Senior Financial Assessment Officer - Kettering, United Kingdom - North Northamptonshire Council

North Northamptonshire Council

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Kettering, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the role

North Northamptonshire Adult Social Care is seeking to recruit a Senior Finance Officer to join the Financial Assessments Team.

This role will include supporting the Team Leader in the day-to-day operational management of the Financial Assessments Team and when the Team Leader is not available

What will you be doing?

You will be working at the forefront of best practice, playing a key role in delivering, managing, monitoring and reviewing the Financial Assessments service for Council's vulnerable adult customers.

As a Senior Finance Officer you will be expected to support the Team Leader to manage and promote a cost effective and efficient operational services for the Financial Assessments Team in order to maximise performance and ensure delivery of internal and external customer satisfaction.

About you

You will need:

Experience of supervising, coaching and mentoring staff in a finance or customer services environment
To be able to identify and communicate opportunities to improve current ways of working
To be articulate and able to communicate in a clear manner and influence all levels of staff including partners and other senior members of staff
To have strong time management and organisational skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks while working to deadlines and maintaining a high degree of accuracy and organisation

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.

Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.

We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete._

Our benefits

We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.