Finance & Administration Assistant - Dereham, United Kingdom - Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council

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Dereham, United Kingdom

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Permanent Contract | 29.6 hours per week | £24,496 to £26,845 (pro rata for part time) per annum (Grade F) | Multiple Locations

Norfolk Museums Service are seeking a Finance & Administration Assistant to provide administrative and financial support to the Western Area Operations Manager ensuring administrative and financial compliance with Norfolk County Council's financial regulations and the requirements of external funders.

This is an important role supporting key functions of three Western area Museums from raising invoices for commercial hires, to banking income, managing staff budgets, ordering resources for educational visits and even supporting the procurement or sale of livestock on the farm.

No two days will be the same for the successful post-holder, they will need a keen eye for detail, strong numerical skills and an aptitude for administrative processes.

Experience of cash handling, managing budgets, banking processes and procurement are also essential.

Working as part of the administrative team for the three Western Area Museums:

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse ; a fifty-acre working farm and Victorian Workhouse Museum located in Beetley, near Dereham.

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Lynn Museum; the local Museum in Kings Lynn housing the fossilised timbers of Seahenge.
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Ancient House Museum ; a Tudor building in the heart of Thetford, once owned by the last Maharaja, Duleep Singh.

These are award winning local museums with significant collections of art, social history, photography, archaeology and natural history.

This is a hybrid working opportunity with some time spent working from home and some on-site at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse.

Occasional travel between museum sites will be required, for which travel expenses will be paid. The role will also involve some manual handling and entails significant use of a laptop or desktop PC.

In addition to the benefits of working for Norfolk County Council NMS employees are entitled to the following:

Museum Association Organisational Membership.
Free entry to hundreds of Museums and exhibitions across the country through the NMDC reciprocal free entry scheme.

Access to exclusive events such as talks and tours from curators and specialists from within NMS.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people.

Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

**Job description and person specification

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
Health and Wellbeing services including fasttrack physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexitime, part time, remote and hybrid working dependent on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:

- ' Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.

A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Closing date: 16 August 2023

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.

Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.

Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents.

We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Cou