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The successful candidate will have a desire to deliver outstanding customer service. You will be responsible for providing front of house management to the spa and ensure that a professional service is always delivered. You will advise customers on treatments and products and take enquiries and bookings for treatments and spa days.</p>\n<p>You will be responsible for managing the performance of the spa team and ensure the spa achieves income targets. You will manage the financial and statistical performance of the spa and be responsible for managing the diary system and maximising income opportunities.</p>\n<p>This post is temporary to cover maternity leave, from November 2024 to November 2025. The hours of work for this position are 37 per week, on a rota basis and including evenings and weekends. This post is based at Salt Ayre Leisure centre.</p>\n<p>For internal applicants, this role will be considered for a secondment opportunity. 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The individual will need to be hard working, take pride within their work and have a passion for making improvements.</p>\n<p>We have already launched several exciting initiatives which we know will contribute significantly to the future ambitions of the Council. These include the use of electric vehicles, the refurbishment of refuse collection vehicles, taking on private work and MOTs.</p>\n<p>To help support our exciting plans for the future, we are seeking a highly motivated and driven Motor Vehicle Technician to work within Lancaster City Council’s Vehicle Maintenance Unit to deliver a first-class service to both the council and private customers. 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Current shift patterns are Monday to Thursday 07:00-15:00 and 08:30-16:30 and Friday 07:00-14:30 and 08:30-16:00. Shift patterns may be adjusted in the future in accordance with the working practices and requirements of the service.  You will also be required to provide out of hours vehicle breakdown cover, which will include evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays, on a shift rota basis.</p>\n<p><strong>What you need to succeed</strong></p>\n<p>For this role, it is desirable you have a NVQ Level 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (or equivalent). Ideally you should have previous experience in a similar role and experience of vehicle electrics, hydraulic and pneumatic systems would be desirable. 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The Household Support Fund is funded by the UK Government to support those in our district who are struggling to afford the essentials.</p>\n<p>The role will involve you providing updates on people’s applications in person and over the phone as well as supporting people to provide the correct documentation before the case is sent for assessment. 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Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.</p>\n<p>We are a disability confident committed employer.</p>\n<p>Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. 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In order to improve service levels, meet performance targets and increase the working base, the section is recruiting an Electrician.</p>\n<p>The post holder must have:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>City & Guilds Electrical Installations or equivalent Level 3 NVQ</li>\n<li>City & Guilds 2365 parts 1&2 or equivalent</li>\n<li>Level 3 Technical Certificate including the national Electrotechnical Training (NET) AM2 Certificate</li>\n<li>Up to date City & Guilds 2382 – b.s. 7671 IET Wiring regulation certificate - 18th edition</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This post is permanent, based at White Lund Depot.</p>\n<p>The post hours are 37 hours per week (Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 4.30pm, and Friday, 8.00am to 3.30pm), however you are required for operational purposes to work 39 hours per week. As this is in excess of the standard 37-hour week, you will accrue 1 day’s leave for every 20 days worked.</p>\n<p>You may be required to undertake Standby duties to cover out of hours work.  </p>\n<p>The successful applicant will be subject to a basic clearance with the Disclosure and Barring Service.</p>\n<p>A full current UK driving licence is essential, as the post holder will be required to work a transient role around the district, as they will have to travel between locations and travel within the Council’s designated area. 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The Housing Options Team continues to achieve reductions in statutory homelessness, successful in the prevention of homelessness and just recently Lancaster City Council was successful in 3 rounds of central government funding to address rough sleeping.</p>\n<p>The successful candidate will be required to manage, review and improve the performance of the Housing Options Team ensuring the service is relevant, cost effective and customer focused.   The successful candidate will also ensure that the Council’s statutory duties under the homelessness legislation are correctly determined and administered, including undertaking reviews of homelessness decisions. 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As a result you will be required to sign up to the authorised external DVLA driving licence validation organisation that we use to manage and monitor our employees driving licence data.</p>\n<p>This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 per week working Monday to Friday however you will be required to undertake Standby duties to cover out of hours work on a rota basis. This post is based at both Morecambe & Lancaster Town Hall but will be required to work from other locations across the district. </p>\n<p>The Council currently operates an excellent Flexible Working Hours Scheme which applies to this post. Subject to the needs of this business, this may allow employees to work between the hours of 6:00am-10:30pm.</p>\n<p>Previous applicants need not reapply.</p>\n<p><strong>About You</strong></p>\n<p>You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.</p>\n<p><strong>Our Benefits</strong></p>\n<p>Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave allowance</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. 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