37 hours per week, 42 weeks per annum

Monday – Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm; Friday 8.30am - 4.00pm (includes a daily half an hour unpaid break)

Permanent Position

EHCC Grade D FTE £28,697 - £31,573 per annum

Actual annual salary: £26,434 - £29,084 per annum

The Westgate School is a warm, vibrant and forward-thinking community where colleagues and pupils learn together. As an Ofsted-rated ‘Outstanding’ school, we are proud of our culture of academic excellence.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, welcoming and conscientious colleague to join our Finance Team. The role is based in our main Secondary Phase reception.

Why join us?

Working at The Westgate School means becoming part of a friendly, skilled and supportive team invested in your success. With 1,620 pupils across our two phases, we are lucky to have excellent teaching facilities, including science laboratories, computing suites, and a purpose-built art and sculpture block. We take pride in a lovely environment for teaching and learning.

The Westgate School is the lead school for the Winchester Schools Training Alliance (WSTA), working with 21 other schools in the Winchester district to train the next generation of teachers. Support colleagues employed by The Westgate School wanting to go on to apply for the WSTA training programme will automatically be offered an interview providing the course requirements are met.

What Ofsted says:

“The Westgate School is a happy and vibrant community, where pupils are encouraged to aim for excellence” Ofsted, September 2022

“Outstanding” Ofsted, November 2023

“Staff are incredibly proud to work at this school” Ofsted 2024

Benefits of working at The Westgate School:

• Full induction programme including training and mentoring to ensure your success in the role

• Ongoing personal development in one of Hampshire’s top schools for progress and attainment

• A friendly and welcoming school community

• Automatic enrolment to a generous local government pension scheme

• Benefits of local government sick pay

• On-site parking and access to EV charging stations

• Free use of health and fitness facilities

• Preferential nursery places in the on-site nursery at a reduced price

• Preferential admission to The Westgate School for colleagues' children (after 2 years of employment)

• Work for a school accredited by the SSAT Leading Edge Network - the only national network exclusively for high-performing schools.

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking an individual who will:

• Have the ability to organise a busy and varied workload adhering to strict deadlines

• Be able to accurately work on own initiative with superior attention to detail but equally work within a team.

• Have a strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and confident in the use of Microsoft Word

• Be flexible and adaptable to the demands of the financial cycle throughout the financial year

• Have good customer service skills to enable effective communication with customers, parents and colleagues

• Has obtained maths and English qualifications to a minimum of GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent

• Be willing to administer First Aid in the absence of the welfare team

• Holds confidentiality, financial integrity and data protection in the highest regard

• Have the ability to reconcile customer accounts to SAP

• Understand and adhere to the school’s financial framework policies and procedures including TAX/VAT

• It would be advantageous to have experience working with both SAP and Tucasi

Main duties:

Support our Finance Officer and be responsible for the day-to-day running of the school’s business accounts: Nursery, Schools Lettings and any other business arrangement, including credit control

Manage and update School Hire Site

Assist with information required for Resource Governors meetings

Assist with the budget process and pricing structure of the school businesses

Inventory Lead

General finance tasks; ordering, payments, banking etc.

Support administrative colleagues as required

Safeguarding:

The Westgate School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Pre-employment checks:

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks, which will include an online search to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education recommendations.

Child Protection Policy:

You can find The Westgate School’s Child Protection Policy document on our policies webpage.

Equal Opportunities:

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

AI:

We encourage applicants to avoid using AI for their application and if doing so, please state this in the application. Please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own as it forms part of the basis upon which future employment may be decided.