Finance & HR Assistant

Arbour Vale School, Slough, SL2 3AE

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  12 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week,8.30am to 16.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 16.00pm on Friday, 5 days per week, Term time plus 2 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Level 5 22.1-25.0, FTE £30,008.00- £31,966.00, Actual Salary - £27,013.70-28776.30 Including Special School Allowance FTE £1,315.07 - Actual - £1,183.80

What skills and experience we're looking for

The post holder, supporting the Business Manager and HR Officer, will provide comprehensive administrative support across HR and Finance functions, ensuring effective operations related to staff management, absence processes, resource procurement, and compliance with organisational policies. The postholder acts as a central coordination point for accurate record-keeping, communication, and procedural follow-through departments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in processing school orders, ensuring budget provision and authorisation prior to processing.
• Monitor Agency staff timesheet approvals and provide Agency Flash Report data on a weekly basis
• Monitor and process orders sent to AVS Resources mailbox and monitoring stock levels

• Ensure accurate and timely data input into HR systems, including:
• New starters, leavers, amendments, maternity/paternity, absences, annual leave, etc.
• Leave requests, including notifying staff and filing appropriately.
• Support absence management processes

Key Requirements:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Good numeracy and IT skills (e.g., Excel, MIS systems)
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Finance and HR Assistant JD.pdf - 228 KB (opens in new tab)

About Arbour Vale School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 359 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Arbour Vale School website
• Email address: Maria.Paul@arbourvaleschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arbour-vale-school

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