Payments Assistant

We are working closely alongside with local authority in Nottinghamshire to assist with the appointment of a Payments Assistant on a 6-month contract highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: 13.26- 16.82 per hour

Summary:

The Payments Assistant supports the Placements & Commissioning team within Children and Families performing a vital administrative and clerical function. This role is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payments relating to childrens services placements. The successful candidate will work within a small collaborative team (six members) and will be expected to maintain high levels of accuracy organisation and attention to detail while utilising multiple IT systems daily.

Responsibilities:

• Process and generate payments accurately and in a timely manner for placements and commissioned services within the Children and Families directorate.
• Assist in responding to payment-related queries from internal colleagues providers and other external stakeholders escalating complex issues to the appropriate team member.
• Provide essential clerical and administrative support to the Placements & Commissioning team contributing to the smooth operation of a demanding service area.
• Draft format and manage correspondence spreadsheets and documents using Microsoft Office (Word Excel Outlook).
• Contribute to the positive communication and collaborative environment within the small team sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues.

Essentials:

• Proven administrative or clerical experience in a fast-paced office environment ideally with exposure to financial or payments processing tasks.
• High Organisation & Prioritisation Skills - essential ability to plan manage and prioritise a demanding workload.
• Multi-tasking & System Proficiency - essential ability to quickly learn and competently operate multiple specialist IT systems simultaneously.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though opening assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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