Finance Assistant
Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 36 hours per week or between 20-30
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC pay scale 7-11 (£25,584 - £27,269 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will need:
- GCSE education to include English Language and Maths (or equivalent)
- Demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and development of young people
- Work in an organised way with meticulous attention to detail
- Experience of using financial systems and double entry book-keeping, sound knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel would be an advantage
- Experience of working in a school or academy finance office would be great but not essential
What the school offers its staff
What’s in it for you:
- Professional development and career progression
- Generous pension scheme
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym Discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Flexible working opportunities
Further details about the role
Main responsibilities:
Process all orders, goods received notes and invoices
Prepare a BACS run to pay suppliers, staff expenses and pupil bursaries
Ensure credit card transactions are authorised and posted on PSF
Post entries and confirm reconciliation of Petty Cash
Post entries for trips and staff expenses
Ensure timely payment of Bursaries
Raising of sales invoices
Accurate coding and recording of VAT
Ensuring compliance with legal and financial regulations and the Trust’s financial policies and procedures
Commitment to safeguarding
Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
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About Stoke Damerel Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- shall@greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical and Healthcare College are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character.
Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.
Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College are next door to each other. No additional travel is required.
We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.
As one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country, we currently comprise of thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, fourteen in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth. We are continuing to grow and have further schools joining us on a regular basis.
We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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