School Finance Manager - Full-time/Part-time

Coxheath Primary School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-2677-160S
• Posted:09/07/2020
• Pay:KR7
• Start Date:September 2020
• App Close Date:14/07/2020 at 12:00
• Interviews:21st July 2020

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We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and adaptable finance professional to support the school's Headteacher and Trust Finance team. Reporting to the Headteacher and working closely with the Trust Finance team, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of a range of support services to provide a first class education for pupils. This will include having day to day responsibility for the school's:

• Finance function, including year-end reporting and effective control of both Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable: and
• HR function ensuring processes and procedures are followed notifying payroll of starters, leavers and amendments to contracts.

You will be a person of integrity, extremely well organised, adaptable and able to maintain confidentiality. Experience of working in a finance adminstration role is essential, as is a keen eye for detail, ability to work to deadlines, and excellent numeracy skills.

The position is for 37 hours per week, term time only + 2 weeks, payscale KR7 £22,581 - £25,564 FTE (pro-rata for part time hours).

Information about the school

Our trust was born out of a genuine desire to secure outstanding provision for all children. The word ‘partnership’ was chosen deliberately as our vision is for schools to work together, building on their own strengths and uniqueness to secure the very best for every child.

We are guided by a set of core principles which support everything we do.

• We are and will remain a primary led trust who understand and appreciate the uniqueness of Primary Education.

• Collaboration supports the identification of best practice and its appropriate dissemination.

• We will be led by primary specialists with experience of leading successfully within the primary sector.

• Excellent academic standards of education will be secured by building on the strong values and ethos in which children are educated within each school.

• Our curriculum, rich with the knowledge and skills that children need will also celebrate sport and the arts, supporting children’s aspirations. Every child’s time at school will be a positive experience and something they will remember fondly for the rest of their lives.

• Our school improvement model is designed to retain expertise within the trust, providing bespoke and timely support as required.

• We invest in our staff by providing high quality professional development to support them in securing the very best provision for our children. We build capacity and will offer opportunities internally where appropriate to encourage staff retention.

Coxheath Primary School is at the heart of the community and has strong collaborative links with local primary schools. It also benefits from a large site, with spacious accommodation and excellent facilities for outdoor learning.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Karen Francis
• Address:Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4PS
• Telephone: (01622) 745553
• Email: karenfrancis@coppicepp.org

Fax: (01622) 746986

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• Job description and specification