School Finance Officer
The Grange School, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 3AU42 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
29 August 2025 at 8am
Date listed
16 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 26 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 6 Support staff salary points 6 – 9 £25,183 to £26,409 (FTE) £16,003 to £16,782 pro rata With a pay award pending
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we are looking for
We would love to hear from you if you:
- are a self-starter who can use their initiative
- have the ability to drive change to make processes more robust and/or efficient
- have excellent interpersonal skills and gravitas to interact with trust and school leaders on a regular basis
- can travel independently between trust sites
Essential:
- Self-starter with ability to drive change to make processes more robust and or efficient
- Excellent interpersonal skills and gravitas to interact with Trust leaders on a regular basis
- Previous accounting experience
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
Desirable:
- Experience of using the Planergy and Xero accounting platforms
- Experience of using the Arbor management information system
What the school offers its staff
About the Post
Our Finance Officer will support with high-quality operational finance processing across Twynham School and The Grange School (known collectively as ‘Twynham TGS’), within the Twynham Learning Multi Academy Trust. This role will deliver transactional processing and reporting across multiple business areas to a high standard. This is an opportunity to work within a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a team of friendly, supportive, professional Finance experts.
Twynham School is a very special place with an excellent reputation both locally and nationally. We are a heavily over-subscribed school where achievement is exceptionally high, students are well-behaved and eager to learn and relationships are very special.
This post is based primarily at The Grange School but you are likely to work regularly across both of our sites.
We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to assist with:
- Management of bank accounts and petty cash, including posting ledger transactions and reconciling regularly
- Posting of all transactions onto accounting ledger
- Month end reconciliations of control accounts
- Process all ordering, in line with MAT policies
- Preparation of supplier payments
- Taking bookings of school facilities
- Preparation of all lettings and other sale ledger invoicing
- Managing group email inboxes
- Setting up and monitoring payments through Arbor (our management information system) for extra-curricular activities
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
What we can offer you
- Automatic membership of the Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling services plus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources
- A trust-wide intranet, where we share our news, information and resources
- Local discounts negotiated on behalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty salons, chiropractic care, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores
- Access to national discounts on a wide variety of huge brands
- A welcoming staff room with complimentary tea and coffee available throughout the day
- Free on-site parking
- The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust
- The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Coast
Further information about the job
Any questions?
To discuss the post or your application, please contact Alison Brown on 01202 495716 or email us at recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
How to apply
To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here: www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies
The closing date for applications is Friday 29 August at 8am.
However, we reserve the right to interview and/or appoint strong candidates before this, so we encourage you to apply early.
Commitment to safeguarding
We value diversity and inclusiveness. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities. We don't discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/nationality, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. We'll only consider people who can evidence their right to work in the UK. We're committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes to safeguard children. We undertake enhanced criminal records checks before appointment. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
Applying for the job
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About The Grange School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 470 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Grange School website
- Email address
- recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
- Phone number
- 01202495716
At the Grange School, we are on a journey of rapid school improvement and we are committed to ensuring we provide the very best education for every one of our students.
We continue to be inspired by their talents, not only in lessons and learning but also in their community work, music, on the stage, the sports field and the many other extra-curricular activities in which our students not only participate but lead.
Arranging a visit to The Grange School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@twynhamlearning.com.
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