What are we looking for?
- You will have a high level of attention to detail to ensure that all advice and support given to individual schools is correct.
- You will enjoy problem solving and be happy to concentrate for extended periods of time to complete tasks.
- You will need to be able to organise your own workload and respond to clients / problems where there are no set procedures to follow.
- You will need to be happy to travel around the County (for up to 1.5 hours each way) and sit for longer periods of time at a computer.
- You will need to be able to exercise tact and sensitivity when responding to queries or working with situations which may relate to sensitive circumstances.
- You will need to be able to deal sensitively with clients who may be upset, angry or confused.
- You will have good overall technical skills in the use of Microsoft Office and working with major computerised financial systems used for operating a relevant financial service.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this, we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
Job Reference: CRS01093
