Finance and Compliance Manager

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Job Description

• Lapwing Education- Martlesham Heath, IP5 3SL
• £45,000 - £60,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• 30 - 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
• Permanent
• Reference: 0778
• Required to start ideally by January 2025.

• Are you a highly competent finance manager looking to broaden your experience?
• Do you have what it takes to support the leadership and growth of a specialist therapeutic education provision?
• Are you committed to the holistic development of some of the most disadvantaged young people in the region?
• Do you want to be an integral part of one of the fastest growing education charities in East Anglia?

Lapwing continues to expand and strengthen its peripatetic Education Team across East Anglia and, as a result of recent growth, is looking to recruit a Finance and Compliance Manager to join the Senior Leadership Team and provide dedicated leadership and management oversight of Lapwing's finance and administration function. This is a brand-new role that has become necessary due to the continued expansion of the organisation.

This is a very exciting opportunity for the right candidate with this broad ranging role playing a vital part in the effective delivery of Lapwing's provision. The post holder will lead and manage a small administration team and hold senior management responsibility for a range of areas including finance, administration, HR, data protection, ICT systems and health and safety, ensuring robust compliance across all functions.

You will have a strong background in finance with sound knowledge and experience of working in a regulated environment such as the Education sector. You may have partial expertise across what is a wide-ranging remit, but you will be supported by the CEO and will receive additional specific training in identified areas on commencement of the role.

Lapwing is a specialist therapeutic education provider and charity, working with young people (aged 4 - 25 years old) facing exclusion from education, employment and the community through social, emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties and disabilities. Lapwing delivers a broad range of highly personalised education programmes and projects that are designed to meet the needs of, and help realise the aspirations of, each student.

This role is for 30-37.5 hours per week (to be confirmed) for 52 weeks. The post will work out of Lapwing's head office in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. Lapwing believe in a healthy work-life balance and expect senior leaders to model this to colleagues.

To find out more:

For an informal chat about the role, telephone Will Fletcher, CEO, on 07501 969099.

How to apply:

To access an application pack, visit: https://lapwingeducation.co.uk/join-us/

Please return all completed applications by email to Kirsty Burgess, Education Support Administrator, via: kburgess@lapwingeducation.com .

Closing date: 9am, 24 September 2024.
Interview date: 27 September and 1 October 2024.

Lapwing Education welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. Appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Lapwing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Promoted as JOTW (Job of the Week) on Suffolk Jobs Direct.

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