Finance Apprentice

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed and aspiring individual to join our Finance team as a Finance Apprentice. This key role will assist our Finance Department in daily, weekly and monthly tasks to ensure finance operations run smoothly for the academy. The successful candidate will be an excellent team player with close attention to detail. If you are looking to gain a qualification whilst working and can use your initiative in a fast-paced team, then we would love to hear from you!   

This position is 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.

The Opportunity

• To gain a nationally recognised qualification in Finance
• To gain valuable skills and experience in a workplace environment
• To work with a knowledgeable and friendly team
• To develop an understanding of Finance support functions within education
• To obtain a wealth of transferrable skills
• A dynamic and fast paced role within a school setting which provides a fantastic opportunity to learn and make a difference

The ideal candidate

• Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
• Be a team player, with a ‘can-do’ solution focused attitude
• Be educated to GCSE (or equivalent level) in Maths and English
• Will be an enthusiastic and ambitious learner

Benefits of working for us: 

As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.  

As well as the above we also offer: 

• Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning  
• Free annual eye tests 
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support  
• Unlimited value cycle to work scheme  

To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust 

Sharnbrook is an exceptional place to learn and work. We are an ambitious, forward thinking and fully inclusive community school, located in beautiful rural Bedfordshire. Our values guide our decision making, and central to all that we do is our mission is to ensure that all students achieve their academic and personal potential to reach destinations of purpose and choice. Our motto of ‘excellence, care and opportunity for all’ encapsulates our approach towards this aim.

Our students benefit from an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum taught in impressive, specialist facilities. Students are well taught by highly knowledgeable subject experts, and supported by expert support staff. ‘Team Sharnbrook’ work together, in partnership with families, to ensure that every young person is known, valued and supported to reach their full potential. We expect students to excel, and ensure that they feel safe and happy in school, so that this expectation is realised. We understand the value of students’ personal development, and enable this through access to an extensive range of extra-curricular opportunities and a comprehensive personal development curriculum. We are proud of the education that we offer to our young people, and would be delighted to welcome you to the academy to learn more about us.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk 

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below. 

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.