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Finance Assistant

Greenleas School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AB

This job expired on 22 September 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 September 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 August 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,721.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Point 2 levels 3-4

Finance Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a
driven and energetic Finance Assistant who will support and enhance the
school's finance function. You will support the School Business Manager and
Finance Manager to maintain the school's  financial performance to enable
pupils and staff to reach their potential. 

Hours: 28 hours per week,  working pattern to be negotiated. Term-time only.

The ideal
candidate:

• Experience
  & knowledge of finance in an education setting.


• Experience
  with accounting/budgeting software & Microsoft packages.


• Experience
  of working in a finance-based role.


• Have
  excellent written & verbal communication skills.


• Embrace
  new challenges.


• Ability
  to manage own time and prioritise workload in order to meet deadlines.


• Be
  committed to innovation & have a drive to learn & develop.


• Ability
  to work effectively as part of a team & have a good sense of humour.


• Confidentiality.


• Highly
  accurate with an attention to detail.


• Ability
  to exert assertiveness in a professional manner when/if required.


• Ability
  to remain calm under pressure.


• Be
  committed to putting children at the heart of all decision making. 

This role
offers individuals the:

• Opportunity
  to develop new skills and knowledge.


• Potential
  for career development.


• Potential
  support for financial qualifications.


• Opportunity
  to learn from and shadow effective individuals.


• The
  opportunity to help improve the lives of children in our schools.

Additionally, you will be a
member of the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of
28.2%

Greenleas School is committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to
share this commitment. We will carry out enhanced DBS checks where necessary on
all staff and take references. Please note that online searches are undertaken
as part of the safer recruitment process. Central Bedfordshire Council Schools
are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all members of
the community.

 

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

Greenleas School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We will carry out enhanced DBS checks where necessary on all staff and take references. Please note that online searches are undertaken as part of the safer recruitment process.

Central Bedfordshire Council Schools are equal opportunities employers and welcome applications from all members of the community.

Please advise us if you have a disability, learning difficulties, medical conditions or needs for which you would like us to make reasonable adjustments so that your application and working experience is more accessible.

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About Greenleas School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 680 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greenleas School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenleas-school

We are a two-site school in the market town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. We have over five hundred and sixty main school pupils in addition to those attending our Early Years provision which brings our total number to nearly seven hundred. We have one hundred and thirty staff across both sites.

We have a senior and middle leadership structure, providing opportunities for career development.

Our teachers have shared PPA on a Friday afternoon and come together across both sites for our staff meeting/Inset every Wednesday. We plan as a team across both sites.

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