Finance Adviser within Student Services

1.0 FTE (37 hours per week) 52 weeks year

£30,138 - £32,134

 Are you passionate about empowering students and supporting them to fulfil their potential? Do you already work with young people providing advice and guidance, or perhaps you work in banking or accounting and would like to give something back to the community by working in your local College?

 We are looking for a Finance Adviser to sit within our Advice and Guidance team in Student Services. We are looking for someone who is good with numbers and has the ability to manage a large budget, helping the college to process the student bursary applications for those in need. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and presentation skills and have a desire to help students succeed. We can invest in your professional development which will be fully supported along the way and could include a Level 4 IAG qualification.

 The post would be based in the Advice Shop at our busy Norwich campus on Ipswich Road. Working with likeminded people, the role requires an empathetic approach, team work, flexibility and problem solving skills to deal with the variety, and sometimes complex, enquiries we receive. The work requires a methodical approach, excellent attention to detail as well as research and analytical skills.

 General day to day duties would include providing financial advice and guidance to potential students through drop-in appointments, emails and telephone enquiries. Support for existing students will be in the form of drop-in appointments, presenting financial support workshops and talks, enabling students to secure any financial support available to them and help remove barriers to learning. Assessing bursary applications in line with Government funding guidelines, the successful candidate will need to know about FE and HE funding options and charity bursaries, or have the ability to interpret and retain Government funding guidelines and legislation, committing to updating knowledge throughout the year.

 There is also an administrative element to the post involving bursary application form processing and awarding payments to current students, using MS Excel, student contact system EBS and bespoke bursary payment system Pay My Student.

 The post will include some evening and weekend work throughout the year. The ideal candidates will have experience of working in Finance, Advice & Guidance and/or have a background in education. However we are open to applications from anyone with relevant transferable skills and are able to mentor new staff.

 The role is being offered as a permanent, full time position with excellent benefits. Working hours would be 8.30-5pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30-4.30 Friday. There would also be some occasional Saturday or evening work to cover open days or enrolments throughout the year.

 Closing date:  Wednesday 2nd April 2025

 Interview date: Monday 7th or Tuesday 8th April 2025

 To apply please click the 'apply' button.

 As a College we are required to undertake various Safer Recruitment checks as set out within the guidance from the Department for Education Keeping Child Safe in Education. We require all staff to undertake an enhanced Adult and Child Workforce DBS Check and to register with the DBS Update Service. Please note: From 28 November 2020 the government implemented changes to the filtering rules, and we have been instructed that we cannot accept any update service checks on DBS certificates that have been issued before this date. Therefore, a new one must be completed with City College Norwich.