Join Our Team as a Funding Assistant for Sefton@Work!

36 Hours per week 

Fixed Term until 31^st March 2025 (potential for contract extension)

Are you eager to start your career in finance while making a positive impact in your community? Employment & Learning are seeking a proactive individual to join our team as a Funding Assistant. In this role, you'll play a vital part in processing client funding applications, raising orders, processing invoices, and ensuring the smooth flow of financial transactions to support the Sefton@Work service.

Main Responsibilities:

• Process client funding applications promptly and accurately, ensuring all necessary documentation is complete and compliant.
• Raise orders with attention to detail, ensuring smooth procurement processes and timely delivery of essential resources.
• Manage invoice processing with precision, verifying details and ensuring adherence to financial procedures to maintain budget integrity.
• Collaborate closely with team members to maintain organised financial records and documentation, supporting grant claims to external funding bodies.

About Sefton@Work

Sefton@Work is Sefton Council’s job brokerage service and has been working alongside Sefton residents and employers since 2003, offering a range of free and confidential job-related services to residents aged 16 years and above, as well as free recruitment services for local employers.

Our main aim is to provide a joined-up approach to regeneration, employment & skills by ensuring that local people receive the benefits of local investment and job growth in the area.  Every day our teams help people improve their employment, skills, and wellbeing. We are person-led and passionate about what we do.  

We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

Closing Date 06/05/2024

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.