Funding Administrator

37 hours per week | Permanent| Term Time (40 weeks) Good college funding administration matters. It helps students get onto the right course. It helps curriculum teams plan and deliver. It supports timetables, registers, funding claims, audits, reports and decisions. This role will suit someone who loves the detail and is organised. The Funding Administrator provides a high level of financial and student support to both internal and external stakeholders. The role is responsible for monitoring and maintaining bursary systems, ensuring information is accurate, timely, and compliant with reporting requirements. The post holder will support the effective administration of bursary funding and transaction processing while maintaining robust data quality and audit controls. To provide administrative support to the Bursary application process and to respond efficiently and professionally to enquiries from staff, management and other external stakeholders To maintain, update, develop and support all areas of the Bursary system in line with the requirements of the College To assist the College MIS team and other internal stakeholders in the production of the scheduled payments Be responsible for the collection, input and processing of operational bursary data and to ensure all transactions are input and completed accurately in accordance with prescribed time-scales. This will include: Liaising with internal and external partners Processing of funding support claims for learners Assisting with daily / weekly / monthly ad-hoc reports Assisting with any duties as may be required in other departments in the College in providing a corporate College service To undertake appropriate staff development as agreed with your line manager to keep up to date with developments in the principal area of work Work under your own initiative to liaise with Heads of Departments / Budget Holders to deal with all bursary funding issues Competence in the use of financial operating software within an Education environment Effective communication skills Effective organisational skills A high level of accuracy and attention to detail Setting up and maintaining effective and supportive administrative systems and procedures To work as a proactive team member To efficiently process data electronically To deal effectively and efficiently with a broad spectrum of stakeholders in a wide variety of circumstances To prioritise work and work to deadlines To work under pressure To think and act effectively and have a creative approach to problem solving To be able and willing to work with minimum supervision, and to demonstrate initiative What you’re like Specialist . You bring strong funding knowledge and use it to make decisions. Clear . You can explain complex information in a way colleagues understand. Accurate . You know that assessments, reports and records need to be detailed, reliable and compliant. Collaborative . You work well with…