Business & Contract Support

Job Description

Job Title : Business & Contract Support
Job Category : Finance
Location : Atlas House, Corporation Street, WA9 1LD, St. Helens MBC
Hours Per Week : 16.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £10.59

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Do you have the skills, enthusiasm, and ambition to play a significant role in the rapidly developing Public Health team?

The post holder will provide support to the Head of Integrated Commissioning and the Finance Manager and will be a key member of the Public Health team. They will provide a general administration and business function as well as supporting on project delivery. The post holder will provide financial support and will need to possess excellent IT skills to support a variety of computerised systems.

The role will give the post holder an opportunity to understand the Public Health commissioning function and also work with colleagues from the wider Council as well as external agencies.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual looking to enhance their Local Authority career. These are exciting times for Public Health in local government which pose significant challenges and opportunities in terms of meeting local need, securing high quality service delivery and value for money.

» Responsible for all invoice checking and payment processing.
» Raising invoices to request payments from other services.
» Checking backing data is relevant and accurate.
» Requesting any outstanding backing data.
» Fulfilling budget monitoring requests from service leads, such as remaining budgets or expenditure against certain financial codes for the year so far.
» Maintaining a log of relevant invoice amounts.
» Primary conduit between Public Health and service providers. This includes GPs & pharmacies, commissioned services and other local authorities.

It is envisaged the agency staff will cover the post until we recruit permanently.