Job Title: Contracts & Business Support Officer (Public Health)
Location: Ealing - Hybrid working (1 days minimum a week in office)
Hourly rate 21.33 PAYE Per Hour
Contract Length: 3-month assignment (possibility of extension)
Working Pattern: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 35 hours
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Role purpose:
- Delivering effective payments systems, including processing invoices, making accurate and timely payments in line with council's procedures and contract agreement
- Analysing activity and expenditure using Excel to a high level, using large datasets, including use of formulas and pivot tables and summarising, and presenting results
- Use of large databases to check and ensure accuracy in activity and payments ( training provided on specific databases)
- Provide regular and effective written and verbal updates and summary reports
- Maintaining effective record-keeping on contracts, expenditure, and business functions
- Liaising directly with providers to ensure prompt and accurate payments, and challenging discrepancies to ensure payments aligned with agreements and accurate.
- Provide high-quality support for team on key commissioning, contracts, finance, and business functions.
- Attending and arranging key meetings.
Essential Skills:
- Delivering effective payments systems, including processing invoices, making accurate and timely payments in line with council's procedures and contract agreement (experience in Business World or similar payments system)
- Analysing health service activity and expenditure using Excel to a high level, using large datasets, including use of formulas and pivot tables and summarising, and presenting results
- Thoroughness and attention to detail in numerical and written work in providing regular reports.
- High- level Excel analytical skills and experience (use of formulas and pivot tables, transferring data, summarising, and presenting results)
- Experience in using databases (training in specific databases provided)
- Proficient in key Microsoft packages (Teams, Word, PowerPoint)
- Excellent numerical and written skills
- Thoroughness, paying attention to detail, with high level of accuracy and identification of discrepancies.
- Effective organisational, time-management and prioritisation skills
- Experienced in providing regular, timely and effective written and verbal status updates.
- Experienced in working on Public Sector payments, contracts and business processes, or strongly transferrable experience and skills (training in Business World provided)
- Excellent verbal communication and relationship management skills
- Ability to work on your own, whilst being an key team player to support effective business, finance, and contract and commissioning functions
- Have a willingness to learn, clear thinking and eagerness to develop new knowledge and skills, whist working in a busy environment.
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