Finance Administrator - Including Trips and Visits

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As Soon As Possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,234.00 - £25,823.00 Annually (Actual) NJC6 - NJC10

Finance Administrator - Including Trips and Visits job summary

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Academy Finance & Trips and Visits Administrator to join our dedicated team. Reporting directly to the Principal's Personal Assistant, this pivotal role combines financial administration with the coordination of educational visits and trips, helping to ensure both the smooth running of the Academy and enriching experiences for our students.

What You'll Be Doing:

You'll play a key role in managing the Academy's day-to-day financial administration, ensuring compliance with Trust procedures and regulatory requirements while maintaining accurate financial records. You'll also coordinate trips and visits from initial planning through to completion, supporting staff, students and parents every step of the way.

We're Looking For Someone Who:

✔ Is proactive, organised and able to manage multiple priorities

✔ Has excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications and financial systems

✔ Can work accurately with exceptional attention to detail

✔ Has strong communication and customer service skills

✔ Is confident working to deadlines and maintaining confidentiality

✔ Has experience in administration, ideally with financial processes

✔ Enjoys working collaboratively while also taking ownership of their workload.

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a truly special place to learn and work. In June 2025, Ofsted rated the academy ‘Good’ in all areas and ‘Outstanding’ for Post-16 provision. Our August GCSE results exceeded national averages for both attainment and progress, reflecting the dedication of our staff and the ambition of our students.

We are proud of our young people, whose behaviour, achievements, and character shine every day. Guided by our community ethos — “Be inspired and achieve together” — we provide daily opportunities for success, growth, and collaboration. Respect, responsibility, and independence are at the heart of our values, helping students to mature into confident, capable individuals. At Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, we believe in the potential of every student and nurture it within a caring, supportive environment where everyone can thrive.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

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.

About Arnold Hill Spencer Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1552 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Arnold Hill Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arnold-hill-spencer-academy

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a special place to learn and work. Our students are impressive young people, whose behaviour and achievements are something to be proud of. Our aim is for all members of the community to “Be inspired and achieve together” and to provide opportunities for this on a daily basis.

We teach our students the value of respect, how to act responsibly and support them to become mature, independent young people. We very much believe in the potential of every student, enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.

We are a member of the Spencer Academies Trust and benefit from the support of an established trust. To find out more about The Spencer Academies Trust, please visit www.satrust.com

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