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Finance and Contracts Manager - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Meadowfield School , Sittingbourne

  • Ref:KCC886-7072-583S
  • Posted:14/05/2024
  • Pay:Kent Range 9, £32,933 -£37,188 per annum
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:31/05/2024 at 08:00
  • Interviews:10 June 2024

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Do you have experience of working in a school finance office? We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Finance and Contracts Manager, to join our friendly and supportive school.  This role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with the school's leadership team, ensuring that the school achieves its financial aims.

As the Finance and Contracts Manager, you'll be at the forefront of budget negotiations, influencing financial matters and ensuring strict compliance with regulations. 

The successful candidate will ideally already be a practitioner at a school, with ambition to improve the educational environment of the pupils at this school.  We are seeking a candidate with the following skills and attributes:

  • A proven track record in managing a school finance function to the highest standard, constantly striving to seek improvements in processes.
  • An Accountancy qualification is essential.
  • Strong IT skills and the ability to manage, interrogate and interpret data, with experience of managing and operating key financial systems.
  • The ability to manage a team, delegating as appropriate, multitasking and working to tight deadlines.

In return, our successful candidates will receive:

  • The opportunity to help shape our future by joining a school community focused on nurturing young people with ASD alongside raising achievement and attainment
  • Staff benefits including free onsite parking and use of on-site multi-gym
  • A strong commitment to support professional development opportunities
  • A supportive Governing Body and Leadership Team dedicated to exceptional outcomes within a happy environment which nurtures and supports all staff and students

At Meadowfield we work hard to ensure that our pupils make excellent progress, and we continually seek to improve the wellbeing of both pupils and staff. Now is an exciting time to join our exceptional school as we continue to expand in order to better meet the demand for special school places in Swale. 

We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. We are committed to performance management, staff training, coaching, mentoring and peer support. 

From all staff we expect commitment to the school and a desire to improve and excel. Further information about the responsibilities of the role, and the criteria we will use to select candidates, can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

Meadowfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. This post is subject to references, a medical check and an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please apply online for any of these vacancies via www.kent-teach.com, by clicking the 'Apply' button at the top or the bottom of the page. C.V.s will not be considered.

Please contact the HR Team on 01795 477788, option 5 or HR@meadowfield.kent.sch.uk for more information.

Due to the potential for conflicts of interest, family members of current pupils will not be interviewed for this post.

Information about the school

Meadowfield School is an outstanding special school located in Sittingbourne. We encourage you to visit our school website to learn about us including information about our policies, values, curriculum and more.

We serve just under 400 pupils with profound, severe and complex needs, including autism. The school is comprised of: • Honey Bees, our Observation and Assessment Nursery Early Years • Engage Department, for pupils with complex physical, medical and sensory needs • Explore Department, for pupils who benefit from a more individual-led curriculum • Enquire Department, for pupils who benefit from a more academic curriculum • Sixth Form • Satellite provision at Sunny Bank Primary School

The Meadowfield Inclusion Development and Support (MIDAS) Centre is home to our highly regarded Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) who successfully support 58 schools and 73 early years settings across Swale, increasing capacity to meet the needs of pupils with additional needs. In addition, STLS offer a rich programme of training to mainstream colleagues and to parents.

We are a founding member of the Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT), a collaborative group of special schools in Kent who work together to promote best SEND practice throughout the county.

We have approximately 270 members of staff including Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Office and Admin Staff, Site Staff, ICT Department, Wellbeing Team, Finance and Business Services as well as our Leadership and Management Team.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01795 477771

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

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.