Finance Officer

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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Finance Officer
• Job Location:
  
  Shire Hall
• Contract Type:
  Fixed Term
• Duration:
  One year
• Closing Date: 08/03/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13591
• This post is not open to job share

Would you like to work in a role which is both meaningful and rewarding, where you really feel that you make a difference? Do you constantly look for ways to improve the way you work and enhance the service that you deliver? If so, this is the perfect role for you.

This is a great time to be part of Gloucestershire County Council, as Children’s Social Care is on an exciting journey, which focuses our approach into being more creative, strengths-based and person-centred, to ensure that we work together to ‘Make a Difference’ to our local communities.

We are an agile working organisation with a combination of office-based working and working from home (essential equipment is provided). We place a high premium on diversity and inclusion, as well as on health and wellbeing and we offer a flexible working scheme which is based on business need. We offer Continued Professional Development and will support you to develop your skills and career prospects within Children’s Services.

Our Disabled Children’s Team is dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people and their families, we work collaboratively across social care and health to provide high quality support.

We have an opportunity to recruit an experienced Finance Officer who is organised and proactive to join us on a fixed term basis for one year, to support our work on financial accuracy, tracking and reporting of our financial commitments.

This will include supporting finance related panels for short breaks, direct payments and all activities that are commissioned for our young people.

. Duties will include:

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• Supporting the tracking of all financial records and ensuring meaningful accurate data is captured at a child level
• Alongside the Strategic Finance Team, understand and monitor budgets
• Identify anomalies, resolve financial queries and escalation any concerns to maintain financial integrity
• Contribute to service audits

You will have proven finance reporting and analytical skills, have an AAT qualification and be able to manage your workload to meet deadlines. Ideally you will have experience of working within children’s services, social care, education or the public sector.

If you think that this is the role for you, welook forward to hearing from you.

In return we will offer you:

• Regular formal and informal support.
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
• Access to relevant training and career progression.
• Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to support you and your family.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

Working in Children’s Social Care does require an applicant who can be proactive or responsive to changing demands and resilient to some of the tough emotional content of the role. However, it is also a role that can bring great reward and job satisfaction.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required to make a positive difference, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” button. if you like any further information then please contactmichelle. ’

Short listed candidates will be contacted by email and invited to interview.

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