Finance Assistant
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Marsh Hill Primary School, Marsh Hill, Birmingham, B23 7HY
- Salary
- £24,027 to £25,992 pro rata, subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
- Closing date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Reference
- JOB002723
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, Administration, All non-teaching - support staff jobs, Other - Support staff roles
- Contract Type
- Part time permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Part-Time
Job Details
Job start date: 6 January 2025
Hours per week: 20, term time only
Marsh Hill Primary School
Marsh Hill
Birmingham
B23 7HY
Telephone number: 0121 464 2920
Contact email: enquiry@marshill.bham.sch.uk
Contract type: Permanent
Marsh Hill Primary School is committed to enriching the lives and transforming the futures of our children. The Governors of Marsh Hill are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, experienced and committed individual to the position of Administrative/Finance Assistant. This is an opportunity to join a friendly, hardworking and dedicated team of staff.
The successful candidate will:
• be a confident and experienced school administrator
• be able to welcome and communicate effectively with pupils, parents, staff, visitors and other external agencies in a professional and courteous manner
• be responsible for dealing with all aspects of reception and administration duties
• have excellent administration skills and the ability to prioritise workload and tasks
• be able to work effectively as part of a busy team and use own initiative
• have a good customer service ethic and be flexible in their approach to work
• have a keen interest in education finance processes
• raise purchase orders from requisitions, accurately, with agreed authorisation and timescales in accordance with procedures
• administer schools’ unofficial funds account, collating, counting (if necessary banking of cash) and maintenance of appropriate financial records
The ideal candidate will have the following desirable knowledge and experience:
• knowledge of school’s financial procedures (training will be provided)
• purchase ledger experience – orders, invoices and delivery processes
• previously worked in an education finance environment
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How to apply:
Please download the job description and person specification and Apply Online
Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; 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 as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
BCC is a Living Wage employer.
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.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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