Assistant to the Bursar
Cokethorpe School
Oxfordshire
- £30,000 - £38,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- immediate / soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2022
Job overview
Reporting to the Bursar, the successful applicant will also have regular contact with the School’s Headmaster and other senior staff. Equally importantly, the post-holder will also work with a wide range of staff across the School, parents and external advisers, suppliers, and consultants.
As Assistant to the Bursar, you will be responsible for supporting the Bursar with day-to-day administrative support and financial management. The post-holder will be expected to meet high standards. Success in this role requires a focus on attention to detail, organisation, confidence, and discretion. You will need to show initiative, have a positive attitude, and embrace technology.
Person Specification:
• Relevant qualifications/experience (accounting qualification desirable not essential)
• Excellent organisation skills and acute attention to detail
• Confident user of the MS Office suite – intermediate Excel user
• Previous experience of Access Financials an advantage
• Robust “can do” approach to IT systems
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Proactive approach to learning new skills and willingness to get involved
• Ability to manage change, work under pressure, and remain outwardly calm
• A friendly and good-humoured approach to enjoying your work and developing professional relationships.
To apply
Applications must be submitted on the official application form and sent with a covering letter to the HR Department, Cokethorpe School, Witney, Oxon OX29 7PU or by email to recruitment@cokethorpe.org. Application forms can be sent to applicants by post on request or can be downloaded on the link on our website.
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About Cokethorpe School
Cokethorpe is an independent, day school for boys and girls aged four to eighteen, set in 150 acres of glorious Oxfordshire parkland, just two miles south of Witney and ten miles to the west of Oxford.
The School is unique in many ways; not only is our setting unsurpassed but we are also one of the only co-educational day schools in Oxfordshire with both Prep and Senior schools on the same site.
At the heart of our School is the belief that our pupils dig deeper, reach higher, and stretch further when they feel the embrace of supportive peers and the oversight of enthusiastic and experienced teachers who know when and how to challenge them. This sense of community is fostered by the close-knit House system where young people develop a deep sense of belonging; it is forged around the close, working relationship of the small classrooms, where teachers engage the intellect, encourage students to grapple with ideas, and teach lifelong respect and humility.
We are a happy, strong and vibrant community, in which individuals are generous of spirit, inspire friendship and support one another. Our teachers, pupils and parents value the School's small class sizes and emphasis on delivering liberal educational principles in an environment that celebrates individual achievements equally, whatever their passions might be.
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