About the role
Working as part of a wider team of Business Support Officers within the Commissioning and Performance team, you will have a lead role in supporting the Community Resource (Brokerage) and Payments Team you will be inputting care packages, updating trackers, supporting data reporting, general admin tasks and liaising with providers and internal teams.
The Community Resource and Payments Team is a busy team, it holds up to 350 referrals at any one time, you will need to have an eye for detail, work at pace, have effective communication skills and enjoy team working. This role offers a great opportunity for career development.
The role will be hybrid working, on average 2 days per week working from the office in Kettering and 3 days remotely. Initially the role will be working from the office in Kettering 5 days per week until training has been completed.
Please contact Carrie Harris Cathy.Wiggins@northnorthants.gov.uk or Caroline Robertson Caroline.Robertson@northnorthants.gov.uk for an informal discussion on the role.
The closing date for submitting any expressions of interest is the end of the day Friday 15th November 2024 and interviews are due to take place w/c Monday 25th November 2024.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- 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.
- lots of 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
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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