Finance Assistant
Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5LU14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 September 2026 at 8am
Date listed
19 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 per week (44 weeks per year, so term time plus 5 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- 14,927
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Input orders onto the Trust ‘PS Online’ System;
- Receive and check goods when these are delivered;
- Process and raise invoices, using the Trust finance system, to ensure that bills are paid on time and accurately;
- Ensure up to date financial records are maintained;
- Administer the finances associated with school activities, including online payment systems, before and after school club fees, trips and residential visits, and (potentially, in the future) nursery fees – and ensuring that necessary information is readily available to the school, parents and other stakeholders.
- Maintain oversight of the school budget records – to ensure accuracy of information.
- Collect and count any cash (or cheques) received, including snack money, lunch money, charity donations, etc – and maintain accurate records of all monies received (to ensure that all monies are accounted for).
- Undertake debt recovery, with a firm, but sensitive approach.
- Liaise with other stakeholders (including members of the Trust’s Central Team), work colleagues, parents, visitors and contractors in a polite, professional and courteous manner.
What the school offers its staff
- A friendly, hardworking team of staff;
- A welcoming and vibrant school;
- Happy children who enjoy learning;
- A designated office space;
- Free parking at your place of work;
- The necessary training to become familiar with the school specific IT and finance systems;
- Support from a network of colleagues who carry out very similar roles in the other schools that are part of Weaver Trust.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAdditional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- Head@haltonlodge.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01928564053
Arranging a visit to Halton Lodge Nursery & Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Head@haltonlodge.co.uk.
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