We work with local authorities and businesses across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes to fill temporary and permanent jobs in a range of sectors including, business support & administration, social care and management, amongst many others.
Our current and most frequently filled roles are listed below, but we also regularly fill more ad-hoc roles, so if you don’t see the job for you below, please get in touch and one of our consultants will be glad to help you find a role that suits you.
Opus, on behalf of Northamptonshire County council, is looking to recruit a permanent RGN to join an experienced, hard working team based in Turn Furlong, Northamptonshire. A full time, night only position is going to be available from mid-March,
Opus East are currently seeking an Senior Recruitment & Retention Manager in the midlands area for an initial 6 month period. Full job spec available on request.
We are currently seeking a Apprenticeships and Qualifications Manager to join the team at Northamptonshire County Council on a full time basis for an initial 12 weeks. Full job spec available on request.
We are currently seeing a temporary Project Manager to work within Cambridgeshire County Council to develop, manage and deliver a range of projects and workstreams within the shared services programme across Cambridgeshire County Council and
Opus East are currently looking for a temporary Programme Manager on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council to be responsible for designing, developing and delivery the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Shared Services Programme in order to deliver
We’re currently seeking a Strategic Finance Business Partner to support the Director of Finance and Resources at Northamptonshire Children’s Trust. This is a 6-month (interim) vacancy. You will be required to lead a team of finance
As a Business Support Administrator for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will be providing administrative and secretarial support to the office to enable the team to deliver a more effective and efficient customer
We’re seeking a fitness instructor to provide a first-class fitness programme along with other fitness colleagues ensuring the facility and all colleagues provide a quality customer experience.
We’re seeking a customer service assiatnt to provide a quality customer experience that delivers efficient, helpful and friendly service to customers of Brentwood Leisure Centre whilst identifying opportunities to increase their visit
We’re seeking Covid-19 test site operatives in Peterborough to be responsible for supporting the Covid-19 test unit through a range of duties on a rota basis including offering reassurance to the public, meeting and greeting of those to the
We are currently seeking at L&D Team Manager to join the HR team within Northamptonshire Children’s Trust. This is required on a part time basis of 24 hours per week – up to 6 months with 3 month review built in. Full job
As a Systems Support Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will contribute to the effective running of the business support team; to deliver a high quality, customer focussed service responding to queries; to
As a SEN Casework Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus you will work closely with children and young people with complex SEN and their families, schools, colleges and external agencies, providing advice and guidance, as part of a
We’re seeking Queue Coordinators to provide support at a Covid-19 lateral flow test site in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
We’re seeking Registration Assistants to provide support at a Covid-19 lateral flow testing sites in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
We’re seeking Lateral Flow Testing Outbreak Testers to provide support for a new Covid-19 lateral flow test centre in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
We’re seeking Lateral Flow Team Leaders to be responsible for the overall on-site operations at a Covid-19 lateral flow test site in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
As a Business Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will be reporting to the Senior Business Officer for the statutory assessment team. The role is based in Scott House in Huntingdon, however during the current
We are seeking an Assistant Director- Education to be responsible for the leadership, development, and implementation of relevant strategies for the directorate and Council to deliver its corporate priorities.
As an Administrator (Parking Services) for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, your key priority is to sort post and scan correspondence onto the IT system, Banking (mainly cheques/postal orders), Liaising with the Parking
You will be responsible for the recruitment of workers primarily within Suffolk County Council and offer support to other contracts. ensuring that a high level of customer service is delivered at all times, your role will be to: Promote the ‘Opus
We are seeking a Resourcer to play a significant part in registering and sourcing workers primarily within Suffolk County Council, and offer support to Recruitment Consultants where necessary. Whilst ensuring that a high level of customer service is
We’re currently seeking Covid-19 Community Testing Site Team Leaders to support Suffolk County Council in the regional efforts of the management of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a Test Site Team Leader, you will be responsible for the overall on-site
We are seeking Covid-19 Site Testing operatives and Site Operatives for our new testing sites across Suffolk. You will be responsible for supporting the Covid-19 test unit through a range of duties on a rota basis. This is a customer facing role and
As a Programme Management Officer Manager for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will be responsible for a team of five, with three direct reports, plus one Consultant, to project manage the new transport infrastructure
One of Cambridgeshire County Council children’s homes are looking for exceptional, hands-on and energetic Assistant Residential Workers to help change lives of their residents. Your main role will be: To be part of a team supporting children
We are looking for two individuals to join our Admin Team at Opus. As an Administrator you will provide full administrative support within a busy recruitment agency, and ensure that a high level of customer service is delivered at all times. Your
We are looking for someone to support the Children’s Services Senior Finance Business Partner, the Children’s Services Directorate and Milton Keynes Council by providing effective, efficient, timely and robust finance support services, which
We are currently recruiting for a Charging Officer on behalf of Milton Keynes Council. The key responsibilities will be to resolve queries relating to invoices for assessed contributions for residential and non-residential adult social care
The Internal Audit and Risk Management service is a shared service led by Milton Keynes Council providing services across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. We are looking for an experienced and effective strategic lead for the
The aim of the school IPC Team is to provide and support all mainstream schools, education settings including residential and home educated countywide. The service will be supporting schools to implement the newly announced mass testing for school
In this role you will be responsible for the performance management and quality improvement of a number of public health programmes and projects. The specific programmes are subject to change over time to meet the needs of the public health
As a Brokerage Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will focus on the Discharge to Assess (D2A) service across three acute sites (Addenbrookes, Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough City Hospital) to coordinate care
We’re currently recruiting Covid-19 response officers on behalf of Milton Keynes Council to support the efforts in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a Contract Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will support Commissioners and Contract Managers, monitoring contracts to ensure the performance of Adult Care provision across contracts and thus ensure value
We are currently supporting in the recruitment of social workers within the newly established Northamptonshire Children’s Trust. Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is building a journey of improvement for Children’s services in
The Team Leader is responsible for the overall on-site operations of the mobile test site, including oversight of initial geographical site set up, delivery of testing services, ensuring adherence to health and safety protocol and day-to-day
We’re seeking Covid-19 site testing operatives in Cambridgeshire to be responsible for supporting the Covid-19 test unit through a range of duties on a rota basis including offering reassurance to the public, meeting and greeting of those to
As a Contact Tracing Specialist for Cambridgeshire County Council through Opus Cambridgeshire, you will lead community covid-19 outbreaks across a range of settings, but particularly schools, early years and vulnerable groups settings. In addition,
We are seeking a temporary Youth Justice Service Practitioner to work for the Children and Young People Services within Suffolk County Council. The responsibility of the Children and Young People’s Directorate (CYP) is to ensure the safety,
We are seeking a Health Visitor to work for the children and young people service within Suffolk County Council. The responsibility of the children and young people (CYP) services is to ensure the safety, wellbeing and learning of children and young
We’re seeking Recreation Attendants to be responsible for assisting in maintaining a safe, clean and pleasant environment for customers of Brentwood Leisure Centre and provide a high standard of customer care. Full job description available
We are looking for a dedicated Team Manager to join Northamptonshire County Council’s MASH Team for a locum assignment.
We are seeking a MASH Decision Maker to deliver high quality social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to young people and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they
We are looking for experienced children’s social workers to join the Family Support Team in Milton Keynes. The Family Support Team is made up of ASYE, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners there is a Deputy Team Manager and a Team
We are looking to speak with Qualified Social Workers and Consultant Social Workers to join Northamptonshire County Councils Duty and Assessment Team (DAAT) to support young people and their families to ensure the welfare of children and young
We are currently looking to recruit temporary support workers/ care assistants on behalf of Northamptonshire County Council to offer support to local care homes. The ideal candidate will be compassionate, enthusiastic, kind and someone who loves
We are seeking an HR Advisor to join Suffolk County Council on a 6 months basis provide professional employee relations casework support and advice to customers.
We are seeking a Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) to join Milton Keynes Council’s safeguarding team. As a LADO you will have a statutory duty to establish, manage, promote and scrutinise structures and processes in relation to allegations
We are seeking an Assistant HR Business Partner to be responsible for the delivery of expert, professional HR advice and coaching to managers within a designated service area, on all aspects of HR, in order to ensure that the organisation has
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to work on Northamptonshire County Council’s ERP Gold Implementation project for the Future Northants Programme. As Business Change Analyst, you will be part of a permanent in-house project
We are looking for an experienced HR + Compliance Manager to lead our clients HR department across multiple sites. This is a diverse role that incorporates HR, Compliance and Health + Safety. The ideal candidate would have a career history within
We are looking for an experienced Payroll Advisor to work in a senior capacity within the Payroll team, you will directly report to the Payroll Manager and be responsible for providing effective, efficient and proactive payroll service to Suffolk
We are looking for a Regulatory Unit [Environmental Health] Practitioner for Milton Keynes Council. For the temporary posts we are looking for a motivated Environmental Health Practitioner to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will
We are seeking an Independence and Wellbeing Advisor to be responsible for a seamless transition between day and night services enabling Suffolk County Council to fulfil its statutory duties to vulnerable adults, children and families. This role
We are currently looking for support workers to work in residential care homes in Corby, Northampton.
We are looking for a dedicated Team Manager to join Northamptonshire County Council’s Disabled Children’s Team for a locum assignment. You will play an important role in leading, managing and directing the Disabled Children’s Team
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner to join Northamptonshire County Council’s Support and Safeguarding Team for a locum assignment. You will be an integral part of the team responsible for community-based social work
Opus People Solutions are currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join Northamptonshire Adult Social Services for a locum assignment. You will work as a discharge facilitator across both the acute Northampton General
Opus People Solutions are currently looking for Qualified Social Workers to join the Short Term Enablement and Prevention Service Northamptonshire County Council Adult Services for a locum assignment. You will be an integral part of a busy, vibrant
We are seeking an experienced Strategic Manager, with current Social Work England registration and previous leadership experience in a strategic role, to lead and manage the service to provide the highest quality front line multi-agency
We are seeking a Policy officer with previous experience in children social care, to join the team at Northamptonshire County Council. The postholder will work within the Policy Performance and Planning team to act as an equalities policy research
We are seeking experienced Qualified Social Workers for locum assignments across various teams in Cambridgeshire County Council Adult’s Services. We are looking for committed and enthusiastic professionals to deliver and provide social work
We are looking for experienced qualified social workers, who are passionate about supporting communities and improving the lives of adults for locum assignments across various teams in Milton Keynes Council. Register with us today to receive
We have exciting opportunities for experienced qualified social workers to join Milton Keynes Council’s Children’s Service for locum assignments across various teams. We are seeking social workers who are committed to supporting
We are seeking experienced qualified social workers for locum assignments across various teams in Northamptonshire County Council Adult Social Services. If you are a dedicated social worker, who is passionate about providing social work services to
At Opus we recruit to all temporary Business Support and Administration roles in Northamptonshire County Council. Responsibilities may vary between each individual role, however a general job description for a Business Support Officer can be found
We are regularly looking for business support officers to work within Cambridgeshire County Council. The aim of this role is to provide administrative and secretarial support to teams within the council, in order to enable the council to deliver a
We are working with Northamptonshire Children’s Trust to recruit a number of fully experienced Qualified Social Workers to deliver social work services to young people and families in Northamptonshire to ensure the welfare of children and
We are currently looking for enthusiastic, motivated and experienced social workers to join the diverse and supportive children’s services at Cambridgeshire County Council. If you are a confident Social Worker looking for a role where you can
Opus are looking for experienced Team Managers to lead and manage the area social work teams to deliver the highest standards of social care, re-ablement, mental health and therapy services for the people of Milton Keynes. The purpose of the role is
We’re seeking Educational Psychologists to undertake assessments in schools across Suffolk. Contact us today at [email protected] for more information.
We are seeking cleaners to provide extra support cleaning the communal areas in sheltered housing schemes over the next few months.
We are seeking a Residential Children’s Support Practitioner to work as part of a team within a children’s home, providing day-to-day support for some of the most vulnerable children in the county.
We have exciting opportunities for experienced and qualified social workers to join Suffolk County Council’s Adult & Community Service (ACS) in locum assignments across various teams and locations. We are looking for social workers who are
As a Clerk you will advise the council on, and assist in the formation of, overall policies to be followed in respect of the authority’s activities and in particular to produce all the information required for making effective decisions and to
We are currently looking for dedicated and experienced Occupational Therapists to work in Suffolk County Council’s Independence and Wellbeing Service to promote independence, wellbeing and choice for customers. This is an exciting opportunity to
If you are looking to join an ‘Outstanding’ Children and Young People’s Service (CYP) we have the role for you. We are seeking dedicated and experienced Qualified Social Workers to provide social care service to children, young
Come and join Suffolk County Council’s ‘Outstanding’ social work team in Children and Young People’s Service where ‘services for children are of an exceptionally high standard, they are child-focused and make a positive difference to
Come and join Suffolk County Council’s ‘Outstanding’ Social Worker team in Children and Young People’s Service where ‘services for children are of an exceptionally high standard, they are child-focused and make a positive difference to
We are seeking a Section 12 Doctor, qualified to undertake Mental Health Assessments, to complete a MCA/DoLS (Depreviation of Liberty Safeguards) Assessment in the following locations: -TN38 – East Sussex -NN12 – Grafton Manor -TQ1
As a Clerk you will advise the council on, and assist in the formation of, overall policies to be followed in respect of the authority’s activities and in particular to produce all the information required for making effective decisions and to
We are currently looking for self-driven, resourceful and flexible individuals, with excellent communication skills, to work as youth workers/residential childcare workers within Children’s Homes in Suffolk. As a youth worker within a Children’s
We are currently seeking experienced support workers to play a valuable role in helping patients relearn skills and regain their independence after leaving hospital. As a reablement support worker, you will provide in house support for patients for
We are regularly recruiting for various non-qualified Social Care roles in multiple locations across Suffolk County Council. Roles include Support Workers, Family Support Practitioners and YOS Practitioners. To find out more about which
“The team are really friendly and reliable. Due to my studies, I’ve been temping for a few years now, and I have never had an issue of finding temp work through Opus. I highly recommend them.”
Rachel Day, Business Support Officer
‘”I have found Opus People Solutions to be effective and efficient. Staff in the team take good care to help candidates and managers, with accurate information and advice.”
Balwinder Kaur, Interim Assistant Director
“Opus was very helpful in the recruitment process, I was lucky enough to get a placement within the council instantly. The team are incredibly friendly and are always happy to help.”
Jamaal Guthrie, Customer Service Advisor
“I have had great success working with Opus on our recruitment requirements. The level of success we have experienced working with Opus and sourcing and filling our vacancies, has been excellent. I have built up a brilliant working relationship with them, they have taken the time to fully understand our business and recruitment needs.”
Hannah Pittock, Schools’ Choice
“After I left college I was a temporary worker with Opus for nearly 2 years. About 4 months into my last assignment, I was offered to take the role permanently! I would highly recommend Opus to anybody. Their customer service is great, they’re very reliable, friendly, considerate and approachable!”
Josh Douglas, Learning Development Co-ordinator
Opus is a recruitment agency that places people first and we are proud of our professional, customer focused service and thriving reputation for excellence.
We work closely with organisations to make sure we find candidates who are a right fit for the role and ensure we place you in a job that complements your skill and enables you to thrive in the workplace, but don’t just take our word for it:
“I only have positive things to say about Opus. From the first communication they have been professional and are always happy to help with any requests or questions. I have to say, my experience with Opus was by far the most positive experience with a recruitment agency I have come across.”
Business Support Officer
“My experience with Opus is a very positive one in terms of both an employee of a council seeking to recruit social workers on a temporary basis and, more recently, as an Opus candidate looking for a placement. The communication and support from Opus is excellent and I will continue to strongly recommend Opus to others.”
Social work manager/candidate
At Opus, we offer an opportunity to build experience in many different areas of the organisations we work with. Many of our workers move on to have successful careers as a result of their initial placement with us, so whether you’re looking for regular, short term assignments to build some experience, or a foot in the door to start you career in Local Government, we’ll be glad to help you get going
