Finance Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Chellaston Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 5UB

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  8 June 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  3 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Pay Scale 4- £25,907 - £27,529 FTE (£9,979 - £10,628 pro rata)

Finance Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Procure goods/and or services for the academy, ensuring the highest value for money from financial resources;
• Process purchase orders for goods and/or services;
• Check all deliveries and Good Receive in the system, updating inventory and stock trackers for assets and equipment accordingly if required
• Pass invoices for goods and/or services received through for payment;
• Process staff expense claims and claims for additional hours for checking by Finance Officer
• Administer the academy’s lettings;
• Liaise with the Trust to ensure all income due to the academy is collected in a timely manner;
• Oversee the financial aspects of school trips and other activities;
• Maintain the academy’s on-line payments system;
• Be responsible for all monies received by the academy for school meals, trips and other activities, banking cash and cheques in a timely manner;
• Maintain the academy’s stock records;
• Ensure all financial records are retained in accordance with the Trust’s requirements;
• Ensure compliance with the Trust’s financial policies and procedures at all times;
• Co-operate with the Trust, its auditors and other external regulators;
• Support Academy events as required.
• Provide general administrative support
• Deal with routine enquiries;
• Assist with the management of fund accounts and report any concerns to the Finance Officer
• Ensure consistent implementation of the internal financial control framework and other financial policies and procedures 

GENERAL

• Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate
• Maintain an awareness of and adherence to statutory safeguarding guidance
• Understand and comply with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy in the performance of their duties and responsibilities
• Carry out the duties of the post in compliance with the Trust’s Equalities Policy
• Understand and comply with all other relevant academy policies
• Take an active part in appraising their own work against agreed priorities and targets in accordance with the Trust’s Appraisal Policy and professional development and supervision arrangements
• Undertake any necessary training associated with the duties of the post
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the overall function, commensurate with the grading and level of responsibilities of the post

Why work for us?

•  At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process. That’s why we are proud to offer an Automatic Pay Review program, rather than the traditional annual pay and performance review, as part of our comprehensive benefits package.
• Continual access to CPD opportunities. QEGSMAT works with a large number of organisations to develop staff to fulfil their aspirations and potential. We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our staff within this evolving Trust.
• We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
• All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. This can also include bespoke counselling sessions for staff if needed.
• All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions of service.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions of 23.4% for Derbyshire support staff.
• Family friendly policies
• Access to Flu Vaccines
• Opportunity to work flexibly
• Access to 750+ discounts on everyday essentials via our benefits package with Vivup

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Chellaston Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1807 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chellaston Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chellaston-academy

At Chellaston Academy, we believe that academic outcomes are important, and our expectation is that we will achieve national progress standards. However, we do not measure the success of our students by their examination results alone. We believe developing the whole person to be vitally important as well. Students access a balanced curriculum, and we continually strive to develop characteristics such as self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem and make sure individual talent is recognised and nurtured.

We believe that when the school, parents/carers and students share high expectations every child will achieve great things. This includes having an excellent attitude centred on respect, high standards of appearance, good manners, full attendance and punctuality.

We believe that Chellaston Academy is a vibrant and successful school where all students thrive through our shared principles of Question, Explore, Give and Succeed.

Question – All students are given the opportunity to question who they are and why they want to be; to question their understanding and their actions. They learn how to question in a considered way, and then to listen to the response.

Explore – At Chellaston we give students opportunities and experiences, both in and beyond the classroom, educating the whole child and afforded them, looking for new ways to accomplish their goals, examining others’ values and beliefs, and exploring the world around them.

Give – At Chellaston our staff and students are expected to give their very best in all that they do; they give their time and experience to help others, always giving equal respect to all.

Succeed – We are a successful school. Success is celebrated and promoted with all members in our community. We want all of our students to succeed – individually and as part of a team – to be courageous and to succeed with good spirit and humility, developing resilience and character to succeed, even if at first, they fail.

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