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SalaryFinance Officers
Salary from £34,700 with possible progression up to £38,700 (Pay award pending)
Wandle Learning Trust, Battersea
Wandle Learning Trust was founded in 2018 and is now a family of five schools. Unique to our Trust is the strong collaboration with Wandle Learning Partnership, which is home to our Teaching School Hub, English Hub and Maths Hub and our not-for-profit phonics programme, Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. Our aim is to ensure that as a result of attending an academy in the Trust, every young person will be inspired and empowered by their education; inspired to build a purposeful and fulfilling life and empowered to make a valuable contribution to the world around them.
We are now recruiting two Finance Officers to join our Central Team, working across designated academies in the Trust to support the Headteachers in the financial operations of their schools.
You will be the schools’ primary point of contact on all financial matters, including the management of day-to-day income, purchasing and expenditure.
The ideal candidates will:
- Have experience of working in a finance environment (preferably in the education sector)
- Be committed to delivering work of a high standard with good attention to detail.
- Good team working skills
- Have a proactive approach to managing their workload
- Be skilled in building relationships.
It’s an exciting time to join the Trust during a period of growth; we need a strong Finance team to support and enable the Trust’s expansion plans. In return for your commitment, we offer a generous staff benefits package and a commitment to career development through funded chartered accountancy study support.
This role is being recruited to on a career grade, with the potential to progress through the grade upon successful completion of exams, performance appraisals and progressing on to more advanced financial duties within the schools/Trust.
To apply, please visit our website via the button below.
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The closing date for applications is Friday 12th July at 12pm.
We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, interested candidates are advised to submit their applications as early as possible.
Interviews will take place during w/c Monday 15th July 2024.
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact Elliot Salmon via recruitment@wandlelearningtrust.org.uk
