Position: Finance Assistant
Contract: Permanent – Term Time Only
Closing Date: 30th September 2026
Interview Date: 9th October 2026
Job Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £4,606
Hours Per Week 7hrs per week. To be worked 9am-4:30pm on either Tuesday or Wednesday
Location of Role: Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Contact email address: besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk
Job/Person Summary
We are looking for a Finance Assistant to work alongside the Business Manager in our diverse and unique setting in the heart of Southsea. Ideally, you’ll have a school background but this is not essential. You will work under the direction of the Business Manager to support the day to day finance, personnel administration and organisation administration of the school and nursery. This will include recording daily income, coding purchase card expenditure, processing school milk claims, cross checking income reports against voucher payment reports, running school and nursery census and headcount tasks, preparing banking and reconciling banking transactions and maintaining staff absence records.
The ideal candidate will:
- have excellent attention to detail
- be organised and able to prioritise your workload
- be able to work under pressure and multi-task whilst maintaining accuracy
- be confident in using IT, especially Microsoft excel and word
- be able to use your initiative and work independently where appropriate
What are we looking for in an Admin Assistant?
- someone with grade C or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English
- someone with high standards of both written and spoken literacy
- someone who is confident in using IT, especially Microsoft Office applications
- someone with excellent communication skills who can talk confidently with staff, pupils, parents and the wider community
- someone who is organised and able to prioritise your workload
- someone who is flexible in working practices and uses their initiative to work independently where appropriate
- someone who is able to work under pressure and multi-task whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
Why come and work for us? We can offer:
- a unique and exciting opportunity to work at our 0-7 setting
- a well-resourced and popular school and nursery with an excellent reputation
- a rewarding and fulfilling role in the heart of our school and nursery
- committed, hardworking and friendly staff
- a full range of CPD to keep your skills up to date and relevant
- a generous local government pension scheme
- exclusive savings on high street goods/services through Portsmouth City Council
- wellbeing support and advice through our employee assistance programme
Application Procedure
Visits to the school and nursery are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit please contact the Business Manager on 023 9282 8606.
Please apply using the attached application form. Completed application forms can be returned by hand to the School Office (addressed to the Business Manager), or by email to besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk
Portsmouth City Council and Bramble Infant School and Nursery are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level and any other background checks, including overseas checks, will be required prior to any offer of employment. You will need to demonstrate that you have a Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
This advert is in no way exhaustive and we welcome queries about this vacancy via email to besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.ukor via the telephone, 023 9282 8606
We would like to thank you in advance for your application; however please note we will only contact those applicants shortlisted for an interview.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
As part of any recruitment process, Bramble Infant School and Nursery collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. Bramble Infant School and Nursery is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Completing and submitting an application for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not used in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process and we will destroy or delete your information. For more detailed information on what we collect, how we use, store, and delete data and your rights you can access a privacy statement on our website.
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