Finance & Business Support Officer

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

- 358849**Salary**:

- £28,255 - £29,556**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- 2 x 6 Month FTC / 1 x Permanent**Business area**:

- SF - Finance and Business Support**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

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

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- EdinburghAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Finance and Business Support Officer role is an integral part of our team who will help contribute to the achievement of our objectives within the annual Business Plan. You will play an essential role in the provision of a constantly evolving financial and administrative support service to colleagues in Scottish Forestry’s Edinburgh and Conservancy Offices.

You will have a varied role, supporting change and improvement, and taking responsibility for both specific projects as well as undertaking team tasks. We will work closely with you to ensure that you have a full understanding of Civil Service procedures and the finance and administrative duties required.

**Job description**:
You will perform a wide range of duties including, but not limited to, those listed below:

- Provide finance support including processing and input of invoices, raising purchase orders, liaising with suppliers and running financial reports.
- Provide budget support to the Finance and Business Support Manager which involves updating spreadsheets and the identification and correction of accounting anomalies.
- Assist with procurement related activities and processes helping to ensure policies and deadlines are met.
- Manage internal and external mailboxes which includes dealing with public enquiries and attend to incoming and outgoing mail.
- Support the Corporate Clothing Contract Manager by ordering staff clothing requirements in line with policy allocations, maintaining records of these.
- Deliver and maintain records for Health and Safety resumptions such as Driving at Work checks.
- Provide support with onboarding of new staff as well as staff departures.
- Provide general people support services including travel and accommodation bookings, and other purchasing requests.
- Assist with ad hoc finance and business support tasks when required, which could include undertaking audit checks, performing the payment run or creating and maintaining guidance / desk instruction documents.

**Person specification**:
Essential:

- Good numerical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proactive and efficient with the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Confident and articulate in written and oral communication and with excellent customer care skills.

Desirable:

- Previous use of Finance systems, for basic knowledge of processes, such as inputting invoices and raising purchase orders.

**Benefits**:

- 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%

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**Selection process details**:

- 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 found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Karen Whitehead
Recruitment team