finance clerk in school

[o8sp]

hi,

does anyone do this job and can they give me some info as i wish to apply for such a job and have no experience. can the job be learned sufficiently quickly with trining to make it feasible to give it to an unexperienced person? i am intelligent and quick to pick things up. i run a household and am in charge of budgeting and paying bills if that helps!

[Mrs_Pegasus]

Depends on the size of the school and the budget. Are you assisting a business manager or bursar?

Headteachers used to do the detailed budgeting but this is not for the faint hearted. About 70% of school budgets are used for salaries & associated costs and this is the main job for a financial person. It is complicated but easily learnt, just an area you dont want to make mistakes because it can be the difference between recruiting more staff or making redundancies.

Income comes from many sources and again can get a bit complex.

Without seeing the full spec. of the job and its requirements I couldnt say if you would be able to do the job with no experience.

[o8sp]

the job advert reads as follows:

working mainly with the bursar, you will be dealing with financial matters including invoicing and payents as well as day to day issues of the school. applicants should hav good organisational skills, work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail and be computer literate. they should also enjoy and have experience of working with figures. training will be given.

the school is quite small and is church controlled.

thanks mrs pegasus.