Rq1362992(Sj) – Grant Officer

Job Description –
£18.55 Per hour, this is a 36 hour post/5 day week. Main work base is Magdalen House, but mainly work from home with access to office etc.
The successful applicant will be required to provide a Borough wide service to all our customers. Experience of working with older people and/or people with disabilities is desirable along with a genuine commitment to work to consistently high standards and provide a quality service at all times. You will need to communicate with a wide and varied customer base and liaise internally and externally with various parties involved in delivering this key customer service. We are looking for a highly organised individual with a strong customer focus.
You must have the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the following:
Welfare rights/Benefits Financial assessments Sefton's Disabled Facilities Grant/loan conditions Systems, processes & procedures necessary to support a busy office Private sector housing programmes and disabled adaptations Interrogation of IT systems/databases including Flare Database and its related monitoring/reporting systems and Agresso Tasks you will be required to carry out include, but are not limited to, the following:
Produce formal approval of Disabled Facilities Grant costs Produce Purchase Orders and Invoices Carry out Means Testing Initiate payments to contractors and other relevant bodies via Agresso Work on your own initiative whilst managing your own workload to ensure deadlines/targets are met Deal with legal enquiries in relation to grant loan repayments Handle all aspects of the administration of housing grants/loans process from receipt of the initial referral to completion of works #J-18808-Ljbffr