1696 jobs found in Lancashire

Citizens Advice Wirral are looking for a dynamic debt caseworker to assist people to resolve their debt issues. You will empower people to manage their money issues and provide high quality debt advice. You will be an excellent communicator who has experience of dealing with a range of people with different issues and needs. You will be able to prioritise own work, meet deadlines and targets and manage a caseload. This exciting role, as part of Citizens Advice Wirral's Money Advice team, will provide information and advice by email, telephone, and face to face. Knowledge and experience of advice work is essential and skills required include good written and verbal communication skills, ability to use a range of IT systems and accurate recording skills. Employee benefits include: A flexible working week 25 (pro rata) days annual leave plus bank holidays A contributory pension scheme (subject to a successful 3 month probationary period) Interview Date: w/c 4th November 2019 Citizens Advice Wirral is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origins, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or religion in the selection or treatment of staff.

Becoming a Project Manager with Smart Data Communications Company (DCC): DCC has complex reporting and delivery models, therefore stakeholder management, effective communication/collaborative working skills and keen price-control are key to successful project management via recognised methodologies. You will join the Portfolio Management Services permanent practice of PPM professionals and immediately assigned/seconded to deliver a particular project under one of DCC's programmes of activity. Functional matrix management will remain within Portfolio Management Services, with day to day activity managed via programme leadership. What you'll be doing: Establishing the outline business case for carrying out the work; putting in place the project management team to deliver the work; and defining the right approach for meeting the projects target outcomes. Delivery - assigning, monitoring and delivering work packages required to achieve the projects outcomes; regular progress reporting at project, programme and DCC governance forums; Correct actions where necessary to ensure delivery remains within tolerances; and confirmation of continued business justification and acceptance of risks. Prepare project for formal closure; handing over the project's products to the business as usual; and evaluating the project's performance, recording lessons learnt, and disseminating learnings back in to the project and programme delivery community What we're looking for: Stakeholder and communications management: The ability to manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests. The ability to identify and monitor risks (threats and opportunities), to plan and implement responses to those risks, and respond to other issues that affect the change initiative. The ability to identify and/or develop frameworks and methodologies that will ensure management of change initiatives will be comprehensive and consistent across different initiatives. The ability to prepare, gain approval of, refine and update business cases that justify the initiation and/or continuation of change initiatives in terms of benefits, costs and risks. The ability to prepare and maintain definitions of the requirements of change initiatives. About Smart Data Communications Company (DCC) At DCC we've built the data and communications infrastructure that will support the mass roll out of smart electricity and gas meters to homes and small businesses across the country. The world's most ambitious smart meter roll out will see over 53 million smart meters installed across the UK by 2020. Join us and you'll be part of a team that is supporting the country's transition to a low-carbon economy, and helping to ensure an affordable, secure and sustainable energy supply for the future. Smart Data Communications Company (DCC) are part of Capita Plc, a leading UK provider of technology enabled business services. We're supporting and improving the lives of millions of people every day and we can only do this with the right people in place, working towards a shared goal. We encourage an open, honest working environment where everyone can be true to themselves and people are valued for their differences. We're always challenging each other to learn and improve, because we know when we work together, we can deliver better outcomes. We work across such a huge range of businesses and sectors, that you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop your career in any number of directions. What's in it for you? A competitive basic salary 25 days holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave a discretionary annual bonus Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave…and plenty more Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you. What we hope you'll do next: Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. If you have any questions you'd like to ask before applying, you can contact Capita Resourcing operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender identity or gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.

The Guinness Partnership provides services to more than 140,000 customers in our 65,000 homes nationwide. With a turnover of £370m and a truly national presence, Guinness is one of the leading housing providers in the sector. We launched our Guinness 2023 Strategy last year and now is a great time to join us for this next exciting chapter in our story...... click apply for full job details

£50k-£55k basic (dependant on experience) Personal professional development Fantastic progression opportunities Plenty of other benefits Are you a Software Developer with a background in SAP and SQL? Join a rapidly expanding business who are a leading online retailer. If you're commutable to Rossendale and need a new challenge; apply today!..... click apply for full job details

2nd Line Service Desk Engineer Manchester City Centre Salary: up to £28,000 + Training Windows Server - Active Directory - Office 365 - VMWare - Desktop - Networking - VOIP I have an amazing opportunity available for a motivated 2nd line Service Desk Engineer to join an established IT support company in Manchester City Centre which continues to grow...... click apply for full job details

DCS Recruitment currently seek a fibre splicer in Manchester on behalf of a national client Positions available: 1 Start Monday 4th November 2019 4 week contract The..... click apply for full job details

PHP Developer - Manchester Do you want to use your technical skillset to make a real impact on peoples lives in a fast-growing tech start up? Are you an enthusiastic and committed PHP developer who wants to contribute to a newly envisioned one-year project consisting of rebuilding the whole software platform from scratch to incorporate API's and single page web applications?..... click apply for full job details

Senior BI Developer - Manchester An established global solutions provider based in Manchester City Centre are currently looking for a Senior BI Developer to join their rapidly expanding tech hub...... click apply for full job details

.NET Developer, ASP.NET MVC, C#, Azure, JavaScript, Agile - Manchester (Tech stack: .NET Developer, ASP.NET MVC, Azure, ElasticSearch, JavaScript, Angular, Agile, .NET Developer, Urgent) Be the first of your friends to declare, 'I love where I work!' and actually mean it. Laugh hard and work hard with some of the best and brightest in the tech industry...... click apply for full job details

QA Consultant is responsible for supporting the Manager, QA with defining and executing against the test strategy and plan; supporting the development and execution of a wide range of test scripts to assure quality of code Key Accountabilities Responsible for adhering to best practice testing methodologies as defined by the Manager, QA; contributing to practice reviews and supporting the implementat ..... click apply for full job details

A career within Deals Business Recovery Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our clients survive an imminent crisis or simply fix gaps in their organisation. We help clients, reduce balance sheet stress, generate cash and reduce costs or refinance to find the best source of capital to support their business objectives. Whatever the solution, we help them manage challenges until the job is done. About the team Our Business Recovery Services (BRS) Operational Restructuring practice is the largest restructuring practice in the UK operating from 23 offices. We offer restructuring situational skills with functional expertise (business planning, cost reduction, cash and change management) and industry experience to our clients. Helping them develop sustainable solutions. In joining our Operational Restructuring team you will be working across a breadth if sectors including Corporate, Government and Public Sector. About the role We are looking for a Senior Manager to join our growing team to work on high-profile clients experiencing stress/distress to their business model and who require transformation, spanning a broad range of industry sectors. You will be working with clients on operational restructuring, cost reduction and working capital improvement areas focused on identify and implementing sustainable performance improvement. Your work will include Understanding key business processes and working capital requirements Identifying quick wins to improve earnings and build stakeholder confidence Identifying cash levers to smooth cashflow/ conserve cash Helping clients realise cash quickly from their operations through working capital management Helping client management develop and implement a turnaround or transformation programme Assessing operational and management teams within an organisation, identifying skill gaps Taking a "hands-on" role to manage stakeholders and inspire change Providing robust management and monitoring of change programmes Being responsible for the day to day leadership of projects with minimal oversight from a Director/Partner Preparing presentations and/or reports to key stakeholders (e.g. Board, management.) You will also be expected to take an active part in our team's development and will typically Contribute to the teams marketing efforts (both internal and external Become an active counsellor, coach and role model to junior team members The role will be based in London, but requires flexibility to travel throughout the UK, with the potential to travel overseas, depending on client requirements Essential Skills and Experience Experience of operational improvement programmes Engineer or relevant professional qualification (e.g. MBA, APICS, CPIM) Advisory experience from a management consultancy, corporate finance advisory firm or as an 'internal consultant' in a corporate Operations experience, across one or more sectors engineering, financial services, retail, industrial, consumer, high tech, utilities, logistics, telecoms and energy Proven P&L analysis, cash flow and balance sheet work Competent with spreadsheets, financial and operational KPIs. Comfortable with financial analysis Track record in business development You'll be joining a team who welcome your outlook and knowledge, whilst providing you the opportunity to develop your skill set further within one of the world's leading professional organisations. With an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements currently in place. Deals Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work ( ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here Diversity We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate. Learn more here

This role is for a Software Developer who will produce and maintain a suite of products that support the RAFs most advanced combat aircraft The Engineering Support Subsystem (ESS) is critical to the operation of the Eurofighter Typhoon...... click apply for full job details

Are you an experienced IT Technician looking to join a successful, well established local company? This could just be the job for you. There's an excellent salary of up to GBP26,000 along with free parking and a pension scheme About The Role: Working in a stand alone in-house role with support from the IT Manager, you will be providing a varied IT support service to the company. Duties will include: Supporting internal staff with any technical, desktop or hardware problems Carrying out the maintenance of computers, networks and phone systems Resolving any technical problems Maintaining existing infrastructure including servers and switches Managing VOIP phone infrastructure Liaising with external suppliers and ordering components Data management, including full backups of all important data Initiating ideas and solutions for technical problems Essential Skills & Experience The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar IT support role. Experience of supporting Windows 7/ 10, software and service set ups and WIFI deployment is essential. You will also have experience of backup and restores as well as a strong understanding of of TCP/IP, routing, subnetting and basic VLAN and exposure to virtualization. Experience of VoIP, scripting and web server SSL would be beneficial. About The Benefits A salary of GBP20,000 to GBP26,000 Free parking Pension scheme Office located close to town centre Canteen Hours 9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday (1 hour lunch) To Apply If this sounds like an IT Support role you will LOVE, please send your CV today We aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 days. If you haven't been contacted within 2 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held. Please check our Website and apply directly for any other suitable positions you see. We apologise that we are unable to contact everyone in person and thank you for your interest. Are you on Facebook? Consider following our Facebook page as this is the first place where we post the most up to date vacancies, along with CV tips, interview techniques and so much more. Check us out on Facebook.

A well respected engineering organisation is currently experiencing an ongoing period of growth and success. Due to an ever increasing workload, they are currently looking to recruit an IT focused Business Analyst (ITIL) to join their dedicated team of technical professionals. The role is based in Warton, Lancashire and is for an initial 12 month duration...... click apply for full job details

INTRODUCTION / COMPANY OSR is currently recruiting for a Developer on behalf of a growing agency. My client are a successful digital agency dealing with a range of clients from large, global organisations to local brands. THE ROLE I am looking for a developer with at least 2 years' experience in development to join a friendly team. As the Developer you will undertake a varied role, but will be primarily responsible for building and maintaining bespoke websites. REQUIRED SKILLS At least 2 years' experience in development. Strong PHP framework experience including Laravel. Working knowledge of OO programming. Experience of version control and tools including Git, GitHub and Bitbucket. Understanding of JavaScript including jQuery. Experience using build tools and package managers including Composer, NPM, Webpack and Laravel Mix. DESIRED SKILLS Experience with Bootstrap. Experience using task runners including Gulp or Grunt. Understanding of API integration, performance and scalability. Working knowledge of Blade or similar. Experience using JavaScript ES6 libraries and frameworks including Vue.JS, React and Knockout. Strong understanding of automated deployment tools including Envoyer and Codeship. Knowledge of Atomic design principles. Experience using common PHP platforms including WordPress, Drupal and Magento. SALARY AND BENEFITS Up to £35,000 depending on experience. 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays!!!! 4pm Friday early finish. WPA healthcare scheme. Workplace pension. Regular social events. Free on-site parking. LOCATION Idyllic town, just north of Manchester. We will endeavour to respond to your contact/application within 48 hours, but due to the volume of applications we receive on a daily basis, if you haven't heard from us within 4 working days, please consider your application unsuccessful. This advert has been posted by a recruitment agency acting on behalf of a client.

About You Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher in Text Mining, Big Data and Databases at the Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK. You should have a PhD in the broad area of Computer Science with a focus in Text Mining / Big Data / Databases. You must have working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, strong programming skills and experience in software development (Java/C++/Python or similar languages). A good knowledge of big data processing frameworks, e.g. Apache Storm and Hadoop, and a strong publication record in relevant conferences/journals are highly desirable. You will have excellent communication skills, be flexible and be able to identify opportunities, and imbue high levels of professional integrity with stakeholders. About the Role The successful applicant will work on a H2020 project focusing on evolving scalable architectures for persistence, analytics and monitoring of large volumes of hybrid data. The objective is to design and develop innovative text mining and big data processing methods to be integrated in data persistence architectures. Rewards/Benefits We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home. From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer a range of specialist development sessions or courses and an award-winning staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). This means as well as opportunities to attend interactive sessions like 'Presenting with Impact' or 'Preparing for Your Future' you are able to have a lunchtime stroll across our beautiful campus, benefit from discounted membership to our state of the art sport and leisure facilities and so much more. This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University. About Us Edge Hill University is "A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year" - Times Higher Education. The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year. The Times Higher 'University of the Year' award celebrated our distinct role in "transforming lives" - reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence. Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals. At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Developer - C#/.NET/MVC/Javascript Developer, Analyst, Software Engineering. Software, C#, MVC, .NET, Javascript, SOAP, Web services, HTML/CSS Rochdale £32,000 - £39,000 per annum + benefits A Developer is required by our public sector client based in Rochale on a permanent basis. Our client is looking for someone with 1-2 years' experience specifying, designing, and developing software and web-based applications using the majority of the following: · Microsoft SQL Server Databases, including T-SQL & creating stored procedures, functions & triggers. · .NET 4.0+ · C# · HTML/CSS · JavaScript · SOAP / Web Services Experience of using Visual Studio, the Microsoft .NET Framework, and other Microsoft development technologies, to build interactive, data-driven ASP.NET web applications is also required. They're looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and innovative developer with experience of designing and developing software solutions using industry-standard processes to ensure resilience, security, performance and efficiency. They're a small, friendly and supportive team of developers, project managers and a business analyst who work closely together to deliver transformational projects. They take great pride in their work and welcome a new team member with the same high standards and professional attitude. The successful candidate must have good software development skills with previous experience of using .NET, C#, MVC and Java Script; in return they offer a friendly, supportive and flexible work environment with regular professional training to maximise your potential. In the first instance please submit your CV.

Service Desk Engineer - 1st/2nd Line Chassam Recruitment are currently looking to recruit for a Service Desk Engineer for a leading company based in Blackburn. This is an exciting position where you will be working as a part of a busy team providing 1st and 2nd line Service Desk Support. You will be responding to telephone calls and emails, solving problems at all levels including simple password resets to more complex issues that require remote access. You will be using Service Desk software in order to document the interaction with customers from first contact to resolution. You need to have experience of dealing with high call volumes. Service Desk Technical Skills Needed: Active Directory Remote Access support tools Microsoft Software Networking principles Computer Hardware This role does require someone who can drive and also someone who is happy to work shift patterns. To apply, please send your CV ASAP for the attention of Vicki Roth. My client could interview as soon as tomorrow. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to develop their Service Desk skills.

Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer Bolton £45k Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer with strong C# .Net MVC skills required by our client, an award winning business used by over 2 Million Customers. The Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer will be joining a business which is based around trying to make services cheaper and easier for everyone, helping customers find the best way in the UK and internationally. The C# .NET, MVC web development teams work hard to ensure they're always creating more innovative, more engaging and creative software. Your C# .NET, MVC work will be seen by 2 million customers and as one of the web developers you'll be involved in the creative thinking behind the design and development of exciting product releases on core and white label websites Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer Skills Required: - At least 5 years Industry experience of commercial software development. - Strong Knowledge of C#, ASP.Net - Good knowledge and experience of MVC and an ORM (such as entity framework or nHibernate) - A good understanding of OOP, clean code principles and design patterns Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer Nice to haves... - A degree in computing science or related subject is an advantage but not compulsory - Javascript and associated libraries such as KnockoutJS, AngularJS - HTML5 experience and associated APIs - Experience of iterative/incremental development processes Lead C# .NET 4.5, MVC Developer Benefits - Share option scheme (very profitable and growing fast!) - Option to work flexibly and around family commitments - Generous Bonus based on individual and company performance - 33 days holiday each year (Including Bank Holidays) - Contributory Pension Scheme - Private Health scheme - Share option scheme (we are very profitable and growing fast!) - Funded training - Funded social activities - Free onsite refreshments - Free Parking - Sick pay - Death in Service cover - Stunning hardware!all new IT colleagues design their own desktop machine. ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE FREE TO WORK IN THE UK FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF VISA'S AND WORK PERMITS. Exposed Solutions is acting as an employment agency to this client. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, sexuality, race or relegion and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age sex, sexuality, race or religion for this role.