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About the job
Salary: £23,150 - £23,893
Grade: CD
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Northallerton / Hybrid
Weekend Working: No
Are you interested in working for your local government organisation and looking for a role that offers the potential to develop your career within the Council? If so, we may have just the role for you!
We have a fantastic opportunity for an Administrator within the central Buying Team, working within the Finance Support service based at County Hall. We are currently supporting a hybrid approach to office and home working and all IT equipment will be provided to the successful applicant.
The Role:
This is a customer focused role providing a wide variety of financial administrative duties for our internal customers and external organisations.
Duties will include the purchasing of goods, services and works and the processing of invoices and payments to our suppliers, booking of rail travel and accommodation and the management of generic mailbox, whilst providing outstanding customer service via telephone and email.
What you will bring:
You will be a conscientious, flexible and well-organised person with the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, prioritising your workload. Excellent communication skills are essential, both written and verbal and you will have experience in the use of Microsoft packages including Excel and Word.
Working for Us:
You will be supported by an established team of friendly professionals who will help you grow and develop your role and full training will be provided to the appointed candidate. As an employee of North Yorkshire Council, you will be entitled to 28 day’s leave per annum rising to 34 days for continued service, including paid Bank Holidays. We offer flexible working and access to our local government pension scheme, along with our employee ‘Everybody Benefits’ scheme and rewards for wellbeing. For further information on our benefits schemes, please see our Total Rewards Brochure
For further information or an informal discussion regarding the position, please email Amanda Manifield, Business Support Team Leader: Amanda.manifield@northyorks.gov.uk
Key Documents:
Key Dates:
Closing date: Sunday 21st July 2024
Interview date: Friday 26th July 2024 at County Hall, Northallerton
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
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