1 x 35 hours per week, 6 months fixed term

This trainee opportunity is on the Creditors Payments Team in the Finance Directorate based in The Woolwich Centre.

This is a challenging opportunity which will allow the selected candidate to be fully trained in the order to payment process. The role involves working on a busy payments section which is responsible for paying   invoices to service providers who have supplied goods/services to the council. Good communication skills will be required so that you can deal with service providers and officers who work for the council. 

A good head for figures and the ability to use and interrogate IT systems accurately and input data quickly but accurately will be required.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work accurately, plan and prioritise their own work and achieve deadlines and targets.

If you have good numeracy, literacy skills and enjoy working as part of a team and would like the opportunity to work in payments related area, your application would be welcomed. 

For more information please contact Mandeep Gill, Creditors Manager on extension: 8879.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.

Internal Only Advert: This vacancy is being advertised internally only – this means it is only open to applications from existing employees, agency workers, apprentices and GSP/GSS employees.