Vacancies
St James’ Church of England Primary Academy is a successful and ambitious school, with a firm commitment to improve and develop every day.
Our current job vacancies are shown in the drop-down sections below:
Finance Officer (Part-time, Permanent)
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Work Location |
St. James’ Church of England Primary Academy, Bournemouth |
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Salary (per year) |
Range: NJC scale point 7-9 Pro-rata (actual) salary: £12,220 - £12,614 |
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Working hours |
21 hours a week (3 days per week. 08:30 am – 4:00 pm) |
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Weeks per year |
Term time only plus inset days (39 weeks per year) |
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Closing Date: |
Monday 5th May 2025 |
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Interview Date: |
tbc - we may interview before the closing date if sufficient candidates apply |
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Job Start Date: |
asap |
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Contact e-mail address: |
About the Post
We have a permanent vacancy for a Finance Officer to join our friendly school administration team. We are seeking to appoint a highly organised and solution-focused finance professional ideally with school experience. The role includes support to reception duties at busy times so the ability to work in a team and help parents is a must. Self-improvement is actively encouraged and we have a supportive culture of sharing best practice within our academy trust. If you feel like you would fit in, we would love to hear from you.
A successful candidate will be:
- Comfortable working in a busy office environment with at least two years’ experience of financial administration
- Able to deliver high quality finance administration (including support to audit) for our school
- Highly numerate and accurate
- Happy establishing great professional relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues
- An effective communicator (both verbally and in writing) to a variety of audiences
- Organised and able to manage/re-prioritise varied tasks as necessary
- Confident to navigate interlinked finance and school IT systems
We offer
- Term-time only working allowing a great work-life balance
- A learning community where you are encouraged to innovate, think for yourself, try new ideas, make a difference and take on responsibility
- A dedicated and mutually supportive staff team
- Opportunities to network with partnership school and Trust colleagues
- High quality opportunities for continued professional development
- Very generous local government pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme – supporting mental health and wellbeing.
- Workplace employee rewards package including:
- Extras Discounts - money off the upfront cost of over 100 gift cards and eGifts, save up to 10% on big brands
- Employee bYond Cashback Card – earn up to 15% cashback on your card across 85+ retailers
- Cyclescheme – Gear up to cycle commute and save up to 25- 39% on a new bike
- Techscheme – Save up to 12% or spread the cost on over 5000 tech items and appliances at Currys
- Free eye tests and funding towards glasses for display screen users.
Application Procedure
If you have something to offer the children and staff at St James’, are ready for a new challenge and available in the near future, then we would love to hear from you! Visits to our academy are highly recommended and warmly welcomed. Please email (sbm@StJames.Academy) or call (01202 426696) the School Business Manager, Mr Walden, to arrange a visit.
An application pack is available on this website (www.stjamescebournemouth.com), electronically via our School Business Manager (sbm@StJames.Academy) or in hard copy from the academy office.
Completed applications should be emailed to the email address provided above or sent by post clearly marked for the attention of the Head Teacher to: St James’ CE Primary Academy, Pokesdown Hill, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6DW.
Safeguarding
This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018. The Trust will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, shortlisted candidates will be required to demonstrate to the Trust, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations. If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.
All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process, please go to www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service check (http://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring service-check).
This 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 school-based staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children. All school staff should be aware of the school's Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.
Additional Information
Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency's Points-based Immigration System. Due to the restrictions, we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.
Should you not be invited for interview please assume that your application has not been shortlisted. We try to let people know if this is the case, however sometimes this is not always possible.