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Job Title: Contracts & Business Support Officer (Public Health)

Location: Ealing - Hybrid working (1 days minimum a week in office)

Hourly rate £21.33 PAYE Per Hour

Contract Length: 3-month assignment (possibility of extension)

Working Pattern: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 35 hours

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Role purpose:

Delivering effective payments systems, including processing invoices, making accurate and timely payments in line with council's procedures and contract agreement
Analysing activity and expenditure using Excel to a high level, using large datasets, including use of formulas and pivot tables and summarising, and presenting results
Use of large databases to check and ensure accuracy in activity and payments ( training provided on specific databases)
Provide regular and effective written and verbal updates and summary reports
Maintaining effective record-keeping on contracts, expenditure, and business functions
Liaising directly with providers to ensure prompt and accurate payments, and challenging discrepancies to ensure payments aligned with agreements and accurate.
Provide high-quality support for team on key commissioning, contracts, finance, and business functions.
Attending and arranging key meetings.

Essential Skills:

Delivering effective payments systems, including processing invoices, making accurate and timely payments in line with council's procedures and contract agreement (experience in Business World or similar payments system)
Analysing health service activity and expenditure using Excel to a high level, using large datasets, including use of formulas and pivot tables and summarising, and presenting results
Thoroughness and attention to detail in numerical and written work in providing regular reports.
High- level Excel analytical skills and experience (use of formulas and pivot tables, transferring data, summarising, and presenting results)
Experience in using databases (training in specific databases provided)
Proficient in key Microsoft packages (Teams, Word, PowerPoint)
Excellent numerical and written skills
Thoroughness, paying attention to detail, with high level of accuracy and identification of discrepancies.
Effective organisational, time-management and prioritisation skills
Experienced in providing regular, timely and effective written and verbal status updates.
Experienced in working on Public Sector payments, contracts and business processes, or strongly transferrable experience and skills (training in Business World provided)
Excellent verbal communication and relationship management skills
Ability to work on your own, whilst being an key team player to support effective business, finance, and contract and commissioning functions
Have a willingness to learn, clear thinking and eagerness to develop new knowledge and skills, whist working in a busy environment.

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