Finance and Procurement Administrator

4 weeks ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom ESTYN Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 353007**Salary**:

- £23,258 - £26,901- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- Fixed Term until April 2025**Business area**:

- ESTYN - Corporate Services**Type of role**:

- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Cardiff, Wales, CF24 5JWAbout the job

**Job summary**:
It’s an exciting time to join us. We’re supporting schools and other providers in Welsh education reform including a new curriculum, and changing the way we inspect.

We play a vital role in enhancing the learning of young people and adults in Wales. Learners are at the heart of everything we do. Our people are committed to working collaboratively to deliver a high-quality service to our stakeholders that champions high expectations for all and supports improvement.

We’re looking for an individual, who is keen to develop and utilise finance-based skills and can work effectively in a busy Finance team.

**Job description**:
You will be responsible for the operational delivery of financial and procurement services. Procurement of external inspection resource booking hotels, being a large part of this role and booking accommodation.

Key tasks include:

- Dealing with finance and procurement queries and correspondence
- Raising purchase orders, processing invoices for payment.
- Contracting with external inspectors to provide inspection resource as required.
- Developing and maintaining finance records and provision of management information
- Tender/contract support and administration
- Managing hotel accommodation and travel requirements of inspectors
- Proving support to other administrative Officer’s on the team

**Person specification**:
It is essential that you have:

- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise tasks, work accurately and with attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels of the organisation to ensure the timely delivery of information and meeting of deadlines
- Experience of maintaining detailed records e.g. of finance or asset records and inventories
- Ability to use ICT effectively, including Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Awareness of current identified fraud activity and initiatives, considering impact on Estyn.
- Understand how to deliver a quality customer service

It is desirable that you have experience of working in a service delivery or customer service environment

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £23,258, ESTYN contributes £6,279 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 31 days annual leave on joining Estyn
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Access to a cycle to work scheme and green car scheme

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience.The selection process includes:
Assessments and interviews will take place on the same day at our office in Anchor Court, Keen Road, Cardiff CF24 5JW on 6-7 June.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is



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