What we do

What we do changes lives. We are there when people are born and care for them in later life; along the way we support them in every step.
That might be in our schools, through our social care services, supporting and growing the economy in a sustainable way, providing libraries, saving lives with our Fire and Rescue service, providing Trading Standards, maintaining highways and much more.
We aim to be a forward thinking, progressive organisation, with a highly motivated and dedicated team of people who are passionate about delivering valued services and making a positive difference to the lives of our residents.
We know there are many challenges for public sector organisations and there is more change ahead in West Sussex. That&rsquo;s why we need to make sure we&rsquo;ve got the right people to tackle those challenges and help our residents as we navigate those changes.
We want to encourage and empower our staff by building the right culture that places customers at the heart of what we do, guided by our values.
We invest in our staff with development and career opportunities and work closely with our partners to work as a single team, across a single organisation, serving our residents.
Join us and you will have access to a wealth of learning and development opportunities, continuous professional development, the right technology and working arrangements that work for you.
You will be supported to make a genuine difference, be recognised for your effort, valued for your unique skills and have the opportunity to achieve your full potential.

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We are currently seeking a Finance Assistant to join our Financial Services Unit. This role is a great chance for you to expand your skills and experience in the finance field. The Opportunity Salary: 24,294 to 24,702 per annum Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week Location: County Hall, Chichester and working from home (Hybrid working) The Financial Services unit supports the County Council and all services in order to help make the best use of available resources and deliver County Strategy objectives and effective services. In this role, you will provide reliable, efficient and effective flexible support to a team (or across teams) of a high-level administrative nature relating to the delivery of a specialist financial service. You will provide administrative support to a team, handling client queries, maintaining records, and assisting with day-to-day financial processing. If you are looking for a dynamic role in finance with the opportunity for growth, this could be the perfect fit for you. Join us at WSCC and be part of an exciting team making a real impact in the community. What are we looking for? You will be comfortable working on routine financial processing and related administrative tasks. You will have experience working in a customer focussed role, with relevant finance experience and the ability to explain basic financial information. You will be dealing with members of the public on the telephone, and will need to demonstrate excellent customer care and communication skills when responding to potentially sensitive financial queries from elderly, frail or disabled individuals, or from those who may be upset or angry. You will also need to be able to work on your own initiative, organising your work appropriately and responding to changing priorities to meet agreed deadlines. For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. Working for us As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including: an excellent local government pension scheme generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page. Further information The reference number for this role is CRS00857 . For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Karen Ballantyne (Service Finance Team Manager) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact . Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position. To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check. Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

Finance Assistant

The Opportunity Salary: 45,441 to 48,474 per annum Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week Location: Based - County Hall, Chichester and working from home Interview date: w/c 12th August As our Associate IT Consultant, you will provide business relationship management, advice and guidance on all aspects of IT and Information Management required to support County Council services. As part of the wider Consultancy function, you will provide expertise and advice across various service areas, comprising a substantial county wide support / business partner advisory service. You will support IT Consultants influencing the strategic direction for all services and IT, through collaboration with a wide range of services and IT professionals, including Heads of Service, Service Senior Management Teams and working with domain expert service professionals. You will work within a small customer focused team, responsible for and acting as the principal day to day contact point for engagement with IT Services. As our Associate IT Consultant, you will inform IT strategic direction by providing a business-based perspective on IT decisions. What are we looking for? You will have the vision to develop, lead and successfully implement new / transformed policies, processes &amp; guidance, including interpreting procedures and practices to satisfy short- and medium-term operational requirements. You will have experience of analysing and evaluating complex information, perhaps as an IT business analyst or project manager, and the identification of innovative solutions through the detailed grasp of involved procedures and practices. You will be able to provide expert advice on complex issues verbally and/or through written reports, tackling difficult problems of a technical, professional, resource or people related nature. You will need to have experience of delivering to a challenging set of customer focused service objectives. The ability to roadmap change and underpinning technology, achieved through developing the shape of future service provision and budgets, typically planning on a time horizon of around a year. You will be an efficient and effective communicator, nurturing relationships with managers and partners across the wider directorate, other parts of the organisation and external organisations. You will be skilled in business relationship management and the business partner disciplines of the IT profession in a large corporate environment. For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. Working for us As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including: an excellent local government pension scheme generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page. Further information The reference number for this role is CRS00822 . For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Sarah Worsley (IT Consultant) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact . To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Associate IT Consultant

About Us West Sussex County Council is a diverse organisation that provides services to more than 850,000 residents' every day. Through our Early Help Service, we will work with children, families, and young people to help ensure that every person is supported to achieve his or her potential. The foundations for mental health, emotional control, doing well in education and parenting ability are all set in place in the early years; the home surroundings, family life and parenting are all important factors in determining positive outcomes for children as they grow and develop. Interviews to take place on 4th and 5th September As a Family Support Assistant, you will be committed to enabling families to manage their problems and access support and advice quickly, equipping parents to be the best they can be for their child, by increasing knowledge, confidence, and resilience. You will undertake direct work with parents to find out what they are worried about and what goals they want to work towards using a whole family approach. You may facilitate some direct group work with families, covering a range of subjects and based on identification of need within a locality hub area. You may be the co-ordinator of Early Help Plans to assess each member of the family and agree outcomes that the family and professionals around them will work towards. You will use a strengths-based approach to support and sustain positive change that improves outcomes for children and young people. You will help to provide a safe and welcoming space for young people through the Find It Out (FIO) offer. You'll be able to speak confidently with young people, understand their needs and be able to help them access appropriate support at a time that suits them, including after school hours. You will be a team player with a passion for engaging with parents, providing direct support and encouraging families to access to our services. You will use your initiative to organise your workload and respond to unanticipated problems for families. You must have experience of working with families along with a good understanding of the importance of parenting skills and community development, as well as the challenges of family life. We are looking for someone who is NVQ level 3 qualified in Childcare, Play Work, Family Support, or equivalent related area. Experience and Skills Key Skills: Good communication and interpersonal skills across a range of audiences, with an ability to present information verbally and in writing which is clear, concise and accurate. Able to provide specialist advice and guidance whilst maintaining trust with families who may otherwise not want to engage with services they may distrust. Strong customer focus with the ability to work as a key contact and provide a professional service to meet customer's needs, both individually and in groups. Ability to respond sensitively and flexibly to diverse groups of providers and families whilst maintaining confidentiality. Ability to organise/prioritise work, co-ordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines. Ability to work within recognised procedures, able to effectively organise own workload. Can use initiative to respond to unanticipated problems. Qualifications and/or experience: NVQ level 3 in childcare, play work, family support or related area and/or relevant experience working with parents, carers and children. Good knowledge of child development. Good understanding of the importance of parenting skills and community development with an understanding of the challenges of family life. Knowledge of safeguarding procedures. Experience of working with families in a community setting. Experience of working within the early years, family support, family centre or child health sector Further Information For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Emma Bruton for issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Family Support Assistant

As a Payroll Administrator at West Sussex County Council, we want to do just that! Read more about the opportunity below… The Opportunity Salary: 24,294 to 24,702 per annum Contract type : Fixed term or secondment until February 2025 Working pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week Location: Contractual base is Chichester, with hybrid working options. Interview date: w/c 05 August 2024 Want to kick-start your career? We have an exciting fixed term opportunity looking for a Payroll, Pensions and HR Administrator to join our dynamic Payroll Team to make a difference. You will provide reliable, efficient and effective flexible specialist payroll support across our services. Having an eye for detail with be invaluable in this role. Key duties for this role include: You will be responsible for following specific processes within a defined timescales to ensure the accuracy of the tasks set in relation to the project. You will possess the ability to calculate and assess information using our SAP system You will be assigned cases for processing or investigating to decide who may be in scope to the aims of the project You will be required to enact the individuals decisions under the guidance of the guidance of the project leads What are we looking for? You will have sound experience in either pensions or payroll processing, and a strong awareness of the technical considerations and issues relevant to the service. You will be customer centred, and therefore able to articulate complex matters in ways that customers will understand and be able to act on. You will have a strong attention to detail and the ability to concentrate on important tasks in a busy environment For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached. As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including: an excellent local government pension scheme generous holiday entitlement of 25 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page. Further information The reference number for this role is CRS00856 . Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position. To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check. Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page. CC