Finance Assistant
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Bournemouth
- £23,210 - £25,068 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £23,210 to £25,068 per annum (Full Time Equivalent £24,978 to £26,978)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP once all pre-employment checks have been completed
- Apply by:
- 21 April 2025
Job overview
Start: ASAP once all pre-employment checks have been completed
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours a week.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm with a 30-minute unpaid break for lunch, term time only plus 4 weeks (42 working weeks)
Salary: actual £23,210 to £25,068 per annum (Full Time Equivalent £24,978 to £26,978) depending on experience
Closing Date: Midnight Monday 21st April 2025
Are YOU passionate about Finance and great customer service? Do YOU want to work as part of a supportive Primary School and Secondary Academies and be part of a team that values YOUR contribution?
Avonbourne Boys’ achieved an OUTSTANDING OFSTED rating in their inspection in November 2023.
Avonwood Primary School was rated as OUTSTANDING in their first OFSTED in June 2024, and Avonbourne Girls’ was graded OUTSTANDING in all categories in their October 2024 inspection!
So, what is stopping YOU from applying to be our Finance Assistant at our schools?
About the role
We are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to support our Finance Team. This post would suit both experienced Finance Assistants and also those at the beginning of their career.
The role requires good IT skills, a customer focused attitude and great communication skills. The role is initially based at Avonbourne Academies & Avonwood Primary School, however is part of a Finance team providing services for the United Learning cluster of schools, Glenmoor & Winton Academies and the Cornerstone Academy, across Bournemouth and Poole.
This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours Monday to Friday, term time only plus four extra weeks to be agreed during the school holidays.
About you
You will be highly motivated with good communication skills as you will be a crucial point of contact to both staff, students and parents across the cluster. You must also be well organised and able to work to under pressure and to specific deadlines.
Flexibility around working hours is also required.
The successful candidate will:
- have previous experience of working in a school but not essential
- have a flexible approach and be willing to actively seek to develop own learning to enhance the service delivered
- have an ability to prioritise your own work as well as the ability to work well collaboratively as part of a team
The right candidate may be less experienced in some of these areas, but they would be keen to learn and develop which would be shown in their enthusiasm, ability to seek advice, think on their feet, problem solve and progress.
We can offer you:
- one personal day every academic year.
- access to the Local Government Pension Scheme – Avonbourne contribute 23.6% each month on top of your contribution!
- occupational sick pay, protecting you and your family.
- access to our health care cash planand rewards scheme after six months service.
- over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partners, Perkbox, including access to discounted cinema tickets, holidays and gym memberships, car leasing and Cycle2work schemes.
- continuous Professional Development options that will be tailored to your needs.
- competitive maternity, paternity and adoption benefits.
Avonbourne Academies are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor a VISA application for this particular role as it is not one of the shortage occupations listed on the UK Governments website at this current time.
Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible. No further applications will be accepted once closed.
For more information
To apply, please complete the online application form.
For more information about this role please contact:
recruitment@avonbourneacademy.org.uk
Closing date for applications: Midnight Monday 21st April 2025
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About Avonbourne Girls Academy
Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies benefit from working closely with Cornerstone, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are a group of schools based in East Bournemouth catering for students age 4-18 across our four schools. Avonwood Primary School is a standalone primary facility based next door to our Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies where students share a campus and are taught in predominantly single sex classes. When students reach our United Sixth Form, mixed classes are reinstated. We believe this diamond model of education recognises that as boys and girls reach their teenage years, they approach their learning differently allowing us to get the most out of every student.
The Academies advocate a coaching culture, where teachers develop as reflective practitioners, utilising shared best practice and evidence based teaching and learning initiatives. In-house CPD is extensive and high quality, with professional learning communities utilising local university support, to carry out action research in cross-faculty groups.
Pastoral care is superb, with a highly trained team that are morally driven and extremely effective. We encourage students to develop their skills through the provision of educational opportunities which enable young minds to play a part in creating a future which has opportunities for all and encourages aspiration and determination.
The Academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education across England. As a group we achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Since joining United Learning in August 2019, Avonbourne Academies have gone from strength to strength:
- Avonbourne Boys’ Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in November 2023
- Avonbourne Girls’ Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in all categories in October 2024
Avonbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please note Avonbourne Academy does not accept CV's in place of application forms.
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