Finance and Business Support Officer

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

•  Job Title:                           Finance and Business Support Officer
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor 
• Salary:                                £30,024 - £32,597 per annum 
• Hours per Week:                37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     16/11/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   12783 
• This post is not open to job share

About the Role:

The Public Health and Communities Hub are a team committed to making a difference to the health and wellbeing of residents, and places and communities, to enable people to live healthy lives and reduce inequalities.

A key part of achieving these aims and objectives is ensuring robust financial and compliance processes are in place, alongside effective management of the information resource.

To support this, we are recruiting a Finance and Business Support Officer who will play an essential role in delivering these functions by working collaboratively with senior team members to provide support across a range of projects and transactional activities, and contribute to the development, maintenance, and monitoring of relevant systems and information.

About You:

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills to prioritise workloads and ensure effective and efficient processes are in place.

They will have experience of supporting a range of projects, along with knowledge of financial processes and good ICT skills to accurately record, monitor, analyse and report on information.

Effective interpersonal, presentation and communication skills are also essential in this role.

Please read the job profile which provides further information on the experience and attributes sought of our ideal candidate.

About us:

You’ll join a welcoming team, with a strong commitment to professional development. We value the benefits which come from in-person team work and expect all team members to work in the office in Gloucester an average of two days per week, as well as attending in person meeting as and when needed. New starters will be required to come into the office more often in their first 3 weeks for induction.

In return for your hard work, you will receive:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Annual Leave entitlement of 25.5 days, increasing to 30.5 days after 5 years employment. 
• (Public Health and Communities Hub do not work Bank Holidays)
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network, Black Workers Network, Young Employees Network
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)

How to Apply:

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application today by clicking the “Apply Now” button. 

Your application must include a CV, and a personal statement detailing how you meet the criteria in the job profile. Please limit your personal statement to a maximum of 1,200 words.

To have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Public Health Business Manager, amy.price2@gloucestershire.gov.uk,to arrange a suitable time to talk.  

Interviews are provisionally planned for Wednesday 3rd December.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Finance and Business Support Officer - Job Profile

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.