Finance Assistant - full or part time

Salary:        Salary range £12.18 - £12.59 per hour (includes pending pay award)

 Hours:       We are keen to attract the very best colleagues, so we are happy to offer a creative approach and would consider any of the following contract options:

 ●     Full time, Term time + 10 days during the holidays including last week of August

●     Full time, all year round (Min of 26 days Annual leave, + Bank Holiday + a YOU Day)

●     Part time (job share) 15 - 20 hours per week, Term time + 10 days during the holidays including last week of August + a YOU Day

●     Part time (job share) 15 - 20 hours per week, all year round (Min of 26 days Annual leave, + Bank Holiday + a YOU Day)

 If you have any questions about the salary, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. 

 Please note your contract preference on your application. 

 Start date: September 2023 (or as soon as possible)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Finance Assistant. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for recording and retrieving financial details, including maintaining financial records, sales ledger, and cash handling.

You will have the highest integrity, and the ability to communicate well at all levels. Very good numeracy and literacy skills (A*-C GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English) are essential and experience of working in a finance role. A financial qualification such as AAT or experience in a school finance office is desirable. 

So if you are an excellent communicator, a real team player and can bring fun to a team, apply now. In return, we can offer a supportive and rewarding working environment, a real commitment to professional development and personal wellbeing, and a generous pension scheme. 

If you would like to arrange a visit or telephone call with Marisa our Finance Manager or H our Business Manager, please contact Laura in our HR Department recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk. If you have not heard from us shortly after the closing date please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Closing date for completed applications is Monday 11th September at noon, shortlisting date 11th September. Interview date will be Thursday 14th September. Applications will only be accepted on a Kingsdown School application form via My New Term. CVs will not be accepted. 

Safeguarding information:

 This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

 Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

 ●       OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

●       OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

●       OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

 Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

 The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

 For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

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