Central Finance Apprentice

Salary:  Apprenticeship Minimum Wage (Currently £6.40 per hour, £13,312 a year)

Hours per week: Monday to Friday 9am -5pm, 40 hours a week

Training Course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Weeks per year: 52

Possible start date: Tuesday 1st October 2024

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

• Processing transactions on the Trust FMS
  • Receipting income
  • Posting requisitions / invoices)
  • Raising sales invoices / processing journals
  • Supporting schools with a broad range of financial queries
  • Supporting the Trust with budgeting / forecasting
  • Responding to queries into the finance inbox
  • Ensuring the Trust Financial Handbook is adhered to.

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Your training plan

An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry specific competence. You will be
expected to work towards the Accounts/finance assistant level 2 with support from your employer and the Chesterfield College Group.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

Other requirements

This role is 52 weeks of the year and NOT a term time only opportunity You will be required to attend Chesterfield College for day release during term time only

About this company

The values and ethos that DDAT is built upon are Christian in nature and represent values and principles that are important to people of all faiths and no faith. There is a focus on individuality, collaboration and unity; there is a real sense of belonging within DDAT. This is well-balanced with a sense of autonomy and empowerment enabling schools to flourish as separate and unique entities. Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT) was formed in response to the national Academy and Free School Programme and provides a Diocesan home to schools (Church or non-Church) either choosing or requiring an academy solution. DDAT strives to help ensure the sustainability of highly valued church schools, even in the unfortunate circumstances that a school is required to move away from being maintained by the local authority in order to secure rapid school improvement. DDAT is increasingly assisting non-faith-based schools as they plan to sustain improvements by joining the growing number of schools within the DDAT family. DDAT is proud to be a Diocesan Trust. We work closely with the Diocesan Board of Education (DBE), having shared values and a vision which is deeply Christian.

Please apply via the Apprenticeship Service on the findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk website, linked here: https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/reference/1000272034

Closing Date: Saturday 14 September at 11:59pm