What's involved with this role: Temporary Early Years Entitlements Funding Officer x2 Reference no: Barnsley TCL 0008 C532 / 1 Pay Rate: £12.59 per hour PAYE 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3-4 months City: BARNSLEY Basic DBS disclosure required Hybrid working Funding officers to join the Early Start and Families Services to ensure the smooth operation of the early years funding provider payments system. The role will involve working as a part of a team to deliver the efficient processing of early years funding payments to providers. This will include working with internal colleagues and providers to support with use of the system and any queries. Key Responsibilities: Assist in the development and operation of policies and procedures relating to the management of early years entitlements funding including payment portal. Provide professional advice and guidance to a wide range of audiences including internal and external agencies. This includes advice to be provided in writing and through training sessions. Assist in the interpretation of legislation and the implementation of appropriate procedures and policies and comply with local and national reporting requirements such as completing census reporting. Processing of payments on the portal in line with the council’s financial procedures. Assist in the undertaking of audits of claims submitted by Private, Voluntary and Independent providers. Assist ensuring that all processes are clearly documented. Assist in the planning, organisation and submission to deadlines, statutory and non-statutory government returns as required. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested by management. NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do no t offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Qualifications: Level 3 qualification Knowledge: A knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Experience: Experience of working or studying in a relevant field Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information. Experience of developing accurate and methodical documentation/data/information Experience of implementing an effective approach to problem solving adapting to changes in circumstance or information Experience of monitoring, arranging and providing information Skills & Abilities: Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of audiences. Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with a range of services and people Ability to work to fixed deadlines and under pressure, demonstrating skills in prioritisation and managing workloads Ability to use a range of Microsoft office tools including sharepoint, outlook, word and excel Ability to remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging situations ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please