Finance Officer

Teaching Vacancies; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local primary school in Trowbridge is seeking an administrator to undertake financial and administrative tasks, ensuring effective support for the Headteacher and Trustees. Responsibilities include budget preparation, supervision of staff, and management of office tasks. The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children. This role is crucial to maintaining the school's operations and financial control.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial and administrative tasks.
• Effective interpersonal and telephone skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking financial and administrative tasks for the school.
• Maintaining financial control with the Headteacher.
• Supervising kitchen and cleaning staff as required.
• Managing office tasks including word processing and database management.

Job description

Overview

What skills and experience we\'re looking for.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking the financial and administrative tasks for the school and supporting the Headteacher and Trustees in maintaining financial control.
• Ensuring the servicing, maintenance and record keeping of buildings, contracts, risk assessments and other resources.
• Preparing the draft budget with the Headteacher and Central Team while monitoring income and expenditure against the budget.
• Supervision and management in liaison with kitchen and cleaning staff as required.
• Undertaking a range of office and finance tasks, including word processing, database management and effective interpersonal/telephone skills.

For a complete Job description, Person Specification and Candidate Briefing Pack please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.

What the school offers

Southwick is a very special Church of England primary school in the village of Southwick, near Trowbridge. The school, established in 1869, provides education based on moral and religious instruction for the community it serves.

Our mission is to ensure that, through a loving Christian fellowship, our children learn the values, skills and knowledge they need to grow into positive and active members of the community. Our belief is that “to love” is at the heart of being a Christian and underpins our mission: “Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:4. Southwick is a warm, friendly environment in which everyone is welcome. We are an inclusive school and ambitious for all of our children.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification; Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); medical; online and social media prohibition from teaching; right to work; satisfactory references; suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.