Job Description

Spencer Academies Trust

Finance Assistant

Salary: NJC6-10 (25,989-27,693 per annum - actual salary)

Full Time, 37 hours per week, permanent, or temporary, all year round

Starting as soon as possible

Do you want to become part of a highly successful Multi Academy Trust where our mission is to provide high quality education and deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people?

Are you a team player?

Can you work collaboratively and build positive relationships with colleagues at all levels?

If so then we definitely need to hear from you!

Due to the successful and ongoing growth of our Trust we are seeking to appoint a dedicated, reliable and enthusiastic full time Finance Assistant to complement our existing central team (permanent, or temporary roles available).

The successful candidate will work in conjunction with the wider finance team, and be an integral part of our processing team, and work to ensure accurate financial records are maintained, in line with current legislation and Trust policies.

As part of an excellent team you will be given extensive support to develop to your full potential both in this role and beyond.

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development. Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership. We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Michelle Woolley on MWolley@spencertrust.org.uk

How to Apply:

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV's cannot be accepted.

Please identify within your personal statement if you would be interested in a permanent or temporary role.

In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview, unless specifically requested not to at this stage.

Closing date for applications 9am Monday 6th October 2025

Interview dates are to be confirmed

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on

'Register'

to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on

'Sign In'

.

Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 25,989.00-27,693.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Work Location: In person