About the job
Salary: £27,803 - £30,296 a year pro rata
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Secondment/Fixed Term until December 2025
This position is available as a secondment opportunity until December 2025. If you are a permanent LBC employee, you must have written approval (an email will suffice) from your manager prior to applying and a copy will need to be submitted with your application. Please note: we will not be able to proceed with your application form without your manager’s permission.
Do you have excellent administration skills and interpersonal skills, the ability to work under minimal supervision within work deadlines and to keep accurate records? If yes, we want to hear from you.
We have an exciting role within the Finance department where you will be using a range of systems, activate adult social care packages, administer payments to a variety of providers in a timely manner. You’ll create invoices for adult social care clients, ensuring these are based on the most accurate information available regarding the services received.
In this vital role, you’ll administer contracts and payment schedules for residential care providers. Investigate complex issues, obtain and collate information from various sources to resolve issues as raised by service users and/or providers, and respond in an appropriate and timely manner.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English.
Our ideal candidate must have experience in working in an office environment in a financial setting, a complex and sensitive area dealing with varied professionals at all levels.
You’ll need to have the ability to use IT packages, have the ability to run reports, extract, interpret and analyse data. To also have the ability to work as a member of a team and on own initiative in a busy office.
We are looking for someone with the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of companies, individuals and internal colleagues at all levels providing effective advice or help. Ensuring advice is in line with the Care Act, financial regulations and council policy.
You must have excellent numeracy skills with the ability to calculate complex service packages to ensure contractual documentation is accurate and correct to facilitate accurate payments and charges. With exceptional attention to detail and sound verbal reasoning skills when explaining calculations.
You will also need to have knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation and guidance (i.e. Care Act 2014), have the ability to deal with contractual queries and check accurate prices are used.
So if you have a flare for Finance, are confident in communicating sensitively with vulnerable adults, have the ability to use IT databases (such as ControCC and LAS), are able to draft complex letters and work as part of a team, then we look forward to receiving your application.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
About us
Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Application Process
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How to apply
We understand that job applications take time and effort, but a high-quality application shows that you are professional with a good attention to detail. The recruiting manager may receive a number of applications for each job advertised so you want yours to stand out!
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