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Store Manager - Waitrose Welcome Break - Charnock Richard Services, Chorley, Lancs, PR7 5LR (accassible without motorway driving) Pay up to £28,000 pa plus £10 on shift meal allowance and bonus Fantastic benefits & discounts, free parking & great career opportunities Great head for business? Good with people? If you can stay cool under pressure, you could make it as a Manager at Welcome Break. Heading up your own unit, you'll lead the team and drive profitable sales growth. In return, you'll get bespoke training and support to develop your career with the potential to progress to more senior management roles. Make no mistake, the Manager role is demanding but if you have the right qualities and you're up for an exciting challenge, we'll help you reach your full potential. A Welcome Break Unit Business Manager would ideally: Have a good track record managing a team and delivering results in a fast-moving customer service role. Be strongly business-focused with a desire to succeed. Be passionate about delivering exceptional customer service. Be an energetic people person who can inspire every member of your team. Be a good communicator, innovator, and problem solver. Have ambition to go far in their management career. Have great numeracy and excel proficiency skills. Key benefits for Managers: Competitive salary plus bonus £10 on shift meal allowance 30 days' holiday increase with service Contributory pension (after 3 months) Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, BK, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few) My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of retailers Structured career path and bespoke training Free on-site parking Generous discounts on hotel rooms for you and family members Apprenticeship opportunities Due to responsibilities within the Manager role, applicants will need to be 18 years of age or over. About Welcome Break Welcome Break is one of the UK's leading motorway service operators, running 59 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK. Working for Welcome Break is not what it may seem to our everyday customer. When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break. Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We are committed to hiring great Team Members from a wide variety of backgrounds ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued and celebrated for what they bring to our business. If you share our values and our passion for great customer service, your career could be Made at Welcome Break.
Pensions Administrator (hybrid/remote working options) Hybrid working with 2 days in Preston, Lancashire Fully home working contracts will be considered for candidates living 50 miles from our offices in Preston Salary circa £22,900 DOE, 37 hours a week A glance at the role: We are currently seeking Pensions Administrators to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. As a Pensions Administrator, your role is to assist in the provision of a pension scheme administration service in respect of the pension schemes administered by the Local Pensions Partnership. To ensure work is completed to the highest standards demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail whilst providing good customer service. You will join a friendly, welcoming and sociable work culture where there are many opportunities for continuous personal and professional development where you will be supported to reach your full potential. So, if you've been looking for the opportunity to enhance your experience by joining a leading pensions organisation, we can't wait to hear from you! A bit about us: Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is one of the UK's leading pension administration companies. We strive to deliver the best experience for over 2,100 employers and more than 655,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighter pension schemes, keeping them fully informed about their pensions whilst working closely with employers to continuously educate and support them. What we can offer you: - Salary from £22,900 per annum dependent on experience. - 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and additional concessionary days, with the ability to 'buy and sell leave. - Access to an excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contributions. - Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for when you might need some support. - The opportunity to earn through our Employee Referral Scheme. - Access to our bespoke Reward Discount Scheme - 'Your Perk Site.' - Opportunities to attend Wellbeing webinars and social events. - Daily free fruit and snacks available to you in our office. What you will be doing: - Process and check a range of general pensions casework, including, but not restricted to benefits estimates, transfers, retirements, commutation of benefits and the combining of benefits, ensuring that service level targets and deadlines are met in respect of these areas. - Respond to member correspondence relating to the work undertaken within the team, again ensuring that service level targets and deadlines are met in these areas. - Develop an understanding of current pensions regulations and overriding legislation, maintaining an up-to-date knowledge - Liaise with customers and third parties obtaining information in respect of the work undertaken on the team. - Maintain information security, dealing appropriately with sensitive and confidential information within Service protocol/guidelines. - Ensure that all work is carried out in a timely and accurate manner achieving required accuracy levels. - Sensitively and accurately assist and help our members and employers receive first-class service by answering questions and queries. - Deliver a flexible and responsive service in line with the needs of the business alongside taking ownership of individual enquiries and customer requests. - Work independently without close supervision. - Meet and exceed agreed quality and performance targets. - Support the service provision as appropriate undertaking other duties commensurate with the post. What we need from you: - The ability to work effectively on own initiative as well as being an effective team player, promoting positive behaviour and attitudes, working flexibly, whilst at all times developing and maintaining good working relationships within the team and the wider business. - Comfortable working with numbers and able to perform calculations where required. - The ability to work accurately and to deadlines. - The ability to use systems and processes relevant to pension payroll and pension administration. - The ability to communicate effectively at all levels possessing excellent communication skills (both oral and written) and first-class customer service skills. - Experience of working to and consistently achieving challenging targets. - Great interpersonal skills and empathetic listening skills. - Excellent IT skills including application of the Microsoft Office suite of tools, including Email and Excel spreadsheets. - Strong problem-solving skills. - Resilient and customer-centric at all times. - Team Player. - Fast learner and take ownership of gaining knowledge and understanding. Nice to have: - Pensions or Financial services experience