Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund (SENIF) Finance Assistant

Role Responsibility

Do you have experience with administering numerous pieces of information to make decisions against a set criteria?  Are you passionate about contributing to a process that makes a difference to children’s lives in Kent? If so, we are looking for a SENIF Finance Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team.

The SENIF Finance Assistant will work within the SENIF Finance Team, closely alongside the other SENIF Finance Assistants, liaising with the SENIF Monitoring Officers and supporting the SENIF Finance Manager to allocate the financial element of the Kent SENIF Offer.  The SENIF Finance Assistant will provide a professional financial and data information support function within the team.  Duties and responsibilities also include effective management of information and tracking systems, to ensure the Fund is effectively and accurately controlled. 

You will be organised, have the ability to multi-task, deal with complex queries and confidently communicate with a range of stakeholders whilst reviewing funding requests against criteria.  The SENIF Finance Assistant will support the SENIF Finance Manager to manage the day-to-day SENIF Processes ensuring the SENIF Offer is effectively allocated to Kent’s Private, Voluntary, Independent (PVI), Maintained Pre-School settings and Childminders to support children with additional needs.  You will also support the process for agreeing access to Early Years Outreach when deputising for the SENIF Finance Manager.

The SENIF Assistant will be Educated to NVQ level 3 or equivalent appropriate qualification in Business Administration (including at least GCSE Mathematics and English grade 4 to 9) are the required minimum qualifications with knowledge of Early Childhood Development and some experience and knowledge of children with Special Educational Needs.  Experience of working in an Early Years Pre-school Setting would be desirable.

Within your application, please demonstrate how you meet the criteria within the Person Specification attached to the Job Description.

The interviews are scheduled for 19^th February 2025 and there will be a presentation, the title of which will be shared once candidates have been shortlisted and a 10 minute excel task            

This role is subject to a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for KCC you will have:

- An option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme with KCC contributions.

- Staff discounts on a range of leisure products and services through our Kent Rewards programme

- Access to a range of KCC staff groups providing support and development opportunities to staff across our diverse workforce

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Paula Freathy 03000 414167

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.