Head of Finance (Grade 7)

Head of Finance (Grade 7) REF: IRC221344 SALARY: £47,749 to £52,334 DEPARTMENT: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI) LOCATION: AFBI Newforge, Belfast AFBI is a leading provider of scientific research and services to government, non-governmental organisations and commercial companies with a staff complement of approximately 650 people, and a budget of approximately £55million. AFBI is now at a key stage of its development, currently going through a period of significant organisational change to right size the organisation and ensure that it is fit for purpose going into the future. The successful candidate will play an important role in advancing the organisation through this period of change and in the development and implementation of financial strategies, plans and systems to ensure an efficient, robust financial base into the future. This is an interesting and challenging time for AFBI as it implements its medium to long term strategy and change implementation plan to achieve its vision and meet the needs of its wide range of stakeholders. Further appointments may be made from this competition should AFBI positions become vacant which have similar duties and responsibilities. For more detailed information and to apply, please click on the apply button below to be directed to our careers website. Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting: HRConnect, PO Box 1089,The Metro Building, 6-9 Donegall Square South, Belfast, BT1 9EW. Telephone: 0800 1 300 330.All requests must include your name, address and reference number IRC221344 Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 1st September 2017. Applications are particularly welcomed from Roman Catholics and females as these groups are currently under-represented within AFBI. AFBI is an Equal Opportunities Employer ALL APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE CONSIDERED STRICTLY ON THE BASIS OF MERIT