Grant Assurance Manager

First 2 Recruit; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in the UK is seeking Managers with experience in local government for a role within their Grants and Other Assurance national team. The position can be performed fully remote or part-time, focusing on managing diverse assignments for public bodies and providing critical insights. Candidates should possess experience with Housing Benefit and the ability to develop strong client relationships. This position is open to candidates from across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with local government and interest in developing related skills.
• Experience delivering complex Housing Benefit assignments.
• Ability to summarize information and draw conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Manage assignments with public bodies and government departments.
• Examine financial records and carry out audit procedures.
• Provide insights to help clients meet regulatory needs.

Skills

Experience with local government

Ability to manage client relationships

Independent work ability

Job description

Position - Permanent / fully remote / full time or part time

Job Description Summary:

We are seeking Managers with experience of local government to join our clients Grants and Other Assurance national team.

Grants Assurance is a specialist team with 30 members across the UK and India. As part of the team, you'll be managing assignments with public bodies, government departments, national services, commercial organisations and not for profit organisations such as Universities.

The role will include but is not limited to:

• Hands on experience in the different aspects of Grants Assurance, with a variety of clients, from Local Authorities to multinational companies and Government bodies
• You’ll get experience working on all kinds of assurance assignments that range from a few days up to five weeks with work including examining financial records or carrying out audit procedures.
• Responsibility and the opportunity to take ownership for interesting and challenging client work.
• You’ll develop a strong internal and external network to learn from
• Working closely with colleagues to provide robust challenge and market leading insights to help clients meet their regulatory needs and business objectives.

The ideal person will have:

• They are looking for candidates with experience of working with local government and/or who are interested in the local government and keen to develop their skills and knowledge.
• Experience of delivering complex Housing Benefit assignments.
• Ability to work independently, summarise information from a wide range of sources to draw conclusions, and manage client relationships including senior officers.

The Grants and Other Assurance team has a national profile, and therefore they are not tied to candidates from a particular region.

First 2 Recruit Ltd is an Employment Agency who provide permanent and fixed term contract services and an Employment Business who provide temporary services as defined under the Employment Agencies Act 1973. First 2 Recruit Ltd will collect the personal details which job seekers provide to us for the purposes of providing job seekers with work‑finding services. In providing this service to job seekers we may need to transfer their personal details to our client companies.

Please note we regret that due to the high volume of CV's received we cannot give individual feedback to candidates, if you are not contacted within 5 working days of submitting your CV please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

First 2 Recruit Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally regardless of race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age or perceived age, marital or civil partnership status or disability.