FC - Scottish Welfare Co-ordinator

Service: Finance Services (Transactions)
Grade scale: Grade 3 Level 4
Reports to: Benefits and Revenue Adviser (Operations)

Purpose of the job

Responsible for the development, co-ordination and operational management of the Scottish Welfare Fund.

Key tasks and responsibilities

Co-ordinate service delivery for the Scottish Welfare Fund, including managing staffing resources in accordance with corporate standards.

Research and analyse Scottish Government and DWP policy and legislation in relation to Welfare Fund. Ensure dissemination of policies and procedures and participate in resulting training requirements.

Co-ordinate the implementation of new Welfare Fund technology, including liaison with system suppliers.

Develop and implement performance management framework by monitoring and achieving targets and performance indicators. Prepare management reports on performance.

Co-ordinate the Welfare Fund appeals process, including preparing for appeals and representing the council at hearings.

Manage staff within the team ensuring tasks, targets and timescales for providing quality services are clearly understood and actioned by the team.

Assess learning and development needs of a team, ensuring delivery meets individual requirements and the outcome contributes towards service objectives.

Effective communication and liaison with stakeholders as necessary to ensure the delivering and development of a quality service.

Person specification

Safer recruitment checks

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks

• Asylum and Immigration right to work in the UK
• Reference check: external candidates require 2 references, one of which must be from their present or most recent employer. Internal candidates require 1 reference from their current line manager.
• Candidate Disclosure Scotland check, where applicable

Behaviour framework

The council’s behaviour framework is a set of core behaviours that defines how employees approach work to enable the delivery of key tasks for the role. The expected behaviours for this role are:

Efficient

• Use initiative and drive to improve and develop systems and processes to increase efficiency achieving better outcomes in service delivery.
• Suggests ways to improve how others organise their own work.
• As a manager or professional/expert you actively seek solutions to deliver improvements and involves others in the development of solutions and improvements.
• Agrees SMART objectives for both team and individual employees reviewing progress to achieve successful outcomes.
• Manage budgets with no overspends and applying the council’s financial policies and procedures.
• Ensures sustainability and environmental awareness practices are being implemented and that they inform the development of new projects/initiatives.

Flexible

• Anticipates and responds flexibly to changing priorities and modifies practice to meet changing environment.
• Identifies and implements new ways of working.
• Supports individuals and team at times of both organisational and personal change making appropriate adjustments to accommodate individual needs where required.
• Expresses a positive approach to change and promotes the benefits of change to team and colleagues.
• Actively listens to customer feedback and takes action to improve customer experience.

Performing

• Use professional expertise and knowledge to ensure the council is leading best practice to improve outcomes.
• Ensure that the council is meeting it’s legislative and statutory requirements by keeping abreast of new initiatives and legislation.
• Evaluates and reviews the impact of service improvements from the customers perspective.
• Identifies trends and creates solutions.
• Ensuring that health and safety practices, policies and procedures are applied keeping employees and customers safe and minimising workplace accidents and injuries.
• Implements the council’s maximising attendance policy and procedure ensuring action is taken and recorded on people connect.
• Considers risk in the context of service development and delivery.

Working with others

• Promotes a positive team environment with good morale.
• Works with other teams and colleagues internally and externally, developing relationships and sharing knowledge, ideas and expertise to achieve outcomes.
• Provide objective and constructive advice and support if tensions arise.
• Shares knowledge with internal and external colleagues to achieve common objectives.
• Giving praise and recognition for good work.
• Use professional identity and expert knowledge to work across disciplines breaking down professional barriers to improve outcomes for individuals and communities.
• Encourages colleagues to consider different perspectives in their work.
• Adapts communication to encourage desired behaviour.

Leading

• Understands what needs to be achieved and ensures that this is communicated to team members.
• Expresses positive expectations of others to support their development.
• Recognise individual and team achievements thanking and praising others.
• Maintain a positive approach and motivate team when things go wrong, or demands are high.
• You identify talent and provide opportunities for those individuals who wish to progress or learn new skills.
• Takes responsibility for personal and team development needs taking account of learning styles and available learning/training methods of delivery.
• Uses professional judgement/expert knowledge to make informed decisions.