Cashier – Braintree District Council
£13.79 PAYE / £17.69 Umbrella
Braintree, Essex
Temporary, 6 Months Contract
Full-Time, 37 Hours per Week.
Interviews: Tuesday 10th February 2026
Closing Date: Wednesday 4th February 2026
Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Braintree District Council in recruiting a Cashier on a full-time, temporary basis.
Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to work on-site only.
The Opportunity:
To assist in the processing of the Income Management Collection Service on a daily basis, ensuring the Council’s policies and procedures are observed and maximising resources available/income due.
Role Accountabilities:
- Ensure that all monies received in whatever format are reconciled and deposited at bank.
- Ensure payments are efficiently processed.
- Liaison with the Council’s Banking provider, other agencies and Council officers with regard
to all matters relating to the Income Management System.
- To deal with all correspondence and enquiries relating to income management matters,
including the primary reasons for non-receipt of amounts due to the Council.
- To maintain proper records relevant to the receipt of money and reconciliation of all
prime records.
- Pass collections to security company, ensuring all security procedures are undertaken.
- Maintain high standards of customer care at all times and promote a culture of service excellence.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the service.
- Provide administrative support to the needs of the service.
The Experience You Will Bring:
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel essential
- Ability to identify customer needs, demands and expectations and to adjust service to maximise these.
- A good general education
- Ability to work accurately in all aspects and time deadlines.
- Knowledge and experience of the banking service sector and processes used.
- Willingness to undertake appropriate training.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a variety of people both face to face and on the telephone.
- Ability to ensure tasks are completed to time and standard
- Accurate and methodically approach to tasks
What you should do next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email Ashleigh.Drake@essex.gov.uk