Finance Administrator

Location - Gillotts School within The River Learning Trust, RG9 1PS

10 - 15 hours per week, part time, term time only (38 weeks per year.,

NJC grade 4 (points 4-5) £24,404 - £24,790 pro rata per annum

Actual salary for 10 hours per week £5,530.22 per annum

Actual salary for 15 hours per week £8,295.33 per annum 

Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 7 April 2025

Interview Date(s): Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date

Ideally starting after the Easter holidays

In this part time, term time only position, you will play a key supporting role in dealing with invoices and processing payments on behalf of Gillotts School, using a number of financial systems. 

Occupying a 33 acre site on the edge of Henley-on-Thames, we are a co-educational academy with approximately 900 pupils aged 11-16 on roll.  We have recently been recognised outstanding by Ofsted, who said, ‘Pupils thrive because of the high-quality teaching and care they receive.’.  In the GCSE exams taken in 2023, our Progress 8 score put us in the top 10% of schools in the country.

This role is part of the Finance Department.  Supporting the Finance Manager, you will undertake general finance and administrative duties including processing, filing and scanning invoices and producing reports. 

With an eye for detail, you should have strong administration skills and be able to work as part of a team.  Knowledge of Google packages and experience of financial systems would be an advantage. 

This is part time term time only position of between 10-15 hours per week, negotiable depending on an applicants preference and the needs of the school.

There is free parking on site. The Finance Office looks out onto our beautiful grounds.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

This school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance. 

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Karen Barker, Business Manager about the role, prior to application, then please email kbarker@gillotts.org.uk or telephone 01491 574315.

The River Learning Trust and Gillotts School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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