Trust Specialist Finance

Trust Specialist for Finance (Kernow Learning Shared Services Teams)

Location:

Kernow Learning Multi Academy Trust, The Old Cricket Pavilion, Treninnick Hill, Newquay, TR7 2JU
, UK

Salary:
Grade M (starting at £52,982 per annum FTE)

Contract Type:
Permanent

Job Role s:
Education Support;

Working Patterns:
Full-Time;

Interview Date:
To be confirmed

Expected Working

Start Date:

As soon as possible

Is a Shared Job:
No

Kernow Learning is a primary specialist academy of 21 schools in Cornwall. All our schools celebrate their individuality whilst holding our trust's shared values, mission, and philosophy close to their heart. We believe that our trust is at the precipice of something great; through a mix of collective synchronicity and autonomy, our schools are working together to provide strength so that they can stretch their offer beyond expectations in their drive for excellence.

We are proud to be an Associate College of National Institute of Teaching; the only one in Cornwall.

Our trust has a centralised Finance Services Team, supporting our schools to ensure that they are appropriately resourced, and ensuring that our trust remains compliant and viable. This team sits within our Shared Services Team that performs a wide range of functions and services across a number of areas including finance, estates, IT, and HR, as well as our English Hub and Teaching School Hub (both linked to Trenance Learning Academy), and our Initial Teacher Education programme, KITE (Kernow Initial Teacher Education).

Kernow Learning is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and follows the Safer Recruitment process. The successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and will be required to undertake checks including an enhanceddisclosure through the DBS process, as well as prohibition, S128, and Social Media/online presence checks.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. If you require any part of the application pack in an alternative format, or require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss your needs.

Unfortunately, weare not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or beable to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

For further information, or for support with the application process, please contact our HRTeam on or email  .

We reserve theright to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date should wereceive a sufficient volume of suitable applications. Early applications are therefore encouraged. However, if you require additional time to complete your application, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss this with you.

Due to the volumeof applications received, we are not always able to provide feedback. If youhave not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

If this role isnot quite the right fit, but you are interested in opportunities within our central team or, one of our schools, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us to discuss current or future vacancies across the Trust, you canalso view all current vacancies on our website.

As well as offeringgreat schools to work in, wonderful children to work with, and fantasticcolleagues to work alongside, our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best itcan be.

• A range ofCPD and training opportunities, both internally and externally, learning fromlocal and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth
• The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools andour Shared Services teams
• An opportunity to make animpact across our local communities
• Access to full Employee Assistance Program offering 24/7 support and health and wellbeing benefits
• Access todiscounts through the Blue Light Card scheme with national and local retailers and service providers
• Acompetitive salary and membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

We are happy to discuss flexible working patterns and hybrid working however, there will be a regular requirement to be onsite