Finance Assistant - Term Time

The Discovery School is an outstanding and popular, three form entry school, beautifully situated in large, attractive grounds in the heart of the development of Kings Hill. We have recently been inspected by Ofsted (February 2023) and have been judged to be Outstanding in all areas, including overall effectiveness.

The Discovery School are looking for a confident and effective finance officer to join our team from November 2024. You will already have excellent attention to detail, be adaptable and proactive and have great IT skills. The successful applicant will be able to accurately process financial transactions; an understanding of FMS will be beneficial. You will be able to act on your own initiative and manage your own workload as well as be an important part of our experienced and friendly office team. Experience of working in school finance will be advantageous.
The successful candidate will support the School Business Manager and Head Teacher in the administration of day-to-day financial duties including processing orders, paying invoices, preparing and submitting the monthly VAT returns and undertake the bank reconciliation amongst other finance related tasks.
If you are hardworking, a team player, and can use your initiative, and would like to join an amazing team, then we can offer you:
· A lovely school in a beautiful setting
· A genuinely happy place to work, where you will be valued and supported
· Hardworking, motivated, and well-behaved children, Our children are happy, confident and well-motivated and we expect the highest standards of behaviour and learning from all of them. We have an outstanding staff team who contribute with enthusiasm and dedication to the life of the school. Our motto is: Be the best that you can be, and this is what we all strive to do every day.

· Supportive, active parents and governing body
· A commitment to ensuring a sensible work-life balance
· Competitive salary, great annual leave entitlement and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
This role is for 18 hours per week on a 40 weeks per year contract (term time only including attendance on staff development days plus one week to be agreed) At The Discovery School, we will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. For this role, flexible hours are available. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need and we will explore what is possible.
If you think this position is for you, then come and meet us and see what The Discovery School is all about!
Tours of the school are warmly welcomed and are available on request from the school office. Alternatively, please watch our school tour on our school website to get a feel for our school.
Please also visit our school website for further information about The Discovery School as well. www.discovery.kent.sch.uk
We are a highly successful school and are committed to the welfare and the safeguarding of all children
We take safeguarding our children extremely seriously at The Discovery School, so applicants to this role will be subject to the usual rigorous DBS and reference checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE) 2022.
In line with KCSIE 2022 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Discovery School reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates, as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at the interview.