CAREERS CONSULTANT JOB

A careers consultant provides support on all aspects of career management and development, using guidance, counselling, coaching and advisory techniques to assist clients to clarify and achieve career and work goals. Many careers consultants work within an organization, guiding and advising employees, often individually but also in groups. A large number of careers consultants work on a freelance basis with individual fee-paying clients in a private setting. conducting one-to-one consultations with clients, most commonly face-to-face, but also more frequently via telephone, Skype or email - usually in-depth initial consultations lasting about an hour and involving some form of work history analysis, with a number of similar follow-up consultations thereafter.

Looking in detail at past skills and working experience to help clients identify their strengths, weaknesses, career motivation and goals. Supporting teams and individuals through periods of organizational change. advising on career change or development by enabling clients to assess their skills and abilities, explore options for learning and work, and create action plans to take steps to implement decisions. Helping people to understand and identify their skills, abilities and interests and to make decisions based on what is suitable for their lifestyle and circumstances.

Administering and interpreting psychometric tests of aptitude, personality, interests, learning and working styles, motivation and team dynamics, and providing detailed feedback.
Making recommendations and discussing options based on psychometric test results and other information supplied by clients to assist them in making informed decisions suitable to their personal circumstances. Providing information and advice on job search techniques, including looking for vacancies, making applications, assessing and creating CVs and going for interviews. Providing mock interviews and advice to improve clients' interview technique. Planning and delivering group workshops covering career management skills and creative job searching, including organizing external speakers.

Carrying out desk research, using the internet to respond to client queries, and writing career-related articles. Reviewing, updating, developing and disseminating careers information resources, both printed and electronic. Coaching and motivating clients to make career decisions, encouraging and congratulating them on any improvements made and setting new targets. Offering counselling on issues affecting work and career, including stress management, difficulties in balancing work and home life commitments, redundancy and retirement. Working with external agencies or professionals on referral of clients. Consultants working for small businesses also devote some time to business administration and marketing their services to establish a client group.

CATERING MANAGER JOB

Catering manager’s plan organized and develops the food and beverage services of organizations and businesses, whilst meeting customer expectations, food and hygiene standards and financial targets. There are a wide range of jobs in catering management, along with a number of different routes into the industry. Roles include: managing restaurants, bars and other outlets in hotels, resorts or cruise liners providing catering services at events; or running catering operations in organizations such as hospitals, schools and higher education institutions.

With ongoing growth in the service industry, opportunities in this demanding but rewarding area continue to grow. The role varies according to the size and nature of the establishment: in a small operation, the catering manager has more of a 'hands on' role and will be involved in the day-to-day running of the operation, in contract catering, the catering manager will spend time negotiating with the client organization, assessing its requirements and ensuring that it is satisfied with the service delivered.

Typical tasks will include recruiting and training permanent and casual staff, organizing, leading and motivating the catering team, planning menus in consultation with chefs, ensuring health and safety regulations are strictly observed, budgeting and establishing financial targets and forecasts, monitoring the quality of the product and service provided, keeping financial and administrative records, monitoring spending levels, maintaining stock levels and ordering new supplies as required, liaising with suppliers and clients, negotiating contracts with customers.

In more senior posts, principal tasks will involve setting and agreeing budgets, monitoring quality standards, overseeing the management of facilities, e.g. checking event bookings and allocation of resources/staff, planning new promotions and initiatives, and contributing to business development, dealing with staffing and client issues, keeping abreast of trends and developments in the catering industry such as menus, consumer tastes and management issues.

CHARITY FUNDRAISER JOB

Charity fundraisers are employed, directly or indirectly, by a charity or related organisation. They are responsible for achieving an agreed money-raising target by approaching trusts, corporations, statutory bodies, major donors, individuals and other sources, and by running events. In larger charities, the role is likely to be specialised on one particular source. In smaller charities, a fundraiser may work several sources. Fundraisers work with individuals, communities, businesses and charitable trusts to raise awareness of the charity's work, aims and goals.

Ultimately, their job is to increase the contributions of those individuals and groups by building relationships and exploring new fundraising ideas. Developing new and imaginative fundraising activities, many of which will be events-based. Organising traditional activities, e.g. house-to-house collections of donated goods and monies. Developing and coordinating web-based fundraising, online auctions and merchandise sales. Working with all forms of media, and producing supporting materials such as posters, websites and newsletters to promote market and advertise forthcoming events.

Raising awareness of the charity and its work, at both a local and national level - this may involve giving talks to groups or dealing with the media. Increasing funds through researching and targeting charitable trusts whose criteria match the charity's projects and activities. Developing and implementing a strategy for individual and corporate supporter recruitment and development. Overseeing corporate fundraising, including employee giving and matched giving from employers. Building and maintaining profitable, long-term fundraising relationships with donors and potential donors. Managing and updating databases to record donor contact and preference information.

Preparing mail-shots and correspondence. Writing applications and mail-shots, using direct mailing to reach a wide range of potential and current donors. Recruiting, organising and working with volunteers in the community and supporting them in their endeavours - in large national charities this may include responsibility for several hundred local volunteers making risk analyses and balancing time-cost ratios to focus effort upon the most appropriate fundraising activities with the highest chance of success. Monitoring income and expenditure against budgets and the targets. Preparing reports for both donors and trustees of the charity.

CHARITY OFFICER JOB

A charity officer undertakes a variety of functions which can vary considerably depending upon the sector and size of an organisation. In larger organisations, the role will focus on a specific area, such as project management or strategy development; in smaller charities, a charity officer will undertake whatever tasks are required. Typical job functions include applying for grants, administration, budget setting, dealing with volunteers, fundraising, PR and providing advice or information. Charity officers are often referred to as charity administrators, community liaison officers or project development officers. Many large commercial companies employ a charity officer to steer their charity and/or community agenda.

For example, a charity officer working for a multinational corporation (looking to develop its community links) will have a very different experience from a charity officer working for a small-scale locally-focused charity; not only will their access to resources differ substantially, and therefore their approach contrast, but the officer working in the private sector will not work with volunteers, who are central to the infrastructure of virtually all voluntary sector organisations.

However, despite such diversity in roles, there are typical functions that a charity officer will undertake, which include with external agencies, including voluntary sector organisations, the media, representatives from local authorities and business, trustees, etc. dealing with public relations (PR) with the aim of raising the profile of the organisation and/or campaign. Addressing public meetings and making speeches when accepting donations. Applying for grants and other public funding.

Undertaking general clerical and administrative work to meet the needs of the organisation gathering/analysing information and data and preparing reports authorising payments and managing a budget. Creating and organising fundraising initiatives. Contacting potential donors by telephone and/or letter. Designing and preparing fundraising materials, for example, leaflets and flyers. Maintaining donor lists and prospecting for new managing your time effectively and multitasking. Organising/managing a team of paid staff and/or volunteers. Recruiting and training volunteers and/or paid staff.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT JOB

Chartered certified accountants can work within private practice, industry, commerce and the public sector. Managing information, they are responsible for developing and maintaining financial and accounting systems, financial forecasting, auditing financial records and investigating financial anomalies. They may also produce reports and budget plans, as well as control funds and salaries.

Chartered certified accountants can offer a range of services to an internationally recognized standard, including advising on taxation, insolvency and corporate finance. Often, a chartered certified accountant's main aim is to maximize profitability and efficiency on behalf of their employer or client, often assessing business possibilities. They may provide a management consultancy service.

The role of a chartered certified accountant can cover many aspects of finance work, including continuous management of financial systems and budgets, undertaking financial audits (an independent check of an organization’s financial position).providing financial advice. The day-to-day activities may vary, according to the size and type of organization, but will generally involve. Preparing financial statements, business plans and budgets for management or client reports. Inspecting the organization’s current practices, investigating any financial irregularities and recommending improvements.

Implementing new or reviewing existing financial systems and controls. Producing annual and/or monthly accounts. Managing expenditure, credit, payroll and investments. Creating financial plans and forecasts with clients (individuals or businesses) or non-financial members of staff, providing financial information and advice. Internal and external auditors and dealing with any irregular financial issues as they arise. Advising on and dealing with tax issues. Advising clients on areas of business improvement, or dealing with insolvency. Managing junior colleagues. Negotiating terms with suppliers

CHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT JOB

A chemical development engineer creates and develops industrial processes and plant to make the products on which modern society depends. These products include fuels and energy, food and drink, clean water, artificial fibers, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics and toiletries. They may focus on one or more of the following: researching new products from trial through to commercialization.

Managing scale-up processes from pilot plant to full industrial-scale manufacturing; improving product lines; developing and modifying the manufacturing and processing plant that produces the products; and designing and commissioning new plants. Protecting the environment and safety are significant concerns for chemical development engineers. Typical activities are extremely diverse, depending on the role.

But may include working closely with process chemists and control engineers to ensure the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production facility, designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, whilst considering environmental and economic aspects applying new technologies.

Examples of work activities relating to specific sectors include: undertaking small and intermediate-scale manufacturing and packaging activities in pharmaceutical product development for clinical trial purposes, developing new methods of safe nuclear energy production, including projects such as conceptual design, simulation and construction of test rigs, and detailed design and operations support.

CIVIL ENGINEER (Consulting) JOB

Civil engineers are involved with the design, development and construction of a huge range of projects in the built and natural environment. Their role is central to ensuring the safe, timely and well-resourced completion of projects in many areas, including highways construction, waste management, coastal development and geotechnical engineering. Consulting civil engineers liaise with clients to plan, manage, design and supervise the construction of projects. They work in a number of different settings and, with experience, can run projects as project manager. Civil engineering offers many opportunities as well as the satisfaction of helping to improve and enhance public quality of life in many settings.

Within civil engineering, consulting engineers are the designers; contracting engineers turn their plans into reality. Consulting civil engineers provide a wide range of services to clients. During the early stages of a career, work will involve taking responsibility for minor projects, but the size of the projects may increase as experience is gained. Undertaking technical and feasibility studies and site investigations. Developing detailed designs. Assessing the potential risks of specific projects, as well as undertaking risk management in specialist roles. Supervising tendering procedures and putting together proposals.

Managing, supervising and visiting contractors on site and advising on civil engineering issues. Overseeing the work of junior staff or mentoring civil engineers throughout the charter ship process. Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues and architects, subcontractors, contracting civil engineers, consultants, co-workers and clients. Thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems. Managing budgets and other project resources. Managing change, as the client may change their mind about the design, and identifying, formalizing and notifying relevant parties of changes in the project. Leading teams of other engineers, perhaps from other organizations or firms. Compiling, checking and approving reports.

Reviewing and approving project drawings. Using a range of design computer packages for designing projects and undertaking complex and repetitive calculations. Scheduling material and equipment purchases and delivery. Attending public meetings and displays to discuss projects, especially in a senior role. Adopting all relevant requirements around issues such as building permits, environmental regulations, sanitary design, good manufacturing practices and safety on all work assignments. Ensuring that a project runs smoothly and that the structure is completed on time and within budget. Correcting any project deficiencies that affect production, quality and safety requirements prior to final evaluation and project reviews.