Finance Assistant

Full time, all year round - 37 hours per week (Part-time all year round hours may be considered)

To start as soon as possible.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Finance Assistant to join our central finance team. The successful candidate will have purchase ledger experience and be able to process a large volume of invoices, accurately and timely, and have good interpersonal skills.  In addition to the main purchase ledger focus, you will also provide finance support to the central team and across the Trust.

Whilst the primary location will be the Trust offices at George Spencer Academy you may be required to visit other schools within the Trust and therefore the ability to drive and the use of a car would be desirable.

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have over 16000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 16 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission:

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision:

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe: 

- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.

- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.

- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at Careers (spenceracademiestrust.co.uk).

Closing date for applications 8am Tuesday 31st May 2022 (our adverts do sometimes close early, even where there’s a published deadline – and so if you’re keen, please apply as soon as practically possible).

Interviews likely to take place week commencing 6th June 2022 (in line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview).

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.