Income Officer (Part Time) - REQ3031 - 394485

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

NLC9 - £32,339 - £37,462

North Lanarkshire Council is the largest social landlord in Scotland with 36,000 tenants. This post sits within the finance function providing support to the Housing service.

Reporting to the Income Manager, you will be part of a small team dedicated to the control and reporting of house rent income in excess of £140m.

You will manage the various payment methods and ensure the smooth running of the daily Direct Debit processes. This will include ensuring effective controls are in place to identify and correct, in a timely manner, any errors or omissions and identify better practices to reduce the recurrence and impact of these. You will contribute towards the administration and maintenance of the rent accounting system including system updates, development and testing as and when required. In addition, you will be responsible for the production of periodic rent and asset management information.

This role includes the supervision, direction and training of Income Assistants.

To carry out this role you be educated as a minimum to an HNC/SVQ3 level or equivalent and have extended experience in a busy finance/administration environment.

Excellent Excel and Word skills are essential as are analytical and interrogations skills along with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

You will be a confident, self-motivated individual with good communication skills.

Experience of HSMS – Housing Rent Accounting system, Direct Debit and BACS processes and knowledge of other finance related systems such as general ledger or debtors are desirable.

The post will follow the hybrid model of home-working and office-based work in the Civic Centre, Motherwell.

Work Pattern – 17.5 hours 

Week 1 Monday, Tuesday

Week 2 Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council 

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at  work well NL.. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career. 

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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy. 

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work. 

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People. 

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

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The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***