Administration Officer

to provide support to our Financial Adult Safeguarding Team (FAS)

The Opportunity

Salary: £25,583 to £25,989 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: Horsham, with hybrid working options available.

Interview Date: Week commencing 08 December 2025

We are seeking an organised individual who is able to comfortably communicate with colleagues and external stakeholders.

As our Administration Officer, you will provide specialist financial administrative support to the team. You will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of payments, and carrying out any other accounting procedures as required. You will make every effort to prioritise business and departmental objectives, thereby protecting the Company's financial interests and maximising profitability.

What are we looking for?

• You will have previous experience working in a customer focussed role, with relevant financial management experience and the ability to explain basic financial or performance management information.

• You will be comfortable working on routine financial / performance management processing and related administrative tasks for periods at a time with accuracy, including filing, inputting payments, undertaking banking processes and reconciling bank accounts.

• You will be a good team player, adaptable and with the ability to manage your own workload to meet deadlines.

• You will be comfortable communicating with the team and with external stakeholders such as utility and benefit providers.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CRS00993.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Maria Henderson (FAS Team Manager) at For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application helppage.

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LOCATION

Horsham area

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent

JOB TYPE

Finance and Accountancy

CLOSING DATE

30 November 2025