School Bookkeeper

Job Title: School Bookkeeper

Locations: KD Grammar School for Boys & Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls [two schools]

Hours: Full-Time / Part-Time (considered)

Contracted Working Hours: 8am – 4.30pm [1-hour unpaid lunch]

Deadline for applications: Monday, 16 December 2024, at 10:00 am

Shortlisting date: 30 December 2024

Interview dates: From 31 December 2024 to 14 January 2025

About Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls

 Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls (“MIGSG”) is one of three independent Islamic schools within the Manchester Islamic Educational Trust (“MIET”), established in 1991. The other two schools within MIET are Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Girls (est. 1999) and Manchester Muslim Preparatory School (est. 1994). At our schools, the faith-based ethos permeates all activities and behaviour within the school and is reflected in the friendly and family-oriented atmosphere.

 MIGSG is located in Didsbury, South Manchester with excellent transport and road links and KD Grammar is located within Hartley Hall, in Whalley Range. 

 We are seeking a detail-oriented and reliable Bookkeeper to start as soon as possible to support the financial management of our school by working closely with the Bursar. The Bookkeeper will ensure accurate and efficient financial record-keeping, assist in preparing financial reports, and contribute to the smooth running of the school’s finance operations. This is a critical role within the finance team, requiring a high level of accuracy, discretion, and professionalism.

Application Process

 Interested candidates should provide a cover letter outlining their experience in this field and complete the application form ensuring this is submitted to e.liew@migsg.miet.uk by Monday, 16 December 2024, at 10:00 am. We retain the right to close the deadline earlier than advertised due to the volume of applications.

Safeguarding Recruitment Statement:

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The successful candidate must be willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), including checks with past employers.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to also carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who confirm they will attend an interview. 

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant Passport / work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information and a Certificate of Good Conduct /Police Clearance from the country abroad you worked/ stayed at, in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of all the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references. 

This post will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [exceptions] Order 1975 provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are considered protected. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found in ‘Changes to the Criminal Records System November 2020.docx Page 2’ on the Ministry of Justice Website and the websites of charities NACRO and UNLOCK.

At the shortlisting stage candidates will be required to complete a self- declaration form regarding their criminal record (unless ‘protected’) and will also be required to submit any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Any such information will be treated in strictest confidence and used only in consideration of the suitability of the post. Criminal convictions will not automatically exclude you from being considered unless they fall within the threshold of being relevant and unsuitability, and will be considered on a case by case basis or as defined by the Department for Education.        

It is an offence to apply for a post engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from working with children. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes. Please note we will only contact shortlisted applicants.