Mark Tobin

Trussell Trust – Foodbank charity donation

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Each year with support from our clients, contacts and colleagues we donate to a chosen charity. In the past this has been to small charities which have less profile yet great need and whose work strikes a chord with us due to our own personal stories. In the past this has been Women’s Aid, Pancreatic Cancer, Alzheimer’s Research UK and more recently Foodbanks. This year we wanted to donate again to the Foodbank as a vital service, run by volunteers and because there is (unfortunately) one in every town, we can target our own communities. Mark is from Leeds and our main office is in Manchester so both have received funds directly – we used to do a big shop but struggled to get everything in the car and deliver it to the distribution centre in York in previous years! We are pleased to see even greater integration of other health and care community services to better support those in crisis as the centres evolve as hubs.

Leeds Foodbank 2018 Manchester Foodbank 2018

Wakefield appoint new Service Director – Education & Inclusion

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We are delighted to have supported Wakefield Council on the recent appointment of their Service Director – Education and Inclusion. Following on from similar appointments in Leeds and Bradford, these high profile roles are some of the most challenging to recruit to in local government with generally small candidate fields. Councils’ changing role in maintained provision alongside academies and free schools, whilst operating with constrained budgets mean that candidates have to be capable managers and leaders but generate positive relationships with key partnerships for the whole system to flourish. As skills funding has been cut the link to FE and employers is also an essential role for councils in ensuring post-16 opportunities are available for young people.

If you are an authority looking to recruit to such a role and would like to discuss the insights gained during these search processes, please do get in touch. Alternatively if you are working in Education/Skills now as an inspector, advisor, headteacher, consultant or working in a council service and considering your next move please contact us for a confidential discussion.

Coming soon!

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We are excited about the new roles we will be recruiting in the near future. Keep checking in for more details under the “Roles” heading.

Chief Officer – Financial Services at Leeds City Council

Assistant Director – Education and Skills – Newcastle City Council

New CYP Service Director roles at Wakefield Council

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***Campaign now live ****

We will be launching searches for two roles at Wakefield Council during August and September –Service Director – Strategy and Innovation (Children’s commissioning, transformation, early help and youth services in August) and Service Director Education & Inclusion (the lead officer for Education in September). Both roles will be reporting to a new Corporate Director for Children & Young People, with salaries of £87k. The roles bring a balance of delivering against short term imperatives and the building of positive futures for all Wakefield’s children and young people.

Information will be found on the recruitment microsite ourwakefield, with details of how to apply, timetables and the facility to download the Job Specifications found here on the Proventure Consulting website under the Roles section webpage (just hover over the “Roles” tab)

If you would like to be informed when the roles go live or to express an interest, please contact Elaine Smith via pv@proventureconsulting.co.uk

Irish waste water specialist makes latest acquisition

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A Cheshire-based business has been acquired by an Irish provider of services to the water and waste process technologies sector.

Apex Industries Ltd trades as Cap Technology and Adamelia, both of which are based on the Hampton Heath Industrial Estate. The former is involved in the supply and installation of industrial effluent treatment plants, while the latter works in the gelatin industry.

The group has been bought by FLI Global, which is headquartered in Waterford and has grown both organically and by targeted acquisition since its incorporation in 1989.

Stewart Mills and John Hampson, founding directors of Apex Industries, said: “This is an exciting time for the business and we look forward to using the capability of the wider FLI Group to grow the both businesses going forward.”

DTM Legal, led by head of corporate and commercial Ed Barnes, acted for the owners of Apex Industries.

“The transaction, which involved both our corporate and commercial and property teams, was a pleasure to work on and the real synergies between both parties means I am sure the businesses will continue to expand and thrive,” said Barnes.

Proventure Consulting acted as corporate adviser to Apex Industries and the vendors, with team leader David Plant adding: “From initial meeting through to completion it became apparent that this deal had massive potential for both sides and the whole process was seamless.”

Director of HR – Trafford Council

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Trafford Council – an authority who are always looking to innovate and harness the wealth and breadth of relationships across their Borough, have appointed a very broadly experienced HR Director who a background in social care, manufacturing, housing, logistics and retail.

5 Directors appointed at Bradford Council

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With support from Proventure, Bradford Council have appointed a range of highly skilled and experienced senior managers to the following roles: Strategic Director – Corporate Resources, Director of HR, Deputy Director – Education and Learning, Assistant Director – Commissioning and Integration and Assistant Director – Office of the Chief Executive.

We provided a full service with innovative media campaigns, executive search, longlist selection interviews and final panel support. All roles were recruited to first time including the Deputy Director Education role – often difficult to attract good quality fields to these posts.

Bradford achieved their aim of attracting a diversity of experience capable of creating and sustaining positive partnerships across all sectors in the District, appointing candidates from health, local government, education, regional agencies and the private sector.

Deputy Directors appointed – Education and Learning

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We are delighted to have supported the recent appointments of two Deputy Directors for Education in roles at Leeds and Bradford Councils. Both are some of the most high profile local government education roles focusing on broad agendas of school improvement and attainment and key partnerships with academies, employers and skills providers across these diverse cities and surrounding districts.

If you are a council looking to recruit to such a role and would like to discuss the insights gained during these search processes, please do get in touch. Alternatively if you are working in Education now as an inspector, advisor, headteacher, consultant or working in a council service and considering your next move please contact us for a confidential discussion. We expect to have some interesting roles coming up in good councils.

Deputy Director Learning Services – Leeds CC

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Deputy Director Learning Services

Salary: £103,737 to £111,873

Leeds has become a city to watch.  We are rebalancing the economics of the North of England and are gaining a national reputation for our commitment to good growth.  For us this means ensuring each step we take to improve the Leeds economy benefits all our residents.  Effective, high quality learning for all our young people is at the heart of this good growth.

If you don’t agree stop reading now, you’re probably the wrong person for this role.

Learning Services provide the opportunity to engage with every family in the city.  We’re committed to improving the outcomes for children and young people, particularly those who are vulnerable, so that they can contribute to and benefit from the growth of our great city.

Click below for more information.

Deputy Director Learning Services