Administrative Officer

Details Reference number 444555 Salary £26,959 - £26,959 pro rata A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP Job grade Administrative Officer Contract type Permanent Business area FC - Forestry England Type of role Administration / Corporate Support Working pattern Flexible working, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents

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• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information
  
  

Location Vernon Stockton Centre, Northwich, CW8 2GN About the job Job summary

What you?ll do

Reporting to the Finance Manager and working with variety of colleagues within PSS, the Administrative Officer is primarily responsible for ensuring timesheet data for Agency employees working in PSS is collated, processed and submitted to Agency in good time for weekly payroll.

You will also be involved in financial transaction processing, support Head of PSS in preparation of reports, presentations and correspondence, as well as support other colleagues with preparation of documents and reports, project delivery or assist in organising events and networking activities.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you?ll work

Vernon Stockton Centre, Northwich, CW8 2GN

Working from home as part of hybrid pattern is possible.

Job Description

• Collate agency payroll information from plant nurseries and submitting a weekly payroll report to agency
• Process financial transactions, including sales and purchase invoices, purchase orders and internal journals
• Gather and process production related output information to assist Finance Manager in preparation of management accounting reports/tasks
• Support Head of PSS and Senior Operations Manager in diary management, including organising travel, event planning, preparation of reports, presentations, and correspondence
• Be a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, handling inquiries and requests promptly and professionally
• Support and guiding colleagues on our systems, policies and procedures
  
  

And any other tasks reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person specification

Essential Professional And Technical Experience

• Relevant experience working in an administrative role
• Proven ability to work with high accuracy and attention to detail

Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications

Experience in supporting colleagues in a team environment

Desirable Professional And Technical Experience

• Previous experience in financial transaction processing
• Ability to analyse data
  
  

Essential

Qualifications

• A GCSE in Maths and English or functional skills equivalent
• Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Benefits Alongside your salary of £26,959, Forestry Commission contributes £7,810 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Benefits

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year?s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.

STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.

free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.

a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.

Things you need to know Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

How To Apply

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

You will be assessed on experience, and strength based questions during your interview.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are ?

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email .

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

Requirements

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy . Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact :

• Name : FC Recruitment Team
• Email :
  
  

Recruitment team

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Further information Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners? Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: . If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

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