Finance Assistant (Permanent)
The Two Counties Trust
Nottinghamshire
- £26,421 - £28,770 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Grade 4: £26,421 - 28,770 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 4 September 2024
Job overview
Finance Assistant
The Two Counties Trust
Grade and Salary: Grade 4: £26,421 - 28,770 per annum
Working pattern: Full time, year round
Contract term: Permanent
The role:
This is an exciting time to be joining our Multi Academy Trust. We operate from a Head Office in Ashfield with 9 schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire along the M1 corridor. We have experienced a period of rapid growth over the last few years and an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Finance Team.
As a Finance Assistant to a cluster of schools, this role is responsible for providing an accurate Purchase, Sales and General Ledger.
The person:
The ideal candidate will be qualified or in the final stage of completing a bookkeeping qualification (AAT). Knowledge of accounting standards within the sector and an understanding of the Academies Financial Handbook would be beneficial.
To secure this role you will need to be able to demonstrate attention to detail, excellent time management, analytical thinking to analyse financial data and an ability to coach and develop both finance and non-finance colleagues.
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.
We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.
We offer:
· Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
· An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
· Entry to a career average pension scheme.
· Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
· A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
· Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
· We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
The closing date for applications is: Wednesday 4th September 2024 at midday.
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 12th September 2024.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
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About The Two Counties Trust
- The Two Counties Trust
- Ashfield School, Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- NG17 8HP
- United Kingdom
Welcome to The Two Counties Trust
There are many reasons to choose our Trust as a great place to start or develop your career. We recognise the importance of happy, rewarded, and motivated employees and as such we have developed our HR and Professional Learning strategies to invest in people.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within the central team, externally, and across the Trust, offering extensive professional learning for all employees.
We have removed appraisal and appraisal related progression, recognising the limitations and changed the focus from proving to improving through professional growth which is focused on individual ambitions, enabling everyone to get a little bit better all the time.
We are committed to your welfare as an employee and alongside our own wellbeing and workload management arrangements we have signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. If you need additional support on a range of matters, an Employee Assistance Programme is available to you from day one of employment.
We offer highly competitive pay, including some points above national rate, an array of employee benefits including extensive high street retail discounts, gym membership and discounted healthcare.
There are an array of centralised systems which are designed to save you time and avoid duplication of effort, these are based on the work of experts across the Trust, meaning that your time can be focused where you need it to be.
We hope you will join us in a great environment where you can work with a team of dedicated and like-minded professionals.
The Two Counties Trust
With secondary schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, we are an ambitious Trust with a strong reputation. We have nine secondary schools, over 11,000 students and 1,500 employees.
We exist to provide our students with opportunities and experiences to enhance their life choices, making a positive contribution to the world we share. Collectively we serve our communities by educating and preparing our students for the next steps in their lives.
Leaders across the Trust are fully committed to striving for excellence in all that we do. We understand that families trust us each day with their most prized possession i.e their child, and we all are here to serve the students in our care.
Our values are:
Ambition: We maximise our potential through striving for excellence.
Teamwork: We give 100% effort, displaying kindness and humility for the benefit of all.
Honesty: We are respectfully open about our successes and areas for growth.
To find out more about us, please go to The Two Counties Trust website.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Trust in the near future.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check, receipt of references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates to identify incidents or issues that may have happened, and which are publicly available online, which we may need to explore with shortlisted candidates.
The Trust's policies on Safeguarding and the employment of ex-offenders can be located at: www.ttct.co.uk/our-trust/policies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and as such we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. Candidates with a disability who meet the minimum job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
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