountant, you will be responsible for overseeing the company management accounts, including review of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all processes and account preparations are completed in an accurate and timely manner, providing an accurate monthly detailed account of the company’s performance.

You will:

· Prepare the year end accounts for external audit and support the annual external audit process.

· Ensure all anomalies are investigated and resolved, escalating potential impacts to the Head of Finance and Director of Finance and Business Support.

· Assist in the preparation of forecasts and budgets.

· Oversee the sales invoicing and purchasing process, ensuring the satisfactory resolution of financial matters including debt management and supplier management.

· Assist with payroll reviews and sign off.

To be successful you will need:

· ACCA/CIMA or equivalent part or fully qualified (training support available).

· A well-rounded exposure of the entire accounts function

· Solid understanding of the financial accounting side of the business, including VAT, tax, Gift Aid and balance sheet reconciliations including bank

Please click here to view the full job description.

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We offer:

· Onsite parking

· Training and development opportunities

· BH Live Active - Gym membership

· Health cash plan

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Company pension matched up to 6% contributions

· Colleague discount on food and drink

· Colleague recognition

· Birthday / Celebratory day off

· Loyalty Rewards

About BH Live:

We are one of the UK’s leading leisure and event venue operators – a registered charity and social enterprise.

Our geographical reach spans across multiple venues, leisure centres and attractions across Portsmouth, Southampton, Croydon and the BCP region with millions of visits per year.

Our organisational and charitable purpose is to generate:

· More participation – through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health, and wellbeing

· Higher audiences – through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience

· Greater economic and social benefit – through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional, and international economies and people

We are making a positive difference across the communities we serve.

To apply:

All applications are to be made via the BH Live Careers site - https://careers.bhlive.org.uk/

The full job description for the role can be found on the BH Live Careers site.

BH Live reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.

NEWS

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17 September 2025

Job Vacancy: Management Accountant

We are seeking a well-rounded accountant to join our partnership of charities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for all management accounts across the group of four charities, whose combined turnover is around £4m per year.

For full details and how to apply please visit the CharityJob website. 

We are actively recruiting for this role and will conduct interviews on a rolling basis.

Working in partnership

Bild is part of a partnership of four independent charities committed to a society where everyone can enjoy the same rights and opportunities.

Bild, the Restraint Reduction Network, Bild Association of Certified Training and Respond are separate charities sharing a common set of values and vision for our society. Each charity has its own governance arrangements. Where possible and appropriate, the charities, sometimes referred to as the ‘Bild Group’, share back-office support, including communications, finance and Human Resources, enabling them to have greater collective impact. These are hosted by Bild, with service level agreements in place with each.

Property Services Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title: Property Services CoordinatorContract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 30th January 2027Salary: £33,185.24 Per AnnumWorking Hours: 35 hours per weekWorking Pattern: Monday to Friday, HybridLocation: Camden, London
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.

Please note that whilst we will accept applications on the basis of any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK, we will be surrendering the Riverside Sponsorship licence, so for the avoidance of doubt, we are unable to apply for any further sponsorships whether on behalf of existing colleagues or candidates.

The difference you will make as a Property Services Coordinator
The administration team provides support across the property services directorate and consists of the following main areas: scheduling, compliance contracts and teams supporting the heating, electric, asbestos, maintenance and responsive operations.
This role is responsible for the provision of effective and efficient administration surrounding the repairs, services, compliance works and other technical projects. Contribute the effective completion of works to maximise the use of Riverside properties.

About you
We are looking for someone with: 
• Excellent IT skills and literacy
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Self-motivated, resilient, assertive and confident
• Proven experience of excellent customer service skills

Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives. 
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy:
• Competitive pay & generous pension 
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside: 
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to 
inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues. 
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to be considered.

Role Profile
• Responsible for an effective administration contribution to enable work to be carried out in a timely and compliant manner
• Work as part of a high performing team and ensure your actions are supportive of the team being successful
• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders and provide administrative support to the Operations Teams to ensuring the smooth running of the Property Services Programmes and Technical Projects
• Maintaining all tasks, including raising jobs, requisitions, follow on works, sub-contractor works. Ensure all records are always kept up to date including job details, appointments, job statuses, relevant time & dates, costs
• Ensuring that the WIPs is worked on (Works in progress). 
• Ensuring that subcontractors are completing jobs on time and they submit completed paperwork correctly ready for supervisor’ review and contractor payment
• Escalate any operatives/ contractors’ issues to the relevant surveyor/ Head of Service  
• Ensuring you have the “first time fix” approach 
• Phoning residents to ensure access is gained for works
• Assisting   supervisors / surveyors 
• Investigate complaints (informal and formal) and expressions of dissatisfaction with the service; respond to customers within our published service standards, both verbally and in writing.  
• Responsible for answering calls and relaying informati...

Salary & Benefits

From £70,000 per annum depending on experience, plus generous benefits package, including:
34 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) • Health care cash back • Private medical insurance • Discounted gym and retail benefits • 3 x life insurance • annual bonuses • free onsite car parking • Employee advice line • Generous pension plan

Location

Lhasa Limited, Granary Wharf House, 2 Canal Wharf, Leeds LS11 5PS. We support hybrid working with a typical week involving 2 days working from the office.

Join our team and contribute to cutting-edge research in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Summary of the Role

The Lead Platform Engineer provides strategic technical leadership for Lhasa’s cloud-native platform engineering initiatives, establishing architectural standards and operational practices that enable scalable SaaS product delivery. They drive the evolution of developer experience through self-service platforms, GitOps workflows, and comprehensive observability solutions.

Leading a team of platform engineers, they mentor technical talent whilst collaborating with stakeholders across the organisation to align platform capabilities with business objectives. The Lead Platform Engineer owns service production reliability, implements DORA and Core 4 metrics for continuous improvement, and ensures compliance with security standards in high-value data environments. They balance strategic cloud platform planning with hands-on technical execution to deliver world-class engineering platforms.

Why Lhasa Limited?

We are a successful not-for-profit company and educational charity, with a great reputation for collaborative scientific development.

We develop meaningful science and software that supports the delivery of life-enhancing solutions including the development of safe chemicals to market including drugs and cosmetics as well as making a positive contribution to reducing animal testing.

Our charitable status enables us to make altruistic decisions for the public benefit and to work with some of the leading organisations in the world to really make a difference.

Our salaries are competitive dependent upon skills and experience. We also offer fantastic personal benefits including (but not limited to); 34 days holiday plus bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, healthcare cashback, PMI, free car parking at our office in Leeds City Centre and much more!

Main Responsibilities 

Leadership

• Strategic leadership of the platform engineering team, developing talent at all levels.
• Lead the team’s vision, strategy and roadmap for platform engineering initiatives, ensuring they are aligned with broader organisational goals.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the platform engineering team and across tech teams
• Manage team capacity planning and resource allocation, balancing feature delivery with operational excellence and technical debt reduction
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive organisational change management for platform adoption.

Technical Leadership & Cloud Platform Strategy

• Lead implementation of DORA and Core 4 metrics whilst establishing operating models for SaaS product delivery
• Coach and mentor engineers on Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and GitOps good practices whilst reviewing infrastructure changes
• Design GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and architect self-service capabilities through Backstage portal
• Plan cloud platform (internally and AWS), managing cost optimisation and infrastructure budgets
• Establish platform standards for cloud, containerisation, orchestration, observability, security, and CI/CD practices

Developer Experience & Service Management

• Enhance Backstage portal with personalised dashboards and Software Templates for common patterns
• Own production SaaS infrastructure reliability, providing third-line support for escalations
• Design robust CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins whilst managing multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
• Implement security good practices (RBAC, network policies) and disaster recovery strategies
• Partner with Product Teams and Member Services to understand customer requirements and address platform needs

Observability & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) with comprehensive SLIs/SLOs and alerting
• Create runbooks and incident response procedures
• Drive cost optimisation strategies for internal cloud and AWS infrastructure
• Eliminate toil through automation and optimise deployment pipelines for reliability improvements
• Research new technol...

Director, Individual Giving (Toronto, Canada)

Job Title

Director, Individual Giving (Toronto, Canada)

Location

Canada

Type

Full-time, Permanent

Application Deadline

February 9, 2026

The Director of Individual Giving leads the development and implementation of strategies to grow and diversify individual giving with a primary focus on the major gift portfolio including oversight for the stewardship of existing donors and the prospecting of new major donors. You will be a primary support to the Canadian Advisory Board and also oversee the mid-level and mass market individual giving programs.

Music Director

Renaissance Choir

The Renaissance Choir, one of the leading non-professional chamber choirs on the South coast, seeks a new Music Director to take up post in September 2026, following the retirement of the current post-holder after 34 years.

The Renaissance Choir is an auditioned SATB choir of around 30 members. Rehearsals take place at the Emsworth Community Centre, PO10 7DD, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Friday evenings.

We put on at least four (and often five) concerts in S.E. Hampshire and West Sussex, and rehearse around 40 times a year. We present a varied, ambitious repertoire ranging from the Renaissance through to contemporary works.

We are looking for a dynamic and empathetic individual with the skill to build on the existing high standard of performance of the choir, to develop the musicianship of its members, to help attract new singers, and to ensure continuing audience appeal.

Further details, including a role description and application process, are available in the Candidate Information Pack at https://tinyurl.com/3nztz7w3.

Applications should be sent to Stephanie Munn, Secretary, at info@renaissancechoir.org.uk by midnight on Monday 2 March 2026.

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Music Director

Fakenham Choral Society

Fakenham Choral Society (FCS) is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Music Director from 23rd March 2026.

We are a registered charity formed in 1973, well established in the local community with a membership of 90 drawn from across north Norfolk. Although we have no formal auditions, our members are experienced choral singers used to four part harmonies. FCS has broadened its repertoire from the core choral works to pieces from Britten to Will Todd via Purcell and Hammerstein. The choir produces three concerts per year (hiring in orchestra and professional soloists) plus a very successful Come and Sing event.
More details about the choir can be found at www.fakenhamchoralsociety.org

We are seeking candidates who have:
• excellent musicianship with established conducting experience and an understanding of the classical and contemporary repertoire
• positive interpersonal skills to enthuse and instruct the choir
• Clear direction to a choir with mixed musical knowledge

Key responsibilities:
• work closely with the committee
• plan the music programme each year in consultation with the committee
• plan and lead weekly 90 minute rehearsals on Tuesday evenings during term times (September to June) arriving in good time to prepare and consult with the accompanist to lead rehearsals for and conduct concerts
• prepare and lead an annual come and sing day
• prepare singers and musicians to ensure readiness for each concert including sectional rehearsals
• support and promote the development of our choir members
• be responsible for sourcing soloists and instrumentalists in conjunction with the committee
• comply with any safeguarding regulations which may apply

Further details, including a full job description and fees will be sent out by email or post, if you prefer, with the application pack. A letter of application, CV and names and details of two referees, one of whom should be a current or recent employer or contact should be included with your application. References will only be taken up if you are offered the role.

Applications packs can be applied for by contacting the secretary Sally Bone, on sally.bone1@outlook.com
The closing date for applications is 16th February 2026

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview and to lead a short section of a choir rehearsal.

The start date for the successful candidate will be 23rd March 2026, just before the start of the Summer term to allow time for planning. The first rehearsal date of the summer term is on Tuesday 7th April. The Summer concert will take place on Saturday 20th June. The successful candidate will have a three month probationary period to be reviewed by both parties at that time.

Music Director

Music Director

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06 February 2026 - 03:15 pm Europe/London

Musical vacancies

4 Upton Drive

Upton by Chester

CHESTER

CH2 1BU

Ellesmere Port Music Society

£110 per rehearsal and £540 per concert

juliawilliams101@hotmail.com

Musical vacancies Conductor/Music Director

Phoenix Singers Seeks New Music Director (Framlingham Suffolk)

Phoenix Singers (Suffolk)

An exciting opportunity to lead one of Suffolk’s premier community choirs

Following the planned retirement of long-standing Music Director Geoff Lavery in 2026, Phoenix Singers is inviting applications from accomplished and inspiring choral conductors to guide the choir into its next artistic chapter.

Based in Framlingham, Phoenix Singers is a thriving community choir of 60–70 voices, known for its high-quality performances and ambitious programming. The choir presents three concerts annually, with recent highlights including:

Bach’s St John Passion
Opera Stars: an evening of operatic arias and choruses, with exceptional professional soloists
Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony (in collaboration with Beccles Choral Society at Snape Maltings Concert Hall)

We’re looking for a conductor with:

- Proven experience in choral leadership
- Passion for engaging singers of all levels
- Vision to build on our musical legacy and community spirit

Applications close 28.02.26 - email for form: choirchairfram@outlook.com
Learn more about the choir at phoenixsingers.org.uk

Music Director Vacancy

Music Director

Coquetdale Chamber Choir

One of Northumberland’s leading choirs, Coquetdale Chamber Choir, is looking for an experienced Music Director from summer 2026 to take over from John Casken who is stepping down after sixteen years.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced Music Director to take the choir forward under new leadership, building on the past and developing our membership, repertoire and audience.
The recruitment process will combine interview and the opportunity to work with the Choir at one of its rehearsals. We expect to make a final selection by early April 2026. The successful candidate will have the opportunity of a handover period in the Spring before taking over completely in Summer 2026.
There is further information on the website: www.coquetdalechamberchoir.org.uk
If you’re interested in applying for the position, please mail us at info@coquetdalechamberchoir.org.uk for and information pack which includes details of the application and selection processes.

Apply now

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Associate Rector is a vital senior leadership role, created in reponse to the significant opportunities presented by a thriving and growing church. This role exists to strengthen leadership capacity, enable sustainable growth and ensure that vision is translated into effective practice across the life of the church.

Working closely with the Rector and the Senior Leadership Team, the Associate Rector will contribute to strategic decision-making, organisational oversight and the leadership of key initiatives. The right person will be inspired by the opportunity to use their gifts to make a real difference in and through the church at an exciting time. They will be energised by the prospect of raising up many emerging leaders across the church and investing in our outstanding staff team.

This role is a highly influential role for an ordained leader who combines strong pastoral instincts with strategic acumen, operational insight and emotional maturity. The post holder will help shape culture, steward risk, oversee best practice and lead change in a dynamic and mission-focused environment while also engaging in ministerial responsibilities across the church.

ABOUT ST ALDATES

Our vision is to invite people to encounter Jesus, equip people to follow Jesus in every area of their lives and envision people to transform their communities.

We are excited about what God is doing in our midst. We are seeing people come to faith in Jesus on a weekly basis, and we are pioneering new ways of discipling people to make a difference in every area of their lives. As a city-centre church with a congregation of 1600+ we have hundreds of volunteer leaders and teams across our ministries, leading Aldates Groups, Alpha, Student ministry, Aldates Kids and Youth.

We have four services every Sunday, one of which is broadcast live. Our team consists of 35+ Ministry and Operations Leaders. In addition, the School of Ministry trains students annually who work alongside Ministry Leaders.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior Leadership & Strategy

• Serve as a core member of the Senior Leadership Team, working in close partnership with the Rector in the overall leadership and direction of the church
• Act as a trusted advisor and strategic sounding board to the Rector, contributing to long-term vision, priorities and organisational health
• Translate the Rector's vision into executable strategies, structures and initiatives
• Lead and oversee key strategic projects from conception through to delivery, ensuring clarity, pace and alignment with vision

Delegated Leadership & Organisational Oversight

• Operate with delegated authority across agreed areas of responsibility, acting on behalf of the Rector where appropriate
• Act as a primary bridge between pastoral, ministry and operational leadership, ensuring coherence, collaboration and clarity
• Support and enable ministry leaders and operational leads to deliver effectively in a complex, fast-paced ministry environment

Ministry, Servies & Events

• Provide strategic oversight of Sunday services and mid-week events, leading change where needed and encouraging both staff and volunteer leaders
• Coordinate and oversee major seasonal moments such as Easter and Christmas
• Engage in ministerial opportunities as an Associate Rector within the life of the church, contributing to preaching, pastoral ministry and discipleship as appropriate

People & Culture

• Recruit, train, develop and empower volunteer leaders across the church
• Model emotionally healthy leadership, fostering trust, clarity, accountability and collaboration
• Champion a culture of excellence, prayer and mission across staff and volunteers

Governance, Risk & Safeguarding

• Provide senior leadership oversight of safeguarding culture and practice, working closely with safeguarding officers and relevant governance bodies
• Support the Rector in governance responsibilities, including engagement with PCC/trustees and statutory obligations
• Ensure appropriate policies, accountability frameworks, escalation pathways and risk awareness are embedded across ministries
• Exercise sound judgement and discretion in handling sensitive, high-risk or complex situations

PERSON D...