Clerical assistant

This post will provide Clerical support to the Council s Multiply and Shared Prosperity Fund projects. This will involve raising Purchase Orders and dealing with invoices. Organisation Cheshire East Council Location Macclesfield Job Category Administration Grade CEC NJC - Grade 4 Salary Min £23,500 Per Annum Salary Max £23,893 Per Annum Hours per week 37 Weeks per year 52.143 Employment Type Fixed Term Contract Duration 15 months Closing Date 05/01/2024 Ref No E2417 Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities. If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together. Brighter Future Employee benefits (cheshireeast.gov.uk) ABOUT THE ROLE You will support the team with all aspects of clerical support to the Council s Multiply and Shared Prosperity Fund projects. The Council has commissioned out services to provide projects under the Multiply Numeracy programme and the People and Skills strand of the Shared Prosperity Fund. This post will support two Project Officers involved in managing these projects. This will include administration support covering financial transactions including the raising of purchase orders and dealing with invoices on the Unit 4 system. Experience in dealing with financial transactions and spreadsheets is needed. The role will also cover more general support including arranging meetings and taking minutes. You will be working as part of a well-established supportive team. We adopt a flexible working policy including the ability to work from home some of the time. The office base is Macclesfield Town Hall. For more information please contact Colin Jacklin via email - [email protected] or by phone - 07796 996498 for an informal chat. Internet Explorer is no longer supported so please use a different browser when you submit your application - for example Google Chrome or Microsoft edge. You will also need to ensure pop ups are enabled. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again. For any technical enquiries please email [email protected] Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.