Venesky Brown
Assistant Accountant
Kilmarnock
£200 – £250/day
Posted about 19 hours ago
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Job Title: Accounts Assistant
Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Kilmarnock, is currently looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant for a contract up to 12 months on a rate of £200-£250/day (Inside IR35) DOE. This role will be based onsite in Kilmarnock. Part-time (3 days a week) or compressed hours over 4 days will be considered.
Responsibilities
- Actively promote, and communicate, the vision, mission and values of the organisation, encouraging positive engagement.
- Co-ordinate change arising from current and future service delivery re-alignments ensuring a proactive approach in the development of new working arrangements with partners and employees across the organisation.
- Act as an ambassador for the organisation, working collaboratively with all key partners and stakeholders developing and maintaining close working relationships, and at all times demonstrating honesty and integrity.
- Support the development of policy and take the lead on relevant policy where appropriate.
- Support innovation and creativity in all partnership working, in order to identify, develop and deliver projects that enhance all development programmes.
- Work collaboratively with all service areas, and with all partners, stakeholders and communities to engender a more cohesive and corporate approach to joint working.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments and trends ensuring that the service aspires to be at the cutting edge.
- Ensure day-to-day responsibility for the management and supervision of venues and/or assets, providing the highest standards of care, conservation and security through the delegation of specific responsibilities to specialist teams in order to protect against theft, loss or damage.
- Support a culture of collaborative leadership across all activities promoting a positive, outward-facing, high-performing, customer-focused service delivery.
- Co-ordinate opportunities for innovative delivery of all activities including a modern and agile approach to working.
- Work within a best value context, supporting continuous improvement of service delivery and ensuring that the vision, mission and Corporate Delivery Plan expectations are exceeded.
- Assume day-to-day responsibility for the management and support of programmes and activities including the co-ordination of projects, initiatives and commercial services, ensuring that facilities are fully utilised, cost-effective and customers are fully engaged, in accordance with the organisation’s Strategic Vision and Delivery Plans.
- Exemplify, at all times, the culture of the organisation, by demonstrating our values.
- Implement a positive ethos through the effective development and involvement of our people, and ensure that they are appropriately empowered, trained, valued and supported.
- Lead, develop and manage our people in accordance with the organisation’s policies, setting and achieving clear aims and objectives to ensure that Service Delivery Plans meet pre-determined performance targets and outputs.
- Support the implementation and effective reporting of qualitative and quantitative performance indicators including national statutory requirements.
- Review and analyse statistical information, making recommendations on improvement as agreed with the Strategic Lead.
- Co-ordinate the development and monitoring of specific service action plans ensuring that all resources are prioritised in support of service delivery and priority outcomes as agreed with the Strategic Lead.
- Prepare applications for external funding and provide advice and guidance to colleagues and partners on the identification and development of income streams to support programme and service development.
- Plan and procure supplies and services in order to support the implementation of Service Delivery Plans.
- Adopt the principles of project management to support the implementation of Service Delivery Plans.
- Work collaboratively across the organisation identifying creative business opportunities in order to enhance service delivery.
- Drive forward the organisation’s commitment to environmental best practice and use resources as efficiently and effectively as possible in the operation of our business.
- Explore new opportunities to promote sustainability through the implementation of the Corporate Delivery Plan.
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- SVQ Level 4 in a relevant discipline or relevant demonstrable experience.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety relevant to the remit of the post and associated environment.
- Ability to co-ordinate and supervise employee’s work, sometimes across multiple locations.
- Ability to complete tasks within a context of competing demands.
- Ability to build good working relationships at all levels.
- Effective planning and organisational skills.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to write effective workplace reports.
- Ability to recognise and demonstrate good customer service skills.
- Demonstrate current continuous professional development.
- Experience of delivering high-quality leisure services.
- Developed and implemented risk assessments.
- Engaged with and sustained effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Contributed to the development and planning of services.
- Reported on employee performance, absence management and completed personal development plans.
- Utilised management information systems.
- Assisting with the procurement of services including the drafting of specification documents.
- Assisted in collating, analysing and reporting performance or statistical information.
- Assisted in management of revenue and capital budgets.
- Assisted with the drafting of funding applications.
- Working in a fast-paced customer/visitor-focused environment.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office packages.
- Experience in applying innovative and creative thinking in the development of programmes and projects.
Desirable Skills
- Working knowledge of the services provided by the organisation.
- Knowledge of project management methodology.
- Delivered staff training sessions.
- Contributed to the drafting of reports, policies and strategies.
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