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Vacancy Details:
- Career Grade H £25,243 - £30,262 pro rata per annum (FTE £41,511 - £49,764 per annum)
- 22.5 hrs per week
- Local Government pension scheme
- Flexible Working/Hybrid working
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team managing coastal flood and erosion risk on the south coast.
We are a Partnership formed of five Local Authorities on the south coast. The organisation is responsible for planning, building and maintaining sea defences along 246km of coastline. Our location means that we are heavily focused on improving the natural environment and adapting to climate change. We also manage services in surveying, research and coastal science.
The Role
We are seeking a part time Finance Business Partner to work within our Assurance Team.
The Assurance Team provides project administration, communications, customer service, people and financial support as well as advice across the partnership. In addition, the Assurance Team also provides governance, business development and implementation of service wide improvement.
We are ideally looking for someone with local government experience as this post forms an integral part of the partnership covering a wide range of finance and business administration functions, ensuring the partnership operates within the policies and processes set by each of our partner authorities.
Main Duties
- To provide financial assurance to the Coastal Partnership activities.
- To influence and challenge where required on the development and delivery of the Coastal Service Business Plan, ensuring that financial issues are at the centre of service delivery.
- To identify areas where financial intervention/change could create further efficiency.
- Carry out budget setting, budget monitoring and financial forecasting.
- Collaborate with our five partner authority finance teams to ensure that all parties have the information they require to inform their own budgeting and reporting processes.
- Supporting the assurance team with the delivery and implementation of change to contribute to overall business improvement.
Main Skills required
- Professionally Qualified Accountant (CCAB body) or extensive relevant experience working in a local authority finance environment with appropriate accounting qualification.
- Wide knowledge of financial systems and accounting techniques.
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- A demonstrable high level of ability to achieve programmed objectives and targets within agreed time scales.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to see the broader picture.
- Ability to organise and prioritise a wide range of tasks with conflicting pressures for completion.
- Positive and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
- High level of Integrity.
What we can offer you
A competitive salary/benefits and support for your continuous professional development.
- £25,243 to £30,262 pro rata 22.5 hours per week per annum (FTE £41,511 to £49,764 per annum)
- Generous Leave Allowance
- Free Parking
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible Working/Hybrid working
- Family Friendly Packages
Interested? For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website: https://coastalpartners.org.uk/
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Christine Mansley, Assurance Team Manager via email christine.mansley@havant.gov.uk
We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, and as this role is part time please let us know how many hours you are looking for in your application. Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on 5th September 2025 and interviews will be held week commencing 29th September 2025.