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1 November - 14 November 2013 / Issue 304
Senior Communications Officer
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£20,400 - £23,945 per annum / 37 hours per week The Council is looking to recruit a Senior Communications Officer to help keep our residents informed about matters which affect their lives, and to work closely with the media to explain and promote the authority’s services. The role will suit someone who has a clear understanding of the needs of local newspapers, radio, and TV broadcasters, who is also skilled in writing content for websites, social media and other digital channels. The successful candidate will be creative and proactive with strong communication skills, an excellent news sense, and the ability to work accurately under the pressure of tight deadlines
Benefit Officer
From £14,200 per annum
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In return we offer 28 days holiday, meals on duty and uniform. Candidates will work 5 out of 7 days with a mixture of shift patterns. Live-in available if required. Set in wonderful grounds, Linthwaite House Hotel has an excellent reputation for quality and service, so if you would like to be part of our award winning team, please send your CV and covering letter, stating why you think this position is for you, to the email below.
(2 years fixed term)
£20,400 - £23,945 per annum / 37 hours per week
The Council is looking to recruit a full-time Benefit Officer with previous experience in assessing claims for Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reductions and a general knowledge of other welfare benefits.
Housekeeping Staff Required
Duties will include means test assessments, allocating payments and any overpayments accurately, dealing with enquiries from claimants both by telephone and in person and effective liaison with other organisations (DWP / Citizen Advice Bureau & Landlords).
£13,125 per annum (full time, live out), 7.30am – 3.30pm approximately High standards of hygiene essential. Experience preferred, but full training will be given.
Parking Assistant £12,915 - £15,189 per annum
We are seeking to recruit two Parking Assistants to be employed at the Westmorland Shopping Centre Car Park in Kendal. The posts are full time working an average of 37 hours per week; this will involve working weekends on a rota basis. The post holder will assist the existing staff to provide a first point of contact with the public using the car park and duties will include collecting cash, dealing with enquiries and ensuring health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
Successful applicants must have previous experience, in a quality hotel / restaurant environment. Good communication skills and a team player essential.
Meals on duty, 28 days holiday, transport from Windermere. Candidates must have good oral communication. LINTHWAITE HOUSE HOTEL CROOK ROAD WINDERMERE LA23 3JA
Call Rebecca on 015394 88600 / Email: office@linthwaite.com
www.linthwaite.com
Building Cleaner
£6.44 per hour Monday – Friday, 5.00 – 7.30pm The Council is seeking to employ a Building Cleaner at South Lakeland House in Kendal, working 12.5 hours per week. The post holder will assist the existing staff providing general cleaning duties to ensure all public and staff areas are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness.
For further details and to apply online, please visit the website: http://www.yourcumbriajobs.co.uk/ recruiters/southlakeland.aspx or email: recruitment@southlakeland.gov.uk or telephone (01539) 793292
‘Recruiting talent; Developing skills’ South Lakeland District Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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Part time Positions We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team. Flexible hours available, including weekends. Student applications welcome. Please apply by email: shop@aquaticboatcentres.com or call 015394 40957
Admin/Accounts Person Must be a competent in book keeping & Sage. Immediate start. Please apply to: Richard Rogers, R R Stone Ltd, Staveley Email: sales@rrstone.co.uk
Hotel & Catering The Daffodil Hotel & Spa By The Lake, Grasmere LA22 9PR
Chef de Partie
THE FOLLOWING LIVE-OUT POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE:
Working within team of 5 passionate chefs. Salary negotiable dependant on experience. 5 days out of 7/ split shifts including weekends. Live in available.
Working 5 days per week (including weekends)
Duty Manager
Restaurant Supervisor
Waiter/Waitress (Full, Part Time & Casual) Working 2-5 days per week (including weekends)
Experienced front of house Manager required. Duties to include Bar, Restaurant and light reception. Work 5 days out of 7. Live in available.
Bar Person (Full, Part Time & Casual)
Please apply either by email to info@millerhowe.com or call Nigel on 015394 42536
Spa Therapist (Full or Part Time)
Assistant Cook
Working 2-5 days per week, including weekends Working 2-5 days per week, including weekends
Please email us in confidence with your CV stating the position that you wish to apply for. Ref Number: LANCS00427
Salary: £13,725 - £15,598 per year Hour per week: 37 Tower Wood Outdoor Education Centre LA23 3PL. We require a motivated and enthusiastic full time assistant cook to join our small catering team. Located at Tower Wood OEC which is near Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria. Duties will include preparing and cooking meals for residential groups, cleaning the kitchen, receiving and storing food deliveries and preparing buffet lunches. Informal Discussion: Emma Bennie House Manager 015395 31519 Application details: http://jobs.lancashire.gov.uk Closing Date: 15/11/2013.
recruitment@daffodilhotel.com or telephone 015394 63550 for an application form
We have opportunities for enthusiastic, customer focused staff with excellent communication skills and positive attitude for the vacancies below:
THE OLD ENGLAND HOTEL & SPA Bowness on Windermere
• Spa & Leisure Club Cleaner Part-time, 20hrs, to include weekends
Some schools are excluded as commitment is on an individual basis.
Apply online at: www.lancashire.gov.uk/vacancies
• Full or Part-Time Beauty Therapist to include weekends
To apply please forward your CV and covering letter to Spa Manager, Macdonald Old England Hotel and Spa, Church Street, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3DF Tel: 01539 487982 or email spamgr.144@macdonald-hotels.co.uk WINDERMERE This prestigious, family owned 33 bedroom traditional Lake District Hotel seeks a full time
Receptionist
Waiter/Waitress
Must have a welcoming personality, a high standard of personal presentation, possess excellent communication and computer compatibility skills.
Full-time positions available to join friendly team at our busy lake side Inn.
Experience of the Guestline reservation system would be an advantage and applications will be especially welcomed from candidates with a strong sales and marketing background.
Please send c.v. to jackie@wateredgeinn.co.uk and we will contact you to arrange interview
Previous experience preferable.
Five days per week,including some weekend and evening shifts, approx. 36 hours, £8.15 per hour. Please apply in the first instance by email to: reception@hillthwaite.com marked for the attention of Helen Clark- General Manager.
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Hotel & Catering continued.... Host Brimstone is a deliberately different hotel and we are looking for Hosts that can help maintain that difference.
Trading now for over 30 years, Zeffirellis award-winning restaurant, five screen cinema, café and jazz bar is a significant venue in Cumbria. We have the following vacancies:
• Cinema Box Office Staff • Kitchen Porter/Commis Chef (Full time)
Visit our websites to get a good idea of what we are about: www.zeffirellis.com www.fellinisambleside.com For full details on each position and to apply please contact David Stanning on 015394 33845 / enquiries@zeffirellis.com
Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 2DF Tel: 015394 43636
www.hillthwaite.com
Sous Chef required to join the small dedicated kitchen brigade of this family owned 34 bedrooom traditional Lake District Country House Hotel. Experience in a similar establishment would be an advantage. Must be passionate about food and capable of working on own initiative with fresh locally sourced ingredients. Excellent salary for suitable candidate, live in available. E-mail CV in the first instance to reception@hillthwaite.com
FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF Briery Wood Country House Hotel & Restaurant Windermere, Lake District Part of the Cragwood International Group. www.brierywood.co.uk We are looking for a friendly receptionist to join our dedicated team. Previous experience in the hospitality trade along with good customer communication skills are essential. A working knowledge of a computer system, including email & Microsoft office will be required.
Please apply by email ONLY with a CV and a covering letter to hotel manager, Roger Benson roger@brierywood.co.uk
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Must be able to work weekends and evenings and be flexible. We are looking for candidates who are reliable and hardworking and are able to work as part of a team.
Working 5 days a week, straight shifts including evenings and weekends. Staff uniform and meals are provided.
Using your initiative you’ll manage the day-to-day operation of brimstone in this varied and unusual role, effectively taking responsibility for guests’ stay to make it one they will never forget. Would suit:-
(Part time)
• Chef de Partie (Full time) • Cleaner (Full time)
You will need to genuinely enjoy looking after others and brimstone with a sense of pride and ownership.
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Retail Assistants 16 & 24 hour vacancies available Permanent Windermere store As the home of creative kitchenware, innovative solutions and 4,000 quality products, Lakeland has a lot to offer our customers – and even more to offer our people. Developing your skills and career in a thriving family owned company that looks after its customers and colleagues, we’ll listen to your ideas and support you to become the best you can be. To come and work for our fabulous company you will need to: • Be able to deliver an extraordinary customer service experience • Have the ability to communicate with customers • Be able to work within a team • Demonstrate good interpersonal skills • Have retail environment experience • Be numerate and literate. If you enjoy meeting people come and join us. Naturally our stores are busy, so you’re likely to be on the go all day delivering the best possible experience for our customers and supporting various aspects of running a store from deliveries, stock control and restocking, to till and PC procedures. All our vacancies involve weekend working, early and late shifts. We have a variety of shift patterns available. Your working pattern is on a rota basis with which you will be provided a month in advance. We’ve a number of positions available. To apply, please call our recruitment team at our head office in Windermere on 015394 40595 for more details and an application pack.
Closing date for receipt of applications Friday 15th November 2013 Alexandra Buildings, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BQ www.lakeland.co.uk
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General Vacancies continued... Westmorland Court Nursing & Residential Home, Arnside Require
An Office Manager
With experience of payroll collation, purchase ledger, filing and archiving systems, and software including QuickBooks and the Office Suite. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and able to work in a busy and diverse environment. You must be flexible, organized and a team player. We are an equal opportunities employer All employees must have an enhanced DBS Please phone Mrs Jane Weatherill for information on 01524 761291 (Mon-Fri 9am – 4pm) or email westmorland1@btconnect.com for an application form
Avon Reps required all areas, no start up costs immediate start . Please text apply to 07772645091 or phone 01539 723852.
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Support Worker (support at home)
Ref No: LCD2594 Location: Riverview Community Support Services, Kendal Salary: £6.47 per hour, plus enhancement of 20% for Monday to Thursday 9.00pm to 6.00am and from 9.00pm on a Friday through to 6.00am on a Monday. Plus £0.25 for NVQ Hours: part time, occasional hours, weekends only Riverview Community Support Service provides an individual care and support service in a person’s own home within Kendal, Windermere and Milnthorpe. We are looking to increase our team of support workers within our Community Services, to enable people who are disabled to live as independently as possible in their own homes. Duties include personal care, domestic, social leisure support. You must be a car driver. No experience necessary as full training will be given.
Support Worker (supported living)
Ref No: LCD2595 Location: Kirkland View, Kendal, Cumbria Salary: £6.47 per hour. Enhancement of 20% for Monday to Thursday 9.00pm to 6.00am and from 9.00pm on a Friday through to 6.00am on a Monday. Plus £0.25 for NVQ Hours: full time, part time and occasional hours available Kirkland View provides an individual care and support service in a person’s own home within our new supported living developments at Kirkland View, Kendal. We are looking to increase our team of support workers within our Supported Living service, to enable people who are disabled to live as independently as possible in their own homes. Duties include personal care, domestic, social leisure support. Sleeping nights and working nights worked on a rota basis. No experience necessary as full training will be given. Leonard Cheshire Disability welcomes applications from all sections of the community. A satisfactory disclosures check is required for these posts. To apply please visit www.lcdisability.org/jobs and search for the LCD reference. If you do not have internet access, please contact 08458 720 332, option 1, quoting the reference number. Closing date for both posts: Friday 15 November 2013
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New support service for county’s carers thanks to joint-funding Cumbria’s army of carers will be better supported under a new service joint-funded by Cumbria County Council and NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The commissioning of the new service - Carers Assessment and Support Services - will now have a budget of up to £1.43m starting from July 2014, including £500,000 from the CCG. The benefits of joint-purchasing involving both organisations are lower combined costs for procurement, contracting and monitoring; better outcomes for carers and those they care for; clearer referrals for health and social care professionals, and a potential reduction of overheads charged by the provider. Joint-funding from the county council and CCG will allow local carers organisations work together to provide support to carers. Carers will have an assessment of their own needs as a carer. Often these assessments are carried out by carers organisations who can then arrange for a carers budget or for services to support the carer in their caring role, such as: - Information and advice. - Breaks - often called respite care. - Carers’ emergency card. - Support at home and emotional support. - Daily living equipment. Caring for someone is something which can be extremely rewarding but also very difficult. Carers are twice as likely to report ill health and around 80 per cent of carers say caring for someone has damaged their own health. Part of new service includes a new, dedicated telephone advice service following feedback from carers across the county. A fund will also be created for targeted grants which support carer-led support groups to provide emotional help and befriending to carers. Cllr Beth Furneaux, Cumbria County Council’s Cabinet member for Adults and Local Services, said: “The economies in local government mean we have to think smarter about how we work, and in social care that means working closely with health colleagues. “This co-ordinated approach will ensure a better outcome firstly for carers and therefore service users, but also the county council and CCG. The council has a statutory duty to carry out assessments of need for carers and to ensure they have access to support services and this decision means we can do that better than ever before.” A spokesperson for NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group said: “By working in partnership with Cumbria County Council, we have upgraded the support services available to carers across Cumbria and secured funding so that we start can delivering these improvements straight away. “At the CCG we recognise the vital and important role carer’s play and we will continue to work with all the local organisations across the county to ensure that carers receive the right support and help when they need it.”
General Vacancies
Office Cleaner – Zero Hour Contract The James Cropper plc group manufactures high quality specialist paper and advanced materials. With a proud history stretching back more than 160 years at its base near Kendal in Cumbria. We have a vacancy for an Office Cleaner to provide cover for holidays and sickness. The hours are dependent upon the business need. The job provides an office cleaning service to a high standard. Ideally you will have prior experience of office cleaning. If you wish to apply for the position, this can be done on-line via our website careers page, or please contact Louise Bell for an application form on 01539 722002. Alternatively you can email your CV to louise.bell@cropper.com. Please send all postal applications to our Human Resources Department at James Cropper PLC, Burneside Mills, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 6PZ. For more information about James Cropper PLC visit www.cropper.com Closing date for applications: Monday 11 November 2013
Do you know how to make childrens activities and parties fun and enjoyable? Lakes Leisure are looking to recruit cheerful and responsible activity leaders to run play sessions and parties for children aged between 5 – 13 yrs of age Hours of work will be across the week but mainly during school holiday periods and weekends Vacancies available at Kendal and Ulverston Leisure Centres Rate of pay £8.26 per hour A staff benefits package is available
Assistant Buyer Permanent - Full-time Windermere Lakeland is a highly successful and growing family owned company with a passionate commitment to customer service, quality and its people. We are recognised nationally through our retail stores and mail order operation for providing the finest collection of creative kitchenware and innovative home solutions. The Assistant Buyers are the link between the Buyers, who source the products, and the Merchandisers, who control the day-to-day stock levels. You need to be enthusiastic, very quick to learn and want to get involved with pretty much everything! This position is essentially an office based administrative role, where your everyday tasks would include jobs as varied as: • Communicating our requirements for new products to our suppliers • Checking product quality • Testing manufacturers’ claims for their products performance • Gathering marketing information on new items for our copywriters • Ensuring that packaging meets our exceptionally high standards You also need to be: • An efficient planner, who can work logically and accurately to a tight timetable • An excellent communicator • Self motivated and able to work on your own initiative • Able to demonstrate a creative, innovative approach to problems • Numerate, articulate and possess good letter writing skills • Computer literate • Educated to A level standard (or equivalent.) If you feel you meet our criteria, please phone our recruitment team at our head office in Windermere on 015394 40595 for more details and an application pack. We look forward to receiving your completed application form along with your full CV and a covering letter, detailing your skills, expertise and why you would like to work in our busy buying department.
Closing date for receipt of applications Monday 11 November 2013 Alexandra Buildings, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BQ www.lakeland.co.uk
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A Disclosure & Barring Service check will be made for successful candidates Application forms & job descriptions can be obtained by contacting reception Kendal – 01539 729777 or via a.knipe@lakesleisure.org.uk Closing date: 29th November (noon)
Full Time Sales Manager
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Extending the commercial experience of our Showroom Sales Team, we are looking for a highly motivated individual to grow our sales and profitability. Based in our Kendal Store the role will focus on both driving and working in our existing team, devising and delivering business plans through product selection and routes to market to maximise growth. A full Job Description is available on our website
www.ktdonline.com
Closing date 14th November 2013. To apply email recruitment@ktdonline.com.
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Information overload? Here’s how old I am, I remember life before the internet. When I was a kid if I wanted to know a piece of information I had to go to the library to look for it. The book I needed was usually in the reference section meaning I couldn’t even take it home so I had to stay in the library to read it and make my own notes. No, there weren’t photocopiers in every library back then either. This, I firmly believe, was a good thing as it taught me to look for information. Because I wasn’t being spoon-fed the things I needed to write a report or complete my homework I understood that when it came to pulling together all the information I needed on a given subject, I had to do the leg work myself. I feel sorry for organisations trying to communicate messages these days because no matter how hard they try, a good chunk of people will be missed simply because the message wasn’t nailed to their desk. I’ve run many a change management workshop where people have complained that they weren’t told a particular piece of information so I challenge back and point out that the information was on the front page of the intranet, it was sent round in an all user email, there are notices on every noticeboard, it was raised at the employee conferences and it was even on notices on the back of the toilet doors. One employer even bit the bullet and posted a letter to each employee’s home address but then everyone complained it was a waste of money when they could have just sent an email. As my dear old gran used to say “There’s none so deaf as them who don’t want to hear.” Yes an organisation should make every effort to exhaust all communication channels when trying to get an important message across, but every employee also has a responsibility to look for that information and not expect it to be gift wrapped and handed to them personally by the chief exec.
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