A beacon of educational excellence – Southend Adult Community College transforms lives through learning.

Thank you for considering working with us, from teaching to support roles, we offer a variety of employment opportunities with fantastic progression routes in our campuses based in and around the borough of Southend on Sea. You can search job vacancies below, we also post our jobs on Southend Learning Network and other recruitment sites.

Find out more about applying for a job with us, or if you require assistance with your application please contact our HR team at HR@southend-adult.ac.uk. We look forward to receiving your application.

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Please see below a list of our current vacancies:

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Finance Assistant – Part time permanent contract

Working pattern: 18.5 hours per week x 52 weeks

NJC pay scales level 5 £22,777 per annum pro rata

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to assist the Finance Manager in all financial administration functions and reporting.

Main purpose of the job:

To assist the Finance Manager with college wide budget monitoring, ensure all purchases have approved purchase orders and sharing responsibility with the Finance Manager for monthly budget review meetings with budget holders.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

  • To ensure compliance with the College and Local Authority Financial Regulations as specified in the Scheme of Delegation.
  • To assist the Finance Manager in undertaking month end reconciliations by researching and providing supporting documentation as requested.
  • Complete weekly cash flow reports and regularly monitor bank accounts.
  • To provide SLT and managers with accurate financial data and reporting requests to meet the needs of the college and support with financial monitoring and planning.
  • To assist the HR Manager with the preparation and audit of the payroll returns to the Council.
  • To assist with the control and management of assigned Customer Accounts on the Sales Ledger.
  • To be aware of all policies and procedures and support their implementation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All candidates are welcomed at the College without regard to ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Southend Adult Community College aims to achieve curriculum excellence by promoting consistently high standards of teaching, learning and assessment across all provision. We expect all staff to take responsibility for ensuring that we are successful in creating a high performing and caring culture where learners are at the heart of all we do.

Southend Adult Community College is committed to ensuring that all learners, and staff understand how to keep themselves and others safe in college, in the community and in the workplace. We ensure our College community promotes a safe place to work and learn and we will put appropriate measures in place to safeguard learners and apprentices in the context of our geographical areas.

This includes our duty under PREVENT to protect learners from radicalisation.
This role is involved in regulated activity with Children and/or vulnerable adults. This role will require an enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Pre-employment checks and training will include safeguarding training and a sound understanding of
Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Please send your application form, CV and supporting statement to HR@southend-adult.ac.uk

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th March

Interviews will take place Monday 27th March 2023

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Currently, we have no vacancies – please check back regularly for updates