Senior Cashier

Senior Cashier

Post No: 10225

Salary: Starting from £27,711 to £30,060 per annum

Grade: Grade 4

Hours: 37 hours per week

Place of work: Worthing Town Hall 

Closing date: 15th April 2025

Interviews: TBC

As a Senior Cashier, you will be responsible for ensuring that payments made to the Councils are processed accurately and on time. You will play a key role in cash receipting, maintaining accurate financial records, processing payments, and assisting with payment-related queries.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual with excellent numeracy and communication skills who can work to deadlines in a pressurised environment. Knowledge of Excel would also be an advantage.

You will support both internal and external customers by taking payments over the telephone and investigating payment queries using problem-solving skills, both in writing and over the phone, with occasional face-to-face interactions.

Strong IT skills and attention to detail are essential, as you will be responsible for updating accounts accurately to reflect payments received.

A background in a financial environment would be advantageous, although full training will be provided.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Basic DBS clearance and three years employment referencing.

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in the "Showing how you meet the person specification and job description" section of the application form. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview. 

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees.  This includes:

• Generous leave entitlement; a minimum of 26 days + Bank Holiday entitlement
• Local Government Pension
• Training & development
• Occupational Health
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Employee resource groups/networks 
• Buddy Support Programme  
• Flexible working options

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.