Bristol City Council
Senior Business Support Officer (Finance)
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Part Time - 18.5 hrs per week, Permanent
We are looking for applicants to work in a small but busy finance team within the Home Finding and Partnerships Service within Children's Services. The Home Finding and Partnerships Service is responsible for identifying and commissioning homes for children in care, such as fostering or Children's Homes.
This 18.5 hour job share role involves, in its most basic form, reconciling, querying, and paying invoices to external providers who provide these services to Bristol City Council. The role is dynamic and varied with an emphasis on investigating and resolving queries.
Responsibilities
- Experience working with invoices.
- Ability to work well with other colleagues to resolve queries and issues.
- Being organised.
- Good basic knowledge of using Excel.
- Great communication and customer service skills.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
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Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
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We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.
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Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.
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