Swyddog Cymorth Gweithrediadau LMS / LMS Operations Support Officer

Merthyr; Merthyr Tydfil; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s Learning Department is seeking an LMS Operations Support Officer to assist with financial and administrative tasks across schools and education services. The role is based at the Civic Centre with hybrid working and a 37-hour week.

You will administer funding schemes, manage grant claims, school meals processes, and help ensure compliance with the Fair Funding Scheme while supporting budget monitoring and reporting.

Qualifications

• You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure schools receive high-quality financial and administrative support.
• Administer funding schemes and grant claims.
• Manage school meals processes.
• Support compliance with the Fair Funding Scheme.
• Contribute to budget monitoring and reporting.

Job description

Job Ref: RE-2006

Job Scale: Gradd 4 / Grade 4

Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours

Location: Y Ganolfan Ddinesig, Hybrid / Civic Centre, Hybrid

Speciality:

Why Join Our Team?

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Learning Department as an LMS Operations Support Officer, a varied and rewarding role at the heart of supporting schools, education services, and financial operations across the local authority.

Working within a friendly and experienced team, you will play a key role in ensuring schools receive high-quality financial and administrative support. From administering funding schemes and grant claims to managing school meals processes, supporting compliance with the Fair Funding Scheme, and contributing to budget monitoring and reporting.

This role offers the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge in school funding, financial administration, grant management, and education service delivery. You will work with headteachers, school staff, auditors, and a wide range of internal services, building strong professional relationships while making a direct contribution to the effective management of education resources.

We are looking for someone who enjoys problem-solving, has excellent attention to detail, and takes pride in delivering accurate, customer-focused services. In return, you'll benefit from a supportive team environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to gain valuable experience in a role that combines finance, administration, compliance, and stakeholder engagement.

Based at the Civic Centre with hybrid working arrangements, this position offers a balance of flexibility, responsibility, and meaningful work that directly supports schools and learners across the county borough. If you are motivated, organised, and looking to develop your career in a challenging and rewarding environment, we would welcome your application.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.