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Administrative Assistant

£25,583.00 - £25,989.00, Grade 4, 37 hours, Temporary for 6 months

An opportunity exists in the Council’s Street Scene Services for an Administrative Assistant Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Recuriter: Wakefield Council

Residential Worker (Casual)

£16.62 - £17.85 Per hour, Grade 7, Casual

We are seeking to appoint suitably skilled and motivated people to work with children and young people in a Wakefield MDC Children’s Home Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Recuriter: Wakefield Council