Job Description:

Job information School Organisation Finance Officer from the Company Brighton & Hove City Council, this latest School Organisation Finance Officer job vacancy is located in the city Brighton and Hove located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this School field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

School Organisation Finance Officer

Posted on 9 July 2024 Apply

• Directorate BHCC: Families Children & Learning
• Salary £37336 - £40221
• Contract Fixed Term
• Closing Date Apply by 6 August 2024

Location

Hove Town Hall

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Job Summary

• Job reference orbis/TP/12357/41620
• Positions available 1
• Working hours 37
• Closing date 6 August 2024
• Job category Administration & Clerical
• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

Do you want to be part of supporting the city's schools in facing the challenges of falling pupil numbers and financial pressures?

Can you bring the ability to:

• work collaboratively
• provide challenge and support on financial decisions and
• understand local and national trends to manage risks and identify potential opportunities

We need you towork in collaboration with finance and HR officers and other members of the school organisation service to provide a collaborative approach, as a team around the school, to implement any changes needed related to the pressures and impact of the current financial situations and pupil numbers as part of the overall school organisation strategy.

Fixed term for: 24 months to support the change necessary in the city's schools.

Interview date: early September

For an informal discussion, please contact Richard Barker - Head of School Organisation on 07584217328.

About the role

You will use your experience of assisting in the preparation of budgets, monitoring and forecasting of budgets and preparing accounts and working in the education system to help deliver a financially efficient and inclusive school system in the city.

You will take part in and, where necessary, lead working groups focussed on aspects of organisational changes in schools such as accommodation, staffing, finance and pupil transition tasks in relation to school closures or PAN reductions.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk)) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

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Closed Date : 2025-04-18