Braidwood is a highly successful school for deaf pupils aged between 11 and 19. We are seeking to appoint a well-organised, reliable and enthusiastic person with proven experience in dealing with constantly changing priorities to join our very busy office team.
We are seeking an individual who has:
- experience of financial administration
- understanding of school budgets and finance
- a working knowledge of SIMS and FMS (preferred)
- excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- the ability to work under pressure
- excellent literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
- the ability to work both without supervision and as part of a busy team
Your duties will include:
- financial administration
- administration of free school meals
- undertaking reception duties, answering general telephone and face to face enquiries
All staff are fully supported in gaining British Sign Language skills.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
If you think you will be an asset to our school further details and an application pack are available to download from the school website
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.