Finance Officer
Great Western Academy, Swindon, SN25 2PPThis job expired on 4 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
23 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36.5 hours per week, term time only plus one week in the holidays (to include all TD days) Mon – Thurs 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Scale 19 - 22 - £29,776– £31,364 Full Time Equivalent (£15.43 - £16.26) Pay award pending
What skills and experience we're looking for
GWA are looking to recruit a Finance Officer to join our finance team.
Are you a positive and hard-working person with high aspirations for yourself and others? Do you want to work in an environment that seeks to bring out the best in staff and students? Are you well organised with strong finance and administrative skills? Great Western Academy is seeking someone like you to join our Finance team. The post has become available due to an internal promotion.
The successful candidate will support our Finance Manager in ensuring the smooth running of the financial function of the Academy. GWA uses SAGE for Education as it’s accounting package. The successful candidate will need a good understanding of financial systems. An educational background would be advantageous but not essential.
You will join a vibrant and effective office environment of nine staff, who share a large and well-resourced front office. This team contributes significantly to the success of Great Western Academy, whose students have achieved excellent outcomes at GCSE and A-level since opening.
Our school is built around Achievement, Care and Excellence, and this applies to staff and students alike. We are fortunate to work in a purpose-designed building which provides us with a great environment in which to learn and work.
If you believe you have the skills and aptitude to move our work forwards then we would be delighted to hear from you. Applications close on Monday 4th November at 9am with interviews following soon after. If you have any questions prior to applying please contact recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at GWA include:
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- State of the art facilities
- Free Health and Wellbeing Support Service
- Staff wellbeing activities and events
- Cycle to work scheme through Cyclescheme
- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice scheme through Octopus
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Great Western Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. All posts within the Trust are therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and barred list check.
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About Great Western Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1025 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Great Western Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01793 209700
Great Western Academy opened in brand new, state-of-the-art facilities in North Swindon in September 2018. The Academy is heavily oversubscribed in years 7,8,9,10 and 11 and our Sixth Form is thriving with exceptional results.
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