Senior Administrative Assistant

An exciting permanent opportunity has arisen in the Children's Services Finance Team as a Senior Administrative Assistant. This is a full time post working 37 hours each week. Monday to Friday.

Duties include staff supervision, recruitment and training, work planning, provision of advice and guidance to various social worker teams within the service in relation to financial and other assistance requests, setting up payment methods and alerts within various systems, approval and progressing the payment of invoices, dealing with queries from both suppliers and clients, reconciliation of accounts, operation of a petty cash account, travel and accommodation solutions, responses to complaints / FOI and support for budget holders and managers.

Requests will involve both responsive and planned finance. In areas of care and support, safety, protection, children looked after and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)., Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.

• Financial experience is expected, as is the ability to provide clear financial information.


• The use of SAP and ADAM (Direct Payment System) would be advantageous along with main database management systems (currently using CareFirst management system) and Microsoft Office.


• The post requires the ability to be flexible and willingness to contribute to the ongoing development of the financial service and team members.


• The post is considered for a combination of working from the office and from home., We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications
  
  Cardiff is one of the fastest growing cities in Britain and is the first city in the UK to be declared as a UNICEF Child Friendly City that places the rights of children and young people at the head of our policies and strategies.