19 Experienced Professional jobs in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

About the Role - Fully Remote

Our client, a leading software firm, is seeking a Professional Services Consultant to act as the key link between their customers and internal teams. This role involves gathering and translating customer requirements into clear technical specifications, supporting software delivery, and ensuring smooth deployments.

The successful candidate will be comfortable communicat.

Our new Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP) blends classroom learning at one of our Met in-house training centres with learning on the job. You'll spend the majority of your time working alongside experienced police officers out on London's streets.
Its a two year programme that counts as your probation. The training is based on the national policing curriculum and focuses on preparing you for a hands-on policing role. You will spend the first few weeks of your training learning the law and specialist policing knowledge, ready to join your team out on the streets. While you will learn and develop your policing knowledge and practice you will not gain an academic qualification.
The starting salary is over £42,210. On successful completion, you'll earn £44,844. All salaries include allowances.

You must meet the eligibility criteria to be a police constable set out in'Who we are looking for'. You will need a Level 2 qualification in English language at a GCSE grade C or above, or grades 4 to 9, and one of the following:

• Two A Levels at grade E or above in any subject or be working towards these
• Level 3 qualification or be working towards one, including an International Baccalaureate Diploma or NVQ. We will also consider the equivalent overseas qualification
• Training or work experience thats equal to a Level 3 qualification
• To have served as a Police Community Support Officer, a Special Constable or Designated Detention Officer for 12 months
• To have been a member of the Mets Volunteer Police Cadets for 24 months
• Service in the Armed Forces. You must have successfully completed the minimum term of service and have an exemplary reference. Service must have been a minimum of two years within the last five years

We will also consider an English Language equivalent overseas qualification in place of the Level 2 qualification.

This is a two year programme in which youll learn at one of our own Met training centres, and on the job working in one of our police teams.

Our training centres are at:

• Colindale in north London
• Sidcup in south London

After a weeks introduction to the Met, you start 16 weeks classroom learning. The training follows a shift pattern on alternate weeks:

• Early: 7am to 3pm
• Late: 2pm to 10pm

This covers policing and the law, giving you the basic knowledge and skills to be a police constable.

The next two months you will spend working in a police team, based on a London borough. This will be alongside a dedicated experienced police officer acting as your tutor constable. This is called 'Street Duties'. It is where you can put into practice what you have been taught.

The remainder of your two years will be spent building on your learning and experience. You'll get to enhance your skills and knowledge, through a number of different policing roles. This will include working within teams that respond to emergency calls from the public and police Londons neighbourhoods, working with communities.

Youll return to your training centre for other short blocks of classroom learning. Upon successfully completing your two year programme youll be a fully qualified police constable.

The following information will help you have the best chance of success with your application. It will tell you what you can expect from our recruitment process at each stage.

It can take around six months for people to complete our recruitment process. At each stage you will be contacted by and receive more information from our recruitment team who are there for you throughout.

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Location: Cardiff

Hybrid / Flexible Working

Salary: Up to £110,000 depending on experience + up to 20% annual bonus + benefits

Founded in 2018 LDMS are part of the LC Financial Holdings group, a 4 pillar organisation that has over 2,000 employees across Europe. Together, we have an impressive track record of providing world class credit expertise that spans over 20 years.

We are a Fintech company focused on digital lending software, a market growing around 18% per year and set to be worth $27 billion by 2028. Given our expertise within the company and across the group we aim to be the leader in the space, and in order to do that we need a team of people who can not just write quality code but can think, create and challenge others to come up with the best solutions for our customers. We are an ambitious team with a pretty big ‘to do list’ including improving existing products, building new ones and delivering to new markets.

As the Head of Professional Services you will be part of the Senior Leadership team at LDMS, leading multi disciplined teams across multiple parallel projects, delivering for customers across Europe. The projects will vary from feature development, bespoke integration, data migrations and new customer onboardings.

As the leader of the professional services department you will be responsible for building the teams and processes to deliver projects to time, to scope and to customer satisfaction. Responsibilities includes:

• Project and resource planning
• Management and commitment of scope with customers
• Change management
• Overall responsibility for quality
• Continuous improvement of processes to ensure we deliver high quality results and improving costs
• Hiring, training and growing the skills in the teams
• Line management & objective setting for senior members of the team
• Being the go to decision maker for ensuring success on customer projects

Ultimately you will be responsible for ensuring that our customers are satisfied with their delivery, are up and running on our software and continue to benefit long term.

To achieve this you will be supported by the wider senior leadership team, including:

• Product & Product Engineering - Delivering our products on which many projects are then developed upon
• Technology & Architecture - Ensuring we have a technical vision and path towards that
• Platform Engineering - Supporting our delivery of product and bespoke solutions into live
• Customer Success - Managing ongoing customer relationships, support and more

From time to time the key responsibilities may change or be adapted to the needs of the business, however the below gives an overview of the key areas of focus

• Working with project and change teams to plan and execute on customer deliverables
• Ensure customers are satisfied with the delivery of work in line with project expectations
• Managing requirements, changes and impacts to projects
• Ensuring the teams have the skills and tools to deliver
• Ensuring delivery capacity is aligned to the project
• Ensure regular feedback is sought from active customers to address any ongoing issues
• Collaborate with the product teams to ensure upcoming features are in line with customer requirements
• Managing resourcing effectively against costs
• Own and improve the end to end processes for delivery in line with our compliance needs
• Attend / Drive customer steering meetings, change boards, etc

Requirements

Skills & Knowledge

• Project and programme management
• Traditional and Agile delivery models
• Modern software development exposure (i.e. awareness of cloud, devops, api’s, etc)
• Time & Cost management
• Financial services, ideally lending
• Good verbal, written and communication skills

What’s important to us?

It’s safe to say our passion is tech but we recognise that it’s the people that we hire and bring together who are at the heart of the organisation. Over the years we have acquired and recruited a pretty eclectic bunch with hobbies ranging from gaming to ultra marathon running, snowboarding to chess and hiking and climbing, however, what we do have in common are our values:

• Teamwork
• Merit
• Develop
• Honest
• Impactful
• Integrity

They may just look like corporate jargon but they mean something to us, and if you can relate to the above, get in touch as it there’s a good chance that you’d be a great addition to the team.

Please note - Due to the festive break feedback on applications will be from the first week back in January 2024.

Benefits

• Discretionary Bonus (Up-to 20%)
• 25 days Annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 1 day Birthday Leave
• 1 day Charity Leave
• Death In Service
• Comprehensive medical cover provided by AXA (All employees get VIP)
• EAP
• Pension (Standard 3% and 4% contribution)
• Salary sacrifice bike and electric car scheme
• Monthly Socials
• Charity Events

Secondment Opportunity until 31 August 2026

Part time secondment opportunity for between 0.4 and 0.6FTE (2 to 3 days per week)

The Education Achievement Service is seeking to second a highly effective teacher to the post of Professional Learning Partner (Expressive Arts) to cover the maternity leave of the substantive post holder.

Working as part of the wider school improvement and professional learning team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping raise standards of teaching and learning in schools, with a particular focus on expressive arts. Individual applicants will need to have a proven track record of excellent teaching in expressive arts which has led to improved standards, and of implementing effective strategies which have raised outcomes in expressive arts across the whole school. The successful applicant will be able to articulate approaches that lead to high quality learning for all pupils and provide well-crafted demonstration lessons and coaching in support of ensuring pupil progression. They will need to communicate a genuine desire to develop the practice of others, facilitate school to school collaboration and lead on initiatives supporting national priorities in education.

Should you wish to discuss the available secondment opportunity further, please contact James Kent, Assistant Director (Curriculum) on james.kent @sewaleseas.org.uk

You are welcome to submit your application in English or in Welsh. Each application will be treated equally.

Please note, if you wish to pursue this secondment you must secure permission from your Governing Body/ Headteacher to be released from your school for the period of the secondment prior to applying, and this must be indicated in your completed application. At the end of the secondment period, the successful candidate will return to their school.

Interviews will be held on 14 October 2025

The post holder will provide specialist 1:1 support to doctors and dentists in training on sensitive and complex issues to enable professional progression.

The role promotes wellbeing, improves training outcomes, and supports trainees to achieve their full potential.

It also includes delivering workshops, contributing to faculty development, and supporting PSU and HEIW strategy through data-driven interventions.

The post holder will work within the Professional Support Unit (PSU) of the HEIW team, carrying out specialist work to support doctors and dentists in training. This includes providing 1:1, bespoke support, guidance, and advice on a range of sensitive, contentious, and complex situations - for example, health difficulties, bereavement, clinical incidents, and GMC referrals - to enable professional progression and development.

The role operates within specific professional guidelines and internal policies to promote wellbeing, improve progression through training, maximise attainment in examinations, minimise attrition, and support trainees in reaching their full potential to optimise their training experience.

In addition to individual support, the post holder will contribute to service user and faculty development through the design and delivery of workshops and presentations. They may also lead on elements of PSU and HEIW strategy, analysing data to identify patterns (e.g., Training Programme Director and Foundation Programme Director development, differential attainment programmes) and implementing targeted interventions. The role requires an experienced individual with the ability to unpick complex situations, identify the problems behind the problems, and deliver meaningful change for service users.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

• Degree or Professional Qualification or equivalent, relevant training and experience
• Post qualification experience of using a range of coaching and mentoring skills to assess individual needs and establish the individual's will and perceived obstacles on areas including wellbeing, change management and maximising performance
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Coaching qualification
• Psychology or Psychological Therapy qualification

• In depth knowledge or experience of working within area of supporting individuals to include post qualification experience with evidence of CPD
• Experience in using a variety of IT packages (e.g. MS Office)

• Analytical and Problem-Solving: Committed to reflective coaching practice. Skilled at analysing complex situations and using judgement, creativity, and persuasion to identify solutions. Able to communicate complex and conceptual issues clearly, enabling reflection, growth, and progress. Experienced in planning and delivering projects that support professional development and wellbeing.
• Training, Communication and Engagement: Experienced in designing and delivering workshops, inductions and conferences for diverse audiences. Strong communicator in both 1:1 and group settings, able to influence behaviour and performance. Builds trust and credibility with professionals at all levels, representing organisations positively. Skilled in providing coaching, advice and guidance on sensitive issues with wide impact.
• Professional Standards and Record-Keeping: Experienced in handling confidential information, resolving conflicting views and maintaining accurate records of coaching interventions and support plans. Acts with integrity, fairness and consistency, and experienced in managing referrals to specialist support services when required.
• Leadership and Collaboration: Committed to CPD. Experienced in managing teams, motivating colleagues, and creating collaborative working groups to address sensitive or contentious issues.
• Personal Attributes: Empathetic, resilient and diplomatic, with a caring approach that upholds dignity and respect. Calm under pressure and skilled at managing emotionally charged situations. Flexible, adaptable, and creative in applying coaching strategies. Experienced in healthcare education and professional support contexts.

• Service User Support: Proven experience in direct service user contact, delivering coaching interventions, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating support services with training committees, Occupational Health, and external providers.
• Governance and Compliance: Knowledge of Equality Act 2010, GDPR 2018, FOI Act 2000, Occupational Health law, and reasonable adjustments in education and training environments.
• Programme and Service Management: Skilled in budget management, data analysis, and report production to monitor services, identify trends, and drive improvement. Experience of policy development and embedding best practice.
• Training and Engagement: Experienced in marketing services and raising awareness of a positive support culture through inductions, workshops, outreach, and conferences.
• Collaboration and Networks: Strong track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders, managing networks, and proactively supporting trainee progression needs in postgraduate medical and dental education.
• Organisation and Flexibility: Strong organisational, planning and prioritisation skills; adaptable to agile/remote working and able to travel across the region as required.
• Additional Skills: Familiarity with NHS database systems such as INTREPID; Welsh language skills to support engagement across diverse communities.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Professional Support Practitioner and Unit Manager

Freelance Sales Professional – AI Industry

The Role

Are you skilled at building relationships that turn into long-term business opportunities? Or are you a hungry freelancer looking to break into one of the fastest-growing industries in the world?

We're seeking Freelance Sales Professionals to join Ascendia AI, full-time or part-time. Whether you're an experienced closer or brand-new to sales, this i.

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) - South Wales
Location: Newport, South Wales
Contract: Temporary, Part-Time (1-2 days per week, flexible on days)
Rate: 42 per hour (negotiable - potential for longer-term booking at lower rates)

The Role:
Eden Brown Synergy is working in partnership with Newport City Council to recruit an experienced Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) to join their Adult & Community Services team on a part-time basis.

This is a great opportunity for an AMHP looking for flexible work, with the chance to make a real difference in mental health services across South Wales.

Key Responsibilities:

Undertake AMHP assessments under the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007).

Work collaboratively with service users, carers, and partner agencies to ensure safe and effective outcomes.

Complete accurate documentation and reports in line with local authority and legislative requirements.

Provide expert advice and support to colleagues across Adult & Community Services.

Requirements:

Qualified Social Worker, Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Chartered Psychologist with AMHP status.

Current registration with Social Work England, NMC, HCPC, or equivalent.

Demonstrable experience working as an AMHP in local authority or NHS settings.

Strong knowledge of the Mental Health Act and associated legislation.

Benefits:

Flexible part-time working (1-2 days per week).

Competitive hourly rate.

Opportunity to support a forward-thinking local authority with a strong focus on community mental health.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free.

Provide administrative support to the Professional Support Unit. The post holder's key duties will be: dealing with first line enquiries from service users (doctors, dentists and pharmacists in training) and the faculty; providing support and guidance, engaging and completing a range of tasks e.g. coordinating appointments; general administration and maintenance of records; to meet operational and customer service requirements of the Professional Support Unit.

• Deal with a range of internal and external enquiries in a professional manner, establishing requirements and adapting the standard responses accordingly.
• Triage new referrals to the Professional Support Unit (PSU) inbox / voicemail, in liaison with the PSU Team.
• Process and book new and follow-up cases / appointments for the PSU within KPIs, and according to Case Manager schedules.
• Register new service users on the PSU Insight Database, book and send out appointments, MS Teams links / books rooms as appropriate.
• Enter and retrieve appropriate information from the PSU Insight Database and other relevant systems.
• Follow service users up and request confirmation on attendance prior to the appointment dates.
• Exchange information (within GDPR requirements) with relevant service users or faculty on appointment bookings, which may sometimes involve service users who are upset or anxious.
• Liaise with visiting service users / faculty members / stakeholders.
• Audio typing / typing / preparing letters and secondary referrals following meetings with residents / trainees, including sharing encrypted confidential information.
• Produce documentation, plan and organise meetings, take minutes and make travel arrangements.
• Provide administration support for educational workshops, appeals and events, produce materials, certificates and process feedback via MS Forms.

• The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW's values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

• Respect for All in every contact we have with others
• Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving
• Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

• a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary
• compassionate leadership
• a meaningful values based performance appraisal process
• the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?

Our Boys Academy Department is proud to have achieved the prestigious Category One Academy status which reflects our commitment to delivering excellence across all areas of youth football including coaching, education, training, and facilities. We are dedicated to supporting and nurturing the next generation of elite footballers, as demonstrated in our memorable treble-winning 2024/25 season for our U18s as we topped the Under-18 Premier League Southern section table, the Under-18 Premier League national title and we lifted the prestigious FA Youth Cup.

As we continue to build upon this success, we are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Sport Scientist to join our expanding team, working within the Professional Development Phase (PDP). In this pivotal role, you will assist the Sport Science provision for our U21/18 squads within the Academy, playing a vital part in nurturing, encouraging, engaging and supporting the next generation of elite players.

• The Role

As the PDP Sport Scientist you will play a key supporting role in the delivery of the athletic development pathway for our PDP players. Under the guidance and support of the Lead Academy Sport Scientist and Senior Sport Scientist and the wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) you will assist in the delivery of the athletic development pathway to our U21/18 squad players. Your expertise will help shape a cutting-edge, evidence-based approach to player health, availability, and physical development, working collaboratively within our multidisciplinary Academy Medical and Sport Science Department.

Based at our world-class training ground, you will assist with the delivery of engaging, age-appropriate athletic development and Individual Physical Development sessions. You will assist with physical testing, growth and maturation monitoring, and matchday preparation, as well as supporting rehabilitation programmes in collaboration with the Academy Medical team. Through a proactive and player-centric approach, you will assist with the delivery of comprehensive physical development programmes that cater to both group and individual needs. These programmes will empower our young players to harness their physical potential and excel in a high-performance environment, equipping them for the transition to the next phase of their development.

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

• The Person

To be considered for this role, you will need to hold the following qualifications:

• BSc (Hons) in Sport Science (minimum 2:1)
• MSc in Sport Science /Strength and Conditioning (or equivalent)

You will bring significant proven experience in assisting and delivering high-quality Athletic Development to elite youth athletes within a professional sporting environment.

You will have a thorough understanding of Sport Science principles, including strength and conditioning, growth and maturation, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and physical performance analysis and be able to apply these principles in both field and gym environments.

We are seeking a team player who thrives in a dynamic environment and has experience working collaboratively with Multi-Disciplinary Teams.

Ideally, you will have knowledge and understanding of the Elite Player Performance Plan (Category 1 Academy) and the unique demands of a Professional Development Phase environment.

You must also be available to work flexibly as this role will require you to work evenings and weekends, and you will need to hold a full UK driving license.

As part of your application, you will be asked to:

• Upload your CV
• Answer the following question (s):
• Please outline how your relevant skills and experience aligns with the role profile, including an example of your relevant work and results achieved (400 words maximum)

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and fully support The FAs Football Leadership Diversity Code.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding

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