Support Officer (HR & Finance Link)
Brentwood County High School, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4JFThis job expired on 24 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 March 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
- £23,753.82 - £24,924.92 Annually (Actual) Essex Scale 5 Point 9-12 + Additional fringe allowance of £635.02 per annum
Support Officer (HR & Finance Link) job summary
Support Officer (HR & Finance Link)
Salary: Essex Scale 5 Point 9-12
Actual Salary: £23,753.82 - £24,924.92 per annum
Additional fringe allowance of £635.02 per annum
37 hours per week
Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 4:00pm, Friday 8am – 3.30pm
30-minute unpaid break for lunch
41 weeks of the year – term time, inset days plus 2 additional weeks
Start Date: April 2025
Brentwood County High School are looking for a highly motivated and organised Support Officer to join their administrative team. The successful candidate will have experience working within a school environment and will provide administrative support to the school and be the link to the Trust HR and Finance Team. Whilst experience working in a HR or environment is not required, it may be advantageous in this role.
The successful candidate will:
- Record staff absence on the HR system, issuing self-certificates and return to work forms when absences occur.
- Collate overtime and expense claim forms in preparation for monthly payroll returns.
- Support the Trust HR Officer with administration associated to staff absence and preparing recruitment packs for panels.
- Maintain electronic cash handling systems.
- Be the finance point of contact for school trips and visits.
- Organise and supervise orders at the school ensuring value for money and timely delivery of goods including the processing of order requisitions
- Be the first point of contact for parents, pupils, and staff in relation to finance queries.
- Provide general administrative support to the school.
BCHS is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools’ Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people. being part of a Co-operative Academy BCHS is firmly rooted in serving our community. We are proud to be an inclusive co-educational comprehensive school where we recognise that success for young people is built on firm foundations of trust, respect, care and hard work. We measure our success by much more than exam results as we recognise that such data tells only a part of the story of each of our young people.
What the school can offer:
- Recognition of continuous service
- Relocation package of up to £8,000 for new employees renting or buying a property.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- The support of an experienced family of schools
- National Conditions of Service
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now. To request a visit to the school or for more information please speak to Sophie Neal hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648907.
BCHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.
Closing date: Monday 24th March 2025
Interview Date: Monday 31st March 2025
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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.
About Brentwood County High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1109 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brentwood County High School website
Secondary school in Brentwood, part of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust.
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