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Project Worker (Smokeless and Niche Tobacco): Post Ref: WYJS:043
Salary: Scale WY06 £22,221-£23,708
Temporary 12 Months Contract
37 hours per week, applications for job share are welcomed.
We have an exciting new opportunity within the West Yorkshire Trading Standards, for an enthusiastic hard working individual to join a multi-agency partnership project with Kirklees and Bradford and Airedale NHS Stop Smoking Services, working with South Asian communities in Kirklees and Bradford around the use of niche tobacco products.
Applicants should have experience of managing projects, partnership working and community engagement. Excellent communication, organisational and presentation skills are essential for the role, as is the ability to speak one or more South Asian languages.
Experience of working with South Asian communities in a voluntary or statutory role would also be a distinct advantage.
The post holder will be based at the West Yorkshire Joint Services headquarters in Morley and will be required to work across two West Yorkshire districts and therefore a full driving licence and access to a car is essential. Evening and weekend work will also form part of the role.
For more information or to apply please download an application form, guidance notes, background and job description. Alternatively call 0113 253 0241. Please state the reference number when applying. Completed applications should be returned to hr@wyjs.org.uk or Human Resources, West Yorkshire Joint Services, PO Box 5, Nepshaw Lane South, Morley Leeds, LS27 0UG.
Closing date for applications is Friday 10th September 2010.
Interviews will be held week commencing 20th September 2010.
Asbestos Analyst Ref: WYJS:043
Salary: WY05 £19,621 to £21,519
Part or full-time hours up to 37 hours per week
(Flexible working scheme available plus generous leave entitlement and final salary pension scheme)
West Yorkshire Analytical Services provides a wide ranging analytical and advisory service to the public and private sectors throughout the region. We are looking to recruit an Asbestos Analyst to carry out identification of asbestos in bulk materials in the laboratory.
A P401 qualification (Asbestos Identification) is essential for this post. Exceptionally, candidates with extensive experience in bulk asbestos identification who do not hold this qualification may be considered for a trainee position, (salary scale WY03 £15,725 to £16,830).
For an informal discussion contact Duncan Campbell 0113 383 7575 or Richard Sykes 0113 383 7567.
To apply download an application form and job description or email hr@wyjs.org.uk Alternatively call 0113 253 0241. Please state the reference number when applying.
Closing date: Friday 27th August at 5.00pm
Work placements
West Yorkshire Joint Services provide varied services delivered by a wide range of different professionals: both in the front line of service delivery (archivists, archaeologists, chemists and other scientific disciplines and trading standards officers) and in supporting roles (general and financial administration and ICT)
West Yorkshire Joint Services are committed to promoting careers within the professions employed to deliver their services. As part of this West Yorkshire Joint Services can offer students a one or two week work placement.
Placements are offered to those who would like to gain experience in one of the fields West Yorkshire Joint Services has to offer. It will give the student some idea of what the job would be like and the chance to see how their skills need to be developed before doing that job.
West Yorkshire Joint Services can offer placements to students aged 16 years or older.
To apply for a placement, students need to make a request in writing, outlining their experience, detailing why they wish to undertake it and what they envisage getting out of a placement. It may be useful to discuss a placement with a manager in a Service area prior to making an application. This can be arranged via Human Resources (see contact details below).
In order to administer requests for work placements fairly, applications need to be received by the dates detailed below:
| Start of Placement | Last date for Application |
| May – August | 8 January |
| September - December | 1 June |
| January - April | 1 October |
Applications should be sent to:
Human Resources
West Yorkshire Joint Services
PO Box 5
Nepshaw Lane South
Morley
Leeds
LS27 0QP
Email: hr@wyjs.org.uk
Telephone: 0113 253 0241