Finance Assistant

Campton Academy, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5PF

6 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2024

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: £23,500.00 - £24,294.00 Annually (FTE)

Finance Assistant job summary

Finance Assistant

BASED AT: Campton Academy

SALARY/GRADE RANGE: NJC Scale 3a Points 5-7, FTE (Full Time Equivalent) £23,500 - £24,294, Annual salary estimate £11280 - £11661

RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal

HOURS: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am - 1.00pm, Term time plus one week (plus 5 staff training days)

Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) comprises eleven flourishing academies and five nurseries delivering first choice education, from Early Years to Advanced Level study. Our vision is ‘to grow the BEST in everyone.’ We believe in the importance of high expectations, hard work and the development of a community of schools where each of us strive to ‘be the best that we can be.’ Our schools work together to add value and compete to continually improve.

Campton Academy is a successful lower school with a welcoming and supportive ethos. With this in mind, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated finance assistant to join our team.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming school with strong values.

The leadership of the academy are looking for someone who can provide administration for finance at Campton Academy, in liaison with and support from centralised staff in our Trust. They will bring initiative, flexibility and a desire to support the work of our successful academy.

We are looking for someone who:

Has a desire to provide administrative support to our educational provision

Has a good understanding of the need for confidentiality and discretion

Shares our academy’s values and wants to work as part of a fantastic team of staff

Values a crucial role in a busy environment

We can offer you:

• A team of staff and governors who are passionate and committed to our school being the best it can be
• A hard working staff team who are welcoming and supportive
• A school that was inspected by Ofsted in November 2023 and is driven to continually develop its many strengths.
• An opportunity to be a part of a forward-thinking team where all staff are highly motivated and continually looking to improve practice
• A school that is part of a Trust which shares good practice and is outward looking
• A welcoming and purposeful setting which is frequently commented on by visitors

On behalf of the academy I hope you find this information useful and that it encourages you to apply. Informal visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact us to arrange an appointment to come and meet with the Principal.

Applicants must be willing to undertake a DBS clearance and the Academy must receive two satisfactory references before the successful candidate can commence employment.

CLOSING DATE: Midnight Wednesday 6th November 2024

INTERVIEW DATE: Monday 18th November 2024

For general enquiries about this role, please contact Mrs Bright on 01462 813359 or jbright@bestacademies.org.uk

Applications may be made online via MyNewTerm. If you prefer, a Word Application Form may be requested from the school contact named above.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Strictly no agencies.

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.

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About Campton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 131 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Campton Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/campton-academy (opens in new tab)

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