Job Ref No. ECC0-41S
Position Type: Administration
Pay Range: Scale 5 Points 9-12
Position Start Date: Immediate
Contract Type: Part-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 21/01/2025 Midday
Date of Interviews: To be confirmed
30 Hours per week/41 weeks per year (term time plus inset days and 2 weeks holiday working)
Payscale: Scale 5 Points -12
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Support Officer to join our well-established central finance team. This role, although based at the trust offices, will require an ability and willingness to travel to trust schools, to provide financial processing support.
The Financial Support Officer role will provide purchase requisition processing, general ordering, charge card reconciliation and trip analysis to both primary and secondary schools. The successful candidate will also support budget holders within the school with budget reporting and purchase ordering. The role, overseen by the Trust Finance Manager, will provide an essential link between our schools and the central finance team.
What we are looking for:
1. Experience of working in a financial role, ideally within the education sector
2. AAT level 3 or above qualifications
3. Excellent communication skills, which includes the ability to exchange complex written and verbal information clearly and sensitively
4. The ability to prioritise your workload while maintaining accuracy and meeting key deadlines
5. Working knowledge of financial management systems
6. Ability to travel across all schools within the trust
What we can offer:
1. Experienced and supportive leadership with a collaborative approach and an appreciative culture
2. An experienced central team where colleagues can flourish and thrive
3. Opportunities for staff to develop their own career pathways
4. Local Government Pension Scheme
5. Occupational Health
6. Employee Assistance Programme
7. 24hr GP Appointments
8. Cycle to Work and Tech scheme
For further information contact Katy Walkden, Director of Finance, kwalkden@clptrust.com
Commitment to Safeguarding:
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
1. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
2. Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
3. The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.
Information about the School
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership (CLP) is an emerging multi-academy trust based in Springfield, Chelmsford. The trust was formerly known as The Boswells Academy Trust but changed name in late 2017 to reflect the growth of the trust beyond one school. There are currently 8 schools across Essex in the CLP multi academy trust.
The schools in the CLP are: Barnes Farm Infant School, Barnes Farm Junior School, Lakelands Primary School, Perryfields Infant School, Roding Valley High School, The Beaulieu Park School, The Boswells School and The Tyrrells Primary School.
Contact Information
Mr Paul Banks
Waterhouse Business Park
Cromar Way, Chelmsford
Essex, CM1 2QE Telephone: 01245 890903
Email: admin@clptrust.com
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