Alpha Trust Central Services Support
Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Part time - hours to be confirmed with the successful candidate.
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- Up to Scale 10, dependant on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are a small but growing Multi-Academy Trust with five schools based in Colchester and Manningtree. We are dynamic, innovative and highly successful. The Trust has a small central team of finance and HR staff who work in collaboration with teams in our schools to deliver finance and payroll on behalf of the Trust. The post is based in the Alpha Trust offices on the site of Colchester County High School for Girls.
The main duties of the role include:
- To support the CFOO with the financial, administrative and operational aspects of the Trust
- To contribute to the effective and efficient on-boarding of a new secondary school to the Trust
- To compile a procedural handbook for the on-boarding process of a new school to the Trust
- To run the procurement process for the Trust’s project management/quality assurance provider and the external auditors under the direction of the CFOO
- In line with the DfE calendar, identify all submission deadline dates and, under the direction of the CFOO, prepare and complete the submissions
- Attend and participate in meetings as required
- To work collaboratively with colleagues in the Trust and in its academies
- The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the CFOO to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the role, skills and grade
We are looking for a candidate who has relevant finance and operations experience. In addition, our successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Good numerical ability, accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to meet deadlines and to prioritise competing tasks
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships
- Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable, with an ability to complete a high and demanding workload in a timely and professional manner
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer:
- An opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team
- Excellent professional development opportunities as part of a family of schools
- A pleasant working environment in dedicated MAT offices.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@cchsg.com
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Colchester County High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1183 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@cchsg.com
Colchester County High School for Girls is part of Alpha Trust. It is a selective state school for academically able students aged from 11 to 18 years which consistently achieves public examination results at the highest level and Ofsted "Outstanding". Admission to the school is via the 11+ examination in Year 7; the school also admits academic students to the Sixth Form. The school is lead for the North East Essex Teaching School Alliance and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium is based on the site. Situated a mile to the west of central Colchester, the school is set in its own extensive grounds on a large, quiet campus.
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