Natalie Poole from Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Victoria Deane from Cathays in Cardiff have both beaten stiff competition to make it through to this year’s short list.

Natalie Poole is Branch Manager for the specialist educational needs team at New Directions Education. She has been nominated in the Team Leader category.

Victoria Deane is Group Learning and Development Manager for the New Directions team. She has been nominated in the Leading Leadership Skills Development category.

The awards, now in their eighth year recognise those leaders across Wales whose leadership really makes a difference.

Natalie and Victoria made the shortlist in their individual categories after being nominated by colleagues. Jeff Tune, Chairman at New Directions comments:

“Simply being recognised by others is in itself a reflection of the hard work and commitment that is put in daily by the New Directions nominees. I feel honoured and extremely proud to work with staff as talented as Natalie and Vicki and wish them both the best of luck.”

Barbara Chidgey, spokesperson for the Leading Wales Awards, said; “There is a lot of talk about the importance and impact of leadership in today’s society, our role however is to uncover and celebrate real life examples of leadership that have touched people’s lives.

“We’ve reached out to even more people across Wales this year and we’ve had a tremendous response in terms of both quantity and quality of nominations as illustrated by the largest number of finalists ever drawn up. Reading the many and inspirational nominations submitted has been an absolute privilege and extremely motivating.”

The winners will be announced at the celebratory lunch and ceremony which will take place at the Hilton, Cardiff on Thursday 31^st May 2012.

For more information contact Ruth Dalton on 07972 131381 or

ruth.dalton@new-directions.co.uk

You MUST have prior MoD experience and desirably have a transferable CRB disclosure in addition to proof of a Hep B vaccination.

CV’s are required in the first instance;  if you possess the relevant experience and documentation please contact Louise Evans immediately.

We are looking for someone who can commit to 37 hrs. per week up to the end of July 2012
EXCELLENT pay rate and accommodation allowance offered where necessary

With thanks Louise 029 20827600

Leading Welsh recruitment and training specialists New Directions have celebrated moving into new premises in Cardiff. The group which has been in operation for over 15 years has moved into the centrally-located Harlech Court on Bute Terrace.

A launch party was held on Thursday evening and guests helping celebrate included Welsh international Morgan Stoddart, Cardiff City mascot Bartley Blue and former New Directions supply teacher turned television star Mark “The Beast” Labbett.

This move is a massive milestone for Jeff Tune co-founder of the group. Jeff comments ‘This business started as a family venture in a small office in central London. We were so desperate to succeed our office became our home for a long time. The irony is 15 years on we have opened our central London office just 100 metres from where it all began.’

New Directions have nine offices nationwide including Birmingham, Manchester and the newly relocated Cardiff head office. Speaking at the event John Andrews, Group Director of Operations said ‘This business has come a long way in a short time. Our relocation reflects our ambition for the future. After ten years at Elgin House in St Mary’s Street we needed to find a location to suit our growth. The new offices are central, and we even have a bed (as part of our training offer) if Jeff decides to set up camp here again.’

New Directions has bucked bank trends in recent years with year on year growth at over 30%. The business was also recently awarded the All Wales Tender to supply education professionals to schools and colleges across the UK.

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If you are interested in working for the MoD, then you will need to provide the following information:

• National insurance number
• Up-to-date CV
• Current valid passport
• CRB / Disclosure Scotland / Access Northern Ireland
• Two recent proof of address
• Two up-to-date references (contact details)*
• Registration certificate – all pharmaceutical technicians must be GPHC registered for 1 July 2011**
• Indemnity insurance
• Hepatitis B immunisation evidence***

*This can be professional references covering your last three years of employment OR two personal references along with one professional reference. Please note personal references cannot be family members and must be in a position of authority

**Please supply registration certificate for the current year

***Please provide proof of your three initial doses, blood results for the current year and five year booster to prove immunity

We will need to receive evidence of all documentation before consideration for employment. If you have any questions relating to this, contact the team on 029 2082 7600 or email
pharmacy@new-directions.co.uk