Finance / Office Administration Assistant - Term Time

Kemsley Primary Academy, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-2021-116S
• Posted:08/12/2022
• Pay:KR4 £19,389.00 FT
• Start Date:February 2023
• App Close Date:31/12/2022 at 14:00
• Interviews:January 2023

Advert

Kemsley Primary Academy are looking to appoint a Finance / Office Assistant with prior experience of working within an academy environment to work for 35 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days.

The successful candidate will join us from February 2023, offering full assistance primarily to the School Business Manager by contributing to the overall objectives of Kemsley Primary Academy by ensuring that comprehensive and correct financial information is kept.

The role also involves covering the school reception desk and providing support to children, parents and staff during lunch breaks and absences.

Core responsibilities will focus primarily on processing and reconciling a range of financial transactions including managing the purchase order process, school trips/payments and processing the month end bank reconciliation for the school’s accounts.

Previous financial  / office administrative experience within a school environment is preferred and applicants must demonstrate a good standard of numeracy and literacy. The ideal candidate will have excellent MS office skills e.g. Excel and Word and be a competent user of a range of finance/school specific packages.

Salary is Kent Range 4 £19,389.00 FT

Kemsley Primary Academy is a member of the REAch2 Trust; a national family of primary academies committed to raising standards and achieving excellent for all pupils whatever their background or circumstance. Teachers within REAch2 belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. In time, our best teachers are able to work across schools, develop specialisms and step up to leadership roles within and beyond their own academy. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike.

Safeguarding Checks will be carried out

Information about the school

Kemsley Primary Academy was opened in September 2004 and is a single form entry primary school with a nursery. The main school can take up to 210 children, 30 in each class. The nursery is able to take 52 children for five half-day sessions of two and a half hours – 26 children in the morning and 26 children in the afternoon; many children stay all day as part of our flexible care offer and for those entitled to 30 hours provision.

Our school ethos is centred upon our values of Exploration, Resilience, Positivity and Aspiration. We firmly believe that every child has the right to fulfil their potential and that we are all life-long learners. We encourage our children to be the very best that they can be by inspiring them to try and try again. We teach them that it is not a matter of not being able to do it, it is about not being able to do it YET! We are highly aspirational for our children’s development and constantly look for new ways to develop our pupils’ schema. We achieve this through our commitment to the 11b411 project.

Outside, the grounds are laid out into separate play areas; Key Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) play together and Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6) play together although we encourage free flow around the areas at lunch times to allow the children to play together regardless of year group. The large field is ideal for games. We also have a woodland conservation area which we use for our Forest School! We have an open door policy and value the support of parents. We are pleased to welcome parent helpers into school.

As a member of the REAch2 Trust, a national family of primary academies, Kemsley Primary Academy is committed to raising standards and achieving excellent for all pupils whatever their background or circumstance. Staff within REAch2 belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike. Kemsley Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people / vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory written references.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Sascha Batters
• Address:Coldharbour Lane, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2RP
• Telephone: 01795 428689
• Email: batterss@kemsley.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Pack
• Application Form