Bristol City Council is looking for two new, permanent Finance Managers for Children and Education team. The Children and Education Directorate supports all children's services in Bristol, from children in care, asylum seekers and fostering in Social Care, to schools, special education needs, adult education, admissions and transport within Education Services. The work within the directorate is focussed on supporting children and families wherever they are in the city.
The finance team that supports this division has equally wide-ranging responsibilities, and includes:
* All school funding matters, the monitoring and compliance of as well as support, advice and training.
* Preparing statutory returns and government claims, such as the Section 251 and Dedication Schools Grant Assurance statements.
* Providing finance support to large scale projects such as the Safety Valve Programme, Our Families Transformation and assessing financial implications of new HR and policy initiatives.
* Monitoring over £620m of revenue funding and an associated capital programme.
* Working with services and stakeholders to support the aims of the council.
There is never a dull day, and no two days are every quite the same. It is a busy but rewarding service area to be in where your work really does make a difference to the young people of our city.
All candidates must be fully qualified and have experience in:
* Monitoring b...