Trust Finance Assistant - Maternity Cover - Fixed Term

Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-5414-644S
• Posted:04/06/2025
• Pay:FMAT Band C2 £24,982.50 FTE
• Start Date:July 2025
• App Close Date:18/06/2025 at 14:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Job role:    Trust Finance Assistant – Maternity Cover

Salary:       FMAT Band C Point 2 £24,982.50 p.a. FTE

(Pro-rata £15,845.58 p.a.)

Hours:         25 hours per week (days/hours to be agreed) – Term Time plus 4 Weeks (20 days – 10 days of which must be worked during the summer holiday due to financial year end)

Contract Status: Fixed Term – 1 Year

Contract Start Date: July 2025

Closing date:  Wednesday 18^th June 2025

Interviews: TBC

The Trust is looking to recruit a suitably qualified Finance Assistant, on a fixed term basis covering maternity, leave to take responsibility for the robust management of the Trust’s finances, ensuring that resources are deployed effectively and efficiently to support the Trust’s aims and the long-term sustainability of the budget and to deliver a professional, efficient and effective finance service to the schools within the Trust.

Applicants should have experience in a Finance role and will have a working knowledge of finance and budgetary management.

The post holder will provide support to the Trust Finance Manager in all aspects of financial management.

What we are looking for:

• A good understanding and practical experience of financial management.
• Previous experience of working in an educational setting is desirable but not essential
• Previous experience of PSF software would be advantageous.

What Fulston Manor School can offer you:

• Encouragement to develop your career
• A friendly, strong and supportive team
• A family atmosphere with welcoming staff and students
• A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.
• To be part of a whole school team – working together to achieve and valuing every individual’s contribution

Fulston Manor is consistently one of the highest performing non-selective schools in Kent, this success is based on the quality of our staff and the excellence of our induction and support programmes. The school offers an outstanding learning environment for all its students.

Fulston Manor is focused on developing students into young citizens capable of making a difference. Here, at Fulston, we have a strong pastoral system at our core and we pride ourselves on being about strong traditional family values. All staff and students, who join us, are joining the Fulston family and we look forward to welcoming you to this community.

Our Trust Business Team supports all schools in the Trust in the areas of finance, payroll, Human Resources, and Facilities. This role will have day to day responsibility for the Trust finances, reporting into the Trust Finance Manager.

A completed self-disclosure form will be required at the point of selection for interview.

Our safeguarding practices prevent us from accepting CV’s.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

‘This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment’.

Information about the school

Fulston Manor is an oversubscribed, non-selective school in Sittingbourne, Kent, this success is based on the quality of our staff and the excellence of our induction and support programmes. The school offers an outstanding learning environment for all its students.

Fulston Manor is focused on developing students into young citizens capable of making a difference. Here, at Fulston, we have a strong pastoral system at our core and we pride ourselves on being about strong traditional family values. All staff and students, who join us, are joining the Fulston family and we look forward to welcoming you to this community.

In collaboration with School Councils, School Governors and Senior Leadership members we have introduced school values to help further enhance our mission to make Fulston Manor School a safe, welcoming and friendly place to learn, celebrating all that is best about the Fulston Family.

We believe that our values, Fortitude, Ambition, Mindful, Integrity, Leadership and Young Citizens, when applied together with relentless consistency can help shape great young citizens, not just for the Fulston Family but for our wider community too.

All staff and students, who join us, are joining the Fulston family and we look forward to welcoming you to this community.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs S Burden
• Address:Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
• Telephone: (01795) 475228
• Email: recruitment@fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01795) 428144

Documents

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• Trust Finance Assistant Job Description