Finance Officer

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6AA

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  13 December 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 November 2024

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: £22,233.00 - £24,484.00 Annually (Actual) Dorset Grade 7 SCP 8-14 (£25,992.00 to £28,624.00 FTE)

Finance Officer job summary

About this Role

Reporting to our Hub Business Manager, we are looking to appoint a dedicated Finance Officer to join our friendly and talented team to help shape our finance services to be as effective and efficient as possible for the benefit of our schools.

Supporting our Weymouth area schools; Beechcroft St Paul's, St John's CE Primary School and St Andrews CE Primary School, the successful candidate will be a key member of the school teams, being responsible for the efficient and timely processing of purchase orders and invoices, and routine monthly reconciliations. You will also support our Hub Business Manager with budgeting and financial reporting. Your main base will be at St Andrews CE Primary School but you will be expected to work at Beechcroft and St Johns on rotation.

You will need:

Maths GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent);

English GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent);

Experience of working in a financial role;

Previous experience of working in a financial capacity within a school environment would be advantageous;

Excellent IT skills;

Friendly with good interpersonal skills;

Have a positive, professional attitude and an excellent telephone manner;

Have good organisational skills;

Be able to prioritise work to meet deadlines;

Have the ability to work on your own initiative in a busy environment;

Willing to learn new skills;

Willingness to support the wider work across the school.

We can offer:

A very talented, supportive and approachable team of colleagues;

A welcoming, friendly, collaborative and supportive environment where everyone is valued;

Forward thinking, outward looking colleagues and schools;

Exciting opportunities for professional learning;

Access to employee wellbeing services and other staff benefits.

Your working hours would be 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday with some flexibility around timings. The role requires term-time only working (38 weeks) plus Inset Days (1 week) and 2 weeks during the holidays i.e. 41 weeks per year. Timings and holiday working weeks will be agreed with the Hub Business Manager.

Everyone within the Trust is expected to uphold our shared values of courage, kindness, love perseverance and respect in all that they do and we are looking for someone who will model these values too.

If you would like to discuss this role further please get in contact with Jules Troughton, Hub Business Manager at jtroughton@dsat.org.uk or telephone 01305 832346.

We look forward to hearing from you.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before making the decision to apply for the post, please give us a call and we will be happy to help you with as much detail as possible to support this process.

When you have enough information to make your decision to apply, please complete all sections of the application form. CVs will not be accepted.

All applicants will be notified of the shortlisting decisions by email. References for shortlisted candidates will be requested before interviews.

The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and equal opportunities in employment and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

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.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 256 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Andrew's Church of England Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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