Early Years Entitlements Funding Officer x2

Temporary Early Years Entitlements Funding Officer x2
Reference no: Barnsley TCL 0008 C532 / 1
Pay Rate: £12.59 per hour PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: BARNSLEY
Basic DBS disclosure required
Hybrid working
Funding officers to join the Early Start and Families Services to ensure the smooth operation of the early years funding provider payments system. The role will involve working as a part of a team to deliver the efficient processing of early years funding payments to providers. This will include working with internal colleagues and providers to support with use of the system and any queries.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist in the development and operation of policies and procedures relating to the management of early years entitlements funding including payment portal.
Provide professional advice and guidance to a wide range of audiences including internal and external agencies. This includes advice to be provided in writing and through training sessions.
Assist in the interpretation of legislation and the implementation of appropriate procedures and policies and comply with local and national reporting requirements such as completing census reporting.
Processing of payments on the portal in line with the council’s financial procedures.
Assist in the undertaking of audits of claims submitted by Private, Voluntary and Independent providers.
Assist ensuring that all processes are clearly documented.
Assist in the planning, organisation and submission to deadlines, statutory and non-statutory government returns as required.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade as requested by management.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles
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