Finance Assistant
Kinver High School and Sixth Form, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY7 6AA16 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday 20 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 4/5 FTE £21,947 - £24,689 Actual Annual Salary - £11,863 – £13,345
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Head Teacher and Governors of Kinver High School wish to appoint an experienced Finance Assistant to provide financial support under the direction of the Trust School Finance Officer. You will support, manage and undertake the day-to-day operations of all financial systems, in accordance with the practices and procedures of the school and Invictus Education Trust.
If you are a good communicator and organiser, have a flexible approach to work, can work as part of a team and are considering studying towards the AAT qualification with a keen interest in finance, then we would like to hear from you.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, this post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.
NB: We reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised date if a large number of applications have been received.
For an informal discussion, please contact Emma Turley, Senior Accountant,eturley@invictus.educationor 01384 686405
Closing date: Monday 6th January 2025 at 10am
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews due to take place: to be confirmed
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 –KCSIE 2024
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
What the school offers its staff
We are located in the beautiful, rural village setting of Kinver and serve a wide area also comprising the South Staffordshire villages of Stourton, Swindon, Bobbington and Trysull. Over recent years a substantial number of children have travelled in from the southern and western parts of Stourbridge including Norton, Wollaston, Wordsley and from Cookley in Worcestershire. Kinver is also conveniently located for travel to and from Bridgnorth, Dudley and Kidderminster.
Kinver High School is widely recognised as a friendly and welcoming school community where all are valued. We aim to support and challenge all our students to work hard and have high aspirations for academic success and personal development.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kinver High School and Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 724 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@invictus.education
- Phone number
- 01384 686586
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