Assistant Accountant

We are seeking an Assistant Accountant who is part-qualified and has accounts experience. To be successful, you will have good communication and IT skills and be able to work efficiently to deadlines in a busy but friendly team consisting of the Assistant Principal – Finance, an Accountant and a Finance Assistant. The Finance team is responsible for managing the finances of Frontier Learning Trust, which includes Woodhouse College and Imperial College London Maths School.

This is a permanent, full-time, all-year-round position. The full-time hours are 36 hours per week; however, requests for part-time hours would be considered.

The salary will be in the range of points 20–22 on the sixth form college support staff salary scale, currently £36,283 – £38,420, depending on experience, plus £3,252 London Weighting, per annum.

In return, the following benefits are available:

• Very strong learning ethos
• Positive workplace culture 
• Excellent pension schemes (TP and LGPS)
• Generous holiday entitlement (support staff)
• Option to apply to sabbatical schemes
• Internal CPD programme
• Well-resourced library for staff personal use
• Bike scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Free flu jabs  
• Workstation assessments
• Free parking on site
• Employee Assistance Programme – free counselling and support and guidance on a wide range of topics
• Wisdom Wellbeing App by Health Assured
• Excellent sports facilities for staff badminton, football and table tennis

About Us

Woodhouse College is one of the top-performing sixth form colleges in England, with large numbers of students each year progressing to Oxbridge, medical schools and leading research-intensive universities. It is academic in focus and appeals to students who are ambitious and, in the main, intend to go on to higher education. Being 16–19 only, it has the characteristics of a very large school sixth form, yet it has scale, diversity and a liberal, tolerant ethos often associated with colleges.

The College:

• Is one of the most successful, academic SFCs in England
• Has excellent staff, management and governance
• Enjoys a well-deserved reputation and is over-subscribed
• Benefits from a sound financial position
• Has well-maintained buildings on a pleasant campus in North Finchley
• Is secular, diverse and committed to equality and inclusion
• Has an outstanding pastoral support and extra-curricular offer
• Is focused on continuously improving

For more information and to apply, please visit www.woodhouse.ac.uk

Closing date: 9 am on Tuesday 22 April 2025.

The College is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from black and minority ethnic groups, who are currently underrepresented. The College is committed to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.