Part-Time Finance & Monitoring Assistant – Colne

We have a very exciting opportunity for a Finance & Monitoring Assistant to join the Newground Together team on a part-time basis (18.5 hours per week)! This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting projects that make a real difference to communities, helping to deliver financial, monitoring and administrative support across our Greener Together programmes. You’ll be at the heart of ensuring accurate reporting, supporting funding compliance and providing excellent customer and partner support across the service.

Who we are: Newground Together is a registered charity and part of the Together Housing Group. Our mission is simple yet powerful: to empower people to create sustainable communities that are connected, resilient, healthy and prosperous. We do this by supporting job and training opportunities, engaging with young people and families, providing memorable outdoor experiences, and offering activities that promote health and wellbeing.

Diversity & Inclusion: As an organisation we are committed to having a Diverse and Inclusive workforce. We would therefore welcome applications from candidates with any of the nine protected characteristics. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Working 18.5 hours per week, 3.7 hours per day from Monday to Friday at our Colne office, BB8 0LG. This position is currently a fixed-term contract lasting until the end of June 2027.

Outline of key responsibilities in the role:

• Support the preparation of accurate monthly claims, monitoring reports and financial information
• Maintain and audit project claim files to ensure compliance with funder requirements
• Update and maintain financial records, databases and internal systems
• Support the administration and monitoring of the financial resilience project
• Ensure customer and programme data is accurate, up to date and compliant
• Act as a central point of contact for referrals and customer enquiries
• Provide high quality administrative support to Managers and Officers across the programme
• Liaise with customers, partners, funders and internal teams to support service delivery
• Assist with reports, presentations, meetings and promotional activity
• Support the monitoring of project performance and contractual compliance

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience providing administration support
• Experience working with a wide range of customers and stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Experience using IT systems to record and report customer data
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work accurately with financial and monitoring information
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Experience working on funded programmes would be advantageous
• A flexible and proactive approach to work

In return, we are offering the successful candidate in the Finance & Monitoring Assistant role:

• Starting salary of £12,939 (18.5 hours)
• Working 18.5 hours per week, 3.7 hours per day from Monday to Friday at our Colne office, BB8 0LG. In this role, you will be working every morning.

Due to the nature of the role involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post is subject to an Enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.