Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Starting salary £8,868 gross per annum

Permanent-20 hours per week, term time only plus 17 additional days 

St Austell or Newquay based

Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT) is seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant to join our dedicated and professional central Finance team soon as possible. Working pattern and base negotiable.

The successful candidate will:

• support the CELT Finance Team in managing financial practices and procedures across Cornwall Education Learning Trust. 

• This will include ensuring legitimate and appropriate spending of all income. The recording of this to be in a timely manner and accurate payments to suppliers to be made within the agreed terms. 

• The Finance Assistant is responsible for leading the transactional financial processing at the allocated Trust’s schools. 

• To advise on a day to day basis members of school-based staff in ensure compliance with CELT finance policy and the ESFA Handbook

Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT) is a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools with a strategic vision of ‘learning together to help every child achieve more’.  This is an exciting time to join our large and dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating over 7,500 learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and nine primary schools.

Application forms and full details are also available to download from https://celtrust.org and https://www.tes.com/jobs or, alternatively, please email recruitment@celtrust.org. 

Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.

Closing date:  Monday 7th February at 9am

Interview date:  Week beginning 14th February (date to be confirmed)

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974