School Finance Officer
John Madejski Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8AF2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,624.00 - £19,025.00 Annually (Actual)
School Finance Officer job summary
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
The role is for 28 hrs per week, working over 41 weeks for fixed term - maternity cover only, for the maximum of 12 months.
This role is to start October 2024 or ASAP.
Vacancy Details
John Madejski Academy is a multi-cultural, multi-faith mixed comprehensive Secondary School in the heart of Reading where we celebrate our diversity. Years 7 to 11 are developing and rapidly expanding, and our Sixth Form has seen substantial academic success. Our students have a wide range of opportunities and PE and Performance Sport plays a significant part of school life here, with high quality sports coaching available through our performance sports programmes.
We couldn’t do what we do without our fantastic staff team, and we are looking for a Finance Officer to join our team, providing a comprehensive financial administration service to the school, including maintaining finance records and information management systems and providing support to the Central and School-based finance teams.
If you are looking to continue your Finance career in a varied and rewarding school-based role, then we want to hear from you. Come and join us on this exciting journey and be part of helping every student in our school reach their potential.
All About You
Do you have what it takes to join us? The Finance Officer, we would like to join us will:
Have some experience working in a finance and/or business role.
Ideally be part-qualified or studying for an Accountancy qualification (AAT), but this is not essential.
Be highly organised with a meticulous eye for detail.
Full working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook.
A genuine interest in working in an education environment.
Why Work for us?
We think you will love working with us and here are some of the reasons why:
We are a welcoming and supportive school with strong values and a caring ethos.
Our staff are a hardworking team dedicated to helping children succeed.
Our children are engaged and eager to learn.
We have a supportive leadership team and wider school community.
As part of The White Horse Federation multi-academy trust, we benefit from their support, encouragement, shared resources and outstanding CPD opportunities.
Why not come and see for yourself? We would love to welcome you to our school and show you around so that you can better understand our school environment. Please get in touch with the school office to arrange.
The White Horse Federation is a large Multi-Academy Trust in South West and South East England, committed to providing the very best education for our students. We believe in empowering our staff to be the very best they can be, and that is why you will find a wide range of professional development opportunities available to you when you join us.
Benefits:
We believe in valuing our staff, and one of the ways we can do that is by offering a range of benefits to our staff:
Car Purchase Scheme
Discounted Gym Membership
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Excellent Pension Scheme
Ready to Apply?
We hope we have done enough to give you a flavour of what it is like to work here. If you would like come and join us, then please apply today – we are looking forward to hearing from you.
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.
About John Madejski Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 871 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- John Madejski Academy website (opens in new tab)
School location
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