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Finance Support Officer

Start: ASAP

30 Hours per week/41 weeks per year (term time plus inset days and 2 weeks holiday working)

Payscale: Scale 5 Points -12

Actual Salary £19261-£20512 pa

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Support Officer to join our well-established central finance team. This role, although based at the trust offices, will require an ability and willingness to travel to trust schools, to provide financial processing support.

The Financial Support Officer role will provide purchase requisition processing, general ordering, charge card reconciliation and trip analysis to both primary and secondary schools. The successful candidate will also support budget holders within the school with budget reporting and purchase ordering. The role, overseen by the Trust Finance Manager, will provide an essential link between our schools and the central finance team.

What we are looking for:

Experience of working in a financial role, ideally within the education sector
AAT level 3 or above qualifications
Excellent communication skills, which includes the ability to exchange complex written and verbal information clearly and sensitively
The ability to prioritise your workload while maintaining accuracy and meeting key deadlines
Working knowledge of financial management systems
Ability to travel across all schools within the trust
What we can offer:

Experienced and supportive leadership with a collaborative approach and an appreciative culture
An experienced central team where colleagues can flourish and thrive
Opportunities for staff to develop their own career pathways
Local Government Pension Scheme
Occupational Health
Employee Assistance Programme
24hr GP Appointments
Cycle to Work and Tech scheme
For further information contact Katy Walkden, Director of Finance, kwalkden@clptrust.com

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

Information about the School

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership (CLP) is an emerging multi-academy trust based in Springfield, Chelmsford. The trust was formerly known as The Boswells Academy Trust but changed name in late 2017 to reflect the growth of the trust beyond one school. There are currently 8 schools across Essex in the CLP multi academy trust.

The schools in the CLP are: Barnes Farm Infant School, Barnes Farm Junior School, Lakelands Primary School, Perryfields Infant School, Roding Valley High School, The Beaulieu Park School, The Boswells School and The Tyrrells Primary School.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to: • Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people; • Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued; • The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer