Data Claims Officer Remote
Job description
Data Claims Officer
EHTT (Early Help Transformation Team) have a great opportunity within the team and are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person with good communication, analytical thinking and interpersonal skills, to join our high achieving team as a Data Claims Officer.
We are looking for a team player who will analyse data and compile evidence to showcase successful outcomes for families supported under Social Care or Early Help plans. This entails using data systems and Microsoft packages to present this information. A Data Claims Officer will need to analyse the quality of data held on our systems and rectify where needed. There are also opportunities for you to implement actions to improve and develop practice in our processes.
As a Data Claims Officer, you will build connections with our partners and other teams across the council requesting evidence that is accurate and up to date. We also have monthly targets that we must accomplish as a team, and we need a team member that is impassioned to contribute to this. The ideal candidate will also have a good level of education, experience of statistical analysis and the ability to complete a range of complex tasks as needed.
We will provide you with full training on our systems and processes. We will ensure you have all you need to understand the requirements of the programme as set out by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) Financial Framework for the national Supporting Families programme and Medway’s SF Outcomes Plan, while encouraging Medway’s Early Help ethos.
Data Claims Officers are line managed by the Project Lead for the Supporting Families Programme. The role is Hybrid – a mix of working from home and office (Child and Family Hub, Magpie Hall Road Chatham). We are a friendly and supportive team that challenges and encourages our members to achieve their best.
In return we offer you:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
- The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Interviews will be held, in person, week beginning 03 July 2023.
Our organisation:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.
Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.
We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.
Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
How to apply
Please be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATS
If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.
