About the role
North Northamptonshire Adult Social Care is seeking to recruit a Financial Assessments Officer to join the Financial Assessments Team.
You will be working at the forefront of best practice, playing a key role in delivering the Financial Assessments service for Council’s vulnerable adult customers.
The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and motivated individual and relish challenges to continually improve the way we work through the best use of our shared services systems, processes and people.
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on your progress, providing in depth management information when requested and strive to meet set targets
You will be required to actively participate in meetings and discussions in respect of service developments and improvements. We embrace new ideas and are always looking at how we can improve our service to maximise its full potential.
About you
To be successful you will need:
- to be self-motivating with a track record of being able to plan and prioritise your own workload.
- to be able to work effectively within a team and on your own.
- to be able to effectively travel across North Northamptonshire.
- to have the ability to be flexible in your approach in supporting vulnerable adults and their carer’s to ensure accurate information is captured.
In exchange for your expertise, experience and enthusiasm, we will offer support in continuing your personal and career development. in addition to providing a wide range of employment linked benefits, We will provide you with competitive annual leave and access to an excellent pension scheme.
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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