274631 Financial Support Officer for the Homeless and Rough (2023)

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work summary

Are you interested in starting a career in finance? If so, this role is for you! Joining the government's homeless and rough sleeper finance team is the ideal opportunity for enthusiasts looking to start a career and gain a professional finance qualification at the same time.

No matter your background or grades, we want to hear from you. We're looking for a team player who is committed to learning, while being supported by a friendly, inclusive and flexible work environment where you can bring yourself to work.

Civil servants help the government of the day to formulate and implement its policies as effectively as possible. It covers every aspect of life, from passports and driving licenses to crime prevention and housing. You can join a diverse winning team (Government Finance Awards 2022) and take real responsibility from day one. Working in government can provide a rich career for your life, with great flexibility to shape your career and progress in a role you prefer.

Everyone should be able to have a roof over their head and a place to call home. But tonight, too many will be sleeping rough, cold and vulnerable. Thousands more will live in temporary accommodation or sleep on friends or family couches, uncertain what the future holds. Our work is a top priority for this government, so we're scaling up to deliver new initiatives. If you want an exciting and motivating role with the freedom and opportunity to develop and deliver interventions that make a real difference in the lives of thousands of people, then this is the job for you.

The current four-person finance team is a core function of the Homeless and Homeless Council. You join us at an exciting time, having just secured over £2 billion in public spending over the next three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. You will be at the heart of it all, ensuring this funding reaches the most vulnerable in our society.

job description

Approximately 20% of your time as an apprentice will be devoted to learning and development. This can include attending workshops, seminars, shadowing colleagues, independent study and completing assignments for your professional qualification run by your qualification provider. We want you to be motivated, ambitious and committed to your own development. You'll be eager to master financial systems and processes.

In your day-to-day work, you will take on our important tasks for the finance team, including disbursing millions of pounds, tracking invoices and ensuring the scheme complies with audit requirements, while developing your wider understanding of finance within the department. This team is responsible for obtaining funding from the HM Treasury in treasury activities, managing this funding efficiently under the Manage Public Funds and disbursing this funding to our delivery partners. You will work closely with project teams to support them in making payments accurately and on time. They will have the opportunity to try new things, work with different teams and learn what it takes to pursue a career in the financial industry and the civil service.

Opportunities to get involved in office life in Edinburgh or London, including being responsible for organizing team holidays across the country, joining social groups and being actively involved in making homeless and rough sleepers a great place to work.

You'll meet our stakeholders across the country, including leading national charities and local authorities who travel regularly to meet with homeless and rough sleeper services to promote your career in the financial industry.

Civil Service Recruitment uses the Success Profile Framework to assess applications. When submitting your application, please carefully read the descriptions of each act at the executive level to ensure that you demonstrate the criteria against which your application will be evaluated.

Successful candidates will be encouraged to gain a professional study qualification as part of the role through any of the followingLevel 3 Assistant Accountant(England) orLevel 5 Certificate in Foundation Accounting(Scotland) if this suits both business needs and personal development needs. This is not a mandatory condition of accepting the role.

Personnel description

basic

· Enjoy working as part of a team

· Self-starter with drive and willingness to learn

· Enjoy working with numbers

· Confidently use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite

· Organized and able to multitask

· Hope to start a career in finance

· Have or are willing to acquire appropriate professional financial qualifications upon departmental payment and support (20% of your time will be devoted to this). Specific qualifications and levels depend on program eligibility and entry requirements. Examples of qualifications you can work towards include AAT, CIMA, ACCA, etc.

If you have any questions about the position or the application process, please contact the Vacancy Manager.

If the role is successful, a suitable start date will be arranged. This could be from June/July 2023.

benefit

• Learning and development tailored to your role

  See Also

  289459 Policy Officer - Local Government Risk Teamsocial housing waiting listApplying for local authority/social housingInformation for applicants - CHA

• An environment with flexible work options

• Encourage a culture of inclusion and diversity

• Acivil service pensionThe average employer contribution is 27%

what you need to know

Details of the selection process

we are for everyone

At DLUHC, we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from all, including those who are underrepresented in our workforce. We promote equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and create a work environment free of discrimination, harassment, bullying and harm.

We strongly encourage applicants to contact the Vacancy Manager to learn more about this position.

we are for everyone

DLUHC wants to bring in and develop a diverse workforce at all levels.

Our application system is designed to remove as much bias as possible from the recruitment system - this means hiring managers don't know your name, details, see your entire application at once (or your CV is under review unless otherwise stated ).

Your answers are randomized and chunked. This means that each evaluator looks at the set of responses to questions, such as all candidates' responses to "Seeing the Big Picture," rather than looking at a candidate's full application. The science behind this is that hiring can suffer from sequencing and fatigue effects, which we want to minimize as much as possible.

Most of our activities use multiple assessors, so each of your answers may be viewed by a different assessor.

When writing your application, keep in mind:

• Evaluators will not read your answers in order.

• Don't assume the same evaluator will read all of your answers.

If you talk about something in your first answer, make sure to write the second answer as if you didn't write the first (and so on!)

In sift we will evaluate:

Experience - why do you want to work in finance in government?

Behavior 1 - Change and Improve - Can you tell me about a time when you came up with a new idea or changed to improve something?

Behavior 2 - Working Together - Can you tell me about a time when you collaborated with others to deliver something?

There is a 250 word limit per question.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may use the behavior of potential customers listed in the advertisement for an initial screening. Candidates who pass the initial screening may proceed to full screening, or proceed directly to assessment/interview.

Interviews will be of a mixed nature, including questions based on conduct, experience, ability and strength as outlined in the ad. Strength-based questions will require a natural response from the candidate. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a short exercise prior to their interview, details of which will be sent with the interview invitation.

Throughout the event, we will test the following success factors:

Behavior: seek change and refinement, work together

Experience: As above at screening and interview.

Abilities: Yes, through the practice of the interview phase

Strength: yes

how to apply:

Step 1 - Fill in your personal details on CS Jobs

Step 2 - Complete the verbal reasoning test by 23:55 pm on June 4, 2023. You will be guided when you are invited to complete the online test. It is strongly recommended that you read this guide before proceeding. These tests are untimed; however, it is recommended that you allow up to one hour to complete each test.

Step 3 - If successful, we will send you a link to complete your application by providing examples of your conduct and experience on Be Applied by 23:55 pm on 4th December 2023. Please note that these links are not automated so may take a few days to go through and may end up in your spam folder.

Step 4 - We will screen your application and if successful we will invite you for an interview.

We do not consider direct CV applications - you must apply for this position through the application link on the Civil Service position.

Please note that a near miss offer may be offered at a lower grade for candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this event

salary

• The salary for this role is £28,412 (London) or £25,324 (Country).

• For existing civil servants, the usual non-negotiable policies for rank transfers and promotions will apply.

• Qualified candidates may be entitled to an accountant salary scale or accountant payment upon successful completion of the relevant qualification. To gain this qualification, you must be suitably qualified and hold a qualified position agreed by the professional head.

benefit:

Transfers across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018: Transfers to DLUHC from another employer will mean you will no longer be able to obtain childcare vouchers. This includes transfers between government departments. However, you may be eligible for other government programs, including tax-free child care. determine your eligibilityhttps://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

For more information on benefits available to DLUHC employees, please see the attached Candidate Packet.

Geographic location:

• London

• edinburgh

Candidates may have the opportunity to work flexibly according to business needs. If you are successful in the role, we will discuss it with the Vacancy Manager on a case-by-case basis.

Screening and interview dates:

Screening is expected to begin on November 4, 2023, with interview dates to be determined. All interviews are currently being conducted remotely via video call.

Keep list:

If we identify more appointable candidates than we currently have available, we will keep the applicant's details on a shortlist for 6 months, after which time further appointments can be made. This may include lower level roles. Candidates placed on the reserve list will be notified. As CTC checks can take a long time, our HR Shared Services team will contact shortlisted candidates for London positions to start the CTC check. Candidates who do not wish to remain on the reserve list should contact recruitment@communities.gov.uk to be removed from the reserve list.

CTC (Counter Terrorism Clearance):

important reminder

Successful candidates in our 2 Marsham Street building must meet security requirements before being appointed. The required security level is an anti-terrorism check, which can take up to 8 weeks to complete.

Please note that successful candidates will need to pass a CTC security check - this requires you to have lived in the UK for the past 3 years. For more information on Counter Terrorism Clearance (CTC), please refer to the DLUHC Security Clearance Instructions section of our Candidate Packet. Thanks.

Candidates should also note that from 1 August 2018, the department will also check all applicants who are successfully interviewed against the Internal Fraud Database (IFD) held by the Cabinet Office. Any applicant included in the IFD will be refused employment by DLUHC in accordance with the Civil Service Internal Fraud Policy. For more information on the internal fraud database, please refer to the Candidate Packet.

Terms and Conditions Statement:

• Please note that existing DLUHC employees who are currently on probation will still be required to complete the probation period if they are successfully qualified for the position.

Before starting your application, it is important to ensure that you are eligible to apply and meet the civil service citizenship requirements. All candidates should read the information on nationality requirements and rules provided in the DLUHC Candidate Packet

Candidate information

Please refer to the attached Candidate Packet for more information.

Internal Fraud Database

The Internal Fraud Function within the Cabinet Office's Fraud, Errors, Debt and Grants Function handles details of civil servants who have been dismissed for internal fraud, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned. The Cabinet Office from participation in government organizations of civil servants who have been fired for internal fraud or who would have been fired if they had not resigned. In this case, the public servant will be prohibited from continuing to hold public service positions for a period of 5 years. The Cabinet Office then processed the data and returned limited datasets to DLUHC as participating government organisations. DLUHC then conducts pre-employment checks to detect attempts by known fraudsters to reapply for public service positions. This not only ensures the policy, but also prevents the recurrence of internal fraud.

For more information, see -Internal Fraud Register

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Safety

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Those using government property must completeBaseline Personnel Safety Standards (opens in new window)examine.

Nationality requirements

This job is widely open to:

• british nationals

• Nationals of Commonwealth countries entitled to work in the UK

• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland

• Nationals with settled or pre-settled status from the EU, EEA or Switzerland, or who applied for either status by the deadlineEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in new window)

• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the civil service

• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals with established civil service work rights

• Certain family members of relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

More information on citizenship requirements (opens in new window)

work for civil servants

The civil service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity. Therefore, we run the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet minimum selection criteria.

The civil service also offers a transfer interview program for civil servants who are at risk of retrenchment and who meet the minimum requirements for recruiting vacancies.