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Finance officer

Job Description

A busy primary school in south Birmingham, near Hall Green is recruiting for a part time receptionist to join their team.

The role will be starting as soon as possible and will be a temporary on-going contract (afternoons only) for a minimum of 12 months.

The successful applicant must:

  • Have the highest regard for safeguarding and health and safety procedures
  • Understand the importance of protecting children and always following school policy
  • Work well under pressure
  • Be able to liaise with all members of staff, including senior leaders
  • Work closely alongside the school Business Manager
  • Be a personable and approachable individual

What the role will involve:

  • Processing invoices
  • Raising orders
  • Managing cash flow and banking
  • Updating SIMS (previous experience would be ideal)
  • Managing and collating school dinner money
  • Collating reports
  • Liaising with Senior Leaders to report any concerns
  • Reporting safeguarding concerns

This mainstream school is ideally situated with excellent public transport links and has a friendly and hard-working team.

Previous experience working within a school environment is not essential but would be advantageous.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email us on charlie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an REC audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and recent school-based experience (teaching within a school teaching the British Curriculum).

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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