Person specification
Job title: Solicitor
Attributes
Experience
Essential:
- Minimum of two years relevant post qualifying experience, including recent Sheriff Court experience.
Education, qualifications and training
Essential:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Pracitising Certificate issued by the Law Society of Scotland.
- Commitment to own CPD.
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity issues.
- IT literate, demonstrating experience with IT language and processes, using the most effective methods to communicate and manage information.
Key performance outcomes
Effective communication
Essential:
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to select appropriate communication style and methods depending on the needs and abilities of the audience.
- Addresses difficult issues so people are kept well informed.
Desirable:
- Articulate and positive communicator.
Flexibility
Essential:
- Is open-minded to suggestions about how to improve processes within the Care Inspectorate.
- Applies regulation and standards sensibly and understands where a flexible approach may be required.
- Exercises professional judgement when considering options and outcomes.
Improvement focus
Essential:
- Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.
- Aware of trends and changes and maintains professional knowledge and skills.
- Encourages and promotes new ideas.
Desirable:
- Rethinks traditional ways of doing things to create opportunities to improve.
Impact and influence
Essential:
- Uses evidence to influence others towards a course of action.
- Builds a network of contracts to increase circle of influence.
- Influences others by example and acts as a professional role model.
- Focuses on key benefits to get message across.
Desirable:
- Anticipates likely objections and builds responses in to arguement/approach.
Objective decision making
Essential:
- Balances the need for careful decision making with the need for action.
- Ensures all options are considered in order to make the right decisions.
- Makes effective decisions based on critical evaluation of all relevant facts and evidence.
- Considers Care Inspectorate values in relation to impact of their decisions.
Please note - these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role.
Job profile
Job title: Solicitor
Responsible to: Head of Legal Services
Principal working contacts:
- Executive Team
- Inspection Programme Managers
- Inspector Managers
- Inspectors
- Business Support Colleagues
Job purpose
To provide legal advice and representation services to the Care Inspectorate including advice on the powers, duties, procedures and responsibilities of the Board and its Committees ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, statutory guidance and codes of conduct and practice and to assist the Head of Legal Services in the proper administration of the business of the Care Inspectorate.
Key responsibilities
- To provide advice and guidance to operational staff on the discharge of the statutory functions under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
- To provide legal representation for the Care Inspectorate in court, tribunal and inquiry proceedings.
- To provide legal input to the development of Care Inspectorate policy.
- To provide legal input as required in relation to complaints and enquiries received from external parties.
- Under the supervision of the Head of Legal Services, to generate guidance and procedures ensuring the consistent and proper conduct of business by all Care Inspectorate offices.
- To carry out any other legal work as required by the Head of Legal Services.
- To carry out your duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies, procedures, guidance, practices, and legislative requirements, taking reasonable care for your safety and that of others who may be affected by what you do or fail to do while at work.
Relationship management
- Ensure effective communication of the Care Inspectorate’s work with people who use care services, carers, relatives, and advocates.
- Ensure effective working protocols in accordance with the Care Inspectorate’s Communications, Human Resources, Finance, IT and Operations function.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the Care Inspectorate’s aims, vision and values and to the Care Inspectorate’s overall objective of improving care in Scotland.
Other duties
This job description is a broad picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties to the equivalent level that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job, and to respond positively to changing business needs.
Person specificaton
Job title: Payroll and Workforce Information Assistant
Attributes
Experience
Essential:
- Working in a customer facing role (internal or external customers) as the first point of contact (telephone, email or face to face).
- Prioritising and managing workload under broad guidance.
- Working with large datasets, particularly numerical data.
Desirable:
- Working in an administrative/office-based environment.
- Working in a local authority or public body setting.
- Coordinating and designing processes.
- Working with payroll
- Working with Resourcelink or a similar HR/payroll system.
- Working in Corporate Services (HR, Finance or IT) in a public sector setting.
- Use of SharePoint and Microsoft 365 in a workplace setting
- Working with Microsoft Power BI and Power Automate
Education, qualifications anad training
Essential:
- Significant skills and experience to SCQF Level 6
Desirable:
- A qualification at SCQF level 6 or above (e.g. SQA Higher grade) in a numerical, business, office administration, or IT related subject (e.g. accountancy, HR, payroll).
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or a similar qualification, demonstrating your ability in using Microsoft Office suite effectively, particularly Office 365.
- Desire to work towards, Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals membership (CIPP).
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to transfer knowledge or skills to others through a variety of different methods (eg demonstrations, producing guidance materials).
- IT literate – particularly with Microsoft office 365 suite.
- Excellent numeracy skills and basic statistical analysis
- Able to present information logically and concisely.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI and Power Automate.
- Basic knowledge of typical employment related payments and deductions (e.g. salaries, pensions taxes, statutory payments such as maternity pay).
- Basic knowledge of accounting procedures.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365.
- Able to use IT effectively to analyse, compare and present data (e.g., make use of Excel and Power BI).
- Knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Knowledge of HR policies and procedures.
Key performance outcomes
Effective communication:
- Demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to select appropriate communication style and methods depending on the needs and abilities of the audience.
- Listens actively and questions to check understanding.
Team working:
- Ability to contribute to and support the work and decisions of the team.
- Ability to work co-operatively and supportively with others.
- Values and makes use of skills, knowledge and experience of others.
Improvement focus:
- Contributes to the development of new ideas, policies & procedures where appropriate.
- Aware of trends and changes in processes and procedures and keeps own knowledge and skills up to date.
- Seeks opportunities for learning and personal development.
Personal accountability and responsibility:
- Maintains a high standard of work, ensuring attention to detail, actively seeking out continuous improvement.
- Demonstrates initiative within own area of expertise.
- Takes responsibility for own actions and decisions.
Working in partnership:
- Openly shares information as and when appropriate, maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.
- Respects others recognises and values differences and diversity.
- Keeps others information of progress of work plan, targets, etc.
Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role. Successful applicants will be assessed against all the performance indicators used in the Performance Development Review System once established in the role.
Job profile
Job title: Payroll and Workforce Information Assistant
Responsible to: Payroll and Workforce Information Manager
Principal working contacts
- All Human Resources staff
- Finance Assistants/Officers
- Other staff within Corporate and Customer Services Directorate (eg Estates, Health and Safety, ICT)
- Managers and employees of the Care Inspectorate & SSSC
- Third party service providers
Job purpose
To assist in the provision of a payroll advisory and support service for the Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council.
Key responsibilities
- Process and maintain accurate pay and pension data, including but not limited to:
- All information required for the monthly payroll (eg post/hours changes, starter details, leaver details)
- Employee pensions (processing details, cessations and estimates).
- Act as the first point of contact for payroll and data queries, taking ownership of any issues and referring/escalating these where necessary. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Use of payroll systems
- Employee data and Management Information requests
- Payroll policies, processes or procedures.
- Annual leave and sickness
- Pay, pensions and expenses.
- Working with members of the accounting team, coordinate monthly payroll and pension processing activities.
- Liaise with third party providers where necessary (e.g. payroll services provider, pension scheme provider).
- Support the management information service. This will include presenting the information in a variety of formats (e.g. tables, charts, graphs) using various tools including Microsoft Excel and Power BI. Information provided will include but is not limited to:
- Benchmarking and workforce analysis
- Assurance Reports
- Establishment Control
- Absence
- Performance Review
- Equality Data
- Staff lists
- Process and maintain an up to date and accurate staff record in our payroll and related systems, including but not limited to:
- Core employee details (names, contact details, bank details, emergency contacts, etc)
- Contractual details (core employment details such as hours of work, post holdings, salaries, pensions)
- Attendance and absence details (work patterns, overtime, sickness, annual leave, special leave, flexi time)
- Equality and diversity information
- Other relevant employee information
- Assist with the gathering of information for benchmarking and workforce analysis.
- Assist with the production management information for reporting purposes.
- Assist with the development of and updates to payroll and related systems and processes including:
- Testing
- Design
- Data clean-up and data migration
- Training staff
- Development of guidance and procedure manuals
- Assist in the development of new processes and procedures, making full use of information technology where appropriate.
- Participate in working groups and attend associated meetings, as and when required.
- Undertake any other duties and/or responsibilities commensurate with the nature of the job
- Carry out your duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies, procedures, guidance, practices and legislative requirements, taking reasonable care for your safety and that of others who may be affected by what you do or fail to do while at work.
People management
- Demonstrate commitment to the safety and security of the Care Inspectorate’s data, information systems and devices.
- Promote the health, safety and welfare of employees, with responsibility for ensuring that the Care Inspectorate health and safety policies, procedures and practice and legislative requirements are met across the team.
- Carry out your duties in accordance with our Health and Safety policies, procedures, guidance, practices and legislative requirements, taking reasonable care for your safety and that of others who may be affected by what you do or fail to do while at work
- Promote diversity, equality of opportunity, fairness, dignity and trust, ensuring that these principles are upheld across all areas of service delivery.
Relationship management
- Model corporate behaviour and demonstrate commitment to organisation values.
- Develop and maintain constructive and co-operative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient directorate support.
- Promote the principles of collaborative working throughout the organisation and in all working practices in accordance with the Partnership Agreements with the trade unions.
- Ensure effective working protocols in accordance with the Care Inspectorate’s Communications, Human Resources, Finance, IT and Operations function.
- Project a professional image for the Care Inspectorate when dealing with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the Care Inspectorate’s aims, vision and values and to the Care Inspectorate’s overall objective of improving care in Scotland.
Other duties
This job profile is a broad picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties to the equivalent level that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job, and to respond positively to changing business needs.
Payroll and Workforce Information Assistant
Job title: Payroll and Workforce Information Assistant
Salary: £30,495 – £32,052
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office)
Contract: Permanent
About us
We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.
We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.
Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a 4-week period.
Starting salary
Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website.
About the role
We have a permanent vacancy for a payroll and workforce information assistant to join our busy payroll team.
In this role you will support the provision of workforce information and payroll services at the Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
You will maintain staff records, coordinate monthly payroll and pension activity and assist with the design and development of Payroll systems and procedures. You will be the first point of contact for a range of payroll queries.
You will already have significant experience using Microsoft Excel and will have a good head for numbers to run regular reports, analyse data and present in a logical format.
This role would suit somebody with an interest in payroll, accounting, data analysis or ICT.
About you
You will be educated to SCQF Level 6 or have the equivalent skills and experience for this role.
Working in a busy team you will be able to prioritise and manage your workload under guidance and also independently. You will have experience in a customer facing role and have excellent customer service. You will have knowledge and experience with basic payroll functions typical employment related payments and deductions (e.g. salaries, pensions taxes and statutory payments such as maternity pay) and basic knowledge of accounting procedures. You will be confident in the applications associated with the Microsoft office suite which include Microsoft office 365, Excel and Outlook. You will demonstrate the ability to produce work of a consistently high standard, with a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
Next steps
You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification.
If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Victoria Barter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please complete the online application form and equal opportunities form by 08:00 on Monday 16 December 2024. CVs will not be accepted.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held on/no sooner than week of 13 January 2025 at our Dundee office.
Job profile
Job title: Strategic Data Officer
Job location: Flexible
Responsible to: Senior Intelligence Analyst
Principal working contacts
- Head of Risk, Intelligence & Professional Standards
- Service Manger Strategic Scrutiny Adults
- Intelligence and Analysis Manager
- Senior Intelligence Analyst
- Information Analysts
- Office Managers
- Admin Officers
- Inspectors
- Strategic Inspectors
- ICT and Information Governance Coordinator
- Contact Centre colleagues
- Managers and employees of the Care Inspectorate
- External agencies/service providers/service users and carers
Job purpose
To support the delivery of a professional intelligence and analytical function for the Care Inspectorate’s Strategic Inspection programmes.
Key responsibilities
Intelligence research, support and coordination
Support the Intelligence Team to provide analytical support for the Care Inspectorate’s Strategic Inspection programmes which includes:
- The maintenance and development of data collection tools to ensure they meet the needs of the inspection programme
- Carry out sample selection using statistical sampling methods
- Identify and summarise key inspection findings in the form of written and visual analysis reports for both internal and external audiences.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in both the Intelligence team and wider strategic team to identify and resolve data quality issues and improve the programme’s data collection and reporting process.
- Maintain GDPR compliance when working with confidential and sensitive data
- Provide ongoing advice and support to inspection leads and external colleagues when required.
- Undertake such other duties as may be required.
- Promote diversity and equality of opportunity, ensuring that these principles are upheld across all areas of work.
Relationship management
- Develop effective working relationships with the team and with managers and staff across the organisation and externally ensuring effective collaborative and crossdirectorate working.
- Contribute to the continuous development of the Care Inspectorate and support change effectively and creatively.
- Adhere to effective working protocols in accordance with the Care Inspectorate’s Communications, Human Resources, Finance, IT and Operations function.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the Care Inspectorate’s aims, vision and values and to the Care Inspectorate’s overall objective of improving care in Scotland.
Other duties
This job may require some travel. This job description is a broad picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties to the equivalent level that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job, and to respond positively to changing business needs.
Person specification
Job title: Strategic Data Officer
Attributes
Experience
Essential:
- Working with large datasets
- Experience in some of the following
- Working with large datasets
- Statistical analysis and reporting
- Data management
- Identifying and resolving data quality issues
- Performance measurement and reporting
- Experience of working with external/internal contacts at all levels
Desirable:
- Experience of working within the social care sector.
- Experience of working with confidential and sensitive data.
- Knowledge of and experience in using the Care Inspectorate’s ICT systems (especially in a strategic context).
Education, qualifications and training
Essential:
- Educated to HNC level or equivalent.
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
- Competent and experienced in the use of MS office packages, particularly in the use of Excel and Word.
- Experienced in working with data to produce accurate, meaningful and well-presented tables and charts of data.
- Effective written and oral communicator.
- Well developed interpersonal skills.
- Good literacy skills.
- Understanding of data quality issues.
Desirable:
- Experience in the use of Excel functions such as lookup formulas and pivot tables.
- Experience of sampling and survey design.
Key performance outcomes
Effective communication
Essential:
- Articulate and positive communicator on a 1-1 basis and in larger groups of all levels both within and external to the organisation.
- Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to adapt communication to suit different audiences.
Impact and influence
Essential:
Ability to give realistic advice, based on relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
Evidence of building positive relationships, engaging and collaborating effectively with others internally and externally.
Improvement focus
Essential:
- Identifies gaps in performance and makes appropriate suggestions for improvements.
- Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.
- The ability and willingness to learn new skills quickly.
Planning and organising
Essential:
- The ability to manage workloads under pressure to tight deadlines.
- The ability to work autonomously with the minimum of supervision
- Involves others where appropriate and optimises resources to achieve desired results.
- Regularly reviews joint goals and targets and reprioritises where necessary.
- Recognises the need to be flexible in order to meet changing priorities.
Flexibility
Essential:
- Demonstrates a flexible, positive approach to work.
- Listens to feedback and ideas from people and takes appropriate and considered action.
- Adapts quickly in a fast-paced environment, adjusting priorities as required.
- Understand where a flexible approach is required.
Team working
Essential:
- Contributes to and supports the work and decisions of the team.
- Contributes to the shared vision and purpose and shares this effectively.
- Works collaboratively with a wide range of teams across the Care Inspectorate and external agencies.
Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role. Successful applicants will be assessed against all the performance indicators used in the Performance Development Review System once established in the role.
Person specification
Job title: Finance Officer
Attributes
Experience
Essential:
- Minimum of two years relevant financial experience.
- Demonstrable successful track record in a similar role.
- Experience of working with internal and external contacts at all levels.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a public sector environment
- Oracle financial systems experience including developing financial statements.
Education, qualifications and training
Essential:
- Finance qualification eg HNC / Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification.
- Candidates without minimum qualification criteria who have significant experience may be considered.
Desirable:
- Degree in a relevant discipline.
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Word.
- A thorough knowledge of integrated financial accounting systems.
- Understanding of financial controls and financial environment.
- Able to work collaboratively.
- Experience of supporting budget managers in the development and management of their budgets.
- Uses systematic approach to make efficient use of time and manage workload, prioritising own work effectively to meet deadlines and objectives.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills. § Good judgement and decision-making skills.
- Ability to analyse numerical and written information and present results in a clear and concise format.
- Ability to understand the limits of their knowledge and experience and knowing when decisions need to be referred to others.
Desirable:
- Analytical experience of providing statistical data.
- Awareness of sustainability and climate change.
Key performance outcomes
Effective communication
Essential:
- Demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
- Selects appropriate communication style and methods depending on the needs and abilities of the audience.
- Portrays a positive image of the organisation when communicating both inside the organisation and externally.
- Ability to explain complex financial information to a range of audiences including non-specialists.
- Listens to feedback and ideas from others and takes appropriate and considered action.
Impact and influence
Essential:
- Demonstrates ability to influence at all levels.
- Ability to give realistic advice, based on relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
- Evidence of building positive relationships, engaging and collaborating effectively with others internally and externally.
Improvement focus
Essential:
- Identifies gaps in process and performance and makes appropriate suggestions for improvements.
- Aware of trends and changes and maintains professional knowledge and skills.
- Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.
Objective decision-making
Essential:
- Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving.
- Ability to make appropriate and realistic judgments, based on professional expertise, relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
- Ability to analyse complex information.
Planning and organising
Essential:
- Involves others where appropriate and optimises resources to achieve desired results.
- Regularly reviews joint goals and targets and reprioritises where necessary.
- Recognises the need to be flexible in order to meet changing priorities.
Team working
Essential:
- Contributes to and supports the work and decisions of the team.
- Contributes to the shared vision and purpose and shares this effectively.
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with a wide range of teams across the Care Inspectorate.
- Develops good working relationships at all levels.
Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role.
Job profile
Job title: Finance Officer
Responsible to: Accountant
Principal working contacts
- Head of Finance and Corporate Governance
- Finance & Procurement Manager
- Senior Accountant
- Accountant
- Budget holders
- Transactions Manager
- Procurement Officer
- Care Inspectorate finance staff
- External stakeholders
Job purpose
Support the Accountant, Senior Accountant and the Finance and Procurement Manager to deliver a comprehensive finance service to the Care Inspectorate in line with Care Inspectorate policies and procedures.
Key responsibilities
Accounting and other tasks
- Help prepare the annual Care Inspectorate budget.
- Support budget holders with the management of their budgets by holding monthly monitoring meetings, providing budget monitoring information, variance analysis, financial advice, costing information and guidance in line with financial regulations and other financial processes to make sure the operational requirements of the Care Inspectorate are met.
- Provide financial training to budget holders and support staff to make sure they comply with financial processes and procedures.
- Perform monthly reconciliations for suspense accounts, control accounts, bank accounts and monthly fees, investigating and reporting discrepancies as required.
- Prepare and post journals into Oracle Cloud.
- Help produce the Care Inspectorate’s statutory annual accounts and notes, supported by comprehensive working papers and in accordance with the approved timetable, and liaising with auditors providing information and evidence as required.
- Liaise with internal and external audit as required.
- Develop and update procedures for tasks carried out in the role.
- Participate in compliance and best value reviews.
- Assist in the development of new financial and other initiatives from a financial viewpoint.
- Gather financial information for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, sustainability reporting, Scottish Government returns, VAT returns, statistical returns, performance and benchmarking data.
- Participate in supporting achievement of the Care Inspectorate’s sustainability objectives.
Relationship management
- Model corporate behaviour and demonstrate commitment to organisation values.
- Develop and maintain constructive and co-operative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient directorate support.
- Ensure effective working protocols in accordance with the Care Inspectorate’s Communications, Human Resources, Finance, IT and Operations function.
- Promote the principles of collaborative working throughout the organisation and in all working practices in accordance with the Partnership Agreements with the trade unions.
- Project a professional image for the Care Inspectorate when dealing with colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the Care Inspectorate’s aims, vision and values and to the Care Inspectorate’s overall objective of improving care in Scotland.
Other duties
This job profile is a broad picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties to the equivalent level that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job, and to respond positively to changing business needs.
Finance Officer
Job title: Finance Officer
Salary: £31,938 - £35,328
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office)
Contract: Permanent
About us
We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.
We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.
Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a 4-week period.
About the role
We are looking to recruit to the role of Finance Officer within our Accounting and Budgeting Team.
Working in a busy team you will:
- help prepare the annual Care Inspectorate budget
- perform monthly reconciliations for suspense, control accounts, bank accounts and monthly fees
- support budget holders with the management of their budgets
- help train and develop finance and non-finance staff
- help produce our statutory annual accounts
- prepare information for financial or statistical returns
About you
You will have a thorough knowledge of integrated financial accounting systems and an understanding of financial controls and financial environment. You will have good judgement and decision-making skills. In addition, you must have excellent IT skills, be able to work to tight deadlines in an organised manner and be able to work effectively as part of a team.
You should hold a finance related qualification (eg HNC, AAT), although candidates with significant relevant experience may be considered.
The successful candidate will be expected to travel to HQ Dundee and on occasion to other offices in Scotland as required.
Next steps
You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification.
If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Dawn Johnston at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please complete an online application form by 08:00 on Monday 11 November 2024.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held week commencing 2 December 2024.
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Inspector - Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) (0)
The early learning and childcare expansion…
Role: Inspector - Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)
Location: Forth Valley, Borders, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh & Glasgow
Salary: £31,083 - £39,069 plus excellent benefits
Hours: 140 hours to be worked over a 4-week period
Contract: Permanent or 2-year secondment (would be considered)
Join us and make a difference – for you, for everyone
It’s our job to ensure care for everyone, everywhere in Scotland is as good as it can be. If you are as passionate about high-quality care as we are, and you’re experienced in your field, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
As a national scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect care services and partnerships across Scotland, report on the quality of care people experience, and support improvements in services to facilitate improvements in outcomes for people.
We inspect care services individually. We also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in local areas.
We champion high-quality care whenever we encounter it across the thousands of inspections, we carry out each year, and we work closely with all care providers to support them to improve all the time. We collaborate with other organisations too, supporting improvement across public services. Our work plays a big role in reducing health and social inequalities between people and communities.
We are looking for talented people to join us in making a difference - specialists who understand how to put people’s needs, rights and choices at the heart of delivering social services – and how to lead improvement too. Our 600 staff work with services across the public, voluntary and private sectors. We have offices across Scotland and many of our staff work from home.
About you
Whether early or established in your career, you will share our determination that care, social work and justice services should work well for people – every time. You’ll be confident about what good-quality care looks like and how to deliver it. You’ll be good at analysing information and evidence. You will have excellent writing skills for narrative inspection reports that are clear, concise and focused on outcomes. You will be confident in working with a wide range of people and at supporting and advising on improvement.
You’ll currently be working, or have significant experience in, social care, social work, health, children’s services, early learning, child protection, or community learning and development. You will be registered or eligible to register with a professional body like the SSSC, NMC or GTC.
About the role
Our care inspectors work with care services: childminders, nurseries, care homes, care at home, housing support and a host of other specialist services. A specialist in your field, you may have helped lead a service and have a strong track record in delivering quality. You’ll be adept at leading improvement and influencing others. You will work with people experiencing care, and care service providers, managers and staff.
Why join us?
We strive to be a great employer, knowing that competitive salary, leave and pension schemes are only part of that. We pride ourselves on the values we hold, person-centred; fairness; respect; efficiency and integrity - all supported with a culture of care and kindness.
We believe in collective leadership and innovation. You’ll have a lot of autonomy to manage your own work and use the professional skills you’ve honed during your career – but in new ways. Starting on day one, our learning and development support will help you become confident in the craft of scrutiny and in supporting improvement. Because a lot of your role is about sharing effective practice across Scotland, the impact you can have on experiences and outcomes for people is significant. You will draw on management and leadership skills you’ve developed in the past.
We’re proud to be a progressive, supportive employer – we’re happy to talk about flexible working with you and we’re members of the Disability Confident Scheme, aiming to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace.
New appointments will normally be placed on the minimum grade for the role; a higher starting salary may be offered in exceptional circumstances only.
ELC expansion
The Scottish Government is committed to expanding the provision of funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) from 600 hours to 1140 hours per year by 2020. The expansion of ELC is aimed to support the reduction in the poverty-related attainment gap and improve long term outcomes for children and families.
Due to the ELC expansion programme we are looking for 7 further ELC Inspectors in addition to the “business as usual” Inspector campaign launched recently.
Principles and aims
The priority for the expansion to 1140 hours is to improve children's outcomes and close the poverty-related attainment gap. In addition, the expansion aims to support parents into work, study or training. The Scottish Government's four principles of the ELC expansion are: quality, flexibility, affordability, and accessibility.
The Scottish Government has stated that quality is 'at the heart' of the expansion and that achieving a high-quality ELC experience for children is a key objective.
Use and provision
A 2018 survey found that the main reason why parents use funded ELC is that they consider it beneficial for their child's learning and development. In addition, parents reported using the funded hours to either work, increase the number of hours they work, or look for work.
Funded ELC in Scotland is delivered by a wide range of providers including nurseries, crèches and playgroups, from across the public, private and third sectors. A small number of childminders also deliver funded ELC, but the Scottish Government hopes this number will increase under the expansion to 1140 hours.
Criteria to apply
- We require you to hold a relevant qualification (minimum SCQF Level 9), register with either the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) or any other relevant professional body and undertake PVG checks.
- You must also be prepared to do a Professional Development Award in Scrutiny and Improvement (Social Services) at SCQF level 10 with appropriate support from the organisation.
- You will have a minimum of three years recent and demonstrable management experience in a relevant field. You must also be willing to travel with overnight stays as required.
Before you apply
- Please contact the relevant body directly to resolve any queries you have regarding registration or eligible qualifications for registration (SSSC, NMC and so on) before submitting your application.
- For an informal chat about the job role, please contact (Who?) You or Kim Connolly, Team Manager on 07766133161
- For all other queries, please contact Human Resources at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To apply
- If you are interested, please see the minimum criteria to apply as an Inspector and the specific guidance and directions to apply. Thereafter, click on the gateway questions link to apply.
- Your completed application form (campaign number C39 only forms) and equal opportunities form should be returned to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.no later than Monday, 14 October 2019 at 8.00am.
- We anticipate that selection days will take place in the week commencing Monday, 18 November 2019.