Senior Finance Officer


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Details

Reference number

316019

Salary

£32,101
A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
Senior Associate – Level 3

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

EHRC – Finance and Procurement

Type of role

Finance
Procurement and Contracts Management
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Manchester, North West England, M4 3AQ

Job summary

We are Britain’s national equality regulator and a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ national human rights institution.

We uphold people’s rights without fear or favour. We use the full force of our legal powers to defend people from unfair or unequal treatment and to challenge breaches of the law. We advise on developing laws and provide guidance, training and support to enable compliance.

We bring people together to create change. We work with employers, governments and a wide range of organisations, to promote understanding of equality and human rights and we support them to make improvements in practice.

Our new strategy for 2022-25 gives us a strong platform to show that we will use our powers to protect and promote equality and human rights, and that we have identified the main challenges in society where we can make a difference in our role as a regulator.

Job description

Working as a Senior Associate at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, this is a Senior Finance Officer role, this post is responsible for the effective and efficient day to day management of our accounting operations function ensuring the provision of a high-quality customer-focused service to the Commission.

Working in the Commission’s finance team based in our Manchester office, you will undertake a wide range of activities, as set out below. 

You will need to fulfil this role in a way that is in keeping with our values of fairness, dignity and respect, and display a high degree of flexibility, accountability and initiative.

Person specification

The full list of Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the role can be found in the Candidate Pack at the bottom of this advert.
Alongside your salary of £32,101, Equality and Human Rights Commission contributes
£8,699 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In return you can expect to receive a competitive salary, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (full time FTE) and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and partnership pension schemes.

We will provide investment in your career, giving you access to Civil Service Learning, our peer learning programme, specialist training and mentoring.  

We offer a range of family friendly benefits, such as enhanced parental leave, flexible working including non-contractual hybrid working.

You will also have access to our wellbeing offering, including our employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, health checks, discount gym membership and retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and other salary sacrifice options. In addition, we have a range of staff networks and social groups.

Selection process details

If this sounds like the role for you, follow the link in the advert to our recruitment portal, Applied.

Appointment to the Equality and Human Rights Commission is overseen by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email the Commission’s People Helpdesk in the first instance.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Becky Roberts
  • Email : Becky.Roberts@equalityhumanrights.com
  • Telephone : 0161 829 8100

Recruitment team

  • Email : Becky.Roberts@equalityhumanrights.com

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