Finance Officer

Mundesley Junior School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8LE

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  immediate start

• Closing date

  20 June 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  12 June 2025

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: £13.36 - £15.58 per hour

Finance Officer job summary

Part of The AIM Federation of Schools

Tel:  01263 720401

Email: s.wilkinson@aimfederation.org

Website: www.aimfederation.org

• Salary – Scale F, £14.36 - £15.58 per hour
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 30 hours per week 
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required for an immediate start

The AIM Federation of Schools - an established federation of seven schools and an SEMH Base located along the beautiful North Norfolk Coast and the Norfolk Broads.  

Not only will you be joining a dedicated and hardworking team at Mundesley Infant and Juniors, you’ll be collaborating with a wider team of around 130 staff in total, across the seven schools, working together and striving to deliver the very best education for our local communities. 

Experience: Previous experience is essential but full training will be provided. Hours of work, 8.00am - 2.30pm (negotiable).

We are seeking someone who:

• Pays Attention to Detail: Works with accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Is Adaptable and Proactive: Uses initiative when appropriate.
• Remains Calm Under Pressure: Able to prioritise tasks amidst the many demands of the role.
• Is an Excellent Communicator: Both written and spoken.
• Is a Team Player: Can work independently as well as in a team.
• Maintains Confidentiality: Respects confidentiality at all times.
• Builds Professional Relationships: With children, parents, governors, and staff.
• Is Proficient in ICT: Able to create and develop new spreadsheets or databases and maintain financial records and systems.
• Has Good Knowledge of Google Suite and Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying and reporting major variances and the reasons for such variances.
• Raise orders for goods, supplies, and services ensuring that they have been properly authorised and approved.
• Process invoices.
• Process BACS payments and raising cheques for approved payments.
• Ensure that all payments are properly authorised and approved.
• Maintain all data records relating to income and expenditure.
• Carry out budget reconciliation as directed.
• Produce, as directed, ad hoc reports.
• Produce excel spreadsheets as required.
• Accurately record, account for, and bank all income.
• Raise invoices in respect of lettings etc. 
• Produce Budget Holder reports.
• Assist with Month End and Year End procedures.
• Manage the parent pay system.
• Manage cashless catering system
• Ensure that all tasks are carried out in accordance with the appropriate procedure.

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned by email to - Sam Wilkinson, Operations Manager at - s.wilkinson@aimfederation.org

Note: We may interview suitably qualified candidates before the closing date, so ensure your application arrives promptly.

Closing date:  20 June 2025, 9am

Interview date:  TBC

The AIM Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Mundesley Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 98 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mundesley Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mundesley-junior-school

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