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The Wolds
The Wolds
This is Tennyson Country, countryside that literally inspired poetry
Affectionately known as Poacher Country. The capital of Poacher country is Louth which is to the East with Caistor, Market Rasen and Horncastle along the west of the Wolds. Henry VIII regarded Lincolnshire as one of the most unruly counties in his realm, this was down to one particular activity and that was poaching. Lincolnshire has been and always will be a haven of wildlife and is particularly rich in pheasants - ideal poaching country even today! Tourists can of course enjoy an impressive choice of wildlife and bird watching sanctuaries throughout the Wolds and also at Gibraltar point near Skegness.
Home to many companies needing engineers, mechanics, fitters, as well as digital skills, sales experts and more.
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There are hundreds of different jobs you could do in Lincolnshire. Here are just a few …
Legal Executive
Legal executives specialise in one area of law and carry out similar tasks to solicitors.
Legal Executive
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
You’ll need to take the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) graduate fast-track diploma to become a chartered member.
To become a chartered member, you’ll need:
to have completed a law degree recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) within the last 7 years, or
to have completed a common professional examination (CPE), or graduate diploma in law (GDL, sometimes known as GDip) conversion course, if you’re a non-law graduate
If you don't have any law qualifications:
you could work for a law firm and study part-time for a level 3 diploma or level 6 professional higher diploma, or
start as a clerical assistant or legal secretary
You’ll then need to work for a further 3 years before qualifying.
Even if you’re not working in a legal environment, if you meet the entry requirements, you could study for the CILEx graduate fast-track diploma full-time, part-time or at home.
CILEx has more information on becoming a legal executive.
2. Skills required
You’ll need:
excellent communication skills
administrative and IT skills
accuracy and attention to detail
research skills
an organised approach
the ability to work under pressure
3. What you'll do
You’ll specialise in a branch of law, like:
conveyancing – the legal side of buying and selling property
probate – wills, trusts and inheritance tax
family law – divorce and children’s matters
civil litigation – disputes between people
criminal law – defence or prosecution of people accused of crimes
company and business law – tax, contracts and employment law
Depending on your specialism, your work might include:
advising clients and explaining legal matters
contacting professionals, like mortgage lenders, planning officers or other lawyers on behalf of clients
researching and summarising legal information
preparing legal documents
writing to clients
drawing up wills
preparing contracts
representing clients in court
preparing bills for clients
4. Salary
Starter: £15,000 to £28,000
Experienced: £35,000 to £55,000
Highly Experienced: up to £100,000
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
In many full-time jobs you’ll work standard office hours Monday to Friday. Flexible hours and part-time work are often possible.
You’ll be based in an office, but may also spend some of your time at courts and police stations.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could take on more complex cases and build up a large client base. You could also progress to leading a team of legal executives and secretaries, or become a practice manager in a law firm.
With further study, you could qualify as a solicitor.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £15000
Maximum: £100000
Supply Chain Manager
Supply chain managers organise the movement of goods and materials from suppliers and manufacturers to customers.
Supply Chain Manager
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
There are no set requirements, but it’s common to have a qualification in a relevant subject like:
logistics
international transport
supply chain management
transport management
geography
You could also start in a more junior role like transport clerk and work your way up.
Skills for Logistics and the The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK) have more information about careers in supply chain management.
2. Skills required
You'll need:
planning and organisational skills
the ability to motivate and lead a team
spoken and written communication skills
problem-solving and maths skills
good geographical knowledge
If your employer operates overseas it may be useful to speak a foreign language.
3. What you'll do
Supply chains are made up of different operations, from forecasting trends and buying through to transport and distribution.
Depending on which part of the supply chain you're in, your day-to-day tasks may include:
working with procurement managers and buyers to select products that are in demand and will sell
negotiating and managing contracts with suppliers
planning the best way to get goods from suppliers to distribution centres and retailers
tracking shipments and stock levels using computer software
working with retailers to make sure they receive their goods on time and in the right condition
looking at ways to improve supply chain networks
monitoring overall performance to make sure targets are met
preparing forecasts and inventories
recruiting, training and managing a team of supply chain staff
You might also be involved in brand and marketing planning.
4. Salary
Starter: £20,000 to £25,000
Experienced: £25,000 and £45,000
Highly Experienced: Up to £60,000
These figures are a guide.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
You’ll usually work 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. You may work evenings and weekends on a rota basis, or be available on-call to deal with emergencies. Some companies run 24-hour operations involving shift work.
You’ll usually be office-based but would travel to meet clients. This could include travel overseas.
6. Career path and progression
With experience, you could progress to senior planning jobs and consultancy work.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £20000
Maximum: £60000
Thermal insulation engineer
Thermal insulation engineers install insulating materials around pipes, boilers and ductwork.
Thermal insulation engineer
Role Description
Your day-to-day duties could include:
- planning where to put insulation
- deciding what materials to use for a particular job
- preparing and cleaning surfaces to be insulated
- measuring and cutting insulation materials to size
- fitting insulation using clips, adhesives or cement
- sealing the work area after completing an installation
Salary Guide
Minimum: £20000
Maximum: £40000
Care escort
Community transport passenger assistants accompany elderly people or adults and children with disabilities, on local journeys.
Care escort
Role Description
You may work for a local education authority, social services, or a voluntary organisation. You'll accompany passengers on journeys, usually in a mini-bus.
- Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- checking timetables for pick-ups
- talking to carers and families
- helping people to and from the vehicle
- securing passengers, wheelchairs and baggage
- dealing with emergencies
- supervising passengers at all times
- keeping the mini-bus tidy
- filling in paperwork
- You'll need patience and an understanding of disability needs.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £11000
Maximum: £13000
Graphic Designer
Graphic designers create visual branding, adverts, brochures, magazines, website designs, product packaging and displays.
Graphic Designer
Role Description
You could work in print or online, in marketing, publishing, product or games design.
- Depending on your role, your day-to-day tasks may include:
- discussing the client's requirements and coming up with creative ideas
- working out budgets and deadlines
- producing rough drafts and presenting your ideas
- preparing designs using specialist software
- making presentations to clients for feedback and approval
- producing a final layout
- explaining requirements to photographers, printers, manufacturers or games developers
- keeping up with design trends and developments in software tools
Salary Guide
Minimum: £16000
Maximum: £50000
Product Developer
Product developers or designers create new products and improve existing ones.
Product Developer
Role Description
You'll specialise in anything from electronics, domestic appliances and machinery to company services and web apps.
Your day-to-day duties could include:
- discussing what your client wants
- investigating how existing products work or how services are used
- developing ideas and making initial sketches or outline plans
- deciding on suitable materials or resources
- using computer design software to produce detailed blueprints
- making samples or working models, known as prototypes
- testing and refining designs
You'll need:
- creative ideas and a logical approach
- the ability to express your ideas through drawings, 3D models and computer-aided design
- the ability to plan and organise a project through several stages
- the ability to work out costings and budgets
Salary Guide
Minimum: £19000
Maximum: £50000
Research and Development Manager
Research and development managers lead teams of scientists, engineers and technical staff to create new products and improve existing ones.
Research and Development Manager
Role Description
1. Entry requirements
You’ll need a degree or postgraduate qualification and several years’ relevant experience, for example in engineering, chemistry or medicine.
You’ll also need to understand research methods, data analysis and development processes.
2. Skills required
You’ll need:
the ability to solve problems
leadership and motivational skills
project management skills
communications skills
IT skills
3. What you'll do
Your day-to-day duties may include:
recruiting staff
assessing staff performance
coordinating the team’s work
analysing data and presenting results
making sure work meets safety standards and other relevant legislation
managing budgets
reporting to senior managers
4. Salary
Starter: £25,000 to £32,000
Experienced: £34,000 to £50,000
Highly Experienced: £55,000 to £65,000 or more
You may receive a bonus and profit share on top of your basic salary.
5. Working hours, patterns and environment
You’ll usually work up to 40 hours a week.
You could be based in a factory, laboratory or a university. There may be some travel to meetings and conferences, and this could be overseas.
6. Career path and progression
With experience in industry, you could become a senior project manager or research director.
In higher education, you could become a senior research fellow or professor.
Salary Guide
Minimum: £25000
Maximum: £65000
Maintenance fitter
Maintenance fitters install, service and repair industrial machinery and equipment.
Maintenance fitter
Role Description
Skills required
You'll need:
- practical skills
- problem-solving skills
- the ability to follow technical manuals and engineering diagrams
What you'll do
You can work as a fitter in factories, industrial plants, transport depots and for building services companies. You'll install and maintain mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems and equipment.
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
- installing pipework, valves, pumps and motors
- carrying out planned maintenance checks
- finding and fixing faults
- replacing worn parts and re-setting instrument controls
- cleaning machinery
- responding to emergency breakdowns, for example on a factory production line
Salary Guide
Minimum: £16000
Maximum: £35000
Employers in The Wolds
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service
Our core purpose is to help individuals, particularly at transition points in their lives, improve their mental and physical health and well-being and choose healthier lifestyles.
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service
Who we are – strengthening communities, supporting individuals
Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) promotes volunteering through its four accredited Volunteer Centres - in Boston, Manby (near Louth), Spalding and Grantham, matching would-be volunteers with opportunities and supporting volunteer involving organisations to recruit, train and retain volunteers.
LCVS is a charity working to support the health and wellbeing of communities and individuals.
It supports community groups to get established, survive and thrive by providing help and guidance with paperwork and governance, resources, sourcing funding and finding and training volunteers.
In addition, LCVS delivers and enables health-related community projects.
Find LCVS at www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
Lincolnshire Talent Academy
The Talent Academy concept was originally formed in June 2015 as an initiative by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust to support engagement of younger people into its workforce.
Due to its success, the Academy evolved in April 2016 incorporating its Lincolnshire stakeholders to strengthen and support local partnership and the benefits of collaboration.
Today, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy is an umbrella body made up of health and care organisations within the County. Led by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, the Academy represents a wide range of stakeholders from the health and care sector.
What do we do?
The Academy delivers proactive services to aid recruitment and skills development of our current and future workforce, whilst also ensuring the portability and integration of skills across the health and care system.
As employers, we work with students, schools, colleges and universities in addition to other agencies such as the DWP to provide services for individuals from the age of 14 and above, all of which are delivered in partnership though our stakeholders. Our remit includes careers inspiration activities incorporating the engagement of the education sector and delivery of careers guidance and work experience, through to the management of apprenticeship training and support for apprenticeship trailblazer standards development across our stakeholders.
With a common shared goal across all stakeholders – to adopt a “grow our own” culture within the county, the Lincolnshire Talent Academy provides the foundation for our collaborative approach to the engagement, recruitment and development of talent within the Health and Care community.
ClubSpa@Kenwick
We look for staff members who make our guests feel welcome!
ClubSpa@Kenwick
Established for over 20 years!
ClubSpa@Kenwick:
- Technogym touch screen technology in state of art Gym
- 20m Swimming pool
- Thermal Spa suite
- Virtual indoor cycle room
- Over 80 exercise classes
- Functional training area
We look for staff members who make our guests feel welcome!
And we offer great apprenticeship programmes to help our team develop and progress whilst earning a wage.
P3
We absolutely love what we do, and we’re passionate about the way we do it, and we’re looking for people who share this attitude.
P3
We’re a charity and social enterprise, made up of passionate people, who care about people. We exist to improve lives and communities by delivering services for socially excluded and vulnerable people to unlock their potential and open up new possibilities.
Our vision is that every person has the opportunity to be a full and valued member of a society where social exclusion and isolation no longer exist. It’s that simple!
Everything we do is centred on our core values - being innovative, different, creative, focused entirely on being helpful in everything we do, being passionate about the people we work with, our determination to tackle problems that others won’t, and working together as one team.
P3 services are highly diverse; we operate housing services, community-based support, advice and guidance service
Apprenticeships too!
At P3, we have a track record in supporting apprentices to gain their qualifications, on-the-job experience and in many cases, go on to permanent employment.
Not only will you get training as you work, you will also be able to study for a qualification in your chosen subject; earning while you are learning. We will provide you with a buddy who will support you while you settle into the role. They will be an existing member of staff who has experience in the area that you are working in.
Buildbase
In total we trade from nearly 500 locations, employ approximately 4,500 staff and have a turnover in excess of £1bn
Buildbase
Welcome to Grafton Merchanting GB, an organisation formed in April 2008 to integrate Grafton Group’s GB merchanting businesses within a single structure. Grafton Merchanting GB is a major player in the builders and plumbers merchants industry because it brings together the majority of Grafton Group’s merchant subsidiaries in Great Britain. In total we trade from nearly 500 locations, employ approximately 4,500 staff and have a turnover in excess of £1bn. Our businesses or ‘brands’ are leading merchants and specialists in their own fields. These well-known brands are Buildbase, Civils & Lintels, Corgi Direct, Hendricks Lovell, Hirebase, Jacksons Building Centres, L&G Forest Products, PDM, Plumbase, Nationwide Drylining & Insulation, Secon, Electricbase and Sparesbase.
Our success is built on having brilliant branch and support teams who deliver excellent customer service day in, day out. Our Apprenticeship Scheme is a way of introducing a new generation of future stars to our business and the opportunities we provide are worth serious consideration for anyone looking to begin or develop a rewarding career in a customer-focused business.
Our Apprenticeship Scheme will give you an opportunity to gain a well-rounded knowledge of your chosen area of our business. You will be given all the on-the-job training, support and guidance necessary to complete your Level 2 qualification and establish yourself as an important member of our team. In addition to this, you will be earning £5 per hour - significantly more than you would on other Apprenticeship programmes.
We offer Apprenticeships in Trade Business Services, Customer Services, Hire Counter Operations, Wood Machining, Finance and other areas too
Horncastle Eye Care
Our highly experienced optical staff have over 40 years experience!
Horncastle Eye Care
Horncastle Eye Care is located within the heart of Horncastle town centre. Our highly experienced optical staff have over 40 years experience and offer a personal touch and bespoke service, whether your requirements be for a simple repair, or the fit of high end designer varifocal. Our in house glazing service allows you to create your own rimless design, and can offer a same day collection service subject to lens availability.
Our staff require great communication skills, to be reliable and great at problem solving!
Children's Links
We are a proactive and agile charity that has enthusiastic experts in our current team. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from Early Years Educators, Friendship Officers and Translators to Senior Management positions.
Children's Links
We believe that play is the most important work and everyone can flourish if treated as an individual.
Children’s Links is a national children and young peoples’ services charity. Our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We pride ourselves on our professional workforce and our expertise across many areas of service delivery for children and young people. Children’s Links has built its business on developing work to deal with gaps in services identified by our stakeholders, parents, children, funders and the wider community. As a direct result our services support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We have a social enterprise called Linking Up Limited (LUL) that provides childcare voucher services nationally and a range of new products such as cycles to work, Utilities Warehouse and Nanny Payroll. Together we make up the Children’s Links Group .
All profits generated from our social enterprise are re-invested back into the Group so we can further benefit the community.
We aim that our work will:
Enable children, young people and their families to gain access to and choice of quality opportunities
Improve information on issues that affect children and young peoples’ lives
Enable people, employers and communities to respect and meet children and young peoples’ individual needs
Enable people to make a difference to issues that affect their lives
Make a positive difference to children and young people and communities who are often left out or excluded
We are a proactive and agile charity that has enthusiastic experts in our current team. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from Early Years Educators, Friendship Officers and Translators to Senior Management positions.
Our team is predominantly based in Lincolnshire and we employ 100+ currently.
Children’s Links has a Board of Trustees / Directors who are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation
We are also currently seeking volunteers to join the Board to help us achieve more, could this be the opportunity you are looking for?
We put our communities needs first to achieve efficient, reliable and high quality people focused services. We are an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children, young people, families and communities.
Our team is highly skilled, well trained and strives to provide an energetic, fun-loving service to all.
As an innovative and growing organisation, focused on customers and stakeholders, we have grown a wide range of services in response to need and identified gaps. We have also expanded our delivery geographically. As a direct result our services include those that support babies, children, young people, their parents and carers, the communities they live in and other children and young people’s organisations.
We are an open and honest organisation that believes in empowering everyone in the team to flourish. Can we help you to be the best version of yourself through paid or voluntary work?
The benefits of working in the voluntary sector:
Making a difference: We contribute to many things, such as employment opportunity, community cohesion, eliminating the impact of social and rural isolation, training, educating and promoting and safeguarding.
Job satisfaction: A recent study by Warwick University found that voluntary sector workers get more job satisfaction than those in the private and public sectors.
The opportunity to develop skills: Working in the voluntary and community sector often means you get to develop a wider range of skills than you would anywhere else. We are always open to new ideas and we empower everyone to be more creative and think outside of the box.
Scaman's Eggs
The employees at Scaman's say they enjoy working with a great, close team and that they are lucky to have a good relationship with the 'boss'. As well as working hard within the warehouse, the team will attend local award ceremonies and events with Simone to show their commitment to the business.
Scaman's Eggs
Scaman's Eggs is a small, family-run business that sells quality, locally-produced fresh free-range eggs. The business, which has been running for five years, is based in farmland in Little Grimsby, on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds countryside. Our passion is for great tasting eggs, which are produced by our free range hens on the Scaman farm, where they can enjoy the great outdoors and lead long and happy lives. These eggs are then delivered to a variety of businesses across Lincolnshire and beyond, from farm shops, bakeries and retail shops to independent chefs, schools, restaurants and holiday parks. We're committed to excellence, and are proud to have been named Producer of the Year 2016 Select Lincolnshire Food & Drink Awards, and crowned Select Lincolnshire's People's Choice award winner 2017.
Scaman's Eggs currently employs four people; two warehouse operatives who weigh, sort and package the eggs, assuring quality at every stage, a driver who delivers the eggs to customers, and the Managing Director, Simone, who runs the business. From day one, our staff are encouraged to take part in training programmes, even incorporating other elements into training that would enhance a staff members career. Qualifications include Warehouse & Storage Skills, Manual Handling, Food Safety, Forklift Operators License, Team Leading and First Aid. In our staff, we look for team members who are hard-working, passionate about learning and care greatly for the quality that we produce.
The employees at Scaman's say they enjoy working with a great, close team and that they are lucky to have a good relationship with the 'boss'. As well as working hard within the warehouse, the team will attend local award ceremonies and events with Simone to show their commitment to the business.
It's a very eggciting time for the egg industry! In January 2018, it was announced that egg sales had topped £6billion for the first time in 60 years, with more and more people opting for a healthy, filling breakfast and brunch food. This followed the news that raw, runny eggs are now considered safe for expecting mothers, young children and the elderly to eat. This growing, positive news creates great opportunities for local egg producers and sellers across the UK.
Mortons Media Group Limited
Mortons Media Group Limited produces a large range of magazine titles in classic & modern motorcycle areas, scootering, heritage railways, heritage transport, lifestyle and farming.
Mortons Media Group Limited
Mortons Media Group, based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire; owns and operates 30 shows and events across the UK catering for a range of enthusiast audiences. From motorhome and caravan shows, classic bike shows to Autojumbles, off-road motorcycles to classic cars; we entertain over a million people every year.
As part of the portfolio we have the two largest classic bike shows in the world, www.classicbikeshows.com alongside Europe’s number one off-road motorcycle show, The International Dirt Bike Show www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk
Lincs Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is a voluntary charitable organisation which cares for Lincolnshire's wildlife and countryside. It is one of 47 similar Wildlife Trusts covering the UK which are affiliated to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts.
Lincs Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is a voluntary charitable organisation which cares for Lincolnshire's wildlife and countryside. It is one of 47 similar Wildlife Trusts covering the UK which are affiliated to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and is based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is one of the oldest of these county trusts, having been founded in 1948. The Trust covers the whole of the historic county of Lincolnshire - from the Humber to the Wash.
Tong Engineering
With Tong's range of custom-built equipment crossing mechanical, electronic, welding, fabrication, sheet metal, 3D CAD design and sales divisions, Tong offers those with a hands-on attitude, job and career opportunities across a wide range of disciplines. We are also proud to offer a strong apprenticeship scheme across many divisions and always like to hear from young individuals who are interested in a career in engineering and would like to learn the trade whilst working on the job.
Tong Engineering
Based in Spilsby, with an annual turnover of over £13 million, and engineering roots dating back to 1930, Tong Engineering has over 85 years of experience in manufacturing robust and reliable vegetable handling equipment, from single machines to full bespoke systems.
Now exporting world-class equipment to more than 50 countries worldwide, Tong offers a vegetable handling solution for a wide range of fruit and vegetables, from potatoes, onions and carrots, to parsnips, Brussel sprouts, swedes and more.
Tong Engineering clients include UK and overseas vegetable growers and farmers, vegetable fresh pack companies who process the world's vegetable supply from field to fork.
With Tong's range of custom-built equipment crossing mechanical, electronic, welding, fabrication, sheet metal, 3D CAD design and sales divisions, Tong offers those with a hands-on attitude, job and career opportunities across a wide range of disciplines. We are also proud to offer a strong apprenticeship scheme across many divisions and always like to hear from young individuals who are interested in a career in engineering and would like to learn the trade whilst working on the job.
We have a strong engineering heritage with a wide portfolio of job roles and are always looking for new talent to join our team. As a family-run business now in its fourth generation, Tong Engineering is extremely proud that our factory offers a place of work for local people, where it’s not just a job, it’s a passion to achieve the best. With so many of our people dedicating their entire career, from apprenticeship to retirement, to be part of the Tong Engineering team, it’s a testament to the great culture the company is built upon, and the commitment we share. Tong Engineering treats its people as individuals, and the lifeblood of what we achieve together. The custom-built nature of the equipment Tong manufactures means no two projects are ever the same... resulting in a very interesting, challenging and varied working environment, with something different to achieve every day.
Safelincs
Safelincs provide fire safety products and services to commercial, public and industrial customers such as hospitals, churches, schools, universities, nursing homes and refineries as well as community groups, SMEs, landlords and home owners.
Safelincs
Safelincs, based in Alford, is the UK’s most progressive and customer focussed fire safety provider offering over 4000 products and services not only in the UK but also in Ireland, Germany, France and Italy. A winner of several customer care awards, Safelincs prides itself on its total commitment to customer satisfaction. Safelincs also operates the UK’s largest online fire safety portal, offering not only best quality products at reasonable prices but also making best use of internet technology to offer our customer free services, such as test reminders, free log books and fire risk assessment tools.
We support the local community by sponsoring local charities, such as the Alford Corn Exchange, the Alford library and we involve local artists in the development of promotional materials. We also support local schools with fire safety activities and work placements
Did You Know?
Greater Lincolnshire's Agri-Food industry
Did you know that the Agri-Food sector in Greater Lincolnshire is worth nearly £2.1 billion!
Did You Know?
Greater Lincolnshire's Agri-Food industry
Did you know that the Agri-Food sector in Greater Lincolnshire is worth nearly £2.1 billion!
