Finance Officer

Blackpool Church of England Primary School, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6JB

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  21 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,518 FTE

Finance Officer job summary

First Federation Trust, a Multi Academy Trust of 29 primary schools across Devon and West Dorset is seeking to appoint a part time Finance Officers, to work 22.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. The posts will be based at our Axminster Hub Office initially (EX13 5EB). 

This is a pivotal role within First Federation Trust’s Finance team. The Finance Officer will support a group of schools providing financial support, insight and challenge.

The Finance Officer is a member of the Operational Finance Team within the Trust’s central Finance Function.They will work to ensure that the funding available is maximised and controlled and school budgets are correctly set, monitored and managed through pro-active partnering with the schools’ administrators and Heads. 

Ultimately the Finance Officer assists Schools Heads and wider colleagues in delivering the best education possible to our pupils.

You will be a finance professional or administrator with an analytical mindset and ability to understand and interpret financial and other data.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide regular Management Reports to the school Administrators, Heads and Directors within your remit to 

  assist the schools with key decision making

• Monitor and oversee the agreed budget for each of the schools within your remit

• Identify and inform the Senior Finance Officer and Director of Finance of the causes of significant variance and

   take prompt corrective action

• Assist the Senior Finance Officer and Director of Finance with the preparation of the annual budgets and     

   forecasts for each of the schools within your remit

• Ensure the schools within your remit, and where applicable the Trust, receives value for money.

• Proactively implement the Trust’s policies and procedures

• Oversee the systems and procedures for financial transactions ensuring they are recorded and reported

  accurately

If you are interested in this post, we encourage early application. As part of our shortlisting process, you will be asked to attend an initial video call and complete an online test prior to interview.

Applications should be received by 21st April at midday - interviews will be held on 29th April

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post. Our Child Protection policy can be found on the school's website Safeguarding and Keeping Safe | Blackpool Church of England Primary School. All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Blackpool Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 268 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Blackpool Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blackpool-church-of-england-primary-school

Blackpool Church of England Primary School is situated on the very edge of Dartmoor National Park. It is surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. It is a mixed primary school for children between the ages of 4 and 11 years and marries the best aspects of a large Primary with an idyllic rural setting.

We make the most of our unique position by linking it to our curriculum design, so that the children learn to value and appreciate their locality.

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