Senior Contract Support Officer Guildford, England
Job description
The starting salary for this position is £36,282 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
Our Highways and Transport Service is excited to be hiring a new Senior Contract Support Officer to provide financial and contractual assurance for the Highway Schemes Design and Highway Improvement Construction Teams.
Surrey County Council has embraced agile working, which means that colleagues can work with their managers to agree an appropriate balance of where and when they work to suit the needs of the team, while giving individuals flexibility (a laptop and mobile phone will be provided to allow for agile working). Colleagues come together at our office in the Merrow depot two days a week.
Surrey County Council’s Highways and Transport Service is responsible for managing, maintaining and improving Surrey’s road network. This includes 3,000 miles of carriageways, 1,800 bridges, 3,300 miles of footway, over 600 sets of traffic lights, drainage, and grass verges. Our total annual budget is over £150,000,000 – a combination of revenue and capital funding.
New starters with the council benefit from 26 days annual leave per annum, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, and a generous local government pension scheme. We offer a wide range of benefits to all staff - further details are available on our website.
About the Role
You will work with colleagues in our Finance department to support the teams’ Designers, Project Managers and Implementation Engineers, providing accurate monthly and annual financial reporting. Another important aspect of the role is effective contract administration – this includes working with external providers to ensure accurate invoicing and forecasting, handling variations and ensuring payments are made.
We charge internal teams for the time we spend on their projects, and we use their funds to procure external technical and construction services. In this context a major aspect of this role is the monitoring of capital and revenue expenditure.
To be shortlisted to interview for this position your CV and personal statement will clearly evidence:
- Experience of working with complex spreadsheets
- Knowledge of accounting processes
- Experience of using financial management software systems – we currently use: SAP (including SRM and Crystal reporting), Unit4 – we are in the process of changing from SAP to Unit 4 (My Surrey) Intime, ETCi – (RedSky timesheets)
- A high level of numeracy
- Good people and communication skills
At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.
For more information, please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.
Additional InformationThe deadline for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 23rd April 2023. Interviews will take place in the first or second week of May 2023.
Please note, we do not accept applications via agencies – therefore, to apply for this role please click on the ‘apply online’ button below.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Contact Information
For an informal discussion please contact either:
- Nick Healey on 07581 363351 or via email at [email protected]
- Michelle Armstrong on 07896 911683 or via email at [email protected]
Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.
