Finance Manager (Secondary)/Assistant Head of Finance and Operations – Maternity Bracknell, England
Job description
Hours: 37 hours per week Full-Time
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised and highly motivated Finance Manager (Secondary)/Assistant Head of Finance and Operations to join the Finance Team in our Trust on an interim basis.
The Trust currently comprises two Bracknell Forest Schools: Ranelagh School (Secondary) and Jennett’s CE Park School (Primary).
The Finance Manager (Secondary)/Assistant Head of Finance and Operations would be based at Ranelagh School, but the role may also provide the opportunity to work in Jennett’s Park CE Primary School. Each of our schools enjoys a very good reputation in their local community and they pride themselves upon their very positive ethos.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, confident and well-organised and share the Trust’s commitment to helping all students achieve their potential. They will need to have had some experience of working with young people, preferably in education.
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff employed in the school must be aware that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be undertaken.
If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact the Head of Finance and Operations, Mrs T Adebulehin on 01344 568512 or by email, [email protected] from whom an application pack is also available for those responding by post.
Closing date: 30 April 2023 midday.
Please note, Bonitas Trust reserves the right to close this post once sufficient applications have been received.
Please fill in the attached application form and send to: [email protected]
Equal Opportunities
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please complete the attached application form or contact the school for further details.
Please note employment is with Bonitas Trust and not Bracknell Forest Council
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all. Our aim is to treat all employees and prospective employees with integrity, respect and consideration. We aim to ensure that individuals are recruited, selected, trained and promoted on the basis of ability, job requirements, skills, aptitudes and other objective criteria. In this respect we will ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, marital status or disability, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which are not covered by legislation or existing codes of practice.
Disability
We are a Disability Symbol User and as such have made a commitment to guarantee an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria of the person specification. To help us with our commitment to this guarantee, please indicate if you have a disability on your application form.
Safeguarding
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices share this commitment. This position requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check because it involves contact with (or access to data concerning) children/young people/adults at risk. On your application form, you will need to tell us about any spent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings which may later appear on your DBS Certificate. The Local Safeguarding Children’s Board (LSCB) has responsibility for working together to oversee the safety and well-being of children and young people in Bracknell Forest.
Pre–employment medical check
You may be asked about your physical ability to perform the job during interview. As a condition of the Offer of Employment, the successful applicant will be asked to complete an Occupational Health questionnaire from which our Occupational Health Advisor will assess your medical suitability to do the job. You may be required to attend a medical examination.
References
On your application form you will be asked to provide the names and addresses of two people who will provide a reference. At least one should be from your current/most recent employer. If you are not currently working with children/adults at risk but have done so in the past it is important that a reference is obtained from the employer by whom you were most recently employed working with children/adults at risk. Employment references must be provided by your current or most recent line manager and will not be accepted from relatives or people writing solely in the capacity of friends. However, your referees may include someone you know with standing in the community i.e. a teacher, vicar etc. We take up references for all shortlisted candidates and wherever possible we like to apply for these prior to interview.
