Finance Assistant Administration - Part-time

The Stour Academy Trust

• Ref:KCC-F9-89-S
• Posted:12/06/2025
• Pay:KR4 - £25, 126 FTE – pro rata approx. £12, 087
• Start Date:TBC subject to DBS and references
• App Close Date:26/06/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:To Be Arranged

Advert

The Stour Academy Trust is excited to announce a new position in their Finance Department.  The role is for twenty hours per week and has been created due to expansion within the Trust. This would be a fulfilling role for someone either just beginning in finance or for an experienced person looking for a part-time role. 

The successful applicant will be supportive of the wider finance team and will be based at our Thistle Hill Academy in the finance office. 

Your main responsibilities will include:  

• raising orders, processing sales and purchase invoices 

• arranging BACS payments, processing funds received into schools and banking arrangements  

• assisting with month-end procedures including bank reconciliation, payrolls and other associated finance tasks  

• working as part of the finance team dealing with telephone queries from suppliers and our 9 schools. 

Applicants will need to: 

• be well-organised and proficient in managing their own time.   

• be able to work collaboratively as part of a wider team.  

• be positive with a flexible and friendly approach. 

• have a strong work ethic. 

• have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. 

• possess strong computer skills including use of Microsoft Teams. 

• be highly confidential with all matters. 

• possess excellent interpersonal skills. 

• previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous, but not necessary as full training will be given. 

 
The position is: 

• 20 hours per week to fit in with school hours 

• term-time only plus 10 days in school holidays 

• Kent Range 4 - £25, 126 FTE – pro rata approx. £12, 087 

• Offers 1 extra paid personal leave day after 1 year’s continuous service 

Person Specification is available on request

Information about the trust

Join a supportive and collaborative network of staff at The Stour Academy Trust.

The Stour Academy Trust recognises that our education system needs to quickly and more radically shift to close equity gaps and to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. We are transforming our schools from passive forms of learning focused on direct instruction and memorisation, by moving towards interactive methods that promote the critical and individual thinking needed in today’s innovation-driven economy.

Our pedagogical model combined with the intentional deployment of technology will help us deliver personalised learning in an enabling environment. Technology will accelerate our progress but will not be the driver of our vision.

We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.

By limiting routine or unnecessary tasks we allow professionals to focus on learning behaviours and interactions which will promote emotional intelligence and the development of children as life-long, curious learners.

There will be no barriers to achievement within our learning community and our teachers will build strong relationships that facilitate the learning of others. Collaboration will open doors, minds and possibilities and enable individuals to meet their personal goals. .

We are looking for people that:

•Recognise that our current education system needs to radically change to better prepare our young people for the 21st century

•Want to move away from passive forms of learning and move towards interactive teaching methods that promote critical and individual thinking

•Are able to take advantage of the latest technology to deliver personalised learning that is accessible for all children, irrespective of their language skills, reading ability or any other factors that may present learning challenges

•Want to work with other staff as a community of learners that challenge traditional thinking

•Want to develop their own practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system

•Want to develop children as life-long, curious learners

•Want to build strong relationships with children that facilitate their learning

•Want to teach in enabling environments that promote flexibility, collaboration and independence

Job Contact Information

• Name:HR Department
• Address:The Stour Academy Trust,
  Park View,
  Sturry,
  Canterbury,
  Kent,
  CT2 0NR
• Telephone: 01227 931560
• Email: recruitment@stouracademytrust.org.uk

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