Job Description
Brook Street (UK) Ltd have an exciting opportunity for an Financial Support Officer for our leading Public Sector client Education Authority NI, Belfast
As the temporary Financial Support Officer, you will provide technical and administrative support to the Business Support Officer, and technical officers on matters relating to the budgetary and programme controls and provide advice and guidance to users of the Estate Management System (EMS), with regard to grids, reports and resolution of queries. You will be proficient in MS Packages including Excel.
The candidate should process financial experience, accuracy in inputting financial data into financial software, EA software used Oracle and Manhattan databases, candidate should be able to demonstrate experience, using similar software. Experience using excel, tables, outlook, teams, Microsoft skills need to be high. Experience with expenditure reports/data reporting and monitoring budgets etc. Manage their time and achieve targets set.
Job Purpose
· To organise and manage a team of staff providing a best practice administrative service within the Minor Capital Delivery Service
· As the Financial Support Officer, you will be accountable for the performance of those under your direction and you will co-ordinate a range of well-defined tasks governed by procedures and guided by practice and precedent.
· As the Financial Support Officer, you will be required to solve problems within the Minor Capital Delivery Service dept., and you will provide a significant level of specialist support and advice.
· You will supervise the work of staff to ensure effective service delivery
· You will plan, organise and prioritise work to ensure the timely completion of task and that deadlines are met.
· Allocate work, check quality and quantity of work and monitor performance
· You will ensure the effective training of staff in the conditions of service, processes, policies and procedures of the service.
· Comply with the Authority's policy on Data Protection and ensure this is observed within the office environment.
· Undertake any other duties inline with the Grade and as directed by the office Manager.
Essential Criteria
Hold a minimum of NVQ Level 3, BTEC National or two 'A' levels or equivalent or higher examination qualifications and a minimum of one year's experience in an office environment
OR
A minimum of three years' experience in an office environment
Essential Skills
· Organise a busy workload to deliver effective results on time
· Flexibility to meet changing needs as required and to prioritise and delegate as required
· Ability to communicate effectively with others as part of a team
· Ability to use own initiative to solve problems and respond to others
· Ability to take a responsive and customer focused approach to work
· Ability to lead and direct a team or provide specialist advice and guidance as and when required.
You will benefit from
· Full training and induction
· The opportunity (however not guaranteed) to apply for internal roles
· Accrue holiday hours as you work
· Brook Street (UK) Ltd back-office support and mentoring
· Ability to work across school admissions teams in all admissions regions across NI.
· No weekend work (Shift pattern Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
The rate of pay is £16.01 per hour, the hours of work are 36hrs Monday to Friday.