Finance Administration Officer
Red Kite Learning Trust, Harrogate, HG2 9PH9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
12 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
3 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,419.00 - £13,241.00 Annually (Actual) Band 7 SCP 8-12, FTE £26,824-£28,598
Finance Administration Officer job summary
Term Time Only (Including Training Days) 20 hours worked over 4 days, including Wednesdays and Friday. Times are negotiable.
At the heart of our success are the people who make it happen, from inspiring classroom teachers to the dedicated operational teams behind the scenes and at all levels. Every contribution counts. Our Central Trust Team plays a crucial role in maintaining seamless operations, fostering clear communication, and delivering timely guidance to our schools and leadership.
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Administration Officer to join our Finance Team. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage the day-to-day operations of the Trust’s purchase ledger accounting system, ensuring compliance with internal financial procedures and external regulatory requirements. This includes processing supplier invoices, reconciling accounts, and ensuring timely and accurate payments.
In addition, the role provides essential administrative support to the wider finance team, contributing to the smooth running of finance operations and supporting month-end processes, reporting tasks, and document management.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented, organised individual looking to contribute to a busy and supportive finance function within a values-driven organisation.
About our Trust
We are a people centred organisation and we recognise we cannot achieve our mission together, without attracting the very best talent and being recognised as a great place to work. As we mark 10 years since our Trust was founded, we celebrate a decade of learning, collaboration, and achievement - not just for our schools and communities, but for the colleagues who make it all possible.
Here’s what you can expect when you join us:
- Generous pension scheme: Employer contribution rate of 19%, plus a wide range of benefits and discounts. Full details HERE
- Flexible working options: We support work-life balance and are open to exploring suitable arrangements
- Supportive environment: We prioritise respect, equality, diversity, and well-being
- Community culture: Collaboration and generosity are at the heart of our team
- Professional development: We invest in your growth at every stage of your career
For more about Red Kite Learning Trust, click the ‘view our careers page’ button.
About You
To be a good fit for this role, you will be:
- experienced in working in a finance or accounting administrative role, with an understanding of basic financial processes.
- confident managing a purchase ledger, processing invoices, and ensuring accurate and timely supplier payments.
- highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- comfortable working independently as well as part of a team, showing initiative and reliability.
Next Steps
Let’s Connect: We would love to speak to you to answer any questions you might have about this role or our Trust ahead of applying for this opportunity. To arrange a convenient time to speak in person, or visit us ahead of applying, please email Gaynor Murtagh murtaghg@rklt.co.uk
Adjustments: Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please include these within Part Two of our application form under the section ‘Disability and Accessibility’.
Applicant Guidance: Red Kite Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer which welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to promoting diversity and want a workforce which reflects the local population of each of our schools. Our recruitment guidelines and privacy notice for applicants can be found HERE.
Ready to Apply: If you have all the info you need, click APPLY NOW to start your application.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Red Kite Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Red Kite Learning Trust is a Multi-academy trust made up of 14 schools in North and West Yorkshire, serving more than 9,750 children and young people and their families, from nursery to sixth form.
We’re passionate about learning, providing a rich curriculum which releases potential and creates opportunity for all our pupils.
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