Software Specialist
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4528 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £34,350 - £37,950 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term for 12 months
Closing Date: 10th February 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
LTS Professional & Business Services LEAMIS Team are looking to recruit a Software Specialist. This exciting opportunity has arisen with the expansion and diversification of our service catalogue to our 250+ supported schools and academies across Leicestershire and surrounding counties.
An accredited MIS support team by our partners SIMS, Access, Bromcom MIS and Finance, Arbor and Scholarpack, we look forward to the successful candidate joining us in delivering services to our supported schools.
About the Role
Ideally the successful candidate will be an innovative and dynamic individual, with an understanding and hands-on experience of schools FAS (Finance Accounting Systems) and MIS (Schools Management Information Systems). You will be working across Software and Finance teams as well as working independently to contribute and promote our range of services.
This role will be for a 12-month temporary contract in the first instance, to support the transition of the School Financial Services remodel and the introduction of Access Budgets to the majority of ALL Local Authority Maintained schools and to diversify and expand our service catalogue.
The main duties and responsibilities will be:
- To support and promote the delivery of Access Budgets.
- To support and promote the delivery of accredited school supported FAS and MIS systems to LA maintained and academy schools.
- To support LEAMIS Software Specialist, Servicedesk, Schools Financial Advisers.
- Reviewing and making recommendations for new service offerings under the guidance of the Head of Professional & Business Services and Senior Software Business Specialist and to provide expertise in their development.
- To ensure that services are delivered to agreed SLAs in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.
- Be confident in the delivery, promotion, co-ordination, production and development of our MIS/FAS services using a variety of techniques, including formal presentations, training delivery, webinars, onsite training and remote sessions
This role will be responsible for income generation and contributing successfully to the income targets within this team.
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About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have hands-on experience of schools (FAS Finance Accounting Systems) and MIS (Schools Management Information Systems)
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) or achieved proficiency in SFIA skills at Level 2
- Good customer care skills with demonstrable experience where customers are engaged on a daily basis
- Practical experience of Microsoft Office suite and operating platforms
- Have the ability to present clearly and effectively to a range of audiences and excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage priorities and work to deadlines
- Ability to provide, clear, accurate, concise written documentation
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with team members to achieve agreed objectives
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Lisa Cope - Senior Business Services Specialist
Telephone: 01162311280
Email: lisa.cope@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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