Kingsmead School
Location
Somerset | United Kingdom
Job description
We are seeking to appoint a well organised, flexible and experienced administrator to join our small and friendly finance team. If you believe you have the qualities and skills we require and you would enjoy working in a school-based environment, then we would love to hear from you! Previous school experience is not necessary but would be an advantage.
The post holder will join a shared office in our new main building, with one other Finance Administrator and the Finance & Personnel Manager. We are able to offer this post as part-time or full-time hours for the right candidate. However, hours would need to be between 30-37 per week, Monday-Friday.
Our finance team play a significant role in the smooth running of the school and carry out finance processing in line with the school's financial regulations and procedures, ensuring accuracy, compliance and best practice. The successful candidate will be working closely with the Finance & Personnel Manager, the Director of Finance & Operations, and the Assistant Headteacher in charge of External Visits. We run regular off site activities for pupils and a large proportion of your work will be to lead on the administrative support given to the Assistant Headteacher and other staff leading the activities.
This is a permanent post, working 30-37 hours per week, term-time only + 5 INSET days.
The starting salary for this post is Grade 14 Point 4-6 £23,114-£23,893 of the Support Staff Pay Scale. This is the full-time equivalent figures, per annum, and the point you start on will depend on your experience. Your actual salary will be calculated based on your part-time hours.
Main responsibilities
You can find out more about Kingsmead School on our main TES page or by visiting our website.
Working for us: We offer a number of employee benefits, including:
Interviews to be held week commencing: Monday 25th March 2024 with the successful candidate starting on Monday 15th April 2024 or as soon as available after this date.
We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applicants.
Applying to work for us: Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete and we cannot accept CV's.
Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which Kingsmead sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references.
Kingsmead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. This post requires clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We are also committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community within our school and the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 01984 623483 or by emailing [email protected] Please do also contact us if you have any questions and we can offer you a tour of the school, should you wish to visit before applying.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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