The King’s Hall Herne Bay is looking to recruit 2 new caretakers to support the venue. We are looking for pro-active, positive, practical and reliable individuals who are able to work flexibly with daily maintenance, event preparation and support for Front of House teams when required.
This is a great opportunity for somebody who would benefit from flexible working arrangements enabling them to combine other commitments. Whilst there are no set hours, it is likely that each candidate will be required to work regularly most weeks.
Main Duties
The successful candidates will work with the King’s Hall teams in each venue to ensure that the building is well presented, maintaining statutory compliance with health and safety legislation.
This will include daily maintenance tasks such as cleaning and tidying public areas, managing deliveries and contractor visits, maintaining relevant paperwork, as well minor repairs, building maintenance and event preparation. The caretakers will also support the Front of House teams to ensure a safe and comfortable visitor experience.
Individuals will be expected to provide their availability for the King’s Hall rota and need to be prepared to work daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays in response to the business needs.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Victoria Annable on 01227 374188 (Monday to Thursday) or at Victoria.annable@canterbury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held w/c 1 October 2021
Are you interested in joining an ambitious, forward-thinking local authority?
Canterbury City Council is a district council in the heart of Kent and offers a vibrant place to work and live.
It is an aspirational city that is steeped in history and culture and has a beautiful, active coastline along with village life that epitomises the Garden of England.
We are looking to recruit an experienced housing professional to work closely with the Deputy Director of People, other senior managers and councillors, to ensure that we provide exceptional housing services to help enhance the quality of life for our tenants and residents.
In this role you will be the lead officer for the strategic management and delivery of the council’s housing and community service, including tenancy management of our social housing stock, homelessness, housing allocations and the council’s housing waiting list, private sector housing, refugee resettlement, and community support.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the housing and community services we deliver are legally compliant, and that we are leading the way in best practice.
If you have vision, energy and enthusiasm, significant experience in a specialist housing field combined with a passion for delivering excellence in public sector housing, then we want to hear from you.
We are going through an exciting organisational change programme as part of our commitment to continually improve our services and delivery for our and to customers.
This is one of the pivotal roles within the new operating model and therefore a permanent position. The role will also form part of the council’s extended management team.
Canterbury City Council is a great place to work. Our conditions include Local Government Pension Scheme membership plus benefits. Our staff benefits package includes generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements, reduced cost leisure membership and excellent training and development opportunities.
If you would like to discuss this role further please email marie.royle@canterbury.gov.uk to organise an informal chat.
Interviews to be held weeks commencing 11th and 18th October.
Are you interested in joining an ambitious, forward thinking local authority?
Canterbury City Council is a district council in the heart of Kent and offers a vibrant place to work and live. The district boasts an aspirational city that is steeped in history and culture, a beautiful, active coastline - and village life that epitomises the Garden of England.
We’re looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible individual to fill the newly created post of Deputy Director of Place.
The post holder will have an exciting and broad remit including strategic responsibility for regeneration, planning, property, engineering, museums, and commercial assets - as well as managing the external relationships with third party leisure and culture providers, businesses and the voluntary sector.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to lead the development and delivery of commercial and customer-focused services, drive continuous improvement and to develop positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including our city councillors.
They will also need excellent problem solving skills, demonstrate a genuine ability to positively manage teams through culture change and be skilled at assessing local and economic issues in a political and social environment.
We are going through an exciting organisational change programme as part of our commitment to continually improve its services and delivery for our customers. This is one of the pivotal roles within the new operating model and therefore a permanent position. The role is a politically restricted post and will be a member of the council’s Management Team.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact suzi.wakeham@canterbury.gov.uk
Are you interested in joining an ambitious, forward-thinking local authority? Canterbury City Council is a district council in the heart of Kent and offers a vibrant place to work and live. It is anaspirational city that is steeped in history and culture and has a beautiful, active coastline along with village life that epitomises the Garden of England.
We are now looking to recruit a highly-motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Locality Services Manager. They will lead and manage a team of local officers who are out on the road providing a visual and responsive presence in the community that can respond to customers and resolve issues on the ground.
The teams will also deliver inspection and enforcement services - including parking, licensing, environmental and planning enforcement as well as private sector housing. This role will also be responsible for other locally-based services within the district such as our Control Room and Lifeline services, maintaining a high level of service to our customers. The post holder will need to be adaptable, responding to changing priorities and dealing with service requests and councillor queries.
It will be essential to have a sound and proven background in local enforcement processes.
They will also need to demonstrate the drive to improve the standards and quality of the customer relationships within the area.
Experience of dealing with complex problems in a challenging environment and the ability to work under pressure is essential. We are going through an exciting organisational change programme as part of our commitment to continually improve our services and delivery for our and to customers.
This is one of the pivotal roles within the new operating model and therefore a permanent position. The role will also form part of the council’s extended management team. Canterbury City Council is a great place to work. Our conditions include Local Government Pension Scheme membership plus benefits. Our staff benefits package includes generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements, reduced cost leisure membership and excellent training and development opportunities.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact peter.davies@canterbury.gov.uk
Are you interested in joining an ambitious, forward thinking local authority? Canterbury City Council is a district council in the heart of Kent and offers a vibrant place to work and live. It is an aspirational city that is steeped in history and culture and has a beautiful, active coastline along with - and village life that epitomises the Garden of England. We are now looking to recruit a highly-motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Case Services Manager.
They will lead and manage a large team of multiskilled case officers with a focus on providing the highest standards of customer care.
The post holder will be responsible for effective, efficient case management, drawing on relevant skills and expertise to deliver the customer interface for a wide range of council services.
Reporting to the Director of People and Place, they will be responsible for maintaining excellent relationships with specialist teams and deliver a programme of training for case officers to add resilience and drive continuous improvement in the services we provide to our customers.
They need to be adaptable, able to respond to competing priorities and deal with both informal and formal actions in response to service requests.
Essential attributes include an excellent track record in customer service processes, the ability to work under pressure and experience of dealing with complex problems in a challenging environment.
We are going through an exciting organisational change programme as part of our commitment to continually improve customer service.
This is one of the pivotal roles within the new operating model and therefore a permanent role within our new structure.
The role will also form part of the council’s extended management team.
Whitstable Harbour lies at the heart of the historic north Kent town of Whitstable, overlooking the Thames Estuary. The Harbour Board was set up by Canterbury City Council in 2003 to deliver a strategy for developing the harbour as a self-contained operation offering high quality port marine commercial and leisure facilities.
The Harbour Board, which has been acknowledged by the UK Department for Transport as a model of best practice, comprises both elected councillors and co-opted independent members.
From February 2022 we will have vacancies for two co-opted members and are inviting applications for these posts for a term of three years.
Whitstable Harbour is a working port. Primary cargo imports comprise stone and aggregates. The harbour also supports an active commercial fishing fleet. In recent years an increasing number of leisure uses have become established to complement the commercial activities with the new and exciting South Quay Shed redevelopment nearing completion. This combination has provided a vibrant focus in the town for both businesses and visitors.
Under the direction of the Harbour Board the harbour is self-financing.
Applicants must have an interest in public service and be committed to developing the harbour as a financially self-supporting operation while balancing potentially conflicting demands.
Proven skills in property development, tourism/leisure or finance will be particularly welcome. There are around five board meetings a year together with occasional working groups as required.
The positions are unremunerated although board members receive a modest allowance and appropriate expenses will be reimbursed.
To apply, please send your CV along with the reasons why you would like to be considered for the post to: vanessa.montgomery@canterbury.gov.uk
Interviews are due to be held on 17th November 2021.
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An exciting opportunity to join the Rough Sleepers Initiative in Canterbury working closely with our clients supporting them to move away from the streets into accommodation and helping to prevent street homelessness where possible. We are seeking an enthusiastic, empathetic individual who has a clear understanding of professional boundaries. Ideally, you will have experience of promptly assessing, planning and completing actions with Homeless and/or vulnerable adults, in very complex situations.
Our Housing Led project aims to end an individual's homelessness by providing a permanent offer of independent, stable housing and open-ended, wrap-around support. You will provide a personalised, trauma-informed support service to people with complex needs facing multiple exclusions. Practically this will mean working within a team, building fast and strong working relationships with clients and external partners. The Housing Led Support Worker will coordinate and provide a person-centred support service creating long-term sustainable tenancies by increasing independence and maximising connectivity with the local community.
Essential Requirements:
Due to the nature of the role, this post requires an enhanced DBS check.
Interview dates are to be confirmed.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Daniel Gould, Daniel.Gould@canterbury.gov.uk / 01227 862 517.
We are looking for a customer focused and self-motivated team player with experience of ICT Infrastructure to join the EK Services ICT team as an Infrastructure Engineer. You will be working in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere alongside a supportive and close team.
Our organisation, EK Services, is a shared services partnership supporting Canterbury, Dover and Thanet Councils. As a forward thinking team, we enable our customers to support and enrich their communities by delivering high quality business and technical services. We are a "can-do" organisation; honest about what we do and how we conduct ourselves - and are always proud of our services and people.
The successful candidate will work in a team to log, troubleshoot and resolve calls.
They will assist with the design, installation and connectivity of computer systems including on-premise and cloud based infrastructure.
The role is responsible for telephony, multiple data centres, security systems, remote access and to provide full server and network support.
Experience of cloud infrastructure (Amazon Web Services) deployment and management would be an advantage.
The successful candidate will bring an excellent customer service approach and have experience of triaging, prioritising and managing a number of different work queues ensuring that they are kept up to date and customers are kept informed of progress.
This post is a 1 year fixed term contract due to being a project.
The post requires you to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Due to the nature of this role, this post requires a basic DBS check
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Dan Evans, dan.evans@ict.ekservices.org
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 4th October 2021
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This is an exciting opportunity at Canterbury Environment Company.
We are looking for experienced refuse drivers to deliver a professional service across the Canterbury District. You will have an LGV licence and current CPC certification.
You will be a team player who will be able to carry out our refuse and recycling collections whilst complying with safety rules and Health and Safety at Work requirements.
Duties include driving, collection and disposal of refuse and all other waste related tasks assigned by the manager. You will be required to use an “in-cab” device to ensure all requests for additional work and missed bins are completed and recorded and will use one of our handheld PDA systems to receive jobs and complete worksheets. You will also need to undertake vehicle exterior and interior washing and cleaning as well as daily vehicle checks, ensuring that any defects are reported. The job can be physically demanding at times so you will need to be happy getting stuck in.
In return, we offer a permanent and full time contract with guaranteed hours and company benefits including a pension scheme. There will be opportunities to work overtime and you will be required to work on a Saturday when a catch-up service is running. You will undertake a comprehensive induction and full uniform and PPE will be provided.
Canterbury is a great place to work. Nestled in the Garden of England in East Kent, the district covers the bustling city of Canterbury with its World Heritage Sites and three universities, the popular coastal towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable as well as 24 beautiful villages.
For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Tom Fittall, Supervisor - 07725497071
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.
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