Job Description

Main Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage ongoing activities in liaison with line manager, to ensure grant administration can be undertaken to enable settlement of grant applications and contract obligations in line with Welsh Government arrangements.
• Liaise with operators, stakeholders and Local Authority members at a high level
• Administer grant applications by communicating the current guidelines to applicants as well as checking, and assessing applications by providing support for the assessing applications to ensure they are compliant in line with WG sign off arrangements
• Administer grant and contract payment applications by providing support for the assessment of payment applications in line with theit KPI's and to ensure payments are received in a timely manner
• Provision of support (email, phone and face to face) to grant applicants, LA's a CT operators
• To manage correspondence with more than 50 operators and local authorities
• Gather and compiling financial and operational information
• Monitor bus quality standards and update management of any changes
• To provide analysis and reports to the Bus Funding Project Board
• Organise, attend and minute board meetings
• Communicating the outcomes of decisions which may or may not accord with the wishes of the enquirer.
• To undertake actions for the audit process and auditor

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience of working effectively with local authorities and with private sector partners Experience of financial management and grant administration Experience of preparing, supporting and minuting meetings Experience of working in a public transport context Good communication skills - both oral and written Practical skill, knowledge and experience of a range of IT application including word and excel Experience of Grant Administration Good team player within a multi-disciplinary environment, working on own initiative and under pressure Ability to building lasting, positive & supportive relationships with a wide variety of people