Finance Assistant (part-time) in London

Public Law Project (PLP) is looking for a part-time Finance Assistant to help our charity operate effectively. You will play an essential role in ensuring our team have the financial support needed to deliver our essential work. Whilst helping us to create a fair and inclusive society secured by a just and confident state, you will have the opportunity to use and develop your financial skills and experience. This is an exciting time to join our team. Having secured funding for our long-term future, we are developing exciting plans to deliver our new and ambitious strategy.

Within the finance team you will be working closely with our recently promoted Finance Manager. As you develop in your role at PLP we will provide a pathway through which the role can progress to Finance Officer level.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Enjoys completing day-to-day financial tasks and keeping good records
• Is a team player and a kind, respectful and inclusive colleague
• Is trust-worthy, discrete and has excellent attention to detail

This role includes a variety of responsibilities within day-to-day tasks such as identifying incoming receipts and investigating what they are, liaising with budget holders for approval of expenses, and posting transactions to our accounting system. You will also work with our Finance Manager to support the processing of payroll and have the opportunity to develop sector experience through the administration of restricted grants.

PLP support staff have the opportunity to be involved directly in the work of the charity through membership of one of our working groups (our cornerstones) to implement the new strategic plan. PLP wants to work with the best possible person for this role and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and characteristics.

We are a highly flexible employer. This post is conceived as a part-time post (0.4 to 0.5 full time equivalent; 14-17.5 hours per week), and flexible working arrangements will be considered from day one. We can imagine this role working well over several shorter days, for example. We work in a hybrid environment where most staff will attend the office at least once a week. Our Operations team work hard to provide a friendly office environment and will often be seen laying on a healthy breakfast before all staff meetings.

As part of our commitment to recruit fairly we use anonymised-selection processes until interview, offer additional interview opportunities to the highest-scoring candidates from under-represented communities, and use ‘tie-breaker’ provisions at all stages of our selection process.