Askham Bryan College is one of the top specialist land based colleges in the UK, graded 'good' for teaching and 'outstanding' by Ofsted for care provision and accommodation. Based across the North of England the College offers a full range of subject areas and levels including Apprenticeships, Level 1-3 Diplomas, BSc Honours Degrees and Masters.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking for a hands-on Credit Controller role. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Credit Controller and be based full time in our Finance office at our York campus.

The successful candidate will assist the Head of Finance by taking responsibility of the collection of Tuition fees and debt management for the College, ensuring that unpaid debts are chased for payment in accordance with the College's policies.

In the capacity of Credit Controller, you must have meticulous attention to detail, possess excellent interpersonal skills and excel skills, have a confident telephone manner and the ability to communicate effectively.

We are in search of an individual with strong organisational skills to ensure debts are chased and Payments are allocated accurately while maintaining the links to and from our payment systems. Identifying any areas for process improvement.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the successful candidate will be responsible for the Debtors of the college, ranging from Funding bodies, students and commercial companies.

Our colleagues enjoy a range of generous benefits including excellent annual leave allocation, ample free parking, canteen facilities, support for continuous professional development, Local Government Pension and a range of employee benefits as well as the opportunity to work within spectacular grounds.

For Further information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Safeguarding Statement

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

• We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
• We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as "spent". It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
• We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.

Note on "regulated activity": You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

• Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
• Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
• Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.