Aberdeenshire Council is holding a number of recruitment days across
the area, including Banchory, to help attract local people to fill
frontline posts and highlight a range of career opportunities across
council services.
Inverurie and Stonehaven will hold mini-recruitment
days aimed at increasing the number of homecarers in Aberdeenshire, with
career opportunities currently available in Inverurie, Ellon, Huntly,
Westhill, Deeside, Stonehaven, Aboyne, Laurencekirk, Peterhead,
Fraserburgh, Mintlaw and elsewhere.
Homecare staff will be on hand to help with any queries.
Banchory
will host a corporate recruitment day, with vacancies available across a
range of services such as homecarers, school crossing patrollers,
cleaners, catering assistants, school caretakers, waste operatives,
landscape operatives and road workers.
The event will give local
residents with an interest in working for Aberdeenshire Council the
opportunity to find out about the jobs on offer and have an informal
discussion with representatives from services as well as HR.
Leader of
Aberdeenshire Council, Councillor Jim Gifford, said: “The council hopes
to make applying for jobs easier and more accessible at a local level.
“These
events will help to raise the profile of the council as an employer of
choice as well as a provider of services in the area.”
Deputy
Leader, Councillor Martin Kitts-Hayes, said: “These events are good
news, both for the council and for local residents, in the current
economic climate.
“It is vitally important to get the right
people for the right roles in order to enable Aberdeenshire Council to
continue providing the best services it can, and these recruitment days
allow residents to find out in detail about the jobs available, what
they involve and the skills required.”
Independents’ Co-ordinator
Councillor Norman Smith said: “Frontline services are the lifeblood of
the council and it would be great to see a really positive response from
the community to these recruitment days.”
Events will be held
at:The Kintore Arms, Inverurie on Friday, August 31, 10am to 4pm;
Stonehaven Town Hall on Thursday, September 6, 10am to 4pm and Banchory
Town Hall on Thursday, September 13, 9am to 4pm.
To find out more about the latest job vacancies at Aberdeenshire Council, visit www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/vacancies/index.asp
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