Royal Greenwich Commissioning are looking for a skilled and experienced leader to oversea and manage the Client Financial Affairs team, part of Personalised Care & Support and HAS Financial Services.
At Royal Borough of Greenwich Adult Health and Social Care services, we have developed a new long-term vision with the help of residents and partner organisations, which will build on all our strengths to support health, wellbeing and independence. Our aim is to ensure individuals and teams are skilled, enabled and empowered to do the right thing for residents, making them feel valued and proud to work in their role .
The right candidate will lead, develop, and manage the Client Financial Affairs Team (up to 20 staff) and be responsible for the recruitment, training and development of staff. Duties will also include rota management, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and completed to high quality standards; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across various teams.
We are looking for a strong candidate who will contribute to developing a flexible and effective Service Leadership and Management team focused on improving performance; attend strategic and operational meetings within the department, stay up to date with changes in law, policy and where appropriate, carry out visits to establish clients’ needs and costings from providers.
Among other duties, the right person will also work closely with Audit and Corporate Financial Services to ensure the transparency of HAS Financial Services and deal with complaints regarding the work of the team in line with the Council’s agreed procedures.
Join our committed and dynamic team and embark on a rewarding journey of empowering local residents. If you are ready to lead with impact, innovation, a strength-based approach and be one of the driving forces behind transformative change, apply today.
Please view the Job description and Person specification for more information about this vacancy.
This is a hybrid position – a combination of a few days in the office during the week, and a few days of remote work. Working pattern to be agreed.
Due to high volumes of applications and enquiries, we are unable to accommodate individual chats with prospective candidates, however if you have specific questions that are not covered in this advert of the Job description/person specification, please email:
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Mel Franklin; commissioning-comments at royalgreenwich.gov dot uk .
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment at royalgreenwich.gov dot uk or call 020-8921-8977
Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment at royalgreenwich.gov dot uk.
As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).
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Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.
How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
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