Our Trust is growing, and we are recruiting an experienced finance administrator to join our friendly and professional Central Services Finance Team.
£27,711 - £31,067 full time equivalent, £13,855 - £15,533 Actual salary.
This is a part-time role, working 18.5 hours per week over 3 or 4 working days: exact working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate. The role is all year round, but this is open to negotiation.
During your induction period, the role will mainly be based at our Yate office. Hybrid working is available and when your initial training is complete, we will agree your working location(s) which may include our offices in Yate, Alveston and home working.
You will be responsible for financial transactions including:
- Purchase orders
- Invoices
- Direct debit mandates
- Charge/multi pay card payments
- Preparation of BACS payment runs
- Bank reconciliation
- Internal recharges, payroll and other journals
- Petty cash administration
- VAT 126 claims
You will join our Finance Team consisting of our Director of Finance, Finance Manager and Finance Assistant. The Finance Team is part of our wider Central Services which includes HR, Estates, Operations and Health & Safety. Your role will include contact with school colleagues, Central Services colleagues, Local Authority partners, suppliers and customers.
The successful candidate will have:
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience of working in a finance role
- Excellent communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft particularly Excel, and experience of financial accounting systems
- A minimum of 3 GCSEs including Maths & English Grade C/4 or equivalent
- Strong time management skills, teamwork, problem solving and ability to use own initiative
- Ability to demonstrate our Trust vision and values
The benefits of working at Enable Trust:
- Competitive salary and generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- Working as part of a strong, caring and supportive team
- Collaboration
- Inclusion
- Relationships
- Learning
- Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- A thorough induction programme, excellent training, development and career opportunities
- Flexible working opportunities
- Belonging to a values-based Trust which recognises and values the contribution of our people and is committed to employee well-being
Our Trust values are:
- Collaboration
- Inclusion
- Relationships
- Learning
- Excellence
If this role aligns with your experience, skills, values and aspirations, we would love to hear from you.
Interviews are due to take place on 21st July 2025.
Enable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children and young people. We will carry out online searches on all short-listed applicants, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Part 3, Safer Recruitment. Where given permission to do so, references will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. Candidates attending an interview should expect the interview panel to explore issues relating to safeguarding. All successful applicants will be required to undergo security and vetting checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS check. Applicants must be aware that it is an offence to apply for a role if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and young people.
Equality information:
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.