Support Administrator - full and part time

Finance Assistant (Fixed Term until 31 March 2027) - PKC13739 £An excellent secondment cover opportunity has arisen within Finance & Business Support. The post is based within a finance team providing comprehensive financial administration support to a varied range of teams across Perth and Kinross Council, including the use of financial management systems and Microsoft software packages. This is an ideal opportunity for you to showcase your abilities in supporting service delivery by providing a range of financial support tasks. This post is currently a hybrid working position, based partly in the office at 2 High Street with the team and partly working from home. The ability to work independently and as part of a team is also vital, alongside a flexible approach to change and the ability to adapt to new ways of working. Excellent IT and digital skills are essential in order to operate and maintain relevant systems data necessary for processing financial transactions, monitoring and reporting. Extensive knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Office (Office 365) is essential, and experience of working in a financial administration support environment is desirable. Health and Safety policies and procedures relevant to the role and work activities is essential, as is adherence to current GDPR guidance. The preferred candidate must be committed to delivering a high‑quality service in accordance with PKC Customer Service Standards and demonstrate confidentiality and integrity in handling all Council information. As an employee, you will be required to treat colleagues and customers with dignity and respect and be committed to promoting and role modelling the Council’s values on equality and diversity. Our influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities . In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our . A generous annual leave package ~6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day ~ Eligibility to join our pension scheme ~ Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working , Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave , time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework ~ We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve that balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development. For purposes of connection and collaboration with colleagues and with the community we serve, our full-time employees work on site for a minimum of 2 days per week with the arrangements for part time employees being agreed on a basis which will ensure that they benefit to an equivalent degree. Our FAQs on hybrid working can be found here Hybrid working FAQs . We welcome applications from everyone and as a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential requirements of the post. Diversity is important to us and although some of our jobs may be perceived to be traditionally gender specific, we welcome applications from everyone and would encourage you to apply if you meet the job requirements. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government. If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (continuous or total) within the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required.