Contracts Officer

The Education People

Ref: 1426

Posted: 03/02/2020 Start Date: TBC

Interview Date: 9th and 10th March

Pay: £25,238 - £30,220 pro rata

Close Date: 24/02/2020 at 12:00

Job Description

| £25,238 - £30,220 pro rata (salary dependant on experience and qualifications) | Permanent Term Time, 37 hours per week, 42 weeks per year |

The Education People is owned by Kent County Council and is a one-stop shop for education services, to help you improve learning, wellbeing and children’s development. We support the full age range from early years to young adults, with over 800 products and services available specific to education needs always. Our people are here to support your people and ensure you receive a high quality product and get value for money.

Whilst this post is advertised via KCC your employment will be with The Education People.

Due to recent promotions and team changes, an exciting opportunity has become available to join the Schools Financial Services Team.

In this role you will be supporting schools in the delivery of a range of flexible traded finance support services for schools and academies.

You will ensure robust financial planning, financial integrity and budgetary controls in line with the LA statutory requirements to ensure schools are financially well managed.

Knowledge and experience of how schools operate is essential.

You will have experience of working within a finance environment, good written and verbal communications skills, IT skills, analytical and interpretive skills with the ability to work as part of a team.

The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To view and download the job description and person specification for this role please click here.

For further information on this role please contact Diane Laker or Suzanne Lowe on 03000 415415.

Interview date(s): 9th and 10th March 2020

Closing date: 24th February 2020

Contact Information

Telephone: 03000 415415

Email: Suzanne.Lowe@theeducationpeople.org

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