Resource Coordinator - Independent Education Commissioning Permanent, Full Time £25,743 to £30,286 per annum Location: Chelmsford Working Style: Anywhere worker Interviews: 11th February Part time applications may be considered for the right applicant. Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted and at the same time humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years The Opportunity Childrens and Families is recognised as a service in which both mainstream and children and young people with disabilities can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion, promoting the development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families. Working together with partners, delivering a range of early help, family support and effective interventions which build resilience, remove barriers, and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future. The role of the Resource Co-ordinator is to provide up to date financial information on children's independent school placements to the Permanency, Placements and Sufficiency team, reporting to The Commissioning Lead for Independent Education. Working collaboratively with social care, education and finance colleagues, the role will ensure packages of support agreed at forum/panel are accurately recorded, set up correctly on systems, monitored and reconciled. This activity contributes to the monthly budget outturn for the service. Accuracy and attention to detail are key attributes to this role, as is the ability to analyse data and identify any trends which might further support the management of the budget. Accountabilities Responsible for actioning financial placement decisions made at panel/forum (i.e. setting up / amending payments, creating and overseeing purchase orders for school placements. Timely reporting and reconciliation of financial expenditure to support the monthly budget outturn, following up on queries as necessary. Knowledge of legislative and policy funding guidance applicable within education and social care. Creating and issuing Individual Placement Agreements to Independent Schools in line with the National Schools Contract. Liaising with education and Social Care colleagues to ensure packages of support are correctly in place. Work collaboratively with the wider Children and Families function and finance to ensure budget recovery and savings exercises are progressed to maximise delivery and commissioning opportunities. Point of contact to support financial queries in relation to independent school placements. Work collaboratively with other quadrant Resource Coordinators to ensure consistency, support, and cover, thus providing a seamless countywide service. Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. The Experience You Will Bring Educated to Level 3 or equivalent by experience, with extensive knowledge of working with different systems and processes within a business environment. Experience of recording and monitoring financial information within databases to support operational decision making. Critical analysis to identify errors quickly and offer speedy and customer focussed solutions. The role requires attention to detail with the ability to compile and work with statistics to produce accurate reports. Proven track record of building working relationships with schools, partner organisations and external agencies. Knowledge of legislative and policy funding guidance. Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (specifically Microsoft Excel) is essential as is the ability to learn new systems. Strong communication skills with proven ability to translate information/data in a clear way. Ability to develop tools that will have a focus on results, supporting behaviour and forging strong links with individuals and teams to support operational targets. Able to use own judgement and initiative to problem solve and deliver solutions, without immediate guidance / management input. Must be self-motivated, with the ability to work to strict deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy at all times, under minimal supervision. To read more about us please visit: Children & Families Please take a look at our 'No Magic' Children & Families video Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. 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