Job Introduction
St Faith's Church of England Primary School
Senior Administration and Finance Officer
Closing date: Wednesday 15th January 2025 - 12pm
Interview date: Thursday 23rd January 2025
Job Start Date: January 2025 or as soon as possible after interview
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week (8am – 4.30pm), 41 weeks of the year (term time, plus 2 weeks)
There may be some flexibility available for the right candidate.
Location of Role: St. Faith's CE Primary school
Contact e-mail address: adminoffice@st-faiths.hants.sch.uk
Job/Person Summary
St Faith’s is a small school on the outskirts of Winchester, with a wonderfully warm sense of community. We are looking to recruit an organised, supportive individual as our Senior Administrative and Finance Officer, to be a part of our friendly team. We are looking for an exceptional candidate, who can effectively manage the financial and administrative elements of school life and contribute positively to our staff team.
Would you like to be part of a team that makes a difference to the education and lives of children?
Do you have excellent inter-personal skills?
Do you have a good understanding of school finance?
The successful candidate will need to be:
- Friendly, welcoming and approachable
- Flexible and resourceful
- Able to manage time effectively
- Positive
- Organised and efficient
- Excellent at communicating
- Self-motivated
- First-aid qualified, or prepared to be first-aid trained
- Able to use initiative
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding procedures
Main responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Headteacher in the preparation, management and monitoring of the school budget
- Preparing regular financial reports for the Headteacher and governors
- Effectively managing and maintaining day-to-day financial systems within the school
- Being a member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Auditing and reporting school accounts, including reconciliation and budget forecast regularly to senior leadership team and governors
- Administration of the schools’ health and safety procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation
- Managing admissions to the school
- Supporting human resource management
- Overseeing Data Protection procedure
- Attending meetings of the governing body
- Working alongside site personnel to manage the school site and building maintenance
- Providing effective hospitality and reception service for visitors to the school
We can offer you:
- A wonderful, joyful school, where staff and pupils actively model the school’s values.
- A chance to work closely with the Headteacher, to develop the strategic financial plan for the school
- An environment where children behave exceptionally well, and are incredibly polite
- Opportunities to interact with curious learners, who love attending school
- A friendly and dedicated team of staff, parents, governors and wider members of the local community
- Training and support to fulfil your role
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please email our school office to arrange a visit. We look forward to welcoming you.
Application Procedure
To request an application pack, or if you would like any further information, please contact the school office at: adminoffice@st-faiths.hants.sch.uk or (01962) 854934.
Our website can be found at: https://www.st-faiths.hants.sch.uk
GDPR
In submitting an application, you have consented to your information being shared with the shortlisting and interview panel. Your application will be stored in accordance to our retention of records schedule.
Safer Recruitment
St Faith's Church of England Primary School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
We reserve the right to interview candidates prior to the closing date stated on this advert.
