Apprentice Business Administration
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
25/02/2020
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 15/03/2020 23:59
Salary:
£153.55 per week from April 2020
Job Category:
Apprenticeships
Employment Location:
Your normal place of work will be Green Lane, Spennymoor. However, you may be required to work at any council workplace within County Durham
Further Information
VACANCY No: RES/20/71
Temporary for 2 years
We are recruiting for 3 apprentices to work in the Payments Income and Support and Assessment and Awards teams.
These teams provide a number of key front line council functions to residents and businesses throughout the county, including:
• The administration of council tax billing, council tax reduction and housing benefit
• Managing all aspects of business rates billing, the assessment of social care charging, the assessment and administration of discretionary housing benefit, welfare assistance, supported accommodation housing benefit and the Deputy and Appointee Team
• Providing advice, information, support and representation in relation to welfare benefits
• Management, collection and enforcement of the council’s sundry debt, council tax and business rates
• Management and reconciliation of all the council’s income and expenditure to major funds
• Management and support of the council’s end-to-end procure-to-pay (P2P) process, including transactional purchasing support and the processing and control of invoice payments to the council’s creditors
• Provision of technical and administrative support for the service area
The successful candidates will develop skills to provide effective and efficient support to the team to help the service to operate effectively and efficiently and will study and achieve the Business Administration Level 3 during the apprenticeship.
Candidates are expected to have 4 GCSE’s at Grades A-C/9-4 including Maths and English Language or hold an equivalent and relevant Level 2 qualification
For further information regarding these vacancies please contact Michelle Smithson on 03000 263552 or email michelle.smithson@durham.gov.uk.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 23rd March 2020.
Apply on-line or for further assistance contact the Payroll & Employee Services on Telephone: 03000 267247 (24hr answerphone).
Email: PESRESOURCES@durham.gov.uk
In line with the County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes.
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘DONOTREPLY@NORTHEASTJOBS.ORG.UK’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.