9071 - Hr And Finance Officer

ABOUT THE ROLE: This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive individual, eager to develop their experience and launch a career across Human Resources or Finance.

As a pivotal support to both the HR and Finance teams, you will engage in a wide array of administrative and transactional duties, offering a comprehensive understanding of departmental operations within the Northern Ireland Office.

You will have the opportunity to split your time between supporting both the Finance and HR functions.

This role is specifically designed to provide significant development opportunities and exposure to diverse functions, including working closely with senior members of staff, making it an ideal stepping stone for someone keen to explore and advance different career paths within a supportive and dynamic environment.

Depending on the preferences of the candidate, the NIO will provide training support on either HR or Finance to support their career development.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The main responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to: HR: Provide administrative support for recruitment processes, including uploading sift and interview scores, scheduling interviews, and managing Avature the recruitment system.

Liaise effectively with external partners, such as SSCL Support colleagues with recruitment queries and other HR transactional tasks.

Manage the shared HR inbox and respond to queries.

Assisting with onboarding new employees Maintaining HR records and databases, ensuring accuracy and compliance with data protection regulations.

Supporting with raising Purchase Orders and liaising with Account NI Preparing HR-related returns as required Keeping up-to-date with relevant HR legislation and best practices.

Supporting the implementation of new HR policies or procedures.

Finance: Provide admin support to the finance team, including ownership of the finance team mailbox and responding to queries.

Liaise with teams across the department supporting Purchase Order and other finance queries.

Support the COG with all finance matters and lead on management of purchase orders.

Support key monthly, quarterly and yearly financial processes and support the implementation of new procedures.

Assist with the provision of information for monthly internal and yearly external reporting.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA: The post holder will need to demonstrate the following in their application and at interview: Proven administrative support experience, particularly within an office environment, demonstrating the ability to manage data and systems efficiently.

A to build and maintain effective working relationships with various stakeholders, including external partners.

Experience in performing transactional tasks, including accurate data entry and record-keeping, especially in a support function.

Skilled in providing direct support to colleagues, effectively resolving queries, and managing communication channels.

A commitment to maintaining accurate records and an understanding of data compliance and confidentiality.

A strong interest in developing a career within the Human Resources or Finance field, with a proactive approach to learning and growth.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA: Experience working within a finance or HR related field.

Familiarity or experience with Civil Service recruitment processes.

BEHAVIOURS: We will assess you against the following Success Profiles behaviours at EO level during the sift and interview process: Managing a Quality Service (lead behaviour) Delivering at Pace Working Together EXPERIENCE: Please provide a CV and statement of suitability no longer than 500 words outlining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.

Both will be used in order to assess any demonstrable experience, career history and achievements that are relevant to the role.

Your statement of suitability needs to set out evidence of how your experience meets the requirements set out above.

Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc.

One narrative example may cover the requirements needed.

You dont have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used.

Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why.

What you can do, the skills you have that are transferable and the life experience or passion you have that are linked to this role.

If you dont have work-based examples then give examples from school/college, clubs, volunteering or other activities you have been involved in.

You will also be asked to complete a CV with details of your education, professional qualifications, previous skills and full employment history.

Your CV will not be formally assessed so please put the main evidence of your skills into your personal statement.

Your CV will be used to add context to your personal statement.

More information on behaviours and success profiles can be found here.

Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received we may run the initial sift on the lead Behaviour managing a quality service.

INTERVIEW: You will be assessed against behaviours at the interview stage and will be asked to provide examples of how you have demonstrated the behaviours.

It may help to use one or more examples of a piece of work you have completed or a situation you have been in and use the WHO or STAR model to explain: WHO- What it was? How you approached the work/situation? What the Outcomes were, what did you achieve? or STAR- What was the Situation? What were the Tasks? What Action did you take? What were the Results of your actions?

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