Finance Officer

Coleridge Community College; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

26 days annual leave

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing and wellness support

Westfield Health

Flexible working options

Job summary

United Learning Trust is seeking a Finance Officer to support five Cambridge schools, including Coleridge Community College. You will assist the Deputy Executive Business Manager and work with Principals and SLTs to oversee school finances.

The role offers opportunities for development within a supportive group, with access to benefits and a focus on safeguarding and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial administration would be an advantage.
• Strong organisational and data-handling skills.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective administrative support to the Deputy Executive Business Manager.
• Help maintain proper accounting procedures across the Trust.
• Collaborate with school Principals and SLTs on financial matters.

Job description

United Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a Finance Officer, supporting our five established schools in Cambridge. These schools are Cambridge Academy of Science and Technology, Coleridge Community College, The Galfrid Primary School, Parkside Community College and Trumpington Community College.

The successful candidate will be a part of a small team, supporting the Deputy Executive Business Manager, and working closely with the schools’ Principals and Senior Leadership Teams as well as the Trust’s Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant to provide prudent oversight and management of the schools’ finances.

You will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the Deputy Executive Business Manager, by ensuring that proper accounting procedures are maintained across the Trust.

We will offer you:

Community spirit in each of our inclusive and welcoming schools

Excellent facilities and resources

Talented, supportive and professional colleagues

Excellent training and development opportunities

Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in our cluster of schools and Central Office

Access to the enhanced Local Government Pension Scheme

26 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave options

Access to employee benefits through Westfield Health

Free and Confidential Counselling and Support through an award-winning EAP and access to a free Wellness Hub

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

United Learning

We are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group we can reward our staff with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing and have an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation, which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are also open to discussing flexible working options.