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Finance Manager - Full-time

Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham

  • Ref:MED887-5420-263S
  • Posted:22/09/2023
  • Pay:Medway NJC Scale P01, Spinal Point 27 – 37
  • Start Date:As soon as possible
  • App Close Date:02/10/2023 at 12:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Post: Finance Manager

Location: Trust Central Office, Twydall Primary School, Kent, ME8 6JS

Contract Term: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, all year round

Responsible to: CFO

Salary Range: Medway NJC Scale P01, Spinal Point 27 – 37, £33,820 - £43,516

Disclosure Level: Enhanced

Closing Date/time: Noon Monday 2nd October 2023 – we reserve the right to close the application process early if enough applications have been received.

 

About RMET

At the Rainham Mark Education Trust, our core purpose is:

To cultivate wisdom, character and strength in students so they can understand, celebrate and shape the world in which they live.

We believe that education is the wise, hopeful and respectful cultivation of learning and change undertaken in the belief that we should all have the chance to share in life.

This is why we exist. This is what we do. This is who we are.

We are a family of 3 Academies in Gillingham, Medway, compromising:

Rainham Mark Grammar School. Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2022

Riverside Primary School and Nursery. Ofsted ‘Good’ November 2019

Twydall Primary School and Nursery. Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2023

 

Why work for RMET? 

Our Trust is in a very exciting stage of its development, having recently re-aligned and strengthened our central team; relaunched our vision; and established an ambitious future strategy. In being part of our team, you will benefit from:

•     Support from a vast network of senior leaders and teachers within the school and our Trust

•     Regular planned opportunities to collaborate and share best practice with other RMET schools

•     Working with a team of friendly, dedicated and hardworking staff and Trustees

•     An outstanding offer of CPD opportunities within and across schools

•     A sharp focus on staff well-being to include Health Care provision.

 

RMET is committed to the protection, well-being and safety of its students and staff. 

We are an Equal Opportunities employer who embrace diversity.

All posts are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure, suitable references, medical clearance, appropriate qualifications and relevant overseas checks.

 

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a Finance Manager to undertake responsibilities as a member of Trust central team, providing a key link between the Chief Financial Officer and the finance team. Their role is to run the centralised finance function of the Trust on an operational level and assist the CFO and Executive Team on a strategic level.

Documentation supporting the application process can be accessed on our website.

Information about the school

Rainham Mark Grammar School provides an enriching co-educational experience where students are nurtured to develop their leadership skills and creativity. We are a school for every academically able young person regardless of social-economic background, ethnicity, or gender, with additional support and bursaries where they are needed. Our success is based on our high expectations. Our students and staff are motivated; they inspire and challenge each other to be the best version of themselves. We believe our students are simply the best of their generation, it is a privilege to work with them. Rainham Mark Grammar School is a happy place to learn and to grow, we encourage you to visit and experience our community.

Our school was judged “Good” by Ofsted in 2022 but we are firmly of the belief that we have the potential to be exceptional. There is much to achieve in an ever-changing education landscape.

Rainham Mark Education Trust is a family of three Academies in Medway, compromising of Rainham Mark Grammar School - Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2022, Riverside Primary School and Nursery - Ofsted ‘Good’ November 2019 and Twydall Primary School and Nursery - Ofsted ‘Good’ May 2023.

The core purpose of the Trust is to cultivate wisdom, character and strength in students so they can understand, celebrate and shape the world in which they live.

Together, our ambitions for the children in our local community continue to build on current success, and raise the bar further, such that the life chances of each child in our care are maximised through a deeply inclusive education, routinely high expectations, and a range of opportunities that seek to embed a love of learning.

Rainham Mark Education Trust (RMET) is in a very exciting stage of its development, having recently realigned and strengthened our central team, relaunched our vision and established an ambitious future strategy.

The benefits of working for us include:

  • Support from a network of senior leaders and teachers within the school and our Trust

  • Regular planned opportunities to collaborate and share best practice within the Trust

  • Working with a team of friendly, dedicated and hardworking staff and Trustees

  • An outstanding offer of CPD opportunities

  • A sharp focus on staff well-being including Health Care provision

Rainham Mark Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We implement a robust recruitment process across the Trust that aligns with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines. The recruitment process involves conducting online checks on shortlisted candidates and all employment offers are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Scheme, medical, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.

Our Trust upholds equality, inclusion and diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to nurturing a supportive work environment where each individual is respected, appreciated and welcomed. We also support applications for flexible work arrangements.

After the closing date for this post a panel will conduct the shortlisting process. You will be selected for interview based entirely on the contents of your application form. It is therefore important that you fully read the Job Description and Person Specification prior to completing your form. After the shortlisting process has been completed candidates who have been selected for interview will be informed and provided with full details of the interview programme. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date for this post, you have, on this occasion, unfortunately been unsuccessful.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.