Finance Officer

  • Employer: Park Primary School
  • Salary: NJC Scale 5 £22,184.83 - £23,406.44 to NJC Scale 6 £24,693.34 - £25,588.46 pro rata
  • Location: Park Primary School
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Working Pattern: Term Time
  • Hours: 36 hours per week.
  • DBS Check: Enhanced
  • Closing Date: 24/03/2020 at 09:00
  • Reference: Pri/20/123033

Temporary Fixed Term Maternity Leave Cover (36 hours per week - 41 weeks per year)


We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Finance Officer to join our dynamic team for a 1 year maternity cover. You will report to the School Business Manager and have day to day responsibility for all matters financial. See attached Job Description for more detail of the experience/knowledge required.


We can offer you:
● A supportive, forward thinking, and dedicated team of colleagues;
● Access to necessary and desirable professional development;
● An energetic, sociable, happy and compassionate working environment.


We welcome applications from experienced Administrators/Officers who:
● has excellent communication skills: both oral and written;
● has excellent knowledge of school financial procedures and systems;
● takes responsibility for their actions;
● uses initiative and takes direction;
● cares about everything they do and pay excellent attention to detail;
● Are resilient, with a desire to progress and play a valuable role within the evolution of the school


Please visit our website https://park.newham.sch.uk for further information about Park Primary School. We strongly encourage visits to the school pre application; we love our school and work with integrity, we would like all future staff to feel the same way. To arrange a visit please contact the Administration Team on 020 8534 4065.


For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Paddy Hesketh on 020 8534 4065


Closing date for applications – 23rd March 2020
Shortlisting – 24th March 2020
Interviews –W/C 30th March 2020


Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks. A disqualification declaration questionnaire may be required for this post.

Equal Opportunities

The School has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in both services to the community and the employment of people and expects all employees to understand and promote its policies in their work.

How to apply

Please apply online. For technical difficulties, please contact the Support Team 020 7427 8250. For further information about the role, please contact the school directly.

Further information on this vacancy

This vacancy is now closed