Finance Assistant / Officer
Wyvern Academy, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 5AL14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
3 December 2025 at 8am
Date listed
19 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 16hrs per week, over 3 or 4 days per week (to include a Friday), Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,403 – £28,142 per annum
Actual salary
- £9,771 – £10,414 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
About you – You’ll be…
- Organised, reliable, and comfortable making numbers behave.
- Friendly, supportive, and good at explaining things without jargon.
- Calm under pressure, able to juggle tasks, and keep a sense of humour!
- A Team player who helps make our school culture warm and collaborative.
- Enthusiastic, resilient, and committed to every child’s success.
Finance experience is welcome, but not essential – if you have the right attitude and willingness to learn, we’ll happily help you develop the skills you need.
What you’ll be doing…
- Keeping our finance systems humming so staff and students get what they need – without drama.
- Crunching numbers, raising orders, processing invoices, and keeping bank transactions in check.
- Supporting budget holders and helping the school make every penny count.
- Answering questions from colleagues and suppliers clearly and accurately, so everyone can be on the same page.
- Keeping records accurate, compliant, and audit-ready (we promise it’s not as scary as it sounds).
- Handling sensitive info like a secret agent – confidentiality is your superpower.
What the school offers its staff
Why join us?
- The chance to make a huge difference in the lives of young people, one small victory at a time.
- Comprehensive support, Induction and training package
- We’re a supportive team who’ll have your back during the good, the bad, and the “Did that really just happen?” moments.
- Professional development opportunities because we’re all about helping you grow, both as a person and in your ability to juggle six things at once!
- You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
- A rewarding role where no two days are the same and every day makes a difference!
- The opportunity to develop your career in a School and Southern Education Trust, a growing Trust.
Further information about the job
Are you driven by the idea of making a real difference to young people who need someone in their corner? Do you want your work to do more than balance budgets – to genuinely support a school that transforms lives?
At Wyvern Academy, many of our young people face significant challenges both in and beyond the classroom. They need a school that understands them, believes in them, and refuses to give up on them. And behind every moment of progress – every small step forward – is a team working hard to keep the school running safely, smoothly and with care. That’s where you come in…
This isn’t just a finance job – it’s a chance to help create the stable foundations our students rely on every day.
If you’re the kind of person who wants your work to really matter, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 3rd December 2025
Interview date: 10th & 11th December 2025
Become part of our journey by completing our Support Staff Application Form and returning it to recruitment@deltaeducationtrust.com if you would like to apply. See our Finance Officer Job Description for further details on the role and our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
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
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About Wyvern Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 90 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wyvern Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@deltaeducationtrust.com
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