Job Title: Finance Operational Services FOS Officer + 
Vacancies: 5 
Salary: £21,351 - £23,572 per annum
Contracted Hours: 35 hours
Location: Worcester (County Hall) 
Contract Type: Permanent

The Role

We’re looking to find the right person to join the Finance Operational Services (FOS) team here at Worcestershire County Council. Worcestershire is a great place to live and work. We are a large and varied county with lots of rural areas and busy towns with a wealth of history, heritage, and culture. 
The Finance Operational Services (FOS) team are part of the council’s overall finance team. We support Worcestershire’s residents from their early years into later life and everything in between and play a vital role in sourcing and funding services, making payments to both individuals and businesses including schools to cover services provided, managing contributions towards care, insurance claims, early years payments and income and debt services – to name a few! We are a fast paced, dynamic, enthusiastic, and inclusive team and prides ourselves on the development and progression of our staff. 

Finance Operational Services currently has over 90 members and this allows for cross-team, collaborative working, and plenty of opportunities for growth and progression.
Following a recent re-structure, we are delighted to share that we have multiple opportunities for talented, ambitious, customer service focused individuals to work within the areas below, which all fall within the FOS team:

• Brokerage – The brokerage team negotiate and work on behalf of both WCC and service users to find the best quality care looking at best price from contracted and CQC registered providers to allow individuals to maintain independence for as long as possible. 

• Appointees & Deputies – We act as the financial representative (DWP appointee or Court appointed Deputy) for adult residents who lack the mental capacity to deal with their finances themselves. Ensuring financial decisions are made in the best interest of the person we are appointed to act for. We use Internet banking and case management systems to include the setting up of accounts, maintaining records, validating, and processing payments, reconciliations etc.

Any questions or queries around the posts available can be sent to Abbie Bingham or Tracey Woodford at abingham@worcestershire.gov.uk or twoodford@worcestershire.gov.uk

In return, you can look forward to:

• a starting salary of £21,351 (per annum) with annual increments along with benefits such as: 
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays (plus additional for long service)
• 35-hour working week with Hybrid Working, which offers opportunities for both home and office working to meet the needs of the business, and on-site parking is available at the work base of County Hall. 
• Support in your personal commitment to ongoing professional development and training including apprenticeships. 
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Local Government Pension Scheme

Disability Confident

We are inclusive – this is really important to us and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Disability Confident is helping us recruit and retain great people to meet our workforce needs. 

If you have a disability and require reasonable adjustments, please let us know.

Equality

Worcestershire County Council is committed to promoting equality and diversity and ensuring that all appointments are made based on the suitability of a candidate to the role only.
In line with the "Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, we do not automatically reject applicants with a criminal record. Every application will be considered individually, considering the nature and circumstances of the conviction and the type of work applied for. You will not be asked to disclose 'spent' convictions unless the work requires access to children and vulnerable adults.

Applying

Previous applicants need not apply. 

Applications are invited to apply for this role. 

Please find the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Please write your submission with consideration for the essential and desirable criteria on the Person Specification. This should include examples why you should be considered; the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

Application Closing Date: Monday, 06th June 2022.
Anticipated Interview Date: Monday 20th June 2022.