Finance Assistant Fulltime/Parttime

Job Description

Start Date: November 2020 Pay: MPS Full-time or Part-time Considered FTE Salary £20,585 - £22,469 per annum (actualsalary £18,078.16 - £19,732.73 per annum) 37.5 hours per week, 40 weeks per annum We are looking for a flexible, highly effective,efficient and organised Finance Assistant to support our Finance team with theday to day running of finances. You will be responsible for supporting theSchool Business Manager and Finance Officer. Core responsibilities will focus primarily onprocessing and reconciling a range of financial transactions including managingthe purchase order process, school trips/payments and processing the month endbank reconciliation for the academies accounts. Previous financial administrative experience withina school environment is preferred and applicants must demonstrate a goodstandard of numeracy and literacy. The ideal candidate will have excellent MSoffice skills e.g. Excel and Word and be a competent user of a range offinance/school specific packages. Knowledge of Sage 50, ParentPay and SIMSwould be a distinct advantage but not essential. In return Trinity can offer:

A Christian school with a strong vision, valuesand leadership

We strive to place staff and students at thecentre of everything we do

We are confident you will enjoy coming to workeach day

There is a real unity across the school and atevery level

You will be joining a school where your effortswill not go unnoticed

There is ample on-site staff parking

Good travel links to London (35 mins by train),M25 (10 mins) and we are located in the heart of rural Sevenoaks

We are a Christian school through and through andare very keen to uphold this important and foundational element at Trinity. Youdo not have to be a Christian to join us but be sympathetic to our Christianvalues. We highly recommend you come and visit us toexperience what others so readily affirm that Trinity is truly a unique place,with a calm and caring atmosphere. To apply please use the Application form onthe schools website via the button below. We will be recruiting as applicants apply andtherefore the post may be filled before the close date. Our School and all its personnel are committed tosafeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. The successful applicantwill be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure andchecks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in theUK. If you would like any further information, arrangea visit or an informal discussion please contact Fiona Smith, HR Officeron.Closing Date: 16/11/2020 at 23:45 Interviews: November 2020 Information about the school Trinity is a growing, non-denominational Christianfree school based in Sevenoaks, Kent. We are a single academy trust whichoperates under the sponsorship of 30 local churches in the Sevenoaks area.Trinity was founded in 2013 by a committed group of local people, many of whomare governors of the school. We moved into our state-of-the-art building inSeptember 2016 with years 7,8,9 and 10 (470 students). At full capacity we willaccommodate 790 - 840 students, including our new Sixth Form, which opened inSeptember 2018. We are a 11-18, non-selective, mixed school with four forms ofentry and we attract many pupils who reach the standard to pass the 11 Plus.Half the intake have a faith reference. Parents, staff and students describe the school asa truly special place to work, teach and learn. The culture is supportive,challenging and every member of the Trinity team has high standards andexpectations and strives for excellence in every aspect of school life.Our vision and values permeate everything we do andthis is demonstrated by our extremely well-behaved students right through toour flourishing co-curricular programme. High quality teaching, coupled withoutstanding pastoral care, ensures that our students have every opportunity tofulfil their potential. Teachers are well supported and developed throughour CPD programme. Our state-of-the-art building has excellent, spaciousfacilities, well-resourced classrooms and designated staff work rooms. There isample on-site staff parking, and a staff free duty lunch. As a Christian school, we promote the Trinity Wayin all we do: Truth, Excellence, Love, Leadership and Service. We believe thatin doing so, students are well placed to grow into confident, outward focusedindividuals who live rewarding and purposeful lives. We hold unswervingly to abelief that every Trinity student should receive an education for life in allits fullness;. Students at Key Stage 3 follow a broad, balancedcurriculum and are allocated extra time for English and Maths. Our focus onthese subjects, together with our rigorous attention to individual studentperformance, helps students to achieve the highest possible grades so that allof our students have the opportunity to take the English Baccalaureate at KeyStage 4. At Key Stage 4 we offer a personalised curriculum,working together with students and parents, to ensure that students arefollowing a Key Stage 4 programme of study that is wholly appropriate to theirneeds. The option blocks at Key Stage 4 are intended to facilitate this and allstudents are encouraged to consider taking the English Baccalaureate. Thecurriculum allows students to progress at the appropriate rate in all subjectareas. We are delighted to have opened our new Sixth Formin September 2018, with the capacity to accommodate 190 students. A variety ofpathways are on offer. We are offering seventeen subjects, which includes ninefacilitating subjects, a group of subjects that are frequently required forentry to degree courses, typically courses that run at Russell Groupuniversities. In addition, we have a further eight subjects that are alsoacademic and some with a creative learning. Our School and all its personnel are committed tosafeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject toan Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.KTJ1