Job Introduction
Job title: Finance Support Officer
Salary: £30,060 - £34,314
Location: Parklands Customer Focus Centre, Liverpool, L24 0TY
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Liverpool Children’s Services have high ambitions and are on an improvement journey to become outstanding. We have an inspirational leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward. It’s an exciting time to join us and be part of that change.
The role:
- The Finance Support Officer is based within our Fostering and Adoption Service and plays a crucial role in the smooth delivery operation of processing all SGO, Adoption and Interim Care payments efficiently
- As a Finance Support Officer, you will be expected to regularly provide budgetary statistical information and have a track record in cash handling and using financial payment systems
- You will need strong communication skills and confidence to liaise with a range of service users, partners and agencies as well as providing full support to the social worker team
- Our Finance Support Officers need strong business support skills to be able to complete a wide variety of administration skills. You will need to have previous experience of IT and Finance systems, Office 365, MS Teams, etc.
Our offer to you:
- 35 hour working week with hybrid working model
- At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata if part time) – option to purchase further days
- Agile working – A “Flexibility First” approach to agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
- Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
- Progression – opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing – offer including Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted gym memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Next steps:
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment and Retention Lead, via harriet.cadman@liverpool.gov.uk.
Closing date: Sunday 26 January 2025
Face-to-face interviews will be held the W/C 3 February 2025.
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
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