Junior Business Delivery Officer (Scale 6)

Job Title : Junior Business Delivery Officer (Scale 6).
Job Category : Planning.
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.
Hours Per Week 35.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.
Salary: £14.56.

This is an opportunity to join a team who are working on some really innovative and interesting digital projects as well as providing critical back-office functions .
The role will require a focus on supporting the day to day requirements arising out of the Planning, Transport and Sustainability (PTS) service and the wider Sustainable Growth and Opportunities directorate. They will also be required to support project work as it arises. Day to day requirements will include a range of functions from finance to HR to Procurement, report writing and briefings.
In terms of report writing requirements the successful candidate may be asked to help research for benchmarking reports and provide material to support briefings and other types of written reporting.
Regarding the finance aspect, the role will include providing junior support to finance management processes such as working papers providing forecasting positions etc.; the finance admin will require taking a support role in the chasing of queries arising from regular purchase order and transaction listing reporting, keeping tabs of invoicing, day-to-day cash receipt functions and running regular returned payment reports, reviewing reconciliation queries and similar types of tasks. They will also be key in supporting the services Planning Performance Agreements function supporting the finance and analysis of time reporting for this side of the business.
In relation to HR, they will need to help officers navigate the system and at times pick up recruitment related tasks around administration to support recruitment processes and monitoring training and other key HR related functions. Procurement related tasks will again include helping officers navigate systems and supporting gathering information/research/analysis for smaller value requirements.
They will need to be good with systems and will need to use the Uniform planning application system to pull out reports, check screens for status and payments etc
The successful candidate will also be able to take advantage of the opportunity to be involved in the team’s digital programme which includes the Reducing Invalid Planning Applications project which Lambeth is leading. The successful candidate must have excellent writing ability, strong communications skills as well as MS Outlook, Word and Excel skills. SharePoint knowledge would be a bonus. We are looking for engaging, self-motivated individuals with a real curiosity to learn and a common sense approach to problem solving.

Key Knowledge
Detailed knowledge of relevant local, regional and central Government functions, structures, processes and issues.
Knowledge of relevant tools, techniques, applications and issues of project management, performance information, data and analysis in relation to the improvement of service delivery.

Qualifications
A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience.(HCC) Degree level or equivalent e.g. NVQ level 4 &/or relevant experience

Experience
Able to demonstrate a track record of, and a genuine enthusiasm for, service development, research and analysis, performance review, and improving business processes and delivery.
Experience of working on projects that form part of a wider programme of change.
Experience of researching, collating and analysing information from a wide variety of technical and non-technical sources