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Position reference: 50131640
Salary: £24,790 - £25,183
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: FIXED FOR 4 YEARS
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 23/05/2025 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Financeteam as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Finance Graduate Apprentice supporting the Council to deliver its Council Plan and Barnsley 2030 Strategy.
Working within the Finance Business Unit, the successful applicant will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Council’s Section 151 Officer’s responsibility are fulfilled and that front line services receive an efficient, effective and market leading financial support service.
The Council’s People Strategy will act to support the successful candidate to adopt the culture and behaviours of a modern, agile, healthy, engaged, skilled and innovative workforce.
About the role
Working across the Finance Business Unit, the Finance Graduate Apprentice will provide excellent customer service and high quality, accurate financial support across a range of financial functions, contributing towards ensuring that the Council’s core financial systems are accurate, up to date and maintained and that financial processing of information is completed in a timely manner to support the delivery of the Council’s core priorities and support Directorates to deliver efficient and effective services.
As a graduate apprentice you will gain experience across a range of financial functions including budget setting and accounts, capital and revenue financial management, operational finance functions including payroll and pensions, accounts payable and transactional Finance processing, income and debt collection.
About you
The successful candidate will be an ambitious individual seeking to progress their career within a financial role. Adopting an enthusiastic, positive attitude to problem solving, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, being able to adapt their approach, behaviours and actions to address the tasks in hand being able to work as part of a core team and flexible in their approach to meet the demands of the business unit and wider council. In return the Council will invest in training and development in professional finance and accounting qualifications through the apprenticeship scheme.
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Job Profile: 11374 Finance Degree Apprentice Job Profile.doc
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile LOW.docx
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
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