Fixed Term Payments Assistant

5 March 2017
Fixed Term
Full Time
37
12 Months
Trent Bridge House, Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6BJ
£16,481 - £17,891 p.a.

Providing Payments/Finance Support to Children & Young People Payments Team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Payments Assistant to join the CYP Payments Team located at Trent Bridge House.

You will have previous finance experience and good communication skills which will enable you to liaise with internal and external customers and providers.

You will receive support and training but knowledge of the following would be particularly useful:

  • A good working knowledge of MS Office applications
  • Be able input and manipulate information on databases and spreadsheets
  • Have a knowledge of and an interest in finance related work
  • Experience of processing invoices, raising purchase orders
  • Investigating and resolving queries from various sources

The following personal qualities and skills are also required:

  • Possessing good organisational skills
  • A strong commitment to task and self-motivation
  • The flexibility to work under own initiative as well as part of a team
  • To have the ability to plan and co-ordinate own work
  • The ability to work to deadlines
  • The ability to monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace

You must also possess the commitment to excellent customer care and understand the concept of safeguarding of children and young people and confidentiality

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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