Finance Administrator

Walmley Junior School, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B76 1JB

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  14 November 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: £27,254.00 - £30,024.00 Annually (FTE) 20 Hrs Per Week 8:40am - 12:40pm

Finance Administrator job summary

We require a Finance/Clerical Assistant to provide administrative support. The position is to start January 2026.

We are a very successful and friendly three-form entry junior school located in Sutton Coldfield. We are a creative and dynamic school offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive team. The successful candidate will work within the administration team and support the Bursar with general administrative and finance tasks.

Governors wish to appoint someone with the skills:

Working knowledge of spreadsheets and databases

Numerically strong and confident in using IT

Experience working in bookkeeping/financial environment

Good written and oral communication skills

Organisational skills

Understanding of the need for confidentiality

Patience and the ability to deal with a wide range of demands from a variety of people

Polite, pleasant and efficient telephone manner

Flexible attitude towards day to day tasks as required

Ability to work effectively as part of a team or with minimum supervision

We are immensely proud of our school, our pupils, our team and our achievements. Have you the skills and confidence to enhance this ambitious school?

Walmley Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

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

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.

About Walmley Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Walmley Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walmley-junior-school

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