Administrative & Finance Assistant

Administrative & Finance Assistant

Salary: £14734 - £15560 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week

Closing Date: Friday 29^th March 2019

INTERVIEW DATE: Week commencing 8^th April 2019

JOB PURPOSE

Under the guidance of the School Business Manager, to provide comprehensive administrative and financial support service to the school.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• To check and process purchase orders ensuring there is sufficient budget, communicating with staff and reporting on spend.
• Undertake administration duties such as typing, word processing, updating databases and complex IT based tasks.
• To support and deal with complex reception matters, communicating with parents, visitors, pupils and staff including taking calls and disseminating messages/queries etc.
• Responsibility for the accurate handling and security of small sums of cash, cheques or financial resource.
• Collect and record the pupil and staff lunches and notify kitchen.
• Manage manual and computerised systems for example SIMS and Mercury E5.
• Manage administration of the facilities including use of the school premises.
• Support with the administration of the nursery funding including invoicing and collection of parent’s payments.
• Raise sales invoices and support the Finance Officer as required.
• Check the office email account and disseminate emails accordingly.
• Any other relevant tasks as required by SLT.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED

• NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant discipline
• Very good numeracy/literacy skills
• The ability to support staff/pupils/respond to parents through fluent and accurately spoken English
• Effective use of ICT and other specialist equipment/resources
• Full working knowledge of relevant polices/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
• Very good ICT skills
• Ability to relate well to children and adults
• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.

PRINCIPAL CONTACTS

Pupils, parents, visitors, staff, Governors, suppliers, contractors.

Franche Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Franche Community Primary School, Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY11 5QB