Payment Officer - Shrewsbury, United Kingdom - Shropshire Council

Shropshire Council

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Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Team Name
Adult Social Care Business Support

DBS Required
No

Contract Type
Permanent

Weeks Per Year
52.14

Hours Per Week
37

Grade
NJC Grade 7

Actual Salary
£24,496

Location/Work base
The Shirehall

Location Address
Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6ND

Required Start Date

ASAP

Interview Date

TBC

Working Pattern
Monday to Thursday 08:45 until 17:00Fridays 08:45 until 16:00

Closing Date
13/02/2023

Ref No
5549

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and innovative Payments Officer to join our Payments team for Adult Social Care.

This small team is responsible for processing payments to all our commissioned care providers and are responsible to ensure these are made within the set timescales.

As a Payments Officer, you will be responsible for managing your own workload and allocated priorities of the team.

You will need to be assertive, work to strict deadlines and to be a team player to ensure our terms for payments on our commissioned contracts are maintained and the service runs smoothly and in a timely manner.

You will work closely with Social Care Operations teams, Health partners, service users, carers, families and our care providers.

Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent and a broad level of experience in a relevant role.

You will have good IT skills and have the ability to communicate at all levels and show sensitivity where required.

You will be a person who takes ownership to situations and be able to resolve and respond to queries in an efficient, effective and professional manner.

You will be a problem solver, possess a 'can-do' attitude, resilient and willing to engage with changes to the evolving situations within our service area.