Lead and manage a team delivering high-quality Direct Payment employment support
Handle complex queries and resolve complaints with professionalism and expertise
Provide specialist advice on employment legislation, payroll, HMRC and pension requirements
Support service users to meet their responsibilities as employers
Monitor performance, drive improvement, and ensure KPIs are consistently achieved
Analyse financial information to ensure accuracy and identify anomalies
Deliver training and mentor colleagues across the service
Deputise for the Customer Services Manager when required
Requirements
Strong experience in a financial or customer-focused environment
Knowledge of employment and financial legislation (including Direct Payments)
Excellent communication, influencing and problem-solving skills
Experience of managing or supervising staff and driving performance
Confidence using financial systems and Microsoft Office tools
A proactive, accountable and collaborative approach
Benefits
Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement
Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:
‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
Relocation expenses (where applicable)
An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job