Location: Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Multi Academy Trust, Ashbourne
Reference: JOB/25/00591
Salary details: Scale 4 £25,907- £27,592
Job term: Full Time
Appointment type: Fixed Term - Covering for maternity leave
Hours: 37 hours per week (part time may be considered for the right candidate)
Closing Date: 16 March 2025
QEGSMAT are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Finance Assistant to join our hardworking and high achieving team at QEGSMAT to cover a maternity absence.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and forward-thinking education trust, currently of 7 academies, in Derbyshire, Derby City and Staffordshire. Our aim is to ensure all our young people achieve the very best outcomes and leave education well prepared for the next steps in their lives based upon the principles of Question; Explore; Give; Succeed.
The successful candidate will join our central team based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and be responsible for processing financial transactions, ensuring strong financial management, and ensuring that resources are used efficiently to improve outcomes for all the young people in our schools.
The post holder will be dynamic, have good communication skills, be highly organised and have a proven ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines.
Why work for us?
* At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process.
* Continual access to CPD opportunities.
* We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion.
* QEGSMAT is a recognised Disability Confident employer.
* All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7.
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions of 23.4%.
* 23 days holiday rising up to 26 days after five years’ service; plus an extra 4 days’ leave.
* Family-friendly policies.
* Access to Flu Vaccines.
* Opportunity to work flexibly.
* Access to 750+ discounts on everyday essentials via our benefit package with Vivup.
QEGSMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is a criminal offence to engage or seek to engage in regulated activity or regulated work with children, if you appear on the DBS barred list. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and eligibility to work in the UK.
If you are interested and wish to have an informal conversation to discuss the role or would like to visit the school, we would be happy to arrange this. Further details about our school can be found on our website: https://www.qegsmat.com/
Provisional Interview Date: Week commencing 24 March 2025
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