Finance Officer
Lea Valley Primary School
Haringey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £27,978-£28,992 per annum Pro Rata
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2022
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an exceptional person with strong school finance knowledge and experience. It is essential that the job holder knows the school ethos and will work as a member of our team to deliver our values.
The job holder will:
- Assist staff in sourcing suitable products using ‘best value’ principles.
- Raise and send purchase orders/log commitments on the accounting system.
- Where appropriate purchase goods using the schools’ purchasing card.
- Validate and process invoices, issue cheques and BACS payments.
- Assist with staff returns, reconcile overtime claims and process monthly payroll reports.
- Carry out the bank reconciliation and period end.
- Create invoices for funding claims and supplied services.
- Chase outstanding payments, reporting any issues to the Head Teacher.
- Take responsibility for the financial arrangements relating to school meals, school visits, extra-curricular services, lettings, Breakfast and After School Club.
- Liaise with Haringey Local Authority departments and other external bodies.
- Source and apply for funding to assist the school.
Applicants must have:
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- Experience in using a finance software preferably RM Finance
- Experience of development, management and operation of financial management procedures and systems
- Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise under pressure
- Strong IT skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office, data entry and email programs
- A “can do” approach with a commitment to reaching solutions
- Confidence to deal with a variety of challenges
- The ability to use their initiative and prioritise their work
- A natural ability to communicate with people and value good working relationships
Lea Valley will:
- Support the successful candidate within the Finance Officer role.
- Provide annual performance management reviews.
- Encourage professional networking with other schools and associations.
- Guarantee no two days will be the same.
Organisation and teamwork are important elements in this post. You will need to be flexible and have the necessary skills to respond efficiently and effectively to changing and sometimes unexpected work demands.
Lea Valley Primary School is committed to safeguarding children. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory background checks, including two references and an enhanced DBS check.
Pre-arranged visits to the school are welcome. If you have any questions feel free to
call. Agi Nicolaou, Office Manager on 020 8801 6915, or email
admin@leavalley.haringey.sch.uk
The application pack will be available to download from our website www.leavalleyprimary.org (see below), and via the London Borough of Haringey website, TES website and also the HEP website.
Closing date: Thursday 9th June 2022
Interviews: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Required: September 2022
Scale 6: £27,978-£28,992 per annum
Pro Rata Hours: 21 hours per week (negotiable) – (term time only)
Attached documents
About Lea Valley Primary School
At Lea Valley Primary School we value all members of the school community as individuals who are involved in teaching and learning.
We recognise that positive behaviour and social skills provide a sound basis for working, sharing and playing together. We consider the physical, intellectual and emotional atmosphere of the school environment should enable individuals to feel good about themselves and believe in themselves as learners.
We do this by framing our working attitudes around 6 central values:
Ambition, Courage, Determination, Honesty, Kindness and Respect
Teachers will provide a broad and balanced curriculum which will develop the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for future learning. In the course of their daily work, the staff will contribute to the development of this ethos through:
- Providing a calm, controlled and effective working environment at all times, in which each child can achieve his or her maximum potential;
- Providing a welcoming environment, in which courtesy, kindness and respect are fostered;
- Providing positive role models;
- Providing a fair and disciplined environment, in line with the school’s ‘Behaviour Policy’;
- Maintaining purposeful and informative planning, record-keeping and assessment documents, in line with the school’s procedures;
- Effective management of their professional time;
- Providing children with meaningful, purposeful tasks, related to the new curriculum programmes of study and the Foundation Stage 12 areas of learning;
- Valuing and celebrating pupils’ success and achievements;
- Reviewing personal and professional development by providing appropriate INSET, training and support from colleagues in order to ensure a high level of professional expertise;
- Welcoming, supporting and educating students, both teaching and non-teaching;
- Developing links with the wider community to enhance the opportunities for teaching and learning.
In accordance with the school’s Equal Opportunities Policy, all children at Lea Valley Primary School must be given full access to the National Curriculum. Staff will endeavour to help all children to reach their full potential irrespective of race, gender, age or ability.
At Lea Valley Primary School, meeting the needs of all pupils means giving consideration to the educational requirements of different groups of learners in line with national and local guidelines. These groups include:
- Pupils with SEND;
- Gifted and talented pupils;
- Pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties and/or who are disaffected and who may have regular unexplained absences or demonstrate apathy towards the experience of school;
- Pupils from under-achieving minority ethnic groups and pupils who need support to learn English as an additional language;
- Pupils who have a disability;
- Pupils who appear to be under-achieving in one or more key areas of the curriculum.
We aim to put in place a wide range of organisational and teaching strategies to respond to the diverse learning needs of our school community and to show that each one of our pupils is valued.
We seek to ensure that all pupils receive the appropriate assessment, curriculum and teaching to enable them to learn most effectively.
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