Administration & Finance Officer

Pioneer House High School are seeking to appoint an Administration & Finance Officer to support the school administration team and to take responsibility for finance transactional processing. You will be required to work in line with the Trust financial regulations and procedures, ensuring accuracy, compliance and best practice. The successful candidate will be working closely with the Office Manager, school administration team, School Operations Manager, Finance Business Partner and central finance team. 

Applicants should have a good understanding of the day to day demands of a busy administration team, utilising outstanding communication and organisation skills, ideally in a school setting. 

The working pattern for this role is term-time,  plus an additional 15 days, equating to 41 weeks per year. The 15 additional days will incorporate 5 staff training days (INSET days) and 10 additional days to be worked during school holidays on dates agreed with the Headteacher. The pro-rated annual starting salary based on 41 working weeks is £18,388.34 The full time equivalent is £20,444.

The role is full time, 35 hours per week, working Monday to Friday.

Pioneer House High School is a school with a unique focus in preparing pupils from age 11 to become independent and productive young adults. Through our engaging applied learning curriculum focus, carefully structured programmes and highly effective teachers Pioneer House provides an outstanding and stimulating educational experience for every student. The rapid growth of this innovative school will offer the post holders ample opportunities for skill development and progression over the next few years through training and support.

Our school is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust. Prospere Learning Trust was formed in September 2017 through the merger of two multi academy trusts. We currently employ over 900 staff and are passionate about providing exceptional education for children from any background so that they become happy, confident adults with excellent academic knowledge and qualifications. We believe that our staff play a vital role in achieving our vision.

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them

Application procedure:

Please note we do not accept CVs; 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. 

Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 12 July 2022. 

Interviews to take place week commencing 18 March 2022.


We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants.

All schools within the Trust are 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.

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 the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also 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 including receipt of satisfactory references.

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, 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.