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Head of Finance

Local Authority Blackburn

Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

3 Days required in the office (2 Days Remote)

Salary Negotiable - (£500-£700pd) Dependent on Experience

Job Purpose

You will take responsibility for our finance teams and performance monitoring team developing the plans necessary to deliver excellent services to our residents. You will have the opportunity to influence the direction of the services and support our staff to make the continuous improvements needed to enable our services to flourish.

The successful applicant will play a vital role in supporting the development of our social care and public health services, offering inspiring leadership to our teams and influencing the strategic direction of our services linked to regulatory and business plan requirements. We are on an improvement journey and have brought together a range of services including for example commissioning, finance and performance, which with your expertise, will support the Directorate to operate within budgets and evidence compliance with a range of regulated activities.

Main responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to design and deliver integrated services, ensuring efficient budget use.
• Develop and improve financial, performance, and business systems for managing contracts, focusing on outcomes and quality.
• Ensure commissioned services are high-quality, cost-effective, and people-centered with ongoing quality assurance.
• Lead Adult Social Care Finance, Performance, Direct Payments, and Complex Care teams to drive service improvements and align with public health strategies.
• Ensure compliance with Local Authority systems, including risk management, performance monitoring, and workforce planning.
• Manage multiple Council budgets and funding streams effectively.
• Represent the council in key meetings and with health sector partners to ensure collaborative service delivery.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement to achieve positive outcomes for citizens.
• Provide leadership, fostering employee development, wellbeing, and proactive health management.
• Provide timely information to stakeholders to monitor performance and progress towards strategic goals.

Requirements for the role

• Must be able to attend the office 3 days per week (Flexibility on the days)
• Must be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA)
• Must have significant experience within Adult Social care at a Senior Level
• Or similar significant NHS experience

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.

If this role is of interest, please just respond to this advert with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake on 01772 208969

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

£26,393 - £39,819 per annum

Fixed term contract to 30 June 2025

Hours: 37 per week

Are you looking for a career where you can change lives? Are you a qualified Lecturer in Accounting and Finance looking for a new challenge? In this role, you will have an outstanding opportunity to positively enhance learners' lives through teaching at the college.

The College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.

We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment. There has never been a better time to join us!

The Role

As a Lecturer you'll be part of a curriculum team, contributing to the growth and development of Accounting and Finance, teaching across a broad range of provision but with a particular emphasis on Finance. Delivering across different levels including T levels. Teaching on commercial courses where required and in accordance with business need.

Using a range of learning styles, you'll take responsibility for your quality of teaching and related curriculum development that meets learner needs. You'll assess and record learners' progress according to procedures set out by the appropriate awarding body, while liaising with internal and external bodies, including award-winning examination boards.

What we are looking for

You should hold a UK Honours degree or ENIC recognised degree in a related discipline (Accounting/ Finance) and a PGCE or other recognised teaching qualification. You will need a track record of success in teaching Accounts / Finance and experience of at various levels. You must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written and the ability to motivate and inspire students.

What makes the college an Employer of choice?

You'll have access to a wide range of benefits and support, including, but not limited to:

• Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7/365 helpline for advice and support
• Regular Staff Physical Activity Sessions and reduced-price gym membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Family-friendly policies
• Free eye tests and contribution to VDU-use-only glasses
• Several food outlets with a variety of menu choices
• A full range of discounted professional Hair & Beauty services provided by the Academy Salon
• Professional bakery offering a variety of fresh breads, cakes, and ready meals.

Closing Date: 9am Friday 23 August 2024

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

Please click apply and we will email you the full JD, PS & application form. Please demonstrate clearly on your application form how you meet the criteria detailed in the person specification.

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

£26,393 - £39,819 per annum gross

Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term contract to 30 June 2025

Are you looking for a career where you can change lives? Are you a qualified Lecturer in Accounting and Finance looking for a new challenge? In this role, you will have an outstanding opportunity to positively enhance learners' lives through teaching at Blackburn College.

The College

Blackburn College has nearly 700 people employed in a vast range of roles and feels more like a community than a workplace, and this sense of collaboration is just one of the benefits of working here. We strive to make our employee community a welcoming, caring, and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.

We are proud to offer the full range of qualifications that students need to fulfil long and valuable careers. With purpose-built facilities, excellent grades, expanding catchment area, and purposeful vision. We believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification and aim to give all learners an opportunity to develop their full potential in a friendly and supportive environment. There has never been a better time to join us!

The Role

As a Lecturer you'll be part of a curriculum team, contributing to the growth and development of Accounting and Finance, teaching across a broad range of provision but with a particular emphasis on Finance. Delivering across different levels including T levels. Teaching on commercial courses where required and in accordance with business need.

Using a range of learning styles, you'll take responsibility for your quality of teaching and related curriculum development that meets learner needs. You'll assess and record learners' progress according to procedures set out by the appropriate awarding body, while liaising with internal and external bodies, including award-winning examination boards.

What we are looking for

You should hold a UK Honours degree or ENIC recognised degree in a related discipline (Accounting/ Finance) and a PGCE or other recognised teaching qualification. You will need a track record of success in teaching Accounts / Finance and experience of at various levels. You must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written and the ability to motivate and inspire students.

What makes Blackburn College an Employer of choice?

You'll have access to a wide range of benefits and support, including, but not limited to:

• Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7/365 helpline for advice and support
• Regular Staff Physical Activity Sessions and reduced-price gym membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Family-friendly policies
• Free eye tests and contribution to VDU-use-only glasses
• Several food outlets with a variety of menu choices
• A full range of discounted professional Hair & Beauty services provided by the Academy Salon
• Professional bakery offering a variety of fresh breads, cakes, and ready meals.

Closing Date: 9am Wednesday 17 July 2024
Interview Date: Monday 19 August 2024

Reference Number: 6301

Please click apply and we will email you the full JD, PS & application form. Please demonstrate clearly on your application form how you meet the criteria detailed in the person specification.

**This is cover for a development post therefore can be recruited as Band 3, Finance Officer or Band 4, Senior Finance Officer** Please see both Job Descriptions to ensure that you understand the criteria for 2 both bands.

Applicants with relevant experience and qualifications will be considered for the Band 4 Senior Finance Officer- Development Role (Stage 2).

We are looking for someone who is confident and ambitious, looking to join or further a career in NHS finance. Working alongside a fantastic Team of Management Accountants and Divisional Accountants, we are looking for an individual who can use their initiative, be courageous and proactive, to support the Division and its Budget Holders.

Due to the global pandemic there have been many challenges our Finance team have had to face, and we are looking for someone with excellent communication and relationship building skills to join our Finance Family. These skills will be heavily relied on as the team are currently working remotely Full Time, so new staff can expect a warm ‘remote’ welcome but will need to have the ability to build relationships with the team and division whilst working from home.

Support available to continue professional development will be discussed with the successful applicant.

Here at ELHT, we know what we do well, but always continue our aim to be amazing; we strive to provide the very best training and development packages and opportunities for our Finance Team, our ELHT colleagues and our local youth population and have been recognised nationally for this. This year we have been the recipients of 2 prestigious national training awards including the ‘Public Finance – Training and Development initiative award’.

We don’t just look at you for who you are now; we look at you for who you could be in the future. We take training seriously, and encourage you to do the same. As such e provide a supportive environment in which to learn, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment.

These exciting opportunities will allow the successful candidates to work in an engaging and forward-thinking organisation, develop and hone in on your own professional and academic abilities, and be responsible for key objectives such as:
• Working with the Financial Management Team, to produce comprehensive and timely monthly reporting of the Divisions' financial position.
• Supporting the budget setting process of the Divisional revenue budgets.
• Assisting in the training of budget holders and managers in budgetary management and control.
• Assisting in the training and development of individuals within the Financial Management Team and wider department.


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Mar 2024

These exciting opportunities will allow the successful candidates to work in an engaging and forward-thinking organisation, develop and hone in on your own professional and academic abilities, and be responsible for key objectives such as: Working with the Financial Management Team, to produce comprehensive and timely monthly reporting of the Divisions' financial position. Supporting the budget setting process of the Divisional revenue budgets. Assisting in the training of budget holders and managers in budgetary management and control. Assisting in the training and development of individuals within the Financial Management Team and wider department.