Finance Assistant
Mercian Educational Trust, Malvern, WR14 2LUDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, full time permanent - all year (Hybrid Working)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £25583 and £25989
Pay scale
- SCP5 to SCP 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Finance Assistant will provide general office support and helping maintain accurate financial records for the Trust . This role is ideal for someone in the early stages of a finance career, with opportunities to develop skills over time.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join the Mercian Educational Trust?
At MET, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious and deeply collaborative Trust where everyone works together to support, challenge and uplift one another. We invest in our people because we know that when staff thrive, pupils thrive. Here’s what you can look forward to:
Salary Sacrifice Schemes • Cycle to Work • Electric Vehicle Leasing • Tech Benefits Exceptional Wellbeing Support 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and App Free Health Essentials • Annual flu jab • Regular eye tests Real Career Progression We’re a Trust that actively grows talent • Move across schools or central teams as new roles arise. • Access rich CPD, coaching and collaborative learning. Top-Tier Pension Schemes • Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teaching staff. • Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff— A Culture Built on Collaboration You’ll join a community where: • Staff regularly work across schools to strengthen practice. • Leaders share expertise to raise standards Trust-wide. Practical, Everyday Benefits • Free parking on or near every site. • 50% discount on wraparound care across all MET schools (Nursery provision excluded).
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mercian Educational Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- vwhite@metacademies.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01684 377980
We are a multi academy trust based in Worcestershire.
Our vision is to empower our community to develop a range of diverse skills to thrive in an evolving world through our family of distinctive schools.
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