Finance Executive - Apprentice

Office of Rail and Road

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 6th May 2024

 

Details

Reference number

350535

Salary

£25,248 - £31,000
London or Regional

Job grade

Executive Officer
F

Contract type

Apprenticeship

Business area

ORR - Corporate Operations

Type of role

Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, York

Job summary

The Finance team covers finance, procurement, business planning, business management, internal audit and financial governance. As a result of these activities and its position at the centre, the team works closely with all directorates within the ORR.

Job description

As member of the Finance team, the Finance Executive – Apprentice will interact closely with all ORR’s directorates and several external stakeholders such as suppliers of goods and services and the National Audit Office and will be responsible for all payments of expenditure including staff expenses using Oracle Cloud accounting system to complete day to day tasks.

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Qualifications

5 GCSEs grade A-C, 4-9 including Maths and English

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Highly numerate and be able to work effectively with spreadsheets

Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers Our people Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.
For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Victoria Whittaker
  • Email : victoria.whittaker@orr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : hr.recruitment@orr.gov.uk

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