Watford

Work Planner / Scheduler

Major Recruitment are looking for Work Planner / Scheduler to join a brilliant & rapidly growing company in Watford. Do you have great customer service skills and want to apply them in work? If so, our client in Watford will want to see you!

A Work Planner / Scheduler main duties and responsibilities:

  • Provide support and consistent links to the client base and other departments at all times
  • Customers are to be contacted via email after all/each engineers attendances “same day” to ensure that the customer is happy with all works completed.
  • Logging/booking and closing of, any department requests for engineer’s attendance
  • Scheduling/Co Ordination of engineers accurately via company CRM system to attend customer’s

premises as and when required

  • Ensuring that all Return Calls are dealt with quickly and efficiently at all times, within a minimum of 48hrs.
  • Invoicing of all chargeable calls as and when required
  • Ensure procedures are adhered to at all times
  • Provide administration support as and when required for all departments
  • Attend internal, external meetings and training courses as and when required by Manager
  • Ensure all customer requests are dealt with in an effective, efficiently and in a timely manner
  • Answer any incoming telephone calls in conjunction with other designated colleagues
  • Ensure Quotes are produced in timely manner as and when required
  • Ensure all/any quotations or pricing for customers are checked and approved by manager before being sent out
  • Any other relevant duties as defined by the Manager

Key Skills Required of a Work Planner / Scheduler :

  • Ability to work on your own without supervision
  • Organisational Skills
  • Good numeracy skills
  • Commercial Awareness
  • Flexible, Dynamic, Adaptable with a can do attitude
  • Knowledge of CRM Systems
  • Ability to work to deadlines, this may require working later than the given working hours to ensure that engineer/customer requirements are completed
  • Flexible working hours as and when required

Person Specification – Essential Knowledge Skills and Experience of a Work Planner / Scheduler :

  • The ability to work with initiative and confidence, and have an enthusiasm for customer service and sales related work
  • Experience of administrative work with the ability to prioritise tasks, work under pressure and to tight deadlines
  • Organisational abilities
  • A sharp eye for detail
  • Ability to following any verbal or written instructions accurately
  • Excellent written and oral communication and negotiation skills with the ability to deal with External customers colleagues and outside agencies at all levels
  • Good numerical skills
  • Good keyboard and computer skills including familiarity with standard MS office applications, in particular Excel and Word
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Driving License
  • Experience of sales environment
  • Flexible Working Hours

What the Company offers:

  • £24,000 – £28,000 salary depending on experience.
  • Free Parking
  • Holiday, 20 days per year plus bank holidays (increases by 1 day for completed years worked up to 25 days)
  • EAP scheme
  • Pension Scheme
  • Access to training and development platform
  • Charity £4£ scheme

INDKS

‘Major Recruitment act as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary opportunities’.

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home

Responsibilities

As a Home Manager, you will implement and work in accordance with all aspects of the Statement of Purpose for your home and have a thorough understanding of the regulations and legislation which set the standards within a Children’s Home setting.

You will be an effective partnership builder, working with parents, carers, and other professionals to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people. You will support and offer supervision to staff in line with regulations and ensure that the safeguarding of young people remains at the forefront of practice, and young people remain consulted about the quality of care they receive.

Full job description available on request

Requirements

You must have recent experience working within the residential sector at registered manager level within a children’s residential service.

A Certified Diploma Level 3 or 4 in Residential Childcare (Children and Young Peoples Workforce) or equivalent as a minimum

Thorough understanding of the regulations and legislation which set the standards within a Children’s Home setting.

Ability to work closely with Responsible Individual and key individuals within the strategic partnership.

Substantive experience in a Managerial role including supervisory experience.

A Certified Diploma Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards completing this.

Experience in leading and supervising a team within a Residential Childcare setting.

Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Successful employment is subject to satisfactory Full Enhanced Disclosure, right to work and reference checks in line with government regulations and Safer Recruitment Practices (the company will cover the costs)

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