Contracts & Business Support Officer (Public Health)
Job Title: Contracts & Business Support Officer (Public Health)
Location: Ealing - Hybrid working (1 day 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:
1. Delivering effective payments systems, including processing invoices, making accurate and timely payments in line with council's procedures and contract agreement.
2. 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.
3. Use of large databases to check and ensure accuracy in activity and payments (training provided on specific databases).
4. Provide regular and effective written and verbal updates and summary reports.
5. Maintaining effective record-keeping on contracts, expenditure, and business functions.
6. Liaising directly with providers to ensure prompt and accurate payments, and challenging discrepancies to ensure payments aligned with agreements and accuracy.
7. Provide high-quality support for team on key commissioning, contracts, finance, and business functions.
8. Attending and arranging key meetings.
Essential Skills:
1. 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).
2. 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.
3. Thoroughness and attention to detail in numerical and written work in providing regular reports.
4. High-level Excel analytical skills and experience (use of formulas and pivot tables, transferring data, summarising, and presenting results).
5. Experience in using databases (training in specific databases provided).
6. Proficient in key Microsoft packages (Teams, Word, PowerPoint).
7. Excellent numerical and written skills.
8. Effective organisational, time-management and prioritisation skills.
9. Experienced in providing regular, timely and effective written and verbal status updates.
10. Experienced in working on Public Sector payments, contracts and business processes, or strongly transferrable experience and skills (training in Business World provided).
11. Excellent verbal communication and relationship management skills.
12. Ability to work on your own, whilst being a key team player to support effective business, finance, and contract and commissioning functions.
13. Have a willingness to learn, clear thinking and eagerness to develop new knowledge and skills, whilst working in a busy environment.
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