Part time Finance Assistant (Maternity Cover)

As the Finance Assistant, you will be a key member of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial integrity within Ark Greenwich Free School.  You will manage the day-to-day financial processes and administrative procedures as necessary, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Academies Financial Handbook. 

Please see the attached Job description for further details about the role.

How is Ark Greenwich different to other schools?

• We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first class CPD. 

• We genuinely value the performing and expressive arts. Whilst other schools cut these areas we are redoubling our investment because it’s the right thing to do. 

• Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning and have a 6pm/weekend work related communication curfew to ensure our staff are best able to maintain an effective work/life balance. We do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last minute deadlines. Our systems and processes, including for communication, marking and feedback and assessment, are efficient and streamlined and the approaches we take are led by research and what we know to work best within of our local context. 

• This is a small school model (600 pupils aged 11-16) because we believe that our close-knit community provides the optimum conditions for success.   

• Behaviour for learning is exceptional so our teachers can focus their efforts on the things that matter – planning and delivering exceptional lessons for our pupils. 

• We have been referred to as a ‘Gromp’ school – as school with a fully comprehensive intake but with a grammar school ethos. 

• Our curriculum is traditional and academic; we do not take shortcuts – we do not offer vocational courses or equivalencies such as Btecs, Vcerts or the ECDL. We only offer full GCSE courses.  

• We put high-quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We facilitate 75 mins of high10 quality staff training every week and run coaching for staff. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach. 

• We don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans. Instead we triangulate information and focus entirely on assessing progress overtime. 

• Our pupils enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering, the promotion of elite performance and the performing and expressive arts. We facilitate 12 drop down days per academic year ensuring our pupils benefit from a range of life enriching experiences.

• This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school.    

About Ark Greenwich 

Ark Greenwich is a new and ambitious school model based on what we know excellent schools do. We have created a highly respectful and disciplined environment where our staff and Pupils can fulfil their potential. Our aim is to become ‘the best school in London’ and we are close to achieving this because academic outcomes are first class, we invest heavily in the broader pupil experience and because we value and respect our staff.  

Ark Greenwich exists to empower young people, regardless of socio-economic background, to grow and be successful. This is an ambitious and forward-thinking school that encourages innovation and values its staff. We are proud of our highly respectful and disciplined community and of the outstanding academic outcomes achieved by our pupils. Expectations for all members of this community are unashamedly sky high. We work tirelessly to impact the lives of the young people we serve.  Pupils at our school are passionate about music and keen to perform at the highest possible standard. 

If you are ready to add further value to our highly performing school and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding. 

Alignment with the schools vision, values and approach to education is absolutely essential. 

About Ark Schools

Ark is a network of high-achieving, non-selective schools and one of the country’s top-performing academy groups. We run 38 academies in London, Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth educating more than 26,000 pupils. 83% of Ark schools are now rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Our aim is to create outstanding schools that give every pupil, regardless of their background, the opportunity to go to university or pursue the career of their choice.

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Closing date: 09.00am Monday 3rd June 2019.

Interviews may take place before the closing date for suitable candidates; we reserve the right to close the advert early. 

Ark value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.