Finance Officer

Finance Officer

Pay Range 4 £29,477 to £31,645 FTE,

Actual Salary £ £18,077 to £19,406 salary

based on 27 hours per week over 4 or 5 days. Flexibility with start and finish times.

School term time plus 5 days in school holidays per year.

We are looking for an experienced, organized, meticulous, and personable Finance Officer. This is an opportunity to work with a fabulous team of staff to make a significant positive difference in a centrally important role. The postholder controls and manages income and expenditure and manages the financial aspects of school trips and activities. The postholder will also manage records and schedules, and more widely help maintain financial control and discipline within the school.

The successful applicant will have bookkeeping experience and a background that includes preparing information for reporting purposes. They will thrive in a purposeful, collegiate, and at times pressurized environment and will be highly numerate, obsessive about accuracy and will have a ‘can-do’ approach.

Within the Challoner’s High community you will experience:

• A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!)
• Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
• Onsite counsellor; free flu jabs; some free food
• Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
• Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the schools over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service
• Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)

Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was recently rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners. 

The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students

Responsible to: Business Manager

Salary / Allowances applicable: Pay range 4

Start Date: June or July 2024

Application Deadline: Noon, Monday 13th May 2024

Interview Date: Wednesday 15th May 2024

Completed applications should be sent to jo.barnes@challonershigh.com

Informal visits to the school are welcome

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.

Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities

 Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com

The successful applicant will be subject to an Ennanced DBS disclosure.   This is a regulated activity.