The role
Would you like to use your bookkeeping skills and experience to support educational settings?
Do you want to develop your financial knowledge and skills within a supportive team?
HFL’s Financial Services Transaction Team provides monthly digital bookkeeping support to maintained schools in Hertfordshire. The post holder will contribute, support and work collaboratively with the wider team to deliver high-quality financial reporting and budget management services to schools maintained by Hertfordshire County Council. In doing so you will develop your depth and breadth of knowledge. You will also have an initial training period where you will be trained on our operating models and financial systems.
The successful candidate will be able to work independently as well as be part of a supportive high functioning team. A high level of accuracy is required along with the ability to plan and manage work to achieve results and meet deadlines to a high standard.
Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Tina Shackleton via email on Tina.Shackleton@hfleducation.org and provide your mobile no. so a mutually convenient time can be arranged to discuss the role.
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- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 following five years’ service) plus bank holidays
- A range of additional leave (compassionate, emergency, pregnancy related sickness, and disability leave for appointments)
- Pension scheme (10% employer contribution)
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual company bonus opportunity
- Learning and development opportunities including academic sponsorship
- Occupational sick/maternity/adoption pay
- Access to HFL Extras, our online platform with a wide range of savings, discounts and cashback opportunities
- Paid leave entitlement to undertake voluntary work; we especially encourage school governors
- Hybrid flexible working with support on commuting expenses
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which provides advice and support, including a counselling service
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Modern office facilities with restaurant, secure parking & cycle lock-up, and EV charger points
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- HFL Equal opportunities monitoring form (DOCX 44 KB)
We ask that you follow the guidance listed within the above forms to support our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process. CVs and cover letter must be submitted in Word format so they can be anonymised before being reviewed for shortlisting.
To apply, please submit a detailed CV, along with a cover letter to include responses to the following questions:
- How do you prioritise your work demands ensuring all relevant deadlines are met on time?
- What actions might you take if you felt that you might be unable to meet a deadline, and how might you approach this?
- If a complaint from one of your clients was received how would initially deal with this?
- Give an example of being a team player, i.e., how have you supported a colleague to team to reach an aim or priority? What role did you play? What steps did you take?
We would also love to hear why you are interested in becoming part of the HFL team. Please email your completed application to hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org or apply via our website:
At a glance
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Contract: Permanent.
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Hours: Up to 37 hours per week with part-time hours and flexible patterns considered. (Term time only plus 2 weeks)
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Salary: FTE £24,308.60 p.a. (pro-rata for part time)
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Location: Officed Based for initial training period. Thereafter hybrid working consisting of remote working and up to 2 days per week in the Head office in Stevenage or as required to meet business needs.
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Closing date: As we review applications on a rolling basis, we may close the advert if we find a suitable candidate. To ensure you don’t miss this opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Job outline
Contact us
We are a committed Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the BITC Race at Work Charter reflecting our continuing commitment to be unbiased across our recruitment and workplace practices.
We actively encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us. We use an anonymous application process to ensure we always select candidates based on their skills and competencies. When two or more candidates have equal merit, the candidate with protected characteristics will have an advantage over others. This tie-breaker approach is described as positive action in the Equality Act 2010 and we believe strongly in the power of overcoming disadvantage.
If you are invited to interview, please be prepared to discuss the subject of unconscious bias with us. These conversations are extremely useful in giving us an idea of what working together will be like.
HFL is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building and celebrating an environment that is inclusive and equitable, in which everyone can flourish, regardless of race, age, sexuality, gender, disability, or status.