Finance Assistant

LOCATION:
Campbeltown Hospital Ralston Road Campbeltown, PA28 6LE

SALARY:
£26,333 - £27,629 per year

CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent

POSITION TYPE:
Full Time

HOURS:
35 hours per week

WORK FROM HOME:
Yes

The Social Work Admin Service delivers administrative support to front line Social Work teams and managers within the Argyll and Bute HSCP. We have a full time, permanent Finance Assistant vacancy within our Social Work Finance Team (West) based in Campbeltown Hospital, which is ideally suited to someone with good organisational, IT and admin skills.

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place **to have a great career**, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.

This position is remote and can either be based in one of our Social Work offices or worked from home. Hybrid working is also available. There will be an initial induction period of 6 months which will be office based.

This position will, as part of the Finance team, oversee the provision of high quality finance support to the Social Work management team in regard to packages of care for those needing support within local communities.

The main responsibilities of this role include oversight of:

- Recording of care packages on the finance system
- Financial and budget processes and information
- Meeting support
- Statistical information
- Staff induction
- A good basic education
- Experience of office administration
- Understanding of confidentiality and data security

An internal system check undertaken in order to access Social Work databases.

Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.

We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.

Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme, Disability Confident, Armed Forces, Fair Work First Statement, Equality and Fairness, Climate Change, Flexible and Hybrid Working Policy

Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 28th May 2025 at Campbeltown Hospital.

**Applicants should note that:

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- Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
- This post is suitable for job share.
- The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (**Exclusions and Exceptions**) (Scotland) Order 2013, as amended, applies to this post.

If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description please contact the recruiting manager, who is:
Morna MacColl, Finance Admin Officer

Contact Telephone Number: 01586 559032